Church History, 5-Feb 1795

-- 5-Feb 1795
Newel Kimball Whitney born in Marlborough, VT. (Tidd)

-- 1796, January 24
Joseph Smith, Sr., and Lucy Mack Smith m. in Tunbridge, VT. (EofM)

-- 24-Jan 1796
Joseph Smith Sr. Marries Lucy Mack. (Tidd)

-- 1796 Jan 24
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Smith and Lucy Mack married at Tunbridge, Vt. (LucyM)

-- 1796 Jan. 24
[Oliver Cowdery] Lucy Mack married Joseph Smith Sr. in Tunbridge, Orange, VT. They lived near Oliver Cowdery's great uncle, Dr. Jabez Cowdery. (Broadhurst-Cowdery)

-- 9-May 1796
Lyman Wight born in Fairfield, NY. (Tidd)

-- 1796 Aug. 13
[Oliver Cowdery] Erastus Cowdery born to William & Rebecca Cowdery in Wells, Rutland, VT. (Broadhurst-Cowdery)

-- About 1797
Male born to Joseph Sr. and Lucy Smith and died. (Tidd)

-- 1797
[Lucy Mack Smith] Loss of firstborn son of the Smiths. (LucyM)

-- 4-Mar 1797
John Adams becomes U.S. President. (Tidd)

-- 18-Jan 1798
Christian Whitmer Born in Pennsylvania. (Tidd)

-- 11-Feb 1798
Alvin Smith (Joseph's brother) born in Tunbridge, VT. (Tidd)

-- 1798 Feb 11
[Lucy Mack Smith] Birth of Alvin. (LucyM)

-- 1799 spring?
[Oliver Cowdery] Mr. [Justus?] Winchell, counterfeiter and fugitive from justice in [Bradford?] Orange Co., VT arrived in Wells. He purportedly lived there temporarily with "Mr. Cowdry," who later was the father of Oliver Cowdery. (Broadhurst-Cowdery)

-- April 09, 1799
[U.S. Religious History] With the help and leadership of Richard Allen, the first black ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church was created in Philadelphia by six black Methodist congregations. (USRelHist)

-- April 11, 1799
[U.S. Religious History] The African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church consecrated Richard Allen as its first bishop. (USRelHist)

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