| Convert of 1831, member of Far West high council,
Nauvoo constable, member of RLDS high council. |
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November 30, 1803 in Pittsford, Ontario
county, New York. Pittsford is 15 miles west of Palmyra. It is now part
of Rochester. |
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FamilySearch™ Ancestral
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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).
2:57.
Pittsford became part of Monroe county when it was created from Ontario county
in 1821. |
| Died |
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December 14, 1875 in Pleasanton, Decatur county, Iowa |
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| Father |
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William Morey |
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| Mother |
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Anda Martin |
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Conversion
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[June–July] 1831 among the converts of Orson and Parley
P. Pratt in Vermillion county, Illinois. |
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Off-site
link to History of Vermillion County, Illinois (1911),
chapter 17. ¶ Orson Pratt (h1) |
| Elder |
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November 5, 1834 applies to be ordained an elder in Clay
county, then withdraws request. |
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¶ Minutes
of November 5, 1834 |
| Kirtland |
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November 26, 1835 returns to Kirtland from Zion with Robert
Rathbun. |
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Diary-2
Joseph Smith diary (Sept. 22, 1835-Apr. 3, 1836). Selected Collections, 1:20 // Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, rev. ed., 221-225. Original, Church Archives, MS 155.
in
Papers
Papers of Joseph Smith, Volume 2: Journal, 1832-1842, edited by Dean C. Jessee (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992).
2:90.
Original: Rathbone |
| Minister |
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June 1836 among the "Ministers of the Gospel, belonging to
the church of Latter Day Saints, whose Licenses were recorded, the preceeding
Quarter" in Kirtland. |
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MA
Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate
2, no. 9 (June 1836) |
| Far West high council |
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August 1, 1837 called to the Far West high council replacing Peter
Whitmer Jr. (deceased). |
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¶ Minutes
of August 1, 1837 |
| House of the Lord, competition |
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August 5, 1837 general assembly, including the high council, votes to
build a house of the Lord in Far West with members free to compete for
contrcts. |
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Minutes of
August 5, 1837 |
| Far West general assembly |
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November 7, 1837 sustained as a member of the high council
by a general assembly at Far West. |
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¶ Minutes
of November 7, 1837 |
| Committee dealing with Missouri
presidents |
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January 20, 1838 appointed one of three-member committee
to call on David Whitmer, W.
W. Phelps, John Whitmer and Oliver
Cowdery to assess their feelings about the church and their intentions. |
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Minutes
of January 20, 1838 |
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January 26, 1838 committee reports the responses
of the presidents of the church in Missouri and Oliver Cowdery. Council
rejects the Whitmers and Phelps as church presidents. George is
one of seven representatives to present "the case" to the branches
in Missouri. |
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Minutes of January 26, 1838 |
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February 5, 1838 at a meeting of the Far West church, describes "in
a very energetic manner, the proceedings of the Presidency as being iniqutous." |
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Minutes of February
5–9, 1838 |
| W. W. Phelps and John Whitmer excommunicated |
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March 10, 1838 excomunication of W. W. Phelps and John
Whitmer |
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Minutes of March 10, 1838 |
| Sexton |
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April 6, 1838 appointed Far West sexton. |
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Minutes
of April 6, 1838 |
| Oliver Cowdery excommunicated |
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April 12, 1838 excomunication of Oliver Cowdery, assistant president
in the First Presidency. |
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Minutes of
April 12, 1838 |
| Lyman Johnson and David Whitmer
excommunicated |
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April 13, 1838 excomunication of Lyman
E. Johnson and David Whitmer. |
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Minutes of April 13, 1838 |
| Captain? |
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October 31, 1838 upon the arrival of General Doniphan's militia at Far
West, "Captain Morey and a few others go out to meet messengers
who ask for Adam Lightner and John Cleminson and his wife. The three are
offered a pass to leave the city before it is destroyed (they refuse). |
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Hyrum Smith's July 1, 1843 testimony in
Redress petitions
Mormon Redress Petitions: Documents of the 1833-1838 Missouri Conflict, edited by Clark V. Johnson (Provo: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1992).
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625. |
| Home looted |
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[November [30], 1839:] During our trial William E. McLellin, accompanied
by Burr Riggs and others, at times were
busy in plundering and robbing the houses of Sidney Rigdon, George Morey,
the widow Phebe Ann Patten, and others, under pretense or color of law,
on an order from General Clark, as testified to by the members of the different
families robbed. |
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HC
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, edited by B. H. Roberts, 7 vols. (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1902-1912, 1932).
3:215. |
| Nauvoo constable |
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March 1, 1841 has been appointed high constable of the second ward by
the Nauvoo city council. |
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TS
Times and Seasons
2, no. 9 (Mar. 1, 1841): 335. |
| Leaves church |
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1844 leaves the church and moves to Brown county, Illinois. |
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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).
2:57. |
| Iowa |
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1852 moves to Hamilton, Decatur county, Iowa. |
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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).
2:57. |
| Joins pre-RLDS leaders |
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July 17, 1859 Edmund C. Briggs and W. W. Blair hold meeting
in George's home in the interests of the emerging RLDS movement and bless
George's daughter, Helen, |
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| Daughter healed |
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who was confined to
her bed by liver disease. It pleased the Lord to give her relief straightway,
and on Monday, after preaching to a goodly number at ten o'clock, we
proceeded to Grand River where I baptized ten persons, Miss Helen Morey
being one of the number. Another one of the number was a Miss Elizabeth
Hartman, who the evening before made light of our administration to Miss
Morey, saying she too would "be a Mormon if Helen was healed." And it
pleased God to heal the latter also of a long-standing affliction, this
blessing being sealed upon her by Brother Edmund Briggs in her confirmation
the evening following. These two cases of healing were, for many reasons,
very notable, for both were sorely afflicted and were likewise but recently
instructed in the gospel of Christ. |
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W. W. Blair
Memoirs of President W. W. Blair, compiled from the Saints' Herald by Frederick B. Blair (Lamoni, Iowa: Herald Publishing House), 1908.
. Off-site
link to this chapter at Scott Norwood's
site. |
| RLDS high council. Ordains Joseph III |
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April 6, 1860 named to the RLDS high council. With Z. H. Gurley, Samuel
Powers, and W. W. Blair of the Twelve, and William Marks of the high priesthood,
ordains Joseph Smith III at Amboy, Illinois |
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RLDS history
History of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 8 vols. Compiled and edited by Heman C. Smith, et al. (Independence: Herald Publishing House, 1967-1976).
3:252, 276. |
| Decatur mission |
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Pre-October 6, 1860 RLDS conference, reported laboring
in Decatur, Illinois. |
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RLDS history
History of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 8 vols. Compiled and edited by Heman C. Smith, et al. (Independence: Herald Publishing House, 1967-1976).
3:276. |
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| Family |
| Wife |
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Sylvia Butterfield b. October 16, 1806 in
Washington county, New York, md. 29 October 29, 1825 in Butler county,
Iowa |
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Mary Ann (b. July 11, 1826 in Butler, Ohio) |
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David Butterfield (b. September 11, 1830 in Vermillion county, Indiana) |
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Martha Ann (b. February 2, 1832 in Vermillion county, Indiana) |
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Supply (b. [1834]) |
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Helen M. (b.1838 in Jackson county, Illinois) |
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Eunice Miriam (b. 1844 in Dekalb county, Illinois) |
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William (b. 1847 in Brown county, Illinois) |
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Brown was part of Schuyler
county until 1839. |
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