Mormon History, Mar 27, 1832

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-- Mar 27, 1832
Joseph Smith (while living at the Johnson's in Hirum, OH) and Sidney Rigdon are tarred and feathered by Simons Rider (a former Campbellite preacher), Warren Waste, Eli Johnson, Edward Johnson, and John Johnson upon rumors of Smith's intimacy with Nancy Marinda Johnson (16) (Eli Johnson's sister). The mob also brings Joseph Smith to Dr. Dennison for castration but the Dennison refuses to perform the operation. Next day, Sidney Rigdon crazed and wants to kill Joseph Smith with his razor [per Smith]. (1)

-- After Mar 27, 1832
Philo Dibble sells possessions to advance money to Joseph Smith to buy land in Jackson County: gives $50 to Parley P. Pratt and, when asked for more, gives $300 [per Dibble]. (1)

-- Mar 29, 1832
Joseph Smith Jr. and Emma's adopted son, Joseph Murdock Smith, dies from a cold, thought to have been caught during the night of the mobbing. (2)

[Joseph Smith] Hiram, Ohio. Joseph Smith Murdock, adopted son of Joseph and Emma Smith, died. (3)

[Joseph Smith] Josephs adopted son dies from a cold, which many believe was contracted when the mob attacked Joseph. (4)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Murdock Smith dies of complications from exposure during mobbing. (5)

-- Mar 29, 1832-30
[Joseph Smith] Adopted son Joseph died, Hiram. (6)

-- Mar 30, 1832
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Murdock Smith, eleven months old, dies from exposure. (7)

-- During 1832 Mar
[Lucy Mack Smith] 24/25 Joseph and Sidney are mobbed, beaten, tarred, and feathered. (7)

-- During 1832 March
In an unpublished revelation, Joseph Smith is confirmed as having the authority to direct all the affairs of the church and also to appoint counselors in his presidency. (2)

[Joseph Smith] [Joseph Smith] Tarred and feathered by mob at Hiram, Ohio. (8)

-- During Mar 1832
Joseph Smith, by revelation, is called "Enoch." (1)

-- During March 1832
[Whitney, Newel Kimball] Appointed by revelation to travel with Prophet and others to Missouri March 1832. (9)


Footnotes:
1 - http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgv482t8_0d5hdn5cv
2 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
3 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
4 - http://www.prophetjosephsmith.org/joseph_smith_timeline
5 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
6 - Joseph Smith Papers: Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
7 - History of Joseph Smith by His Mother: Revised and Enhanced by Scot Facer Proctor Maurine Jensen Proctor
8 - http://josephsmithpapers.org/TimelineOfEvents.htm
9 - Lyndon W. Cook, The Revelation 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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