James Campbell HAMILTON

                   April 27, 1885 (Tuesday)

Bishop James C. Hamilton, of Mill Creek, Salt Lake Co, was arrested on a charge of u.c. and polygamy, brought to Salt Lake City, and placed under $1,500 bonds.


February 7, 1887 (Monday)

Bishop James C. Hamilton, of Mill Creek, was arrested on a charge of u.c., brought to Salt Lake City, and placed under $1,500 bonds. After a preliminary examination before Com. McKay, the following day, he was discharged.

August 31, 1888 (Friday)

Bishop James C. Hamilton, of Mill Creek, Salt Lake Co., was arrested for u.c.

October 12, 1888 (Friday)

In the Third District Court, Salt Lake City, James C. Hamilton, of Mill Creek, Salt Lake County, was sentenced by Judge Sandford to 75 days' imprisonment and to pay a fine of $150, for u.c.

December 25, 1888 (Tuesday)

Bishop James C. Hamilton was discharged from the Penitentiary.

May 3, 1890 (Saturday)

Bishop James C. Hamilton, of Mill Creek, Salt Lake Co., was arrested, for u.c.

November 8, 1890 (Saturday)

In the Third District Court, Salt Lake City, Bishop James C. Hamilton, of Mill Creek, was fined $100 for u.c.

(Andrew Jenson, Church Chronology: A Record of Important Events Pertaining to the History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1914], .)

Joel H. Johnson was the first Bishop of the Mill Creek Ward, being ordained to that position April 8, 1849. He was succeeded in April, 1851, by Reuben Miller, who acted as Bishop until his death in 1882. He was succeeded in 1884 by James C. Hamilton, who in 1907 was succeeded by Brigham F. Price, who died Jan. 30, 1914, and was succeeded by Richard C. Towler, who in 1916 was succeeded by Edward M. Rynearson, who in 1927 was succeeded by Alma Millen Cornwall, who acted as Bishop on Dec. 31, 1930. On that date the Mill Creek Ward had 1,154 members, including 223 children.

In an early day Mill Creek was the largest ward in the Church and covered more territory in Salt Lake Valley than any other ward. But as the population grew it became necessary to divide Mill Creek into several wards, and as such Mill Creek may be considered the mother of the following wards: East Mill Creek (organized in 1877), part of Forest Dale (organized in 1896), Winder (organized in 1904), Miller (organized in 1907), Wandamere (organized 1912), Hillcrest (organized in 1924), and Southgate (organized in 1925).


(Andrew Jenson, Encyclopedic History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [Salt Lake City: Deseret News Publishing Co., 1941], 504.)