Abel was ordained an elder on March 3,1836 in Kirtland, Ohio by Joseph Smith, Jr. In December 1836, he was ordained a seventy by Zebedee Coltrin and became a "duly licensed minister of the Gospel" for missionary work in Ohio.
Abel was ordained an elder on March 3,1836 in Kirtland, Ohio by Zebedee Coltrin. Black and Mormon (Urbana: University of Illinois Press) In December 1836, he was ordained a seventy by Zebedee Coltrin and became a "duly licensed minister of the Gospel" for missionary work in Ohio.