Hugh Findlay
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| Born |
June 9, 1822 Newmilns, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Died | March 1, 1900 (aged 77) Fish Haven, Idaho, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Isabella Ratray Catherine Ann Partington Mary Ellen Smith Ane Marie Dorthea Nelson |
Hugh Findlay (June 9, 1822 in Newmilns, Ayrshire, Scotland – March 2, 1900 in Fish Haven, Idaho) was one of the first two Mormon missionaries to enter India and initiated Mormon missionary work in the Shetland Islands.
Findlay was baptized in Dundee, Scotland, on July 1, 1844, by missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He married Isabella Ratray that same year. Between 1847 and 1848, Isabella and the two little boys she and Findlay had together, James and Ephraim, died in what was probably a diphtheria epidemic. Both boys were under two years old.
Orson Pratt recorded the following about a case of "miraculous healing" involving Findlay in Scotland:
James Davidson, Maria Davidson, Hugh Findlay
While in England, Findlay engaged in public debates with anti-Mormon ministers from other faiths. He was serving as a district president (head of the Hull Conference) in England when Lorenzo Snow called him and William Willes to serve a mission in South Asia.
Findlay and Willes arrived in 1851, seeking to build on reports from early members of the Plymouth Brethren that India would be a fertile ground for proselytization. However, almost immediately they were met by opposition from the established Protestant denominations, the press, and military officers and chaplains. Findlay labored first in Bombay (now Mumbai); Willes travelled up the Ganges to Simla.
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