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-- Aug 2, 1818
[Oliver Cowdery] William Jr. and Keziah's three daughters (Lucy P., Rebecca M., & Phoebe L) were baptized in the Poultney Congregational church. (1)
-- 1818 Fall
[Lucy Mack Smith] Smiths move into small cabin at north end of their Manchester property. (2)
-- 1818 fall
[Oliver Cowdery] Benjamin Franklin Cowdery (a second cousin of Oliver Cowdery) and Benjamin F. Smead apparently purchased the printing office of the defunct Allegany Mercury in Olean, Cattaraugus, NY and there founded and published the Hamilton Recorder until early 1820. (1)
-- 1818 Wtr-Spr
[Sydney Rigdon] Alexander Campbell opened Buffalo Seminary, located near Brush Run in Washington Co.; Alexander lived on his father-in-law's farm (Brown Farm) (3)
-- Early 1819
Sidney Rigdon moves in with Rev. Andrew Clark in Beaver County, PA. (4)
-- 1819
[John Taylor] Moves with his family to Hale (near Milnthorpe), where he helps work on a small farm left to his father by an uncle. (5)
[Joseph Smith Sr. Visions] Just one thing more
... the seventh and last vision that my husband had, which vision was received in the year 1819.
Joseph dreams that a peddler approaches him and asks him to trade with him again. He says he has always traded with him and found him strictly honest. This is the last time. He (Joseph) needs only one more thing for salvation.
The man says he will write down what he needs. In his rush to get some paper, Joseph wakes up. (6)
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Sr. reports his seventh visionof the peddler who will tell him what one thing he lacks for salvation. (7)
-- 1819/20
[Lucy Mack Smith] Attempted assassination of Joseph Jr. (2)
-- 1819-20?
[Sydney Rigdon] Mrs. Nancy Rigdon left the farm and went to live with her daughter Lacy Rigdon Boyer (Mrs. Peter Boyer). (3)
-- 1819-20
[Sydney Rigdon] Sydney Rigdon occasionally returned briefly to Library area, may have engaged in occasional preaching at First Baptist Church in Pittsburgh and/or Peter's Creek Church (3)
-- 1819
[Sydney Rigdon] Sydney Rigdon may have served as assistant to Rev. Obadiah Newcomb in Pittsburgh; kept membership in Providence Baptist Church (3)
-- Feb 27, 1819
[Sydney Rigdon] Sydney Rigdon Presented Dismission from the Peters Creek Church and accepted into the Providence Regular Baptist Church of North Sewickley (3)
-- Mar 1819
Sidney Rigdon gets minister's license and moves in with Adamson Bentley in Ohio. (4)
Footnotes:
1 - http://olivercowdery.com/history/Cdychrn1.htm
2 - http://www.prophetjosephsmith.org/history_mother_appendix
3 - http://sidneyrigdon.com/Rigdchrn.htm
4 - http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgv482t8_0d5hdn5cv
5 - Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah
6 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/n/visions_js_sr.phtml#sr2
7 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
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