| Heman T. Hyde (1788–1869) |
| Convert of Freedom, New York. | ||||
| Born | Manchester, Vermont | |||
| Died | June 11, 1867 in Salt Lake City | Church chronology | ||
| Father | Heman Hyde | |||
| War of 1812 | Veteran of the War of 1812. | Papers 2:556. | ||
| Baptized | March 11, 1834 at Freedom, Cattaraugus county, New York by Joseph Smith and Parley P. Pratt. | HC 2:43; Times and Seasons, vol. 6 no. 17 (November 15, 1845), 1027. | ||
| Joseph and Parley | At Freedom, New York, Joseph and Parley preach several discourses and baptize Heman. His parents are Presbyterians, and his mother, tells Parley | Parley's autobiography, 133. | ||
| Presbyterian mother distraught | ¶ | … she would much rather have followed him to an earthly grave than to have seen him baptized. | March 10, 1834: "… at eve preacht again to a hous crowded full to overflowing after meting I proposed if any wished to obey if they would make it manifest we would stay to administer at another meeting a young man of the methodist order arose and testified his faith in the fulness of <the> gospel and desired to Be Baptised we Appointed another meting and the next day tuesday 11th held meeting and Baptised Heman hide" Joseph's Ohio Journal in Papers 2:24. | |
| Family baptized, begin Freedom branch | ¶ | Soon afterwards, however, herself, her husband, and the rest of the family, with some thirty or forty others, were all baptized and organized into a branch of the Church—called the Freedom branch—from which nucleus the light spread and souls were gathered into the fold in all the regions round. | ||
| Teacher | April 10, 1834 ordained a teacher in Freedom by Orson Pratt and John Murdock. | ¶ Orson Pratt (h2) | ||
| Ohio | Moved to Ohio. | Papers 2:556. | ||
| Zion's Camp | Zion’s Camp, 1834. | Papers 2:556. | ||
| Makes bricks | Works with Lyman Wight (swh), Wilford Woodruff (h1), Milton Holmes, and Stephen and Benjamin Winchester making bricks for Col. Michael Arthur in Clay County. | ¶ Lyman Wight (h) | ||
| Priest | November 5, 1834 ordained a priest. | ¶ Council of November 5, 1834; WWJ 1:13. | ||
| 1835 mission | May 1835 travels with Aerot Hale and members of the Twelve on their mission to the East. | |||
| [October] 1835 in Freedom when George A. and Lyman Smith pass through. | "My Journal," 462–463. | |||
| Elder | March 17, 1836 ordained "in the west school room of the Lord's House." | HC 2:407; Kirtland Elders, 15. | ||
| Kirtland endowment | March 18, 1836 anointed in the Lord's house. | Kirtland Elders, 11. | ||
| Missouri | Moved to Missouri. | Papers 2:556. | ||
| Quincy | January 29, 1839 living in Quincy, Illinois. | John Holbrook auto | ||
| Nauvoo | Moved to Nauvoo. | Papers 2:556. | ||
| Iowa high council | July 21, 1846 appointed to the Pottawattamie high council (west side of the Missouri river) | Journal History, July 21, 1846, qtd. in We'll Find, 62n38. | ||
| Captain of 50 | April 31, 1848 appointed captain of fifty in Brigham's 1848 pioneer company. | HC 7:625. | ||
| Salt Lake City |
Member, Salt Lake City 13th Ward. |
Papers 2:556. | ||
| Families | Polly Wyman Tilton, md. 1810. | |||
| William b. September 11, 1818 in York, Livingston county, New York | WWJ 7:143. | |||
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