Church History, 1812/13

-- 1812/13
[Lucy Mack Smith] Typhoid fever epidemic. All Smith children contract the disease. (1)

-- c. 1812
[Oliver Cowdery] Warren A. Cowdery studied to become a doctor (perhaps at first only a "root doctor") in Rutland Co., VT. A year or two later he may have become a licensed physician and pharmacist. (2)

-- c. 1812
[Oliver Cowdery] William & Keziah Cowdery moved their family back to Rutland Co., VT. (2)

-- 1812 Jan. 1
[Sydney Rigdon] Alexander Campbell licensed to preach (possibly also ordained) (3)

-- 1812 Apr
[Sydney Rigdon] First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh formed by the Rev. Edward Jones, undere the direction of Rev. David Phillips of Peter's Creek Church (3)

-- 1812 Jun. 12
[Sydney Rigdon] Thomas, Jane & Campbell re-baptized by immersion; Buffaloe Creek, Washington Co., PA (by Rev. Mathias Luse) (3)

-- 1812 July 28
[Lucy Mack Smith] Birth of Catharine. (1)

-- 6-Sep 1812
John D. Lee born in Kaskaskia, IL. (4)

-- 1812 Sep 21
[Sydney Rigdon] Thomas Campbell, Senior minister of church at Crossroads and Brushrun, Washington Co., signed son Alexander Campbell's certificate of ordination (3)

-- 1812 Fall
[Sydney Rigdon] Solomon Spalding, wife, & daughter move from New Salem, OH to Pittsburgh; open a small retail store (3)

-- 1812 Nov 5
[Sydney Rigdon] Patterson & Hopkins Booksellers firm in Pittsburgh was dissolved and replaced by the Robert & Joseph Patterson Book and Stationery Store; Robert Patterson had a close association with the job-office print shop of Butler & Lambdin, established after 1817. Silas Engles was the printer for Patterson & Hopkins, as well as for R. & J. Patterson 1812 Fall At about this time, Solomon Spalding, newly arrived from OH, apparently approached Joseph Patterson in regard to having Butler & Lambdin print a book he had written. Silas Engles told Robert Patterson "that a gentleman from the East originally" had left a manuscript written "in the style" of "the Bible" for publication. Patterson looked at the MS and approved it publication, provided the author pay the costs. (3)

-- 28-Dec 1812
Catherine Smith (Joseph's sister) born in Lebanon, NH. (4)

-- ca. 1813
[Joseph Smith] (age 7)Contracts typhoid fever; complications require surgery on his left leg. At this time, the Smith family was living in West Lebanon, New Hampshire, one of several places to which the family moved between 1808 and 1816 in search of opportunities for work. (5)

-- 1813
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Jr.s leg operation. (1)

Footnotes:
1 - http://www.prophetjosephsmith.org/history_mother_appendix
2 - http://olivercowdery.com/history/Cdychrn1.htm
3 - http://sidneyrigdon.com/Rigdchrn.htm
4 - http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgv482t8_0d5hdn5cv
5 - Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah