Essentials in Church History / A History of the Church from the Birth of Joseph Smith to the Present Time (1922), with Introductory Chapters on the Antiquity of the Gospel and the "Falling Away"

by Joseph Fielding Smith

Born May 1, 1820, at Gibraltar, Spain; ordained a seventy May 1, 1845; set apart as one of the first seven presidents Oct. 9, 1894, at Salt Lake City, Utah, at the age of 74; died Jan. 27, 1897, at Salt Lake City, Utah.

Joseph W. McMurrin

Born Sept. 5, 1858, at Tooele, Tooele County, Utah; ordained a seventy April 21, 1884; sustained in Oct. 1897 and set apart as one of the first seven presidents Jan. 21, 1898, at Liverpool, England, at the age of 39.

Charles H. Hart

Born July 5, 1866, at Bloomington, Bear Lake County, Idaho; ordained a seventy Aug. 10, 1890; set apart as one of the first seven presidents April 8, 1906, at Salt Lake City, Utah, at the age of 39.

Levi Edgar Young

Born Feb. 2, 1874, at Salt Lake City, Utah; ordained a seventy June 18, 1897; sustained as one of the first seven presidents Oct. 6, 1909; set apart Jan. 23, 1910, at New York, at the age of 36.

Presiding Bishops

Edward Partridge

Born Aug. 27, 1793, at Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Mass.; called by revelation to be the first bishop of the Church, ordained and set apart Feb. 4, 1831, at the age of 38; died May 27, 1840, at Nauvoo, Illinois.