Several months ago I had the opportunity of going through the St George Utah Temple open house. The St George Temple is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' longest running temple and the first temple completed in Utah in 1877. After an extensive renovation of the 146 year old temple, there was an open house for the general public last fall.
It was an amazing experience to attend the temple open house. Our family has a long-ago history with the St George Temple through our 2nd great-granduncle, Thomas Box. As I walked through the temple open house, I felt like I was walking in the footsteps of one of our ancestors. The St George Temple is the oldest building still standing that I have been inside of that one of ancestors had also visited during their lifetime.
Thomas Box was the brother of our 2nd great-grandfather, Grief Johnson Box. While living in Texas in 1856, Thomas and his wife, Clarkey, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The next year in 1857, the Thomas Box family migrated to Utah. Thomas and Clarkey Box soon became interested in temple and family history work. In 1878, Thomas Box started doing temple work for his deceased relatives in the St George Temple. It is from the early temple records of Thomas Box and Clarkey Carpenter Box that the relationships for many of the Box and Carpenter families has been established.
To read about Thomas and Clarkey Box, click here.
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cool that our ancestors have been doing temple work for almost 150 years!
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