Joseph Standing
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| Born |
Joseph Standing October 5, 1854 Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, United States |
| Died | July 21, 1879 (aged 24) Varnell, Georgia, United States |
| Cause of death | Gun Shots |
| Resting place |
Salt Lake City Cemetery 40°46′38″N 111°51′29″W / 40.7772°N 111.858°W |
| Monuments | 34°55′16″N 85°00′03″W / 34.9212°N 85.0008°W |
Joseph Standing (October 5, 1854 – July 21, 1879) was a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who was killed by a mob near the town of Varnell, Whitfield County, Georgia in 1879.
Born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory and a resident of Box Elder County, Utah, Standing was born to British immigrants, James and Mary Standing. He was one of ten children. His father was a stonemason who worked on the Nauvoo and Logan Temples. Prior to his missionary service, Joseph Standing was a fireman with the Wasatch Engine Company. He was not married and had no children.
Standing's first mission call, in 1875, was to the Eastern United States where he primarily served in Illinois and Indiana. In March 1878 he was again called to missionary service, this time to the church’s Southern States Mission, headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee. During an August mission conference in Haywood Valley, Chattooga County, Georgia, Standing, along with fellow missionary Matthias F. Cowley, were sustained as the ‘traveling Elders’ of the Southern States Mission.
By April 1879 Standing was the presiding Elder of the Georgia Conference, responsible for overseeing all church affairs in the state. That same month, at a general conference of the church in Salt Lake City, 22-year-old Rudger Clawson was called with seven other men to serve in the Southern States Mission. Clawson was assigned by mission president John Hamilton Morgan to be Standing’s companion.
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