Anthony Woodward Ivins
Information regarding Elder Anthony W. Ivins
- Apostle number: 55
- Quorum of the Twelve number: 48
- Date of birth: September 16, 1852
- Place of birth: Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey
- Date of apostolic ordination: October 6, 1907
- Age when ordained apostle: 55 years 0 months
- End of apostolic service: September 23, 1934
- Total apostolic years: 26 years 11 months
- Date called into the Quorum of the Twelve: October 6, 1907
- Tenure in the Quorum of the Twelve: 13 years 5 months
- Date of death: September 23, 1934
- Age at death: 82 years 0 months
- Place of death: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
- Remarks: Elder Ivins served in the First Presidency, being called into that position by President Heber J. Grant. Elder Ivins was a cousin of President Heber J. Grant — Elder Ivins’s mother and President Grant’s mother were sisters, surnamed Ivins. In 1878, Elder Ivins married Elizabeth A. Snow, a daughter of Erastus Snow, an apostle of the Church; they had nine children. His son, Antoine R. Ivins also served as a general authority of the Church.
- Famous quote: “The word of the Lord never comes to us as an opinion, no attempt is made to support it by argument; it comes as a definite, abstract statement of fact. So it is from the first words to the last, the works of the Father are declared as facts, not theories.”
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