| Born |
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February 29, 1784 in
Plainfield, Cheshire county, New Hampshire |
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Basic
source: Revelations of the Prophet |
| Died |
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August 10, 1864 in Manti,
Iowa. |
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| Father |
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Knight Cutler |
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| Mother |
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Elizabeth Boyd |
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| Baptized |
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1833 in New York. |
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| Ordinations |
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April 29, 1836 high
priest. |
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| Events |
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1834 moves to Kirtland. |
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| Kirtland
House of the Lord |
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Works on House of the
Lord in Kirtland. |
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| Endowment |
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January 1836 receives
Kirtland endowment. |
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| Dedication |
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March 1836 attends dedication
of the House of the Lord. |
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| Missouri |
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1836 moves to Missouri. |
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October 1836 buys land
in Caldwell county. |
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Settles in Ray county. |
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| Far
West House of the Lord |
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Appointed master workman
of projected House of the Lord in Far West. |
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| Commerce |
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Summer 1839 moves to
Commerce, Illinois. |
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| Monogamy |
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September or October
1840 signs signs statement published in the Times and Seasons that
he knows "no other rule or system of marriage than the one published
from the Book of Doctrine and Covenants, and we give this certificate to
show that Dr. J. C. Bennett's 'secret wife system' [940] is a creature of
his own make as we know of no such society in this place nor never did." |
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Times
and Seasons, vol.
3 no. 23 (October 1, 1840), 939–940. Other signers are: S. Bennett,
George Miller, Alpheus Cutler, Wilson Law, Reynolds
Cahoon, W. Woodruff (h1),
N. K. Whitney, Albert Pettey, Elias
Higbee, John Tayor, E. Robinson, Aaron Johnson |
| Nauvoo
high council |
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October 6, 1839 called
to Nauvoo high council. |
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| Schoolhouse
architect |
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28 October 1839 appointed
architect for projected stone schoolhouse in Nauvoo. |
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| Nauvoo
House of the Lord |
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October 3, 1840 appointed
to committee with Reynolds Cahoon and
Elias Higbe to oversee construction of a "House of the Lord" in
Nauvoo. (The following September, Alpheus goes to Wisconsin for timber.) |
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HC,
4:341; William Clayton, An
Intimate Chronicle, 537–538; Times and Seasons,
vol. 1 no. 12 (December 1840), 186. |
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1841–1842 obtains
lumber for the Nauvoo House and Temple at the pineries on the Black river
in Wisconsin. |
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| Endowment |
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October 12, 1843 receives
Nauvoo endowment. |
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| Council
of Fifty |
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March 11, 1844 joins
Council of Fifty. |
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| Joseph's
estate |
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July 4, 1844. "In
Council" with stake president William Marks, Reynolds
Cahoon, and William Clayton, decide Marks should be "appointed
president and Trustee in Trust and this accords with Emma's feelings." |
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William
Clayton, An Intimate
Chronicle, 137. |
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Alpheus Cutler
and Reynolds Cahoon are so anxious to
get property, they will all flat out as soon as the Temple is completed
and the faith of the Saints ceases from them, &c. |
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HC
6:427. |
| Endowment |
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December 11, 1845 endowed
in Nauvoo temple attic, Brigham Young officiating. Others in group include
Isaac Morley, Orson Spencer, Reynolds Cahoon,
William Clayton, Cornelius P. Lott, Mother
Lucy Smith, and Mercy R. Thompson. |
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HC
7:543–544. |
| Leave
Nauvoo |
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February 1846 leaves
Nauvoo for the West. |
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| Cutler's
Park |
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Settles in Cutler's
Park, Nebraska. |
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| Municipal
high council |
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August 9, 1846 appointed
presiding member of the Municipal High Council. |
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| Winter
Quarters |
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September 8, 1846 appointed
to locate site for winter quarters; locates site 3 days later. |
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| Rejects
Brigham |
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1848 rejects Brigham's
leadership and moves to Spring Creek, Mills county, Iowa. |
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| Iowa |
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[1853] moves to Manti,
Fremont county, Iowa. |
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| True
Church of Jesus Christ |
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Organizes "The
True Church of Jesus Christ," September 19, 1853. |
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| Wives |
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Alta Adams md.
March 12, 1815 |
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Luana Hart Beebe
Rockwell, sealed Janary 14, 1846 |
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Margaret Carr
(b. 1771), sealed in Nauvoo temple February 3, 1846. |
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Sally Cox (b.
1794), sealed in Nauvoo temple February 3, 1846. |
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Disey Caroline McCall
(b. 1802), sealed in Nauvoo temple February 3, 1846. |
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Henrietta Clarinda
Miller (b. 1822), sealed in Nauvoo temple February 3, 1846. |
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