[Lucy Mack Smith] Death of Joseph Sr. (1)
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Sr. dies after ordaining Hyrum patriarch to the church and giving his children blessings. (2)
-- Sep 14, 1840 - 24 January 1841
[1st Presidency Changes] Joseph Smith, Jr. Sidney Rigdon (never ordained an apostle) Hyrum Smith John Smith (never ordained an apostle, Assistant Counselor) Death of Joseph Smith, Sr. (never ordained an apostle) (3)
-- Sep 14, 1840 - 27 June 1844
[Change in Presiding Church Patriarch Office] Hyrum Smith Oldest surviving son of Joseph Smith, Sr. (4)
-- Sep 15, 1840
[Lucy Mack Smith] Robert B. Thompson preaches Joseph Sr.'s funeral sermon. (2)
-- about Sep 15, 1840
Nauvoo, Illinois. On the same day as Joseph Smith Sr.s funeral, Lilburn W. Boggs, governor of Missouri, demanded the extradition of Joseph Smith Jr. as a fugitive from justice. (5)
-- Sep 21, 1840
William Clayton, on a ship carrying two hundred Mormons from England to America writes: "Good sail. At night Elder Turley spoke considerable on cleanliness and afterwards went round the births to see if all the company undressed. Some was found with their cloths on and some had never pulled their cloths off since they came on deck but had done their dirt in their cloths. Others had dirt in the corner of their birth. This made the most awful smell when discovered almost to much to bear. Elder Turley undressed and washed them and ordered the place cleaned out. [Some of the company] are filthy indeed." (6)
-- During 1840, September
[Joseph Smith] In an address by the First Presidency to the Church, announces that the time has come to begin building a temple in Nauvoo. (7)
-- During Sept. 1840
Hyrum Smith: Ordained by dying father Joseph Smith Sr. "to the patriarchal power" 14 Sept. 1840 (8)
Joseph Smith Sr. Death: 14 Sept. 1840, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois , Estate: No record (8)
-- During September 1840
Bennett, John Cook: Baptized about September 1840. (9)
Bennett, John Cook: Moved to Nauvoo September 1840. (9)
Miller, George: Ordained high priest before September 1840. (9)
Footnotes:
1 - Proctor, Scott and Maurine Jensen, editors, History of Joseph Smith by His Mother: Revised and Enhanced
2 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
3 - Wikipedia, First Presidency (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)#Chronology_of_the_First_Presidency
4 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Presiding Patriarchs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presiding_Patriarch#Chronology_of_the_Presiding_Patriarchs_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints
5 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
6 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
7 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah
8 - 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
9 - 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
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