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"History of Brigham Young" sketches (Millennial Star 1863–1865)
Boynton, John F. (1811–1890) To 1837, biographical. Member, original Quorum of the Twelve (1835–1837).
Hyde, Orson (1805–1878) To 1842. Member, original Quorum of the Twelve (1835–1878).
Johnson, Luke S. (1807–1861) To 1846. Member, original Quorum of the Twelve (1835–1838).
Johnson, Lyman E. (1811–1856) Member, original Quorum of the Twelve (1835–1838).
Kimball, Heber C. (1801–1868) (1) To 1832. Pre-Mormon years. Blacksmith father. Beomes a potter. Manifestation in the skies on night of September 22, 1827. Mason. Joins the Baptists 1832.
(2) To 1834. Mormon missionaries arrive. Speaking in tongues. Vision of Saints gathering in Zion. Visit church in Pennsylvania. Brigham baptized April 14, 1832, Heber a day or two later. Zion's Camp. Cholera.
(3) To 1837. Kirtland temple construction, school. Mission of the Twelve (to New England). Speaking in tongues, healing. Call to England. Some apostles rebel. Journey to New York.
(4) To 1839. Convert James Fielding's congregation in Preston. Evil spirits. Rev. Robert Aitken's attack. Convert Rev. John Richards' congregation and daughter. Cock Pit. Return to Kirtland.
(5) To 1844. Missouri persecutions. Second mission to England. Nauvoo. Missions 1842, 1843. Delegation to Washington 1844.
Lyman, Amasa (1813–1877) To 1844. Called to the Twelve in 1842.
Marsh, Thomas B. (1799–1866) To 1838, autobiographical. First president of the Quorum of the Twelve (1835–1838).
McLellin, William E. (1806–1883) To 1839, biographical. Member, original Quorum of the Twelve (1835–1838).
Page, John E. (1799–1867) To 1838, addendum by Willard Richards to 1844. Called to the Twelve in 1838.
Patten, David W. (1799–1838) Baptized 1832, member of original Quorum of the Twelve (1835), missions with Reynolds Cahoon, Zebedee Coltrin, brother-in-law Warren Parrish, Wilford Woodruff, and others, noted for healing the sick, martyr of the battle of Crooked River 1838.
Pratt, Orson (1811–1882)

(1) Child of a poor New York farm laborer. Western Reserve, 1828. Converted to Mormonism by Parley, 1830. Mission to Colesville. Missions to Ohio, eastern states, and New England with Parley and Lyman E. Wight. Taken seriously ill in Jackson county.
(2) Primarily a chronology of Orson's missions in Ohio and the East from 1832 to 1835. Timely arrival in Kirtland to be ordained an apostle. Remarkable Visions and Prophetic Almanac. Brief summary of events 1838–1844.
Pratt, Parley (1807–1857) Early convert (1830), missionary to Kirtland, MIssouri, Canada, the East, England, and Midwest. Member, original Quorum of the Twelve. Pamphleteer (esp. "Voice of Warning") and first editor of the MIllennial Star.
Richards, Willard (1804–1854) To 1844, biographical. 1837–1840 British mission diary entries. Called to the Twelve in 1840.
Wight, Lyman (1796–1858) To 1844. Baptized in 1830, vision of the Son 1831, founds Cincinnati branch, commands Mormon forces 1833, Zion's Camp, Adam-ondi-Ahman stake presidency, Libery jail, apostle 1841, campaign for Joseph 1844.
Woodruff, Wilford (1807–1898)

(1) To 1835. Conversion and baptism 1833, Zion's Camp, mission to Kentucky and Tennessee.
(2) 1836–1837. Joseph denounces dissidents in Kirtland Temple. Mission to the Fox Islands.
(3) 1837–1839. Maine and Fox Island mission. Baptizes parents. Call to the Twelve. Leads Fox Island company to Illinois. Move to Montrose, Iowa.
Biographical Sketches
Beebe, Calvin (1800–1861) Early convert, perennial high council member, Cutlerite, RLDS.
Brimhall, George H. (1852–1932) Educator, BYU president.
Broadhead, James O. (1819–1898) Former Congressman (D) from Missouri, Church lobbyist (1887–1890).
Burton, Rachel Fielding (1837–1914) Reminiscence of Nauvoo, Winter Quarters, trek to Utah, Salt Lake through 1858.
Burton, William W. (1833–1918) Church leader and entrepreneur in Ogden, Star Valley.
Cahoon, Reynolds (1790–1862) Temple builder, Iowa stake presidency, guard, advisor.
Card, Charles Ora (1839–1906) Logan Stake president, founder of Cardston, Alberta, Canada.
Carter, Jared (1801–1850) Early convert (January 1831), indefagitable missionary, healer, and Danite. Left the church after Joseph's death.
Carter, William (dates unknown) Nephew of Jared Carter, silenced at conference of September 1, 1831.

Coe, Joseph (1784–1854)

 Early convert (New York, 1830), member of the first high council, Kirtland dissenter.
Curtis, George Ticknor (1812–1894) Non-Mormon lobbyist for the church in the 1880s.
Cutler, Alpheus (1784–1864) Temple builder, member of the Council of Fifty, polygamist, schismatic.
Davis, Albert W. (1841–1928) Brother-in-law of Joseph F. Smith, bishop of Salt Lake's Center Ward.
Denton, Wilber (1816–1864) One of two men allegedly sent by Joseph Smith to kill Solomon Newell in 1837.
Fielding, John (1759–1828) Father of Joseph, Mary, Mercy Fielding, grandfather of Joseph F. Smith. Methodist preacher.
Fielding, Joseph (1797–1863) Second president of British mission, brother of Mary Fielding (Smith).
Fielding, Rachel Ibbotson (1767–1828) Ann Matthews' 1830 "memoir" of her mother, also mother of Joseph, Mary, and Mercy Fielding.
Gause, Jesse ([1784–1836]) Counselor to Joseph Smith in the presidency of the High Priesthood, 1832.
Hancock, Mosiah (1834–1907) Autobiography covers 1834–1865. An important primary source. Plural marriage revelation 1832.
Holmes, Milton (1811–1863) Friend, missionary companion of Wilford Woodruff.

Heman Hyde (1788–1869)

 Convert of Freedom, New York (1834).
Hyde, Orson (1805–1878) Early apostle, president of the Quorum of the Twelve.

John Johnson (1779–1843)

 Prosperous farmer of Hiram Ohio, father of apostles Lyman and Luke Johnson, Kirtland stake high council (1834–1837).
Johnson, Luke (1807–1861) Kirtland high council, original Quorum of the Twelve.

Johnson, Lyman (1807–1861)

 Kirtland high council, original Quorum of the Twelve.
Karren, Thomas (1810–1876) Mormon Battalion; Lehi pioneer; Sandwich Island missionary.
Kimball, Heber C. (1801–1868) Member of the first Quorum of the Twelve (1835), first counselor to President Brigham Young.
Lambson, Melissa Jane (1846–1937) Sister-in-law of Joseph F. Smith, domestic life in early Salt Lake City and on the Muddy.

Lott, Cornelius P. (1798–1850)

 Friend and bodyguard of Joseph Smith, Danite, Council of Fifty, Anointed Quorum, high council.
Mack, Solomon (1732–1820) Father of Lucy Mack Smith.
McClernand, John A. (1812–1900) Member of the Utah Commission.
McDonald, Alexander (1832–1903) Former Senator from Arkansas, Church lobbyist (1887–1888).
Morley, Isaac (1786–1865) Early convert (1830), Partridge counselor, important leader in Missouri, stake president in Lima, Illinois, founder of Manti.
Murdock, John (1793–1871) Early convert (1830), missionary, senior high counselor, bishop, patriarch.
Page, Hiram (1800–1852) One of the Eight Witnesses, son-in-law of Peter Whitmer Sr., seer-stone practitioner.
Page, John E. (1799–1876) Member, Quorum of the Twelve (1838–1846).
Partridge, Edward (1799–1840) First bishop of the Church of Christ, presided over the church in Missouri from early 1831 to the organization of a high council, July 7, 1834.
Peterson, Ziba (18??–1896) One of the first four missionaries to the Lamanites (1830–1831).
W. W. Phelps (1792–1872) 1830 convert, assistant president of the church in Missouri, scribe to Joseph Smith, member of the Literary Firm, church printer, editor, song-writer. Excommunicated, warned out of Missouri in 1838, returned to the church in 1841.
Pratt, Orson (1811–1881) Apostle (1835–1881), pamphleteer, cosmologist. Sketch covers only to 1847.
Rich, Leonard (1800–1868) A president of the First Quorum of Seventy, Kirtland Safety Society, Kirtland dissenter.
Rigdon, Sidney (1793–1876) Autobiographical sketch up to but not including first contact with Mormonism.
Ryder, Simonds (1792–1870) Campbellite leader who joins Mormons briefly, then leads the 1832 mob that tars and feathers Joseph and Sidney.
Smith, Samuel H. (1808–1844) First baptized after Joseph and Oliver, one of the six church organizers, one of the Eight Witnesses.
Thompson, Robert B. (1811–1841) Church clerk, recorder, historian; Joseph Smith scribe.
Whitmer, David (1805–1888) One of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon.
Whitmer, John (1802–1878) One of the Eight Witnesses to the Book of Mormon.
Whitney, Newell K. (1795–1850) First functioning Presiding Bishop of the church.
Woodruff, Wilford (1807–1898) Fourth president of the Church. Sketch covers through 1839. Dreamer and visionary, missionary, apostle.
Young, LeGrande (1840–1908) Church and railroad attorney.
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