| Member of Sidney Rigdon's Campbellite congregation, early convert to Mormonism,
missionary, apostle. Left the church in 1838, returned in 1839. Dedicated Palestine
for the return of the Jews, 1840. Editor, Frontier Guardian. President
of the Quorum of the Twelve for twenty-eight years. Long-time resident of Spring
City, Utah. |
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| Reformed Baptist §. Baptized §. Missions § First high council §. Zion's Camp §. Apostle, mission of the Twelve §. Complains of nepotism §. Mission to England §. Alleges Joseph conspiracy §. Mission to Jerusalem §. Mission to England §. Winter Quarters §. Utah §. Families §. |
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| Born |
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January 8, 1805 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut |
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Orson Hyde (h) |
| Died |
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November 28, 1878 in Spring City,
Sanpete, Utah |
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| Father |
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Nathan Hyde (1767–1822) |
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Orson
Hyde (h) |
| Mother |
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Sally Thorpe (1770 or 1771–1822) |
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Orson
Hyde (h) |
| Grandison Newell, Whitney and
Gilbert |
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1823 (age 18) strikes out on his own, works for Grandison
Newell in Painesville, later N. K. Whitney and Sidney
Gilbert in Kirtland. |
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¶ Orson
Hyde (h)
¶ Orson Hyde (h) |
| Sidney's congregation |
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Early 1828 Joins Sidney Rigdon's Reformed Baptist congregation, lives with him for "several months" in Mentor while Sidney schools him in grammar and "elementary science." |
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¶ Orson
Hyde (h) |
| Burton Academy |
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[Fall, Winter] 1828 studies with Reuben Hitchcock, preceptor of the Burton Academy (founded in 1804; moved from Burton to Hudson in 1830, then to Cleveland as the Western Reserve University). |
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¶ Orson
Hyde (h); History of the Western Reserve, 324–325. |
| Organizes Campbellite churches |
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Fall 1829 helps Sidney Rigdon found Campbellite congregations
in Lorain and Huron counties. |
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¶ Orson
Hyde (h) |
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1830 pastor of Elyria, Florence churches, teaches school
in Florence. |
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¶ Orson
Hyde (h) |
| Anti-Mormon |
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1830 preaches against Book of Mormon. |
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¶ Orson
Hyde (h) |
| Studies, baptized |
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Studies Mormonism 3 months. |
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¶ Orson
Hyde (h) |
| Baptized |
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October 2, 1831 by Sidney Rigdon in the Chagrin River, confirmed
by Joseph Smith on river bank. |
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¶ Orson
Hyde (h) |
| Elder |
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October 2, 1831 ordained by Joseph
Smith. |
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TS 5,
no. 7 (Apr. 1, 1844): 481. |
| High Priesthood
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October 25, 1831 ordained to the
High Priesthood, by Oliver Cowdery in Orange,
Ohio. |
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Minutes of October 25–26, 1831 |
| Mission to Ohio |
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Fall 1831 with Hyrum Smith among the Campbellites
of Ohio. |
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| February 1832 |
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February 8, 1832 calls on Benjamin Stokley near Mercer, Pennsylvania. He lets them preach to his neighbors and they subsequently organize a branch of the church. |
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History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, 271. Source |
| 1832
mission |
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Spring–late December 1832 mission to New York and New England with Samuel H. Smith. In Lowell, Massachsetts, Orson's brother-in-law refuses to put Samuel up for the night. |
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¶
Orson Hyde (h)
¶
Orson Hyde (h) |
| January 13–14 |
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January 13, 1833 Orson and Hyrum Smith write the bishopric of Zion (Edward Partridge,
Isaac Morley, and John Corrill) objecting
to their "accusing Brother Joseph in rather an indirect way of seeking after monarchial power and authority." |
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Minutes
of January 13–14, 1833 |
| Mission with Hyrum east |
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Spring 1833 with Hyrum Smith to Pennsylvania,
and Ohio. |
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¶ Orson
Hyde (h) |
| Clerk to presidency |
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[June 6, 1833] Orson Hyde being nominated
a Clerk for the presidency of the High priesthood, seconded and duly
chosen by vote, and took his seat to act.— |
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Minutes
of June 6, 1833 |
| Messenger to Independence |
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August 21, 1833 Joseph dispatches Orson
and John Gould to Jackson county with
"advice to the saints in their unfortunate situation through the late
outrage of the mob." Leaves Kirtland about August
31, arriving in Independence about September 28. |
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Revelations, 204; TS 6, no. 1 (Apr. 1, 1845): 850. |
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We started on foot with our valises on our backs, a distance of about
one thousand miles. We travelled about forty miles per day through a sickly
fever and ague country, swimming rivers, and pushing our clothes over on
a log or raft before us. We arrived in Jackson County about the beginning
of the Saints' troubles there. We delivered our letters and documents,
and were sometimes surrounded by the mob, who threatened to wring our heads
off from our shoulders. Several little skirmishes took place while there,
and some few were killed and wounded. |
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beginning: the violence began July
20. ¶ Missouri Persecutions
¶ Orson
Hyde (h) |
| In God's hands |
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[October 12, 1833 revelation:] Thy brethren, my servants Orson Hyde and John Gould, are in my hands; and inasmuch
as they keep my commandments they shall be saved. |
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¶ D&C
100:14 |
| Kirtland |
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[November 25, 1833] Brothe[rs] Orson Hyde and John Gould
[28] returned from Zion and brough[t] the melencholly intelegen[ce]
of the riot in Zion with the inhabitants in pers[ec]uting the brethren. |
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TS 6, no. 10 (June
1, 1845): 912. |
| High council |
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February 17, 1834 chosen to be a member of the first high council of the
Church of Christ. |
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Minutes of February
17, 1834 |
| Raise an army |
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February 24, 1834
called with Orson
Pratt "to assist in gathering up the strength of the Lord's
House, preparatory to the redemption of Zion." They leave for New York two days later. |
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¶ D&C
103:40
Orson Pratt journals, 34. |
Joseph and Parley
John in
Westfield,
New York |
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[February 24, 1834] Joseph Smith
and Parley P. Pratt (h), Lyman Wight and Sidney Rigdon, Orson Hyde and Orson
Pratt to travel in pairs raising volunteers to redeem
Zion. Two days later, Joseph and Parley leave Kirtland, arriving
at Westfield, New York, on Saturday, March 1. They stay with church member and tavern-owner Job Lewis, and preach in the branch on Sunday. |
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¶ D&C
103:37–40
Job Lewis: Journal history, May 23, 1836.
Diary-1, 58. |
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March 15, 1834 arrive in Geneseo, New
York and counsel with the elders, learning that "Mr. Landen … continued to be rebellious." |
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Orson Pratt journals, 34.
Ezra Landon spread the gospel with Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball in 1832. Landon baptized eighteen to twenty in Avon and Geneseo. ¶ Heber C. Kimball (h2) |
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March 16, 1834 (Sunday) attends meetings in Geneseo. Sidney and Parley are the speakers. Others present include Joseph, Lyman, John Murdock, and Orson Pratt. |
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Orson Pratt journals, 34. |
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March 17, 1834 the brethren counsel at Alvah Beaman's house in nearby Avon. Local leaders agree to raise $2,000 to "deliver Kirtland from Debt for the
present." Orson will remain in the area until it is raised, then bring it to Kirtland. |
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Minutes of March 17, 1834 |
| Zion's Camp |
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May 1834 member of the armed camp that went to Jackson County to "redeem Zion." |
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| Cooks squirrel |
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May 1834 Joseph kills a squirrel, Orson decides
to cook it. |
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| Calls on Missouri governor with
Parley |
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June 9, 1834 sent with Parley P. Pratt to Missouri's
Governor Dunklin, to see if he was ready to fulfill his promise to restore
the Saints to their lands in Jackson county; they return on the 15th with
news that the governor now deemed it impractical. |
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HC
2:88, 94. |
| Apostle |
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February 15, 1835 ordained an apostle by Oliver
Cowdery,
David Whitmer, and Martin
Harris. |
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| Mission of the
Twelve |
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Spring 1835 with Twelve to Vermont
and New Hampshire. |
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| Disfellowshipped |
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August 4, 1835 Orson and William
E. McLellin are disfellowshipped while on the mission for criticizing
Sidney's classes. |
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Minutes of August 4, 1835 |
| Forgiven, restored |
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September 26, 1835 meets with the
Twelve and First Presidency. Implicated in the matter of William E. McLellin's
letter to his wife expressing dissatisfaction with Sidney Rigdon's teaching,
Orson confesses and is forgiven. |
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Minutes
of September 26, 1835 |
| Charges
nepotism |
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December 15, 1835 complains
about treatment by Kirtland store officers, preferential treatment for
William Smith. |
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Orson
Hyde's 1835 Complaint |
| Mission
to Canada with Parley
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Spring 1836 to New York, joins Parley P. Pratt in Toronto. |
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| Murder
trial |
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June 3, 1837 testifies against the Prophet in
the Grandison Newell muder conspiracy case |
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¶
Did Joseph Plot to Murder Grandison Newell? |
| Reconciles
with Joseph |
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June 4, 1837 reconciles with
the Prophet and is set apart for mission to England. |
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| Mission
with the Twelve to England |
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June 1837 to England with other members
of the Twelve. Set apart by Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon. |
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| To Liverpool |
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April 10, 1838 leaves Preston with Heber J. Kimball for Liverpool. |
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| Return to U.S. |
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April 20 1838 apostles sail for the United States on the Garrick. |
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| New York |
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May 12, 1838 Garrick arrives in New York harbor. Next day visits the branch of eighty members. |
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May 14, 1838 leaves New York for Kirtland. |
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| Kirtland |
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May 21, 1838 reaches Kirtland. |
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| Kirtland to Far West |
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July 1, 1838 leaves Kirtland for Far West with his family, Heber, Erastus Snow, Winslow Farr, and others, arriving by July 29. |
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| Leaves
the church |
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October 19, 1838 leaves Far
West (and the church) with Thomas B. Marsh (h). |
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| Affidavit |
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October 24, 1838 signs affidavit
that he knows "most" Thomas B. Marsh's charges against the Prophet
to be true and "believes" the rest. |
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Thomas B. Marsh and Orson Hyde Affidavits |
| Suspended |
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May 4, 1839 Church conference in Quincy votes
to suspended Orson Hyde and William
Smith from exercising the functions of their office and invites them to give an
accounting of their conduct. |
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| Restored |
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June 27, 1839 acknowledges his faults and is
"restored to the Priesthood again." |
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| Apostle |
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October 6–8, 1839 Conference votes for Orson
Hyde and William Smith "to be continued" in their positions as
apostles. |
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| Mission |
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November 14, 1839 After four months of fever
and ague, leaves Commerce for Philadelphia on his mission. |
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| Europe,
Jerusalem |
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[April 6, 1840 called] to visit the cities
of London, Amsterdam, Constantinople, and Jerusalem; and also other places
that he may deem expedient; and converse with the priests, rulers, and elders
of the Jews, and obtain from them all the information possible, and communicate
the same to some principal paper for publication, that it may have a general
circulation throughout the United States. |
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Orson Hyde's 1840 Letter of Introduction |
| Leaves
for Jerusalem |
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April 15, 1840 leaves Commerce for Jerusalem. |
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| Mission
to Palestine
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April 1841–December 1842 to Palestine. |
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| Dedicates
Palestine |
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October 24, 1841 on the Mount of Olives, dedicates
Palestine for the gathering of the Jews. |
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| Mission
to England
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1846–1847 to England with John Taylor and Parley P.
Pratt, edits Millennial Star. |
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| Winter
Quarters |
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Spring 1847–spring 1850, presides over the
Saints in Winter Quarters with George A. Smith and Ezra T. Benson. |
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| Frontier
Guardian |
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1849–1852, publishes the Frontier Guardian
in Kanesville (later Council Bluffs, later part of Omaha, Nebraska). |
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| Visits
Salt Lake |
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1850 visits Salt Lake Valley for the first time
and returns to Kanesville. |
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| Move
to Utah |
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1852 moves to Utah. |
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| Colonize
Carson |
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1855 colonizes Carson valley (now in Nevada). |
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| Organie
Logan ward |
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November 1859 with Ezra T. Benson organizes Logan
ward, William B. Preston, bishop. |
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| Spring
City |
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1860 Moves to Spring City (originally Springtown),
Sanpete county, Utah. |
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| Manti
temple building committee |
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Building committee, Manti Temple. |
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| Families |
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April 15, 1840 leaves Commerce for
Jerusalem. |
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| Dedicates Palestine |
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October 24, 1841 on the Mount of
Olives, dedicates Palestine for the gathering of the Jews. |
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| Winter Quarters |
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Spring 1847–spring 1850, presides
over the Saints in Winter Quarters with George A. Smith and Ezra T. Benson. |
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| Frontier Guardian |
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1849–1852, publishes the Frontier
Guardian in Kanesville (later Council Bluffs, later part of Omaha, Nebraska). |
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| Visits Salt Lake |
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1850 visits Salt Lake Valley for
the first time and returns to Kanesville. |
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| Move to Utah |
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1852 moves to Utah. |
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| Colonize Carson |
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1855 colonizes Carson valley (now
in Nevada). |
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| Organie Logan ward |
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November 1859 with Ezra T. Benson
organizes Logan ward, William B. Preston, bishop. |
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| Spring City |
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1860 Moves to Spring City (originally
Springtown), Sanpete County, Utah. |
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Set
Apart for Mission (1837) |
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| Presidency setting
Heber C. Kimball apart |
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June 4, 1837—Orson Hyde entered Sidney
Rigdon's office where, as luck would have it, Joseph, Sidney, and Hyrum
were about to set apart Heber C. Kimball for the first mission of the Twelve
to England. |
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Heber's diary indicates he was
set apart June 4. Heber, 41. |
| Orson enters and
begs forgiveness |
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… and when they were about to lay hands
on me, Elder O. Hyde stepped in and partaking of the Spirit of God, while
hearing what was going on, he said, "Brethren I acknowledge that
I have sinned before my God and you, and I beg of you to forgive me." |
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¶ Heber
C. Kimball (h3) |
| Willing to go on
any mission |
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The Presidency rejoiced and
praised the Lord at this manifestation of repentance by brother Hyde,
who said if they found him worthy, he desired to accompany me on my mission
to England, or go on any other mission. |
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| Set apart |
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The Presidency then laid hands
on me, and set me apart to that mission … after which Elder Hyde
was set apart receiving similar blessings, and also Joseph
Fielding who was a priest. |
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On
Leaving the Church (1838) |
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To Thomas B. Marsh's October
25, 1838 letter to Ann Marsh Abbott, Orson adds, |
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Orson Hyde biography,
101. |
| Orson's good will
toward Saints |
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I can say that I have left
the Church called Latter Day Saints for conscience sake, fully believing
that God is not with them, and is not the mover of their schemes and
projects. … |
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| Highest regard for
them |
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There are many in Far West
for whom I entertain the highest regard. Their kindness I have seen,
and their hospitality I have shared during my sickness, and the sickness
of my family. Let them think of me as they will, I can assure them, that
they will ever live in the memory of a grateful heart. … |
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| Abandonded property will easily
pay debts |
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There are some few debts which
I owe there, which I would have settled before I came away, could I have
done it consistently. But I have left property enough to pay four times
the amount which I owed. But if they should not get it in that way I
will pay them if I live, and get any thing to do it with. … |
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| Urges friends to
leave Caldwell immediately |
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I do really hope that my
friends will hasten and get out of Caldwell County as soon as possible.
My calling is to warn men to flee from the wrath to come; I therefore
in the fear of the Lord, warn all the honest I heart to flee out of Caldwell
County as soon as possible. |
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Families |
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| Wife |
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Miranda Nancy Johnson,
b. 1815
in Pomfret, Windsor, Vermont
Sister of Luke S.
and Lyman E. Johnson
md. September 4, 1834 in Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio
divorced in 1870
d. 1886 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah |
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Orson Hyde biography, 496–507,
which includes several wives and families not on Ancestral File. Ancestral
File has one wife, Emma Price, not in Orson Hyde biography. |
| Children |
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Nathan (1835 Kirtland)
Laura Marinda (1837 Kirtland to 1909)
Emily Matilda (1839 Nauvoo to 1909)
Orson Washington (1843 Nauvoo 1843)
Frank Henry (1846 Nauvoo to 1908)
Alonzo Eugene (1848 Hyde Park, Pottawattamie, Iowa to 1910)
Delia Annette (1849 Kanesville, Pottawattamie, Iowa to 1907)
Heber John (1852 Salt Lake City to 1853)
Mary Lavinia (1854 Salt Lake City to 1855)
Zina Virginia (1858 Salt Lake City to 1939)
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| Wife |
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Martha Rebecca Browett, b.
1817 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
md.
Feb. or Mar. 1843 in Nauvoo
divorced 1850
md. Thomas McKenzie, 1850,
in Kanesville (now Council Bluffs), Pottawattamie, Iowa (later
divorced)
d. 1904 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah |
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| Child |
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Adella Marie (1850 Kanesville)
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| Wife |
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Mary Ann Price, b.
1816 in Lea, Hereford, England
md. July 20, 1843 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
d. 1900 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
buried in Spring City, Sanpete,
Utah |
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| Child |
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Urania (1846 Hyde Park (now East
Lewis Township), Pottawattamie, Iowa
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| Wife |
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Charlotte S. Quindlin, b.
1802 in Lower Pensack, Salem, New Jersey
md. November 21, 1852 in Salt
Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
separated
md. — Johnson
d. 1881 in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah |
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| Wife |
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Ann Eliza Vickers, b.
1841 Big Neck Prairie, Madison, Illinois
md. March
12, 1857 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
d .in 1923, Spring City, Sanpete, Utah |
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| Children |
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Charles Albert (1858 Springville,
Utah to 1923)
George Lyman (1860 Salt Lake City to 1940)
Joseph Smith (1863 Spring City to 1944)
Maria Louisa (1865 Spring City to 1867)
Melvin Augustus (1868 Spring City to 1873)
Flora Geneva (1871 Spring City to 1953)
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| Wife |
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Emma Price (1824–1842)
md. October 6, 1861 |
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Ancestral File |
| Wife |
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Julia Thomene Reinert, b.
1842 Aalborg, Denmark
md. August 29, 1863
in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
d. 1919, buried Spring City |
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| Children |
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Mary Ann (1864 Spring City to 1938)
William Arthur (1866 Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah to 1873)
Hyrum Smith 1868 Spring City to 1943)
David Victor (1871 Spring City to 1951)
Aurelia Fiducia Hyde (1874 Spring City to 1875)
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| Wife |
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Elisabeth Josephine Gallier, b.
1840 Guendlischwand, Bern, Switzerland
md. October 15, 1864 in Salt
Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
d. 1920 in Farmington, buried Spring City) |
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| Child |
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Luella Minerva (1865 Spring City
to 1839)
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| Wife |
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Sophia Margaret Lyon
md. October 10, 1865 |
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| Children |
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Brigham Young (1867–1868)
[Daughter] 1868
Oscar Waltemar (1869–1941)
Sterling Washington (1872–1874)
Royal Justice (1874–1893)
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