Elden Kingston

Elden Kingston
Elden Kingston c. 1940

Prophet and Presiding Priesthood Leader Brother #1^[1]
January 1, 1935 (1935-01-01)^[1] – July 8, 1948 (1948-07-08)
Successor	John Ortell Kingston

Personal details
Born	Charles Elden Kingston (1909-10-10)October 10, 1909 Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States^[2]
Died	July 8, 1948(1948-07-08) (aged 38) Bountiful, Utah, United States^[2]
Cause of death	Metastatic carcinoma
Resting place	Bountiful Memorial Park 40°52′02″N 111°53′15″W / 40.8672°N 111.8874°W / 40.8672; -111.8874 (Bountiful Memorial Park)
Spouse(s)	Including: Ethel Gustafson
Parents	Charles W. Kingston Vesta Minerva

Charles Elden Kingston (October 10, 1909 – July 8, 1948^[2] ) was the founder of The Latter Day Church of Christ and the Davis County Cooperative Society.

Elden Kingston was supported by his father Charles W. Kingston, his mother Vesta Minerva Kingston, and his siblings as the leader of the Latter Day Church of Christ. In 1941 Elden Kingston formally organized Latter Day Church of Christ as the Davis County Cooperative Society.

References

1 2 Hales, Brian C. "John Ortell Kingston". Retrieved 22 October 2013.
1 2 3 "Death Certificate:Kingston, Charles Elden". Utah Department of Administrative Servies: Divion of Archives & Records Service. Retrieved 22 October 2013.

Elden Kingston at Find a Grave
D. Michael Quinn, "Plural Marriage and Mormon Fundamentalism", Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 31(2) (Summer 1998): 1–68, accessed 6 June 2009.
Hales, Brian C. (2007), Modern Polygamy and Mormon Fundamentalism: The Generations After the Manifesto, Greg Kofford Books, ISBN 1-58958-035-4 .

Latter Day Church of Christ titles
Preceded by J. Leslie Broadbent as Senior Member of the Priesthood Council	Prophet and Presiding Priesthood Leader Brother #1 January 1, 1935 - July 8, 1948	Succeeded by John Ortell Kingston

Recognized leaders^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Disputed leaders^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Leaders of the fundamentalist sects

Leroy S. Johnson Rulon Jeffs Warren Jeffs

Lyle Jeffs Merril Jessop William E. Jessop (one-time de facto leader) Wendell Nielsen (one-time legal head) James Oler

Independents and other leaders

↑ [a] Mormon leaders prior to the start of the fundamentalist movement and recognized by most fundamentalists as legitimate church leaders.
↑ [b] Mormon leaders that made changes to church policies on plural marriage; recognition of legitimacy of leadership varies by fundamentalist group.

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