Henry Eyring (1835-1902)
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| Born |
Henry Carlos Ferdinand Eyring March 9, 1835 Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha |
| Died | February 10, 1902 (aged 66) Colonia Juárez, Mexico |
| Resting place | Colonia Juárez Cemetery 30°18′11″N 108°04′34″W / 30.3030°N 108.0760°W |
| Spouse(s) | Including: Mary Bommeli Deseret Fawcett |
| Children | Including: Carl F. Eyring |
| Parents | Edward Christian Eyring Ferdinandina Charlotta Caroline von Blomberg |
Henry Carlos Ferdinand Eyring (March 9, 1835 – February 10, 1902) was a prominent mid-level leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in the United States and Mexico during the 19th and early-20th centuries. He was also mayor of St. George, Utah. Eyring was the grandfather of chemist Henry Eyring and Camilla Eyring Kimball, wife of LDS Church president Spencer W. Kimball.
Eyring was born in Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in what is today Germany. He was the son of Edward Christian Eyring and Ferdinandina Charlotta Caroline von Blomberg. His mother was the daughter of Viscount Georg Louis von Blomberg who served in the government of King Frederich Wilhelm III of Prussia. Eyring's father was a pharmacist in a long-standing family business but he suffered economic reverses and by the time Edward Eyring died in about 1850 Henry was left an orphan with little money.
Eyring received the best education available in Coburg, and about the time his father died became an apprentice drug wholesaler in Vienna. Eyring emigrated to the United States in 1853 and settled in St. Louis, Missouri in 1854. In December 1854 Eyring went to a Mormon meeting where he heard Milo Andrus speak, and due to the message he heard from Andrus, he felt to learn more of the church. Eyring was baptized into the LDS Church in March 1855 by William Brown. In October 1855 Eyring was sent to be a missionary in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory (current Oklahoma).
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