| Joseph Coe (1784–1854) |
| Early convert (New York, 1830), accompanies Joseph and others on 1831 trip to Missouri, church agent to purchase the French farm in Kirtland, member of the first high council, helps promote the Egyptian artifacts to raise funds, Kirtland dissenter in 1837, excommunicated during the last week of 1837. | ||||
| Born | November 12, 1784 in Genoa, Cayuga county, New York | |||
| Died | October 17, 1854 in Kirtland, Lake county, Ohio | |||
| Father | Joel Coe | |||
| Mother | Huldah Horton | |||
| Baptized | By January 2, 1831 | Orson Pratt, 10. | ||
| Ordinations | Elder by the conference of June 3, 1831 | |||
| High priest October 1, 1831 by Joseph Smith | FWR, 13. | |||
| New York to Ohio | [January 2, 1831] … I attended a conference at the house of Father Whitmer [in Fayette, New York]; and soon after Elder Samuel H. Smith and myself commenced laboring for one of the Saints, by the name of Joseph Coe, to assist him in making preparations to remove to Ohio according to the revelation given at the conference on the 2nd of January. | Orson
Pratt, 10. I am unaware of any minutes for this conference. For Sidney Rigdon's recollection of early meetings, see ¶ Sidney Early Days. D&C 38 |
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| June 3, 1831 conference | June 3, 1831 attends conference where High Priesthood is first presented, Lyman Wight (h) (swh) has a vision, and the "man of sin" is revealed. | Conference of June 3, 1831 | ||
| To Missouri with Joseph | June [15], 1831 called to accompany Joseph, Sidney, and W. W. Phelps to Missouri. | D&C 55:6 | ||
| Leave Kirtland | June 19, 1831 leaves for Missouri with Sidney, Martin, Edward, W. W. Phelps, and Algernon S. Gilbert and his wife. They travel by wagon, canal, and stage to Cincinnati. Then by steamer to Louisville to St. Louis. Walk to Independence. | Manuscript History of the Church, A–1 in Papers 1:356. | ||
| Lamanite mission meeting | July 17, 1831 attends meeting with Joseph, Oliver, W. W. Phelps, Martin Harris, Ziba Peterson, and Joshua Lewis to ask the Lord who should preach the first sermon to the Lamanites and Nephites in that area. Joseph's revelation is that W. W. Phelps should preach the discourse, Joseph Coe and Ziba Peterson should bear testimony, Oliver Cowdery should open the meeting.The end is near. Be prepared. Apparently there was the sense that after "the anointing," the men would go on a mission to the Indians, and they would "take unto you wives of the Lamanites and Nephites, that their posterity may become white, delightsome and Just." | Joseph
Smith Revelations, 374–376. A few months later, Ezra Booth alluded to the Mormon plan to gain access to Indians by marrying their women. ¶ Ezra Booth Letters (8–9) "Mormons and Native Americans," 35. Mormon Polygamy, 12–13. |
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| Attends dedication of the site for the House of the Lord | August 3, 1831 attends dedication of the site of the House of the Lord in Independence with Joseph, Sidney, Frederick, Oliver, Martin Harris, Newel Knight, W. W. Phelps, and Peter Whitmer Jr. Joseph lays a stone at the northeast corner of the planned structure. | From
Historian, 86–87; Times & Seasons vol. 5
no. 5 (March 1, 1844), 450. Ezra Booth was disappointed with the ceremony. Ezra Booth Letters (3–6) |
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| Leaves Independence | August 9, 1831 leaves Independence with other Kirtland visitors. | |||
| Ordained church agent to purchase French farm |
March 8, 1833 Sidney ordains Joseph Coe and Ezra Thayer as general agents for the church to purchase the French farm in Kirtland "upon which the saints might build a stake of Zion." |
Council of March 23, 1833 | ||
| Member, first high council | February 17, 1834 in Kirtland, named a member of the the first high council. |
Council of February 17, 1834; D&C 102:3 |
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| Arranges display of Egyptian artifacts | [February 17, 1836] … this evening Elder Coe called to make some arangements about the Egyptian records and the mummies, he proposes to hire a room at J. Johnsons Inn and exhibit them there from day to day at certain hours, that some benefit may be derived from them—I complied with his request, and only observed that they must be managed with prudence and care especially the manuscripts. | Papers 2:176. | ||
| Kirtland apostasy | May 1 or 31, 1837 is objected to when names of high council are presented. No details on outcome. (Joseph Coe was one of the dissenters who united under the leadership of Warren Parrish, the Prophet's former secretary, in (re-)establishing the Church of Christ. The movement was also known as "the old standard." Other prominent members included ApostlesLyman E. Johnson (h), Luke S. Johnson (h), and John F. Boynton (h), as well as Leonard Rich, Stephen Burnet, Sylvester Smith, Cyrus P. Smalling.) | Council of May 1 or 31, 1837 | ||
| Excommunicated | December 1837 excommunicated during the last week of the year. According to John Smith, 28 persons were excommunicated during the week. In addition to Joseph Coe, the 28 included Martin Harris, the Johnson brothers, John Boynton, and Warren Parrish. | John Smith to George A. Smith, copy in the Journal History, January 1, 1838 | ||
| Treated with disdain | July 1838 categorized by the Elders' Journal with Martin Harris and Cyrus P. Smalling as "so far beneath contempt that a notice of them would be too great a sacrifice for a gentleman to make." | ¶ Argument to Argument | ||