[John Taylor] Ordained an Apostle at Far West, Missouri, on 19 December, by Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball, under the direction of Joseph Smith, who was in Liberty Jail. (1)
Kimball, Heber Chase: Moved to Missouri 1838. (2)
Marks, William: President of Kirtland Stake 1838. (2)
[Nauvoo] About 350 people had migrated to the peninsula. The region boasted a justice of the peace and a small cemetery. Houses of wood and stone had been erected as well as stores and a tavern (inn). The inhabitants of the peninsula roughly equaled in number the size of the neighboring hamlets Carthage and Warsaw. It was the largest center of population in Hancock County. (3)
[Orin Porter Rockwell] As a settler in Jackson County, Missouri, in the mid-1830s, he was caught up in the so-called Mormon War of 1838, in which Missourians acting under an "extermination order" issued by Governor Lilburn W. Boggs drove the Mormons from the state. It was during this turbulent period that Rockwell became identified with the "Danites," a band of Mormon stalwarts who organized for the defense of fellow church members against their antagonists. (4)
Orson Hyde is numbered among the great leaders of early Utah history. Raised as an orphan in poverty and self educated, he later filled many positions in Utah with distinction and success. He was a convincing and eloquent orator with a compelling desire to excel. As a Mormon apostle he became one of the most scholarly leaders in pioneer times. His boldness and energy frequently made him the subject of criticism from his superiors. In 1838 he was excommunicated from the church, but after making sincere reconciliation he was reinstated the next year. (5)
[Polygamy] Lucinda Pendleton Morgan Harris Est. age 37, already married. Historians Richard Lloyd Anderson and Scott H. Faulring dismiss this claim as being based on "no solid evidence". Compton notes the following evidence: she is the third woman on Andrew Jenson's 1887 list of Joseph Smith's plural wives; Compton writes that "Sarah Pratt reported that while in Nauvoo Lucinda had admitted a long-standing relationship with Smith"; and that there is an "early Nauvoo temple proxy sealing to Smith...." This marriage was a polyandrous situation, as Lucinda lived with her current husband George Washington Harris until about 1853. Compton feels the marriage occurred around 1838 , when Smith was living with Lucinda and her husband. (6)
Pratt, Orson: Pursuant to request to return to Missouri, with family left New York City and arrived in St. Louis mid-November 1838; spent winter there. (2)
Richards, Willard: Counselor to Joseph Fielding in presiding over Church in England 1838-40. Three children: Heber John, Heber John, and Rhoda Ann. (2)
Smith, Don Carlos: Mission to Tennessee and Kentucky 1838 to collect money to buy out land claims of non-Mormons in Daviess County, Missouri. (2)
Snow, Erastus: Mission to Pennsylvania and Maryland 1838. (2)
Snow, Erastus: Moved to Far West, Missouri, 1838. (2)
Snow, Lorenzo: Mission to Kentucky and Illinois 1838. (2)
Footnotes:
1 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor, Salt Lake City, Utah
2 - 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
3 - LDS Church News: Nauvoo -- The City of Joseph, http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/58063/Church-history--Nauvoo.html
4 - Utah Historical Encyclopedia: Orin Porter Rockwell, http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/r/ROCKWELL%2CORIN.html
5 - Utah Historical Encyclopedia: Orson Hyde, http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/h/HYDE%2CORSON.html
6 - Wikipedia, List of the Wives of Joseph Smith, Jr., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_wives_of_Joseph_Smith,_Jr.
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