Mormon History, Aug 7, 1841

-- Aug 7, 1841
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith lamented the death of his brother Don Carlos Smith, who was 25 years old. (1)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Death of Don Carlos. (2)

Smith, Don Carlos: Died 7 August 1841 in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois. (3)

-- Aug 8, 1841
Nauvoo, Illinois. A large group of friends and relatives attended the funeral of Joseph Smiths brother Don Carlos Smith, who was buried with military honors. (1)

-- Aug 10, 1841
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith held a council with some of the Twelve Apostles to plan the next phase of missionary work. (1)

-- Aug 12, 1841
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith met with about 100 chiefs, braves, and their families, of the Keokuk, Kis-ku-kosh, and Appanoose tribes and instructed them about their fathers and the promises made concerning them in the Book of Mormon. (1)

-- Aug 15, 1841
[Emma] Son Don Carlos, age fourteen months, dies. (4)

Don Carlos Smith (Joseph's son) dies. (5)

[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph and Emma Smiths son Don Carlos died when only 14 months and two days old. (1)

[Joseph Smith] Josephs son Don Carlos dies at fourteen months old. (6)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Death of Joseph and Emmas Don Carlos. (2)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph's and Emma's fourteen-month-old son Don Carlos dies at Nauvoo. (7)

-- 16Aug41
[Joseph Smith Sermon] Instruction delivered at Nauvoo, Ill., on Monday August 16, 1841
Twelve to Preside Now - Translation of Book of Abraham (8)

Footnotes:
1 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
2 - Proctor, Scott and Maurine Jensen, editors, History of Joseph Smith by His Mother: Revised and Enhanced
3 - 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
4 - Emma Smith, Woman of Faith, http://emmasmithmormon.com
5 - Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology"
6 - More Good Foundation, Timeline, http://www.prophetjosephsmith.org/joseph_smith_timeline
7 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
8 - The Parallel Joseph, http://www.boap.org/LDS/Parallel/

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