Apostles without middle names
Apostles without middle names, Apostles without middle names, listed in order of ordination listed alphabetically
Joseph Smith Carrington, Albert Oliver Cowdery Cowdery, Oliver Brigham Young Cowley, Matthew Orson Hyde Hyde, Orson Orson Pratt Pratt, Orson Hyrum Smith Richards, LeGrand John Taylor Richards, Willard Wilford Woodruff Smith, Hyrum Willard Richards Smith, Joseph Lyman Wight Smoot, Reed Lorenzo Snow Snow, Lorenzo Brigham Young, Jr. Soares, Ulisses Albert Carrington Taylor, John Moses Thatcher Teasdale, George George Teasdale Thatcher, Moses Reed Smoot Wight, Lyman Matthew Cowley Woodruff, Wilford LeGrand Richards Young, Brigham Ulisses Soares Young, Brigham Jr.
Other interesting “middle name” facts:
1. Our first five presidents of the Church had no middle name. Our last twelve presidents of the Church have had middle names.
2. Of the 19 apostles without middle names, 16 of them were born before 1863. Only 3 were born after 1863 (Matthew Cowley, LeGrand Richards, Ulisses Soares).
3. Interestingly, five of the 19 apostles without middle names had fathers who had middle names (for example, Matthew Cowley’s father was named Matthias Foss Cowley).
4. Three apostles of this dispensation had the middle name of Quayle. They are George Quayle Cannon, his son Sylvester Quayle Cannon, and George Quayle Morris.
5. One of our apostles had the same middle and last name! That was Hugh Brown Brown. His mother’s maiden name was Brown, so they used ‘Brown’ twice to honor sides of the family.
6. Elder Patrick Kearon’s situation is unique. He actually has two middle names but he has elected not to use those names or the initials of those names. His middle names are Robert and David. Elder Rudger Clawson made the same decision. His middle name was Judd but he never used the name nor the initial.
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