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Hans Sorensen – Modest in Heart and ‘Sole’

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Kenneth Richard Hardman

In 1847, on the north shore of Zealand, as Danish citizens fought for “freedom of press, and religion,”1 fourteen-year old Hans Sorensen finished school and entered apprenticeship. That same year his mother and grandmother died. In 1849 the monarch gave … Continue reading →

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Abraham and Elizabeth Coon – Ever Faithful

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Kenneth Richard Hardman

#In about 1841, with their new Mormon faith and seven children under the age of eleven, my 3rd great grandparents, Abraham and Elizabeth Coon experienced the heavy persecutions that drove the Latter-day Saints from Missouri. More children came in Nauvoo … Continue reading →

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