| 496 At this council, on April 14, 1840, Brigham Young was unanimously chosen the standing president of the quorum.
A General Conference convened on April 15, 1840, and of that conference and the churches reported there the Millennial Star states:-
"At a General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints held in the Temperance hall, Preston, Lancashire, England, on the 15th of April, 1840, the following churches were represented:-
Places.
Members.
Elders.
Priests.
Teachers.
Deacons.
Preston
300
7
8
6
2
Penworthen
73
3
1
2
1
Longton
51
2
4
2
0
Southport
20
0
1
1
0
Daubers Lane, etc.
54
1
2
3
0
Hunters Hill, etc.
17
1
1
1
0
Heskin
3
1
0
0
0
Bolton
60
1
2
2
0
Ratcliffe
10
0
0
0
0
Whittle
18
1
4
0
0
Ribchester
25
2
0
1
0
Burnley
24
0
1
1
0
Blackburn
15
0
1
0
0
Keighley, etc.
29
2
1
1
0
Waddington
50
0
2
2
1
Clitheroe
27
1
3
0
0
Chatburn
84
1
2
2
1
Dunham
20
0
0
1
1
Grindleton
5
0
0
0
0
Manchester
240
2
5
4
0
Stockport
40
0
1
2
1
Duttonfield
30
0
1
0
0
Altrincham
8
0
1
1
0
Perver and Macclesfield
30
0
3
0
0
Middlewitch
6
0
0
0
0
Bury and Elton
12
0
0
0
0
Potteries
101
1
2
4
1
Herefordshirel
160
1
2
0
0
Liverpool
28
0
0
0
0
Alston
40
2
2
2
0
Brampton
30
1
1
0
0
Bedford
40
1
1
0
0
Scotland
21
3
0
0
0
"Since the conference and up to the present time many
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