Church History, 1814, April 3

-- 1814, April 3
Lorenzo Snow (1814-1901) b. Mantua, Portage Co., OH. (1)

-- 1814 3 April
Lorenzo Snow born in Mantua, Ohio. (2)

-- 1814 June 3
[Oliver Cowdery] Lucy Pearce Cowdery born to William & Keziah Cowdery in Poultney, Rutland, VT. Within a year or two the family moved to Middleton, Rutland, VT. (3)

-- 1814 July 17
[William Clayton] Born at Charnock Moss, Penwortham Parish, Lancashire County, England, the first of fourteen children born to Thomas and Ann Clayton. (4)

-- 1814 Sep. 22
[Oliver Cowdery] Warren A. Cowdery married Patience Simmonds in Pawlet, Rutland, VT. Their first child, Marcellus F. Cowdery was born in Pawlet on Aug. 31, 1815. (3)

-- 1814 Fall
[Lucy Mack Smith] Complete crop failures for the Smiths in Norwich. (5)

-- 1815-21
[Brigham Young] Mother dies; Brigham begins to earn his own way in life, eventually becoming a carpenter. (6)

-- 1815
Joseph Merrick finds Pittsfield Parchments containing verses from Bible. (7)

-- 1815
[Lucy Mack Smith] Complete crop failures for the Smiths in Norwich. (5)

-- 1815
[Lucy Mack Smith] Newspaper reports of good land available in western N.Y. (5)

-- 1815
[Sydney Rigdon] Rev. Andrew Clark accepted by Beaver Association as ordained Minister (8)

-- 1815
[Sydney Rigdon] Small Pittsburgh Independent Church formed under the leadership of Thomas Campbell; active until 1817 (8)

-- by May 1815
[Lucy Mack Smith] The Smith family is no longer listed on the Lebanon tax rolls and has probably moved to Norwich, Vermont. The seasons of 1814, 1815, and 1816, unnaturally cold because of volcanic dust, cause crop failure. (5)ack

-- 28-Jun 1815
Marinda M. (Johnson) Hyde born. (7)

Footnotes:
1 - Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
2 - http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
3 - http://olivercowdery.com/history/Cdychrn1.htm
4 - George D. Smith, An Intimate Chronicle; The Journals of William Clayton, p.lxiii, A William Clayton Chronology
5 - http://www.prophetjosephsmith.org/history_mother_appendix
6 - Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah
7 - http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgv482t8_0d5hdn5cv
8 - http://sidneyrigdon.com/Rigdchrn.htm
9 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books