Martin Harris (1783

Mormon History: 1830 to 1839

Martin Harris (1783–1875)

Book of Mormon scribe, one of the Three Witnesses, financier of the Book of Mormon, dissident, returns to the LDS Church in 1870.

Born		May 18, 1783 in Easttown, Saratoga, New York		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). , 9.
Died		July 9, 1875 in Clarkston, Cache, Utah		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). , 9.
Father		Nathan Harris		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). , 9.
Mother		Rhoda Lapham		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). , 9.
Palmyra		1792 settles in Palmyra, New York, where he owns 240 acres.		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). , 9.
Scribe		Book of Mormon scribe.
Professor Anthon		February 1828 takes Book of Mormon characters to Professors Mitchell, Anthon.		¶ Joseph Smith–History
		April 12–June 14, 1828 Book of Mormon scribe.
Wicked man		July 1828 revelation rebukes Joseph Smith for trusting Martin, who is "a wicked man."		¶ D&C 3:12
May be a witness		March 1829 Martin may be one of the witnesses, but "he shall say no more except I have seen them & they have been shone un[to] me by the Power of God & these are the words which he shall say."		¶ D&C 5:26
Instructions for the Three Witnesses		June [14–30], 1829 is promised he shall obtain a view of the plates "by your faith."		¶ D&C 17:2
Three Witnesses		June [14–30], 1829 one of the Three Witnesses.
Mortgages farm		August 25, 1829 mortgages 151 acres to Egbert B. Grandin to print the Book of Mormon. The mortgage ($3,000) is to be paid off by February 25, 1831.
Martin Harris Joseph and Oliver		[September] 1829 Thomas B. Marsh finds Martin at Grandin's printing shop as the proof of the first sixteen pages come off the press. Martin takes him to meet Joseph and Oliver at the home of Joseph Smith Sr.		¶ Thomas B. Marsh (h)
Book of Mormon on sale		March 26, 1830 Book of Mormon goes on sale at Grandin Bookstore in Palmyra, New York.		Wayne Sentinel, Mar. 20, 1830. Source
Revelation for Martin		March [26–31], 1830 revelation for Martin to keep commandments Joseph has given, don't show the revelation to the world, don't covet neighbor's wife or your property, pay the printer's bill for the Book of Mormon, go out and preach. "Leave thy house and home, except when thou shalt desire to see them."		D&C 19
Books not selling, insists on revelation		March [27–29], 1830 riding home to Manchester with Joseph Knight Sr., Joseph sees Martin crossing the road with a load of books. Martin "says the Books will not sell for no Body wants them Joseph says I think they will sell well Says he I must have a Commandment. Joseph put him off But he insisted three or four times he must have a Commandment." During the night, Martin feels something like a large dog jumping on him.		Joseph Knight recollection Joseph Knight holograph, transcribed by Dean Jessee in �Joseph Knight�s Recollection of Early Mormon History,� BYU Studies 17 no. 1 (Autumn 1976): 29-39 (cited); transcribed by Dan Vogel in Early Mormon Documents 4:12-24. Jesse assigns a date range of 1833-1847; Vogel, 1835-1847. in 4:20.
Revelation: don't covet, pay printer, preach		March [28–31], 1830 in the morning Martin reiterates he must have a commandment and goes home. "and along in the after part of the Day Joseph and oliver Received a Commandment." D&C 19: Don't covet your neighbor's wife or your own property. Pay the printer for the Book of Mormon. Go out and preach. Visit home only to see your family.		Joseph Knight recollection Joseph Knight holograph, transcribed by Dean Jessee in �Joseph Knight�s Recollection of Early Mormon History,� BYU Studies 17 no. 1 (Autumn 1976): 29-39 (cited); transcribed by Dan Vogel in Early Mormon Documents 4:12-24. Jesse assigns a date range of 1833-1847; Vogel, 1835-1847. in 4:21.
Baptized		April 6, 1830 Oliver Cowdery baptizes Martin and Joseph Smith Sr. and others in Crooked Brook.		Minutes of April 6, 1830; Inventing Inventing Mormonism: Tradition and the Historical Record, H. Michael Marquardt and Wesley P. Walters (Salt Lake City: Smith Research Associates, 1994). , 157–159; Knight recollection Untitled and undated holograph, LDS Church Archives transcribed by Dean Jessee in "Joseph Knight's Recollection of Early Mormon History," BYU Studies 17, no. 1 (Autumn 1976), 29-39. Reference to D&C 20 on p. 174 and D&C 21 on p. 177 suggests document date between 1844 and 1876. , 37.
Wife abuse	¶	[June 22, 1830] It has been reported that one if the "Gold Bible" witnesses has been in the habit of whipping and otherwise mal-treating his wife for the sole purpose of making her a proselyte to the faith according to JO SMITH.		Palmyra Reflector, June 22, 1830. Source
	¶	[December 6, 1830] The manner in which one of the "GOLD BIBLE" witnesses treats his wife, and how he uses "weighty arguments," to bring her over to the faith according to JO SMITH, has come to hand, but as we understand, a legal investigation may hereafter take place, we shall lay the article on the shelf for the present. In the intrim however, we feel bound to give it as our humble opinion, that a man who will maltreat the wife of his bosom, under such circumstances, should be driven from the society of MEN.		Palmyra Reflector, Dec. 6, 1830. Source
		Wife, represented by Lyman Cowdery, Esq. of Arcadia, takes Martin to court.
Honest but credulous		[December 28, 1830] … and a worthy, honest but credulous farmer was found willing to be ruined by defraying the expense of publishing the Book of Mormon, as was to be expected, fell dead-born from the press.		Rochester Republican, Dec. 28, 1830. Source
Joseph writes Martin to come to Kirtland		February 22, 1831 Joseph writes Martin to come to Kirtland immediately to select land for himself and brethren, bring copies of the Book of Mormon.		Joseph Smith to Martin Harris, February 22, 1831
Leaves New York for Kirtland		[March 12, 1831] Martin Harris, the head man here as respects property, left here a few days ago on a sojourn to your country, having received a special command thither forthwith.		Letter perhaps written by Abner Cole and one other in Palmyra, Mar. 12, 1831, PT Painesville [Ohio] Telegraph, Eber D. Howe, ed. , Mar. 22, 1831. Source
Testifies in Painesville bar	¶	Martin Harris, another chief of the Mormon impostors, arrived here last Saturday [March 12, 1831] from the bible quarry in New York. He immediately planted himself in the bar-room of the hotel, where he soon commenced reading and explaining the Mormon hoax … Curiosity soon drew around thirty or forty spectators, and all who presumed to question his blasphemous pretentions, were pronounced infidels. He was very flippant, talking fast and loud, in order that others could not interpose an opinion counter to his. Every idea that he advanced, he knew to be absolutely true, as he said, by the spirit and power of God. In fine, the bystanders had a fair specimen of the Mormon slang … The meeting was closed, by a request of the landlord that the prophet should remove his quarters, which he did, and declaring, that all who believed the new bible would see Christ within fifteen years, and all who did not would absolutely be destroyed and dam'd.		PT Painesville [Ohio] Telegraph, Eber D. Howe, ed. , Mar. 15, 1831. Source
		I have yet to determine when returns to New York.
Leaves New York for Ohio		[May 27, 1831] Several families, numbering about fifty souls, took up their line of march from this town last week for the "promised land," among whom is Martin Harris, one of the original believers in the "Book of Mormon." Mr. Harris was among the early settlers of this town, and has ever borne the character of an honorable and upright man, and an obliging and benevolent neighbor. He had secured to himself by honest industry a respectable fortune—and he has left a large circle of acquaintances and friends to pity his delusion.		Wayne Sentinel, May 27, 1831. Source
High Priesthood		June 3–6, 1831 ordained to the High Priesthood by Lyman Wight.		¶ Minutes of June [4], 1831
Leave Kirtland		June 19, 1831 leaves for Missouri with Sidney Rigdon, Martin Harris, Joseph Coe, Edward Partridge, 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.		MH-C Manuscript History of the Church (Nov. 2, 1838-July 31, 1842), pages 850-1361 (book labeled C-1). Selected Collections 1:1, Volume 3. Original, Church Archives, CR 100 102, Volume 3. , 126.
Called upon to consecrate		August 1, 1831 Martin to be an example by dedicating his property to the Lord in Zion.		¶ D&C 58:35
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 Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Frederick G. Williams, Oliver Cowdery, Joseph Coe, Newel Knight, W. W. Phelps, Ezra Booth, and Peter Whitmer Jr. Joseph lays a stone at the northeast corner of the planned structure.		J. Whitmer From Historian to Dissident: The Book of John Whitmer, edited by Bruce N. Westergren (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1995 ). , 86–87; TS Times and Seasons 5, no. 5 (Mar. 1, 1844): 450. Ezra Booth was disappointed with the ceremony. ¶ Ezra Booth Letters (4–6)
Substantial farmer, flighty talker, sensible, hard worker		[August 31, 1831] Harris also one of the fathers of Mormonism was a substantial farmer near Palmyra—full of passages of the scriptures—rather wild and flighty in his talk occasionally—but holding a very respectable character in his neighborhood for sobriety, sense and hard working.		"Mormonism—Religious Fanaticism—Church and State Party," Morning Courier and New-York Enquirer, Aug. 31, 1831. Source
Great talker, extravagant boaster	¶	[October 20, 1831, Ezra Booth:] Martin Harris is what may be called a great talker, and an extravagant boaster; so much so, that he renders himself disagreeable to many of his society. The money he has expended, and the great things he has done, form a considerable topic of his conversation; he understands all prophecies, and knows every thing by the spirit, and he can silence almost any opposer by talking faster, and louder than he can: or by telling him, "I know every thing and you know nothing: I am a wise man and you are a fool;" and in this respect, he stands a fair sample of many others in the church.		¶ Ezra Booth Letters (1–3)
Book of Commandments profits		November 12, 1831 to receive a share of the profits from the sale of Book of Commandments.		D&C 70 ¶ Minutes of November 11–12, 1831
United Firm		April 26, 1832 charter member of the United Firm.		¶ D&C 82:11 Minutes of April 26–27, 1832
				¶ D&C 82:11 Minutes of April 26–27, 1832
"Fit"s of prophecy		[Martin Harris] has frequent fits of prophecying, although they are not held in very high repute among his brethren. A specimen of his prophetic powers we subjoin. They were written for the special information of a friend of his who placed them upon the wall of his office, and are in these words:		Unvailed Mormonism Unvailed, Eber D. Howe (Painesville, Ohio: author, 1834). ,14.
		¶	Within four years from September 1832, there will not be one wicked person left in the United States; that the righteous will be gathered to Zion, and that there will be no President over these United States after that time.
		¶	MARTIN HARRIS
		¶	I do hereby assert and declare that in four years from the date hereof, every sectarian and religious denomination in the United States, shall be broken down, and every Christian shall be gathered unto the Mormonites, and the rest of the human race shall perish. If these things do not take place, I will hereby consent to have my hand separated from my body.
		¶	MARTIN HARRIS

Lucy's affidavit Beat her An object of pity No regard for family		[November 29, 1833, Lucy Harris:] Martin Harris was once industrious attentive to his domestic concerns, and thought to be worth about ten thousand dollars. He is naturally quick in his temper and in his mad-fits frequently abuses all who may dare to [255] oppose him in his wishes. … In one of his fits of rage he struck me with the but end of a whip ... He beat me on the head four or five times, and the next day turned me out of doors twice, and beat me in a shameful manner. … His main complaint against me was, that I was always trying to hinder his making money. … [256] … One day, while at Peter Harris' house, I told him he had better leave the company of the Smiths, as their religion was false; to which he replied, if you would let me alone, I could make money by it. … The man has now become rather an object of pity; he has spent most of his property, and lost the confidence of his former friends. … He now spends his time in travelling through the country spreading the delusion of Mormonism, and has no regard whatever for his family.		Unvailed Mormonism Unvailed, Eber D. Howe (Painesville, Ohio: author, 1834). , 254–256 // Early documents Early Mormon Documents, compiled and edited by Dan Vogel. 4 vols. (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002). 35–36. Lucy also details behavior that led her to believe Martin was having an affair with Mrs. Haggard sometime before he moved to Kirtland.
Sidney charges Martin with smearing Joseph		February 12, 1834 at a meeting of high priests and elders in Kirtland, Sidney charges Martin with telling Esqr A. C. Russell that Joseph "drank too much liquor when he was translating the Book of Mormon and that he wrestled with many men and threw them &c."		¶ Minutes of February 12, 1834
Exalting himself above Joseph		[Martin also] exalted himself above bro. Joseph, in that he said bro. Joseph knew not the contents of the book of Mormon until it was translated. ~~Bro. Martin~~ but that he himself knew all about it before it was translated.
Martin promises to do better		Martin responds that said Joseph drank too much before the Book of Mormon was translated. He also admits "that his mind was darkend and that he had said many things inadvertently calculateingd to wound the feelings of his brethren and promised to do better." The council forgives him—with "much good advice."
Kirtland high council		February 17, 1834 named to the first high council of Kirtland.		Minutes of February 17, 1834
Travel alone as missionary		February 20, 1834 missionaries are called. Martin to "travel alone whenever he travels."		Minutes of February 20, 1834
United Firm distribution		April 23, 1834 United Firm breaks up because of the duplicty, or suspected duplicity, of some. In the distribution of assets, Martin receives John Johnson land. He is to "devote his moneys for the proclaiming of my words" as Joseph directs.		¶ D&C 104:24, 26
Three Witnesses select the Twelve		February 14, 1835 Joseph, David Whitmer, Martin, and Oliver Cowdery meet with members of Zion's Camp. The Three Witnesses select twelve men to be apostles: Lyman E. Johnson, Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Orson Hyde, David W. Patten (h), Luke S. Johnson, William E. McLellin, John F. Boynton (h), Orson Pratt, William Smith, Thomas B. Marsh (h), and Parley P. Pratt (h). The Three Witnesses bless the first three.		Minutes of February 14, 1835
		May 26, 1835 council determines that when Zion is redeemed Martin should receive the first inheritance "for his great good in [assay]ing to bring forth the Book of Mormon, &c." Joseph will receive the second inheritance, W. W. Phelps the 16th, and John M. Burke the 37th.		W. W. Pratt to Sally, May 26, 1835, Phelps Papers, BYU Vault VMSS810. No minutes of the meeting have been found.
Meets with Smith men		January 1, 1836 joins Uncle John Smith, Joseph Smith Sr. and Hyrum Smith to resolve differences between Joseph Jr. and William Smith.		¶ Debating School Incident
Justice of the peace boots Martin out		[1836] There was a distillery opposite the Temple, and I never saw so much drunkenness elsewhere. I threatened to complain to the State authorities. While quarreling, a Mormon woman drew a butcher knife through Mrs. Ellis's, a Methodist woman's hand. Joe Smith took sides, and Jacob Bump, with Martin Harris, came to the trial. I told Jo, Martin told me a certain day that he found the plates of the Book of Mormon; Martin said I lied. I told him he must not say that again in my house. He said God never made a man who could harm him. I took him by the shoulder and pulled him to the floor on his hands and feet, and walked him to the door. I took him by the collar and seat of the breeches and threw him out and kicked him. Jo said he was sorry I did not hear him through. Martin was very kind to me ever after. I got the name of the Fighting Justice.		"Statement of J. C. Dowen," Jan. 2, 1885, original, Mormonism Collection, A. B. Deming, Chicago Historical Society Library. Source
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 Martin, the 28 included Joseph Coe, Luke and Lyman Johnson, John Boynton, and Warren Parrish.		John Smith to George A. Smith, Jan. 1, 1838 in Journal history Journal History. Selected Collections, DVD 2:1-36. Original, Church Office Building Library. , 2. .
Only saw the plates in vision		[Early 1838] … when I came to hear Martin Harris state in a public ~~congregation~~ that he never saw the plates with his natural eyes only in vision or imagination, neither Oliver nor David & also that the eight witnesses never saw them & hesitated to sign that instrument for that reason, but were persuaded to do it, the last pedestal gave way, in my view our foundations was sapped & the entire superstructure fell [in] a heap of ruins, …		¶ Stephen Burnett

Rebaptized		November 6, 1842 rebaptized, but does not travel west with Brigham Young.
Strangite		August 7–10, 1846 attends conference of new Church of Christ headed by James J. Strang. Stake is organized. Martin is a member of the high council.		"Kirtland," Voree Herald, Sept. 1846. Source
Strang mission		1846 serves mission to England.
McLellin's church		January 1847 joins William E. McLellin in organizing new Church of Christ.
Mormons gone to the devil	¶	[November 1849:] We received yesterday a visit from Martin Harris … he no longer goes with the Mormons, saying that they "have gone to the devil just like other people." He abandoned them fifteen years ago, when they assumed the appelation of "Latter Day Saints," and bore his testimony against them by declaring that "Latter Day Devils" would be a more appropriate designa[t]ion.		"A Mormon Apostle," Rochester Daily American, Nov. 16, 1849. Source
Itinerant preacher	¶	… At present he professes to have a mission from God, in fulfillment of which he wanders about preaching to "all who will feed him." When this essential condition is not performed by his hearers, he shakes off the dust from his feet and leaves for more hospitable quarters. Mr. H. is exceedingly familiar with the Scripture[s], and discourses theology in his peculiar way, with the fluency and zeal of a devotee.
Caroline to Utah		1856 wife Caroline (niece of Brigham Young) leaves Martin to gather to Utah.
William Swartzell's church		September–October, 1857 supports William Swartzell's church in Kirtland.		Origins Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, D. Michael Quinn (Salt Lake City: Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, 1994). , 575.
Joins William Smith		1858 joins William Smith in organizing new church in Kirtland.
Deranged		Martin Harris remained in Kirtland twenty-five or thirty years after the Mormons left. His mind, always unbalanced on the subject of Mormonism, had become so demented that he thought himself a bigger man than Smith, or even Christ, and believed that most of the prophecies in the Old Testament referred directly to him. One day, when working for me, he handed me a leaflet that he had got printed, taken from some of the prophets, telling of a wonderful person that should appear and draw all men after him. I looked it over and returned it to him. He said, “Who do you think it refers to?” I said, “Why, of course, it refers to you.” He looked very much pleased, and said, “I see you understand the scriptures.” In 1867 or 1868, while acting as township trustee, complaint was made to me that Martin Harris was destitute of a home, poorly clothed, feeble, burdensome to friends, and that he ought to be taken to the poor-house. I went down to the flats to investigate, and found him at a house near the Temple, with a family lately moved in, strangers to me. He seemed to dread the poor-house very much. The lady of the house said she would take care of him while their [45] means lasted, and I was quite willing to postpone the unpleasant task of taking him to the poor-house. Everybody felt sympathy for him. He was willing to work and make himself useful as far as his age and debility would admit of. Soon after that he was sent for and taken to Salt Lake, which was the only act of sympathy I ever knew of the Mormons bestowing on any of their dupes who had been ruined by them.		Crary reminiscence Pioneer and Personal Reminiscences, Christopher G. Crary (b. 1806). New Haven, Connecticut: Research Publications, 1967, reprint. Original, Marshalltown, Iowa: Marshall Printing Company, 1893. Copies of both at BYU Special Collections. , 44–45.
Utah, rebaptized		August 1870 arrives in Utah and is rebaptized.
Endowed		September 1870 receives endowment

		Reminiscences about Martin Harris
Before going to Utah Good farmer		Martin Harris, who furnished the money to pay for publishing the "Book of Mormon," worked off and on for fifteen or twenty years for me. His judgement about farming was good. When we had finished hoeing the corn he would raise his hands toward the field and pronounce a blessing and say he was sure of a good crop with his blessing.		Stephen H. Hart, NTAM Naked Truths About Mormonism 1, no. 2 (Apr. 1888): 3, col. 3. "Mr. Hart is one of Mentor's best citizens, and resides in an elegant brick house on his farm about one mile south and in full view of the Garfield place." A. B. Deming (publisher of Naked Truths), same column.
Martin and the devil		One night he went upstairs to bed without a light, but soon came down and said the devil had stirred his bed. My wife went upstairs with the light and found that the bed was all right; Martin said the devil had made it all right. There was a pile of bedding we supposed he had felt of instead of the bed. One night he fell down-stairs; he said the devil came to his bed and he had a tussel with him and the devil threw him downstairs. Every wrong he attributed to the devil.
Expects to be translated		Martin claimed he would renew his age and be translated like Enoch. He said people would provide for his wants, because he was a prophet of the Lord.
Can't stop talking Mormonism		When old and unable to work he frequently came to my house, and would follow my wife about the house and talk Mormonism to her several days at a time. When she could endure it no longer, she would ask him if the Lord told him to marry Caroline Young, his second wife, who left him and went to Utah. He always became angry at that and would leave.
Saw plates by the eye of faith		Martin, when closely questioned about the plates from which the "Book of Mormon" purports to have been taken, would say he saw the plates by the eye of faith.
Thinks he is a prophet		He often compared himself to Enoch, Elijah, Paul and other Bible persons.
Insane?		I never doubted that he was insane on Mormonism.

Insane?	¶	Martin Harris was an exceedingly credulous man, his every thought was a revelation to him. He wanted to ride with me to Painesville. I told him he might if he would not speak on Mormonism. This he agreed to but I had frequently to check him. He was a perpetual talker. He claimed he had a revelation when he first came to Kirtland for him to go to Missouri, and obtain an Lamanite Indian squaw for a wife to aid them in propagating Mormonism. Martin told me soon after Joseph, the prophet, left Kirtland, that, two years before, he had told him that as his wife had left him he needed a woman as other men. Jo named two who lived at his house who would accommodate him. Jo usually had several women at his house. All the time Martin was in Kirtland boys eight years and older would gather about him and dispute with, and annoy him in various ways. Martin claimed to be Elijah and when greatly annoyed would curse them. The boys would say, "Go up old bald head, now fetch on your bears."		Rev. S. F. W. "Statement of Rev. S. F. Whitney on Mormonism" (March 6, 1885), Naked Truths About Mormonism 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1888): 3, cols. 2-7. A. B. Deming, editor. , col. 6.
Insane?	¶	The last years of his stay in Kirtland he suffered extreme poverty and would have been much better off in the poor-house. I told my nephew, Bishop Orson F. Whitney, from Salt Lake City, when he visited me and other leading Mormons, it was a disgrace for them to permit Martin who was one of the three witnesses and had spent his estate in promulgating Mormonism, to suffer as he did. Soon after they took him to Utah, where he lived a few years and died, aged ninety-three.

		Families
Wife		Lucy Harris (b. 1792 in Smithfield, Providence Co., Rhode Island; md. March 27, 1808 in Palmyra, New York; d. 1836 in Kirtland)		Ancestry.com
Children		Duty L. George W. Lucy
Wife		Caroline Young, b. May 1816 in Hector, Schuyler Co., New York (daughter of John Young) md. Martin Harris, November 1, 1836 (7 children); left Martin to go West md. John Catley Davis, January 16, 1860 in Salt Lake City (one child, Joseph Harris, b. November 19, 1860) d. January 19, 1888 in Lewisville, Jefferson Co., Idaho		Ancestry.com
Children		Martin (b. January 28, 1838 in Kirtland) Daughter (about 1839 in Kirtland) Caroline (b. about 1840 in Kirtland) Julia Lacothia (b. April 29, 1842 in Kirtland) John Wheeler (b. July 11, 1845 in Kirtland) Sarah (b. 1849 in Kirtland) Solomon Webster (b. December 1, 1854 in Kirtland) Ida May (b. May 27, 1856 in Pottawattamie County, Iowa)
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