Oliver Granger
He was assigned by Joseph Smith to serve another mission in the eastern United States with Samuel Newcomb.
Granger worked mainly in New York with John P. Greene, establishing large branches of the church in Huntsburg and Perry.
[citation needed] In 1838, after most of the Latter Day Saints had left Kirtland and settled in Far West, Missouri, Granger was asked by the First Presidency to return to Kirtland to be the church's agent in settling outstanding church debts and selling property the Latter Day Saints owned in Ohio.
This calling was extended to Granger in a revelation given to Smith on July 8, 1838, which is today printed as the 117th section of the LDS Church's edition of the Doctrine and Covenants.
Therefore, let him come up hither speedily, unto the land of Zion; and in the due time he shall be made a merchant unto my name, saith the Lord, for the benefit of my people.
[6] Granger performed this assignment with such satisfaction to the creditors involved that one of them wrote: “Oliver Granger’s management in the arrangement of the unfinished business of people that have moved to the Far West, in redeeming their pledges and thereby sustaining their integrity, has been truly praiseworthy, and has entitled him to my highest esteem, and every grateful recollection.”[7] However, Granger was largely unsuccessful in selling the church's property, and most of it would eventually fall into the hands of others who would never pay the church any remuneration.
Even though there were few Latter Day Saints in the area at the time, his funeral was attended "by a vast concourse of people" from Kirtland and neighboring towns.
[9] A Latter-day Saint apologist has responded to these charges by stating that "the words 'sacred remembrance' most likely refer to the fact that the Lord would remember him.
[11] Granger is occasionally cited by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as an example of an ordinary person who accomplished great works as a result of simple dedication and faith.
