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| 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. |
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| Born |
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November 12, 1784 in Scipio or Genoa,
Cayuga Co., New York (Genoa is 9 mi. S of Scipio.) |
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Who's who
Who's Who in the Doctrine and Covenants, Susan Easton Black. (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, Inc., 1997).
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62, has Genoa, Cayuga Co., NY;
Revelations
Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Lyndon Cook (Provo: Seventy’s Mission Bookstore, 1981).
, 86, has 1785 in New Jersey; Ancestry.com and FamilySearch give Scipio, Cayuga Co., NY. |
| Died |
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October 17, 1854 in Kirtland, Lake Co. [Geauga County until 1840],
Ohio |
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| Father |
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Joel Coe (1761–1846) |
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FamilySearch |
| Mother |
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Huldah Horton (1762–1803) |
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FamilySearch |
| Baptized |
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By January 2, 1831. |
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Orson Pratt journals
The Orson Pratt Journals, compiled and arranged by Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden J. Watson, 1975).
, 10. |
| New
York to Ohio |
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[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. |
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Orson Pratt journals
The Orson Pratt Journals, compiled and arranged by Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden J. Watson, 1975).
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10.
No minutes for this conference.
D&C 38 |
| June
1831 conference |
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June 4, 1831 attends Kirtland conference as an elder. |
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Lyman's
Vision and the Man of Sin |
| To
Missouri with Joseph |
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June [15], 1831 called to accompany Joseph Smith, Sidney
Rigdon, and W. W. Phelps to Missouri. |
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D&C
55:6 |
| Leave
Kirtland |
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June 19, 1831 leaves for Missouri with Sidney
Rigdon, Martin Harris, Edward
Partridge, W.
W. Phelps, and A. 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. |
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, 126 //
Papers
Papers of Joseph Smith, Volume 1: Autobiographical and Historical Writings, edited by Dean C. Jessee (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1989).
1:356.
W. W. Phelps dates the departure June 18. ¶ W.
W. Phelps |
| Lamanite
mission meeting |
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July 17, 1831 attends meeting with Joseph Smith,
Oliver Cowdery, 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." |
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JS revelations
Joseph Smith Revelations: Text and Commentary, H. Michael Marquardt (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1999).
, 374–376.
A few months later, Ezra Booth alludes to the Mormon plan to gain access
to Indians by marrying their women. ¶
Ezra Booth Letters (8–9)
Mormons and Native Americans
"Mormons and Native Americans: A Historical and Bibliographical Introduction," Dialogue 18, no. 1 (Winter 1985): 33-64.
, 35.
Mormon polygamy
Mormon Polygamy: A History, Richard S. Van Wagoner (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1986).
, 12–13. |
| Attends
dedication of the site for the House of the Lord |
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August 3, 1831 attends dedication of the site of the House
of the Lord in Independence with Joseph Smith, Sidney
Rigdon, Frederick
G. Williams, Oliver Cowdery, Martin
Harria, Newel Knight, W.
W. Phelps, Ezra
Booth, and
Peter Whitmer Jr. Joseph lays a stone at the northeast corner of the planned
structure. |
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J. Whitmer
From Historian to Dissident: The Book of John Whitmer, edited by Bruce N. Westergren (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1995 ).
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86–87;
TS
Times and Seasons
5, no. 5 (Mar. 1, 1844):
450.
Ezra Booth was disappointed with the ceremony. Ezra
Booth Letters (3–6) |
| Leaves
Independence |
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August 9, 1831 leaves Independence with other Kirtland visitors. |
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| High
Priesthood |
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October 1, 1831 ordained to the High Priesthood by Joseph
Smith. |
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Minutes
of Oct. 1, 1833 |
| Ordained
church agent to purchase French farm |
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March 23, 1833 Sidney ordains Joseph 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." |
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Minutes
of Mar. 23, 1833 |
| Member,
first high council |
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February 17, 1834 named a member of the the first
high council, in Kirtland. |
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Minutes
of Feb. 17, 1834; D&C
102:3 |
| Arranges
display of Egyptian artifacts |
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[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. |
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Papers
Papers of Joseph Smith, Volume 2: Journal, 1832-1842, edited by Dean C. Jessee (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992).
2:176. |
| Kirtland
dissenter |
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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 under Warren Parrish, the Prophet's former secretary,
in the reconstituted Church of Christ. The movement was also known as "the
old standard." Other prominent members included Apostles Lyman
E. Johnson (h), Luke
S. Johnson (h), and John F. Boynton
(h), as well as Leonard
Rich, Stephen Burnet, Sylvester
Smith, Cyrus P. Smalling.) |
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Minutes
of Sept. 3, 1837 |
| Excommunicated |
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December 1837 twenty-eight persons are excommunicated
during the last week of the year, including Joseph Coe,
Martin Harris, the Johnson brothers, John
Boynton (h), and Warren
Parrish. |
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John
Smith to George A. Smith, Journal History, Jan. 1, 1838. |
| Treated
with disdain |
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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." |
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¶
Argument to Argument |
| Death |
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[October 17, 1854] Mr. Joseph Coe, of Kirtland, was killed on Tuesday
of last week, in the following shocking manner. He went into his field
in the forenoon for the purpose of catching his Bull, which he had frequently
done, and being absent unusually long, search was made for him. It appeared
that the animal had thrown Mr. Coe to the ground and jumped upon his breast,
which doubtless caused his death almost instantly. His clothes were nearly
stripped from his body, and his flesh, in many places, torn off. |
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"Melancholy,"
PT
Painesville [Ohio] Telegraph, Eber D. Howe, ed.
, Oct. 25, 1854. |
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Mr. Coe was in the 70th year of his age. He leaves a wife and four children. |
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Wife |
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Pallas Wales b. [1785]
md. January 12,
1816; d. Feb. 4, 1822) |
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Sophia Harwood b. [1788] |
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