CHARLES KINGSTON (father)
(Nov 09 1856/ Jul 20 1944)
MARY PRISCILLA LERWILL TUCKER (mother)
(Jan 03 1862/ Nov 19 1939)
Parents married: May 17 1883 in SLC, UT.
With a prominent LDS influence in southwestern Wyoming; Charles was Baptized into the LDS faith at the age of eight. His grandfather & Bishop Turner of Morgan, UT performed the baptism in the Weber river.
On May 17th, 1906, Charles married Vesta Minerva Stowell in the Logan, Utah LDS Temple. Shortly after he began an LDS mission in the Eastern States from 1906-1908. Then he moved to a farm in Idaho Falls, ID, where he was employed by the Oregon Short Line Railroad.
Charles however made frequent trips to SLC, UT so he could go through the Salt Lake Temple. During his frequent trips to SLC, UT he met Charles Zitting, an LDS member who was living plural marriage. Zitting was living plural marriage and still a member of the LDS church. Zitting introduced Charles to John W. Woolley, who had performed Zitting's plural marriages.
In 1928, Charles was barred from entering the Salt Lake Temple when temple president George F. Richards learned that Kingston did not agree with the LDS Church's 1890 & 1904 renunciations of plural marriage. Initially his wife Vesta was not convinced of Charles' beliefs but in time came to agree with her husband.
The LDS disciplinary council wanted to give Charles six months to reconsider his position, but, Charles insisted the council make an immediate decision. Seven days later Charles tells of a dream/ vision he had of God the Father & Jesus Christ, which reassured him that he had made the right decision. Charles was excommunicated from the LDS church on March 04, 1929.
In 1931, Charles & Jesse Burke Stone published "Laman Manassah Victorious" making the case for plural marriage. Charles' son Elden Kingston along with his family founded the Davis County Cooperative Society (DCCS) based on the teachings of Cooperation and United Order. They established it as a place where those who believed in plural marriage would not be persecuted for their beliefs. Charles joined the DCCS in 1935 a short time after it was founded.
Charles also married Lavenda Newman and Merlyn Taylor Walton who was a widow.
Charles passed away on November 29, 1975 at the age of 91 in Salt Lake City, UT.
CHARLES KINGSTON (father)
(Nov 09 1856/ Jul 20 1944)
MARY PRISCILLA LERWILL TUCKER (mother)
(Jan 03 1862/ Nov 19 1939)
Parents married: May 17 1883 in SLC, UT.
With a prominent LDS influence in southwestern Wyoming; Charles was Baptized into the LDS faith at the age of eight. His grandfather & Bishop Turner of Morgan, UT performed the baptism in the Weber river.
On May 17th, 1906, Charles married Vesta Minerva Stowell in the Logan, Utah LDS Temple. Shortly after he began an LDS mission in the Eastern States from 1906-1908. Then he moved to a farm in Idaho Falls, ID, where he was employed by the Oregon Short Line Railroad.
Charles however made frequent trips to SLC, UT so he could go through the Salt Lake Temple. During his frequent trips to SLC, UT he met Charles Zitting, an LDS member who was living plural marriage. Zitting was living plural marriage and still a member of the LDS church. Zitting introduced Charles to John W. Woolley, who had performed Zitting's plural marriages.
In 1928, Charles was barred from entering the Salt Lake Temple when temple president George F. Richards learned that Kingston did not agree with the LDS Church's 1890 & 1904 renunciations of plural marriage. Initially his wife Vesta was not convinced of Charles' beliefs but in time came to agree with her husband.
The LDS disciplinary council wanted to give Charles six months to reconsider his position, but, Charles insisted the council make an immediate decision. Seven days later Charles tells of a dream/ vision he had of God the Father & Jesus Christ, which reassured him that he had made the right decision. Charles was excommunicated from the LDS church on March 04, 1929.
In 1931, Charles & Jesse Burke Stone published "Laman Manassah Victorious" making the case for plural marriage. Charles' son Elden Kingston along with his family founded the Davis County Cooperative Society (DCCS) based on the teachings of Cooperation and United Order. They established it as a place where those who believed in plural marriage would not be persecuted for their beliefs. Charles joined the DCCS in 1935 a short time after it was founded.
Charles also married Lavenda Newman and Merlyn Taylor Walton who was a widow.
Charles passed away on November 29, 1975 at the age of 91 in Salt Lake City, UT.
Family Members
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Hazel Kingston
1886–1887
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Florence Ruth Kingston Nielsen
1888–1981
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Betsy Vilate "Bessie" Kingston Owen
1888–1931
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Richard James Kingston
1891–1971
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Estella Lucille Kingston Holley
1893–1971
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Lillian Kingston Fisher
1895–1976
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Clarence David Kingston
1897–1990
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Mary Elizabeth Kingston Olsen
1898–1989
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Luella Agnes Kingston Mcfarland
1901–1967
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Priscilla May Kingston Maw
1903–1925
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Charles Elden Kingston
1909–1948
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Orlean Harriet "2.1" Kingston Gustafson
1912–1956
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Ardous Vesta Kingston Gustafson
1914–2002
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Rulon W. Kingston
1916–1916
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John Ortell "JO" Kingston
1919–1987
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Merlin Barnum Kingston
1922–2014
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James Alma Kingston
1938–1961
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Joseph Fred Kingston
1939–2020
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Jesse Kingston
1948–1950
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Kathleen Kingston Tucker
1949–2017
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Samuel Walton Jenkins
1951–1997
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