MS 3430, Nauvoo Legion (Ill.). Nauvoo Legion (Ill.) records 1841-1845

Rich, Charles C. (Charles Coulson), 1809-1883

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Charles Coulson Rich was born on August 21, 1809, in Campbell County, Kentucky. He was instructed in the Mormon faith by Lyman Wight and baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by George M. Hinckle in 1832. In 1838 he married Sarah D. Pea, the first of his six wives. Rich lived in Calfwell County, Missouri, and fought in the Battle of Crooked River. He and his family later settled in Nauvoo, Illinois, where Rich was made a member of the Council of Fifty and served in the Na...

Nauvoo Legion (Ill.)

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The Nauvoo Legion was a city militia created by act of the Illinois legislature in 1841. Joseph Smith was lieutenant general and John C. Bennett was initially major general. Bennett was replaced by Wilson Law and Law by Charles C. Rich. From the guide to the MS 3430 Nauvoo Legion (Ill.) records 1841-1845 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Church History Library) ...

Law, Wilson 1807-1877

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Stout, Hosea, 1810-1889

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Hosea Stout, one of the most prolific Mormon diarists, was born on September 18, 1810, in Mercer County, Kentucky. He attended a Shaker school from 1814-1818 before his family moved to Ohio and later Indiana. While living in Illinois in 1832 Stout heard the preaching of Charles C. Rich and became interested in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1837 he moved to Caldwell County, Missouri, and was baptized into the Mormon Church in 1838. That same year he married Surmantha Pack, s...

Dunham, Jonathan 1800-1845

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Smith, Joseph, jr., 1805-1844

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First president of the Mormon Church and mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois. From the description of Arrest warrant, 1842. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367395229 First president of the Mormon Church and Illinois militia leader. From the description of Letter, 1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435774 Founder of the Mormon Church and its first president. From the description of Diaries, 1832-1844. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122609014 ...

Singleton, James W.

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Ford, Thomas, 1800-1850

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Lawyer and jurist; justice, Illinois Supreme Court, 1841-1842; Illinois governor, 1842-1846. From the description of Document: Circuit Court, Peoria, [Ill.], 1839 July. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 30607615 Ford was Illinois governor (1842-1846). From the description of Papers, 1827-1842. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 694182280 Lawyer and jurist; justice, Illinois State Supreme Court, 1841- 184...

Bennett, John Cook, 1804-1867

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