| Samuel H. Smith (1808–1844) |
| First baptized after Joseph and Oliver, probably one of the six church organizers on April 6, 1830, one of the Eight Witnesses. Joseph designated Samuel to succeed him if both he and Hyrum were killed, but after retrieving their bodies after the martyrdom, Samuel was taken ill and died. | ||||
| Born | Samuel Harrison Smith, March 13, 1808 in Tunbridge, Orange county, Vermont | |||
| Died | July 30, 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock county, Illinois > | |||
| Father | Joseph Smith Sr. (1771–1840) | |||
| Mother | Lucy Mack (1775–1856) | |||
| Baptized | May 25, 1829 by Oliver Cowdery >. | |||
| Eight Witnesses | July 1829 one of the Eight Witnesses. | |||
| Elder | June 9, 1830 ordained an elder by Oliver Cowdery in Fayette, New York. | Minutes of June 9, 1830 | ||
| Mission | Fall of 1830 one of four "mostly illiterate" missionaries who call on Orson Hyde (h). | |||
| Founder | April 6, 1830 probably one of the six founders of the church. | Named as one of the of six by Brigham Young and Jonathan Turner. Inventing Mormonism, 154. | ||
| Missionary | June 1830 traditionally, first missionary of church. | Samuel's Books | ||
| Kirtland | February 27, 1831 arrives in Kirtland from New York with Orson Pratt. | ¶ Joseph to Hyrum, March 3, 1831 | ||
| High Priesthood | June 3, 1831 ordained to the High Priesthood by Lyman Wight (h) (swh). | ¶ Minutes of June 3, 1831 | ||
| To Jackson | June 6, 1831 called to travel to Jackson county with Reynolds Cahoon, preaching as they go. In August they are told not to part company on the return trip until they reach their homes. | D&C 52:30, ¶ 61:35 | ||
| Mission | October 29, 1831 called on a mission with William E. McLellen (h). They start November 16, 1831 (D&C 66:7) and labor primarily in eastern Ohio until December 24, when Samuel leaves his sick companion and returns to Hiram, Ohio. | Journals of William E. McLellin, 45, 46. | ||
| Mission | 1832 Orson Hyde and Samuel take a mission to New York and New England. Orson describes Samuel as "a man slow of speech and unlearned, yet a man of good faith and extreme integrity." In Lowell, Massachsetts, Orson's brother-in-law refuses to put Samuel up for the night. | |||
| High council | February 17, 1834 member, first high council of the Church of Christ (serves to 1838). | Minutes of February 17, 1834 | ||
| Ohio militia fine | October 26, 1835 fined $20 for failure to attend Ohio militia musters. Defense that he is a minister is rejected. | Joseph Smith 1832–1834 journal qtd. in Papers 2:54n1. | ||
| Missouri | March [16], 1838 arrives in Missouri two or three days after Joseph. | Papers, 2:213 | ||
| Battle of Crooked River | October 25, 1838 standing next to David W. Patten (h) when the apostle is mortally wounded at the Battle of Crooked River. | |||
| Alderman | 1841 Nauvoo alderman. | |||
| Declines bishopric | August 20, 1842 Nauvoo high council resolves to appont Samuel bishop in the place of Vinson Knight, deceased; but Samuel declines. | HC 5:119; Origins, 320n180. | ||
| Mason | 1842 becomes a Mason. | |||
| Endowed | 1843 endowed. | |||
| Tavern | Keeps "a public house" in Plymouth, thirty-four miles southeast of Nauvoo. | HC 5:201. | ||
| Anointed Quorum | March 3, 1844 Anointed Quorum meeting. | Origins, 356n71. | ||
| Families | Mary Bailey (1808–1841) md. August 13, 1834 | |||
| Susanna Bailey (1835–1905) Mary Bailey (1837–1916) Samuel Harrison Bailey (1838–1914) Lucy Bailey (1841–1841) |
See ¶1835 Chronology for Susannah's birth. | |||
| Levira Clark (1815–1893) md. April 29, 1841 | ||||
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Levira Annette Clark (1842–1888) Lovisa C. (1843–?) Lucy J. C. (1844–1844) |
Levira was the first wife of Joseph F. Smith. ¶ Trials of Young Joseph F. Smith (5) | |||
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