-- Feb 14, 1835
[Joseph Smith] Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon selected Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Kirtland. (1)
Joseph Smith organizes the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. (2)
[Joseph Smith] (age 29)Organizes the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. (3)
[Kimball, Heber Chase] Ordained apostle 14 February 1835. (4)
[Lucy Mack Smith] Organization of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. (5)
[Lucy Mack Smith] Twelve apostles are chosen by Three Witnesses, all from Zion's Camp: Lyman E. Johnson, Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Orson Hyde, David W. Patten, Luke S. Johnson, William E. McLellin, John F. Boynton, Orson Pratt, William Smith, Thomas B. Marsh, and Parley P. Pratt. (6)
Oliver Cowdery, along with David Whitmer and Martin Harris, selected the first members of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles. Oliver and his two associates selected Phineas Howe Young (brother of Brigham Young) to be one of the 12, but Joseph Smith, Jr. overturned their choice and substituted the name of his own brother, William Smith. (7)
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles is organized. Oliver Cowdery, Martin Harris, and David Whitmer choose the first 12 members. Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and Lyman E. Johnson ordained. (8)
[Young, Brigham] Ordained apostle 14 February 1835. (4)
-- Feb 15, 1835
The Three Witnesses ordain Orson Hyde, David W. Patten, Luke Johnson, William E. McLellin, John F. Boynton, and William Smith apostles. (9)
David W. Patten, Orson Hyde, William E. M'Lellin, Luke S. Johnson, William Smith, and John F. Boynton are ordained apostles and members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. (10)
[Hyde, Orson] Ordained apostle 15 February 1835. (4)
[Joseph Smith] Though he never spoke to his associates about his ethnic heritage, William E. McLellin, whose mother was Cherokee, is ordained an apostle to become the first general authority of native American extraction. Twenty-three-year-old John F. Boynton is ordained to the apostleship as the first and only never-married bachelor in the hierarchy. He remains a bachelor eleven months. (11)
Footnotes:
1 - Jessee, Dean, Esplin, Ronald and Bushman, Richard Lyman (editors), The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, Vol. 1: 1832-1839, Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
2 - More Good Foundation, Timeline, http://www.prophetjosephsmith.org/joseph_smith_timeline
3 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah
4 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
5 - Proctor, Scott and Maurine Jensen, editors, History of Joseph Smith by His Mother: Revised and Enhanced
6 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
7 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Oliver Cowdery Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/Cdychrn1.htm
8 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
9 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
10 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
11 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47"
LDS History Timeline / Chronology
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