-- Dec 27, 1831
[Lucy Mack Smith] Samuel and William McLellin return from their mission. (1)
-- Dec 28, 1831
Joseph blesses McLellin: "I was healed so that I got up and eat breakfast and attended an ap. made for them." In the evening McLellin baptizes Celia Burwell, goes to another meeting with Hyrum and speaks an hour and a half. In the evening Joseph confirms Celia and she "expressed great joy in the reception of the Holy spirit." (2)
-- Winter/Spring 1831
[Lucy Mack Smith] Ezra Booth (Methodist minister), John Johnson and Mary Musselman Johnson and family, visit Joseph. Joseph heals Mary's lame arm. (1)
-- 1831
[Membership] Church Membership at end of year: 680
New Converts : 400
Percent Change from previous year: 142.86% (3)
-- During Winter 1831
Ezra Booth (a Methodist preacher) and his friend John Johnson, join the Church. (4)
-- During 1831
[Booth, Ezra] Authored nine letters against Church; published them in Ohio Star (October-December 1831). (5)
[Corrill, John] Moved family to Missouri 1831. Presided over Branch Number Four in Independence. (5)
[Corrill, John] Prominent Church leader 1831-38. (5)
[Corrill, John] Served mission to New London, Ohio, early 1831. (5)
[Deseret] Ashley's final Utah rendezvous ensues in Cache Valley; the remaining ones were held in southwestern Wyoming and eastern Idaho until their discontinuance in 1840. (6)
[Gause, Jesse] Associated with Shaker community in Hancock, Essex County, Massachusetts, by 1831. (5)
Hyrum Smith: High priest 1831 (7)
Joseph Smith Jr.: High priest 1831 (7)
Footnotes:
1 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
2 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
3 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
4 - http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgv482t8_0d5hdn5cv
5 - Lyndon W. Cook, The Revelation of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
6 - http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/trapperstradersandexplorers.html
7 - D. Michael Quinn, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 6, Biographical Sketches of General Officers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47
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