Mormon History, 1840

-- During 1840
Law, William: Possessed strong testimony of Church and Joseph Smiths divine calling 1840-42. (1)

Miller, George: In 1840 helped purchase steamboat that plied upper Mississippi River. (1)

Nauvoo was basically a wooden town log cabins, log houses and frame houses to be seen everywhere. But soon brickyards were established. Some brick homes, barns and other out buildings were constructed. An average-sized home was 16 by 16 feet square. Dogs, pigs, chickens, flies and mosquitoes roamed at will. Population jumped to more than 3,000, with citizens coming from every state in the union and Great Britain. Generally, one-third were from Great Britain. (2)

Nauvoo was not immune from the sicknesses that often raged throughout the Mississippi River Valley. Nauvoo sexton records indicate that the children were the chief victims. Deaths by cholera, malaria and even measles were very common. (2)

[Schism] Church of Jesus Christ, the Bride, the Lamb's Wife George M. Hinkle (organizer); Split off/Continuation of Church of Christ; Now Defunct; Taught that Joseph Smith was not a prophet and the Book of Mormon was not scripture; formed prior to the death of Joseph Smith. (3)

Smith, Samuel Harrison: Moved to Nauvoo about 1840. (1)

Snow, Erastus: Another mission to Pennsylvania 1840-41. (1)

Snow, Erastus: Mission to Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Massachusetts 1840. (1)

[Willard Richards] He was ordained an apostle in 1840 in England by Brigham Young. (4)

[William Clayton] He then quit his work to devote his time to missionary service, and in 1840 emigrated to Nauvoo, Illinois. There he became an intimate associate of, and scribe to, the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith. (5)

-- During 1840 to 1841
[Wilford Woodruff] Serves as a missionary in England. Helps lead about 2,000 people to baptism and confirmation. Helps secure the copyright to the Book of Mormon in London. (6)

-- During 1840, 1841
Zebedee Coltrin: Missions (1840, 1841) (7)

-- During 1840-1841
* Howard Coray -- primary scribal author for this period. Writings used in assembling The History of the Church (often cited as HC) (originally entitled History of Joseph Smith; first published under the title History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; nicknamed Documentary History of the Church or DHC) (8)

Footnotes:
1 - 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
2 - LDS Church News: Nauvoo -- The City of Joseph, http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/58063/Church-history--Nauvoo.html
3 - Wikipedia, List of Sects in the Latter-Day Saint Movement, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_sects_in_the_Latter_Day_Saint_movement#Before_the_schism
4 - Utah History Encyclopedia: Willard Richards, http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/r/RICHARDS%2CWILLARD.html
5 - Utah History Encyclopedia: William Clayton, http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/c/CLAYTON%2CWILLIAM.html
6 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah
7 - Quinn, D. Michael, 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
8 - Wikipedia, History of the Church, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Church

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