Members of a governing body in the church, with special administrative and proselytizing responsibilities. A June 1829 revelation commanded Oliver Cowdery and David Whitmer to call twelve disciples, similar to the twelve apostles in the New Testament and ...
View Glossary8 Jan. 1805–28 Nov. 1878. Laborer, clerk, storekeeper, teacher, editor, businessman, lawyer, judge. Born at Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Nathan Hyde and Sally Thorpe. Moved to Derby, New Haven Co., 1812. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, ...
View Full BioPower or authority of God. The priesthood was conferred through the laying on of hands upon adult male members of the church in good standing; no specialized training was required. Priesthood officers held responsibility for administering the sacrament of...
View GlossaryThis was the third day of a three-day conference held by the Twelve, which commenced before JS’s return to Commerce. Hyde was disaffected from the church in Missouri, where he and Thomas B. Marsh made a statement that apostle Wilford Woodruff characterized as “fals testimony against the presidency & the Church before the authorities of the State of Missouri which was a leading cause of the Governour’s calling out thirty thousand of the Militia against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.” Woodruff’s journal also clarifies that Hyde was restored this day to full fellowship in the Quorum of the Twelve, from which he and William Smith had been suspended in May 1839.a At the conference, JS gave instructions on faith, repentance, baptism, the gift of tongues, the resurrection, and the doctrine of election. Woodruff recorded that JS presented one of a “vast number of the Keys of the Kingdom of God” to the Twelve “for there benefit in there experience & travels.”b The conference inaugurated a series of meetings in which JS instructed the Twelve in preparation for their mission to Europe.c (aEsplin, “Emergence of Brigham Young,” chap. 7, esp. pp. 339–343; chap. 9, esp. p. 399; Woodruff, Journal, 25 June 1839.bRichards, “Pocket Companion,” 15–22; Woodruff, Journal, 27 June 1839.cSee Woodruff, Journal, 2 and 7 July 1839.)
Esplin, Ronald K. “The Emergence of Brigham Young and the Twelve to Mormon Leadership, 1830–1841.” PhD diss., Brigham Young University, 1981. Also available as The Emergence of Brigham Young and the Twelve to Mormon Leadership, 1830–1841, Dissertations in Latter-day Saint History (Provo, UT: Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History; BYU Studies, 2006).
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
Richards, Willard. “Willard Richards Pocket Companion Written in England,” ca. 1838–1840. Willard Richards, Papers, 1821–1854. CHL. MS 1490, box 2, fd. 6.
11 Jan. 1792–16 Mar. 1853. Born at Nelson Co., Virginia (later in Kentucky). Son of John Bozarth and Sarah Shaw. Lived at Grayson Co., Kentucky, 1810. Married Mildred (Millie) Hoard Willis at Litchfield, Grayson Co., 11 July 1816. Moved near present-day La...
View Full BioArea acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803. First permanent white settlements established, ca. 1833. Organized as territory, 1838, containing all of present-day Iowa, much of present-day Minnesota, and parts of North and South Dakota. Population in...
More Info19 Feb. 1793–14 July 1876. Tanner, farmer, minister. Born at St. Clair, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Son of William Rigdon and Nancy Gallaher. Joined United Baptists, ca. 1818. Preached at Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, and vicinity, 1819–1821. Married Phebe...
View Full Bio9 Feb. 1800–27 June 1844. Farmer, cooper. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Randolph, Orange Co., 1802; back to Tunbridge, before May 1803; to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, 1804; to Sharon, Windsor Co...
View Full Bio3/5 Feb. 1795–23 Sept. 1850. Trader, merchant. Born at Marlborough, Windham Co., Vermont. Son of Samuel Whitney and Susanna Kimball. Moved to Fairfield, Herkimer Co., New York, 1803. Merchant at Plattsburg, Clinton Co., New York, 1814. Mercantile clerk for...
View Full Bio14 Mar. 1804–31 July 1842. Farmer, druggist, school warden. Born at Norwich, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of Rudolphus Knight and Rispah (Rizpah) Lee. Married Martha McBride, July 1826. Moved to Perrysburg, Cattaraugus Co., New York, by 1830. Owned farm...
View Full Bio14 Mar. 1804–31 July 1842. Farmer, druggist, school warden. Born at Norwich, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of Rudolphus Knight and Rispah (Rizpah) Lee. Married Martha McBride, July 1826. Moved to Perrysburg, Cattaraugus Co., New York, by 1830. Owned farm...
View Full BioOn 26 June, Knight, acting as a church agent, purchased land in the “Half-Breed Tract,” Lee County, Iowa, that totaled 16,281.78 acres according to the property deeds, at a cost of approximately $41,200.a Wilford Woodruff recorded that the group “rode four miles down the river to see the place called Blefens point whare the Saints expected to build a town, Joseph pronounced it good & we returned.”b “Blefens point” apparently was named after a previous landowner, “J. P. Blevins.” This land later became the Latter-day Saint settlement of Nashville, Iowa.c (aSee Lee Co., IA, Land Records, 1836–1961, vol. 2, pp. 3–6, 13–16, 26 June 1839, microfilm 959,239, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.bWoodruff, Journal, 2 July 1839; see also 27 June 1839.cWoodruff, Journal, 28 June 1839; Lee Co., IA, Land Records, 1836–1961, vol. 2, pp. 5–6, 26 June 1839; vol. 2, p. 547, 22 Jan. 1841, microfilm 959,239, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Elias Smith, Journal, 24 and 29 June 1839; History of Lee County, 679.)
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
Smith, Elias. Journals, 1836–1888. CHL. MS 1319.
The History of Lee County, Iowa, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c., a Biographical Directory of Citizens. . . . Chicago: Western Historical Co., 1879.
Members of a governing body in the church, with special administrative and proselytizing responsibilities. A June 1829 revelation commanded Oliver Cowdery and David Whitmer to call twelve disciples, similar to the twelve apostles in the New Testament and ...
View GlossaryA priesthood office with the responsibility to travel and preach and assist the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, similar to the seventy in the New Testament. In February and March 1835, the first members of the Seventy were selected and ordained. All of those...
View GlossaryThis meeting was held at Brigham Young’s Montrose lodgings on the Iowa side of the river. (Woodruff, Journal, 2 July 1839.)
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.