CR 100 396, Historian's Office (1842?-1972). Joseph Smith history documents 1839-1860

Richards, Willard, 1804-1854

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Richards was member of Council of the Twelve Apostles (1840-1847), Church Historian, and second counselor in First Presidency (1847-1854). From the guide to the MS 1490 Willard Richards journals 1836-1853 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Church History Library) Second president of the Mormon Church. From the guide to the Brigham Young letter, 1849, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Mormon Church leader, pioneer, apostle, politician, and cou...

Fullmer, John Solomon, 1807-1883

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Hambleton, Madison Daniel 1811-1870

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Hodge, Abram C

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Pendleton, Calvin Crane

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Rogers, Chandler 1795-1846

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Bedell, Edward A.

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Lee, John D. (John Doyle), 1812-1877

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Mormon pioneer and author who was convicted of complicity in the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857. From the description of Letter, 1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435795 From the description of John D. Lee trial transcript, 1875. (Utah Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122480862 Mormon pioneer. From the description of Petition, 1853. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367398504 From the description of Collection, 1841-1876. (Utah His...

Stiles, George Philander 1816-1885

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Pratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker), 1807-1857

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Author, publisher, and apostle of the Mormon Church.l. From the description of Poems, 1847. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122550424 Member of the Council of the Twelve Apostles of the Mormon Church, author, missionary, and pioneer. From the description of Papers, 1837-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122598864 Author, Utah pioneer, and apostle in the Mormon Church. From the description of Letter, 1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 1225...

Bracken, Sarah Head 1817-1901

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Lyman, Amasa M. (Amasa Mason), 1813-1877

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Amasa M. Lyman was a member of Council of the Twelve Apostles. From the guide to the MS 829 Amasa M. Lyman collection 1832-1877 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Church History Library) Amasa Mason Lyman was an apostle in the LDS Church from 1842 to 1867. He arrived in Utah in 1847, assisted in the founding of the Mormon colony in San Bernardino, California in 1850, and served as a missionary in Great Britain in 1861. He was excommunicated from the LDS Church in ...

Whitney, Newel Kimball, 1795-1850

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Early leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From the guide to the Newel Kimball Whitney certificate, 1838, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Early leader of the Mormon Church. From the description of Newel Kimball Whitney certificate, 1838. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122609347 Mormon church leader and businessman. From the description of Legal documents, 1842-1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122652938 Fr...

Robison, Lewis 1816-1883

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Barlow, James Madison, 1812-1893.

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Fellows, Albert Gallatin 1799-1880

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Rockwell, Orrin Porter, 1813-1878

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Humphrey, Smith 1807b

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Allred, James, 1784-1876

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Patriarch of the Mormon Church. From the description of Patriarchal blessing, 1857. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122609529 ...

Shumway, Charles, 1806-1898

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Cleveland, Henry Alanson 1874-1962

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Wright, Jonathan C. (Jonathan Caldwell)

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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...

Perry, Stephen Chadwick 1818-1888

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McCleary, William

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Huntington, D. B. (Dimick Baker), 1808-1879

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Loveland, Chester 1817-1886

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Lott, Cornelius Peter, 1798-1850

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Smith, George Albert, 1817-1875

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George Albert Smith (June 26, 1817 ₁ September 1, 1875) (commonly known as George A. Smith to distinguish him from his grandson of the same name) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and served in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and as a member of the church's First Presidency. From the description of Letter to Silas S. Smith, 1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367846413 From the description of George A. Smith letters and invoices, 1864-1973. (Unknown). W...

Smith, Amanda Barnes, 1809-1886

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Mormon pioneer who survived Haun's Mill Massacre in Missouri and helped organize the first Mormon Relief Society and Sunday School in the territory of Utah. From the description of History, 1854-1858. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122480203 From the guide to the Amanda Barnes Smith history, 1854-1858, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Latter-day Saint Church convert and pioneer. From the description of Autobiographical sketch, and statement, 1866, 1921...

Conover, Peter Wilson, 1807-1892.

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Mormon pioneer and militia officer. From the guide to the Peter Wilson Conover autobiography, circa 1860, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Ripley, Alanson 1798-

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Willey, Jeremiah, 1804-1868.

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Rigdon, Sidney, 1793-1876

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Early leader of the Mormon Church. From the guide to the Sidney Rigdon sermon, circa 1840, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Mormon Church leader. From the description of Letters, 1841-1844. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122638309 From the description of Letter, 1839. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122622768 From the description of Letter, 1837. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122392993 Sidney Rigdon was born in Pennsylvania and moved ...

Neyman, Jane Harper

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Bullock, Thomas, 1816-1885

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Mormon pioneer and legal clerk. From the description of Papers, 1808-1892. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122486948 Utah pioneer of 1847, chief clerk of the Utah Territorial House of Representatives, and chief clerk in the Latter-day Saint Church Historian's Office. From the description of Thomas Bullock papers, 1845-1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367553712 From the description of Papers, 1845-1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122535820 ...

Phelps, William Wines, 1792-1872

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Mormon handcart pioneer and polygynist who came to Utah 16 September 1848 with the Brigham Young company. Phelps served as a justice of the peace, notary public, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Utah legislature. From the description of Per diem receipt 1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699469 From the guide to the Per diem receipt, 1852, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Second President of the Mormon Church, colonizer, and territorial governor o...

Eames, Ellis 1808b

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Markham, Stephen, 1800-1878

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Stephen Markham was an early member of the LDS Church, a friend of Joseph Smith, and a pioneer. He was also a Colonel in the Nauvoo Legion. He was with Joseph Smith in Carthage until he was driven out of the city at bayonet point by an angry mob until blood filled his boots. Joseph was martyred later that night. He was later appointed by Brigham Young to be captain over several pioneer companies to Utah. From the description of Markham family photographs, circa 1860s-1900s. (Unknown)...

Thompson, William M.

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Woodruff, Wilford, 1807-1898

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Mormon genealogist, temple recorder, historian, and member of the Utah Militia. He died in 1906. From the guide to the Moses Franklin Farnsworth papers, 1870-1900, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Wilford Woodruff (1807-1898) was the fourth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From the description of Papers, 1873-1903. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 51605992 Fourth President of the Mormon Church. Fr...

Romney, Miles, 1806-1877

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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 ...

Jackman, Levi, 1797-1876

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Mormon pioneer. Jackman joined the Mormon Church in 1830 and lived at Nauvoo, Illinois. He worked as a carpenter after settling in Utah in 1847. From the description of Diary, 1847-1849 [electronic resource]. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 51596749 From the description of Diary, 1847-1849. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145434853 Born in Vermont, joined LDS Church in 1831, lived in Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, and crossed plains with first Mormon pione...

Historian's Office (1842?-1972)

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Call, Anson, 1810-1890

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Anson Call was born in Fletcher, Vermont, on May 13, 1810. In 1833 he married Mary Flint and they moved to a farm in Madison, Ohio. Call was raised in a Methodist family, but in 1836 was baptized into the Mormon faith by William Smith, brother of Joseph Smith. In 1838 the family moved to Far West, Missouri, where they faced continual religious persecution that resulted in the theft of their family farm. In 1841 Call was made a High Priest in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and be...

Evans, David J., 1804-1883

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David Evans served 28 years as a bishop for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Lehi, Utah. From the description of Bishop David Evans letter, 1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 368052160 ...

Woodworth, Lucien 1799b

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Bernhisel, John M. (John Milton), 1799-1881

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Bernhisel was a medical doctor and the first Utah Territorial delegate to Congress. He obtained permission to copy the Book of Moses from Joseph Smith's bible from Emma Smith and donated it to Brigham Young. From the description of John Bernhisel portrait, circa 1840-1869. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367938575 John M. Berhisel (1799-1881) was a medical doctor and first Utah Territorial delegate to Congress. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1842...

Pugmire, Jonathan, 1823-1880

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Stanton, Daniel 1795-1892

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Randall, Alfred 1811-1891

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Nichols, Jesse Kinney 1812-

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McIntire, William Patterson 1813-1881

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Hawkins, Leo, 1834-1859.

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Resident of Salt Lake City, Utah. From the description of Little Cottonwood plot map, 1858. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122461977 From the guide to the Little Cottonwood plot map, 1858, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Shearer, Daniel 1791-1874

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Stewart, Levi, 1812-1878.

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Mormon pioneer in southern Utah, missionary for the LDS Church in northern Arizona. From the description of Letter, [?] April 6, Kanab, to Brigham Young, Salt Lake City [Utah]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122486700 From the guide to the Levi Stewart letter from Kanab, to Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, Utah, undated, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Rockwood, Albert Perry, 1805-1879.

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Wheelock, Cyrus Hubbard 1813-1894

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Grimshaw, Jonathan 1818-1889

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Sterrett, William G. 1813-1873

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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...

Staines, William Carter, 1818-1881.

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Mormon Church leader. From the description of Letter, 1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122599259 Emigration agent for the Mormon Church. From the description of William Carter Staines letter, 1870. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435719 From the guide to the William Carter Staines letter, circa 1870, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Campbell, Robert Lang, 1825-1872

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Robert Lang Campbell was born 21 January 1825 to Alexander Campbell and Agnes Lang in Scotland. He was baptized in August 1842. He served a mission in Scotland and Wales from 1843-1845. He emigrated to Utah, and was engaged in clerical work in Nauvoo and in Salt Lake City. While in Salt Lake, he was the chief clerk/city recorder in the Church Historian's office. He died 11 April 1872. From the guide to the Robert Lang Campbell collection, 1856-1857, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)...

Spencer, Orson, 1802-1855

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Mormon Church leader and educator. Spencer graduated from the theological college at Hamilton, New York and served as an alderman at Nauvoo, Illinois and as chancellor to the University of Deseret in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was the president of the British Mission and the St. Louis Stake for the Mormon Church. From the description of Letters, 1853-1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435530 From the guide to the Orson Spencer letters, 1853-1855, (L. Tom Perry Special Col...

Heywood, Joseph Leland, 1815-1910

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Merchant in Quincy, Illinois and Church Trustee in Nauvoo. From the guide to the MS 9480 Joseph L. Heywood collection 1839-1912 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Church History Library) Joseph Leland Heywood (1815-1910) was born in Grafton, Massachusetts, the son of Benjamin Heywood and Hannah Rawson. He began his life as a merchant and left his home in Massachusetts for Illinois in 1838. While in Nauvoo, Heywood heard Joseph Smith (1805-1844) preach and was conv...

Sherwood, Henry Garlic 1785-1867

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Turley, Theodore, 1801-1871

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Theodore Turley was born in 1800 in Birmingham, England. He emigrated to Canada in 1818 and was baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1837. From the description of History of Theodore Turley, [19--?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79699313 From the description of History of Theodore Turley, [19--?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702150682 Missionary for the Mormon Church. From the description of Diary, 1839-1840. (Unknown). Wor...

Weeks, William, 1813-1900.

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Backenstos, Jacob B. (Jacob Benjamin), 1811-1857

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Illinois state representative, 1844-1846; sheriff of Hancock County, Illinois, and Mormom sympathizer during the Mormon War, 1845-1846; lieutenant, Mexican War. From the description of Receipt and notes, 1842, 1846. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26677574 Illinois state representative, 1844-1846; sheriff of Hancock County, Illinois, and Mormon sympathizer during the Mormon War, 1845-1846; lieutenant, Mexican War. From the description ...

Scovil, Lucius N. (Lucius Nelson), 1806-1889

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Hutchings, Shepherd Pierce, 1818-1895.

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Pulsipher, Zerah, 1789-1872.

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Thompson, Mercy Rachel Fielding 1807-1893

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Merrifield, Barnabas

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