| Reformed Baptist preacher. November 1830 convert. Early proselyting §. Names of John's November 1830—June 1831 converts §. Mission to Jackson (1831) §. School of the Prophets, Zion's Camp, Clay County
High Council §. Eastern states mission (1835–1836) §. Far West §. Nauvoo bishop, Mormon Battalion §. September 1847 pioneer §. Fourteenth Ward bishop, legislator §. Australia mission, patriarch §. Lehi, Utah resident §. Beaver Stake President §. |
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July 15, 1792 in Kortright,
Delaware County, New York. |
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Murdock journal
John Murdock journal (1830-1844). Church Archives, MS 1194 folders 2-3. Probably written in 1844 (page 2 cites1844 Doctrine and Covenants) or after. Retrospective November 1830-June 1831. Daily entries begin June14, 1830 and end in May 1836 , then a few sporadic entries to November 1844.
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| Died |
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December 23, 1871 while
visiting son in Beaver, Beaver County, Utah. |
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| Father |
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John Murdock |
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| Mother |
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Eleanor Riggs |
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(No known
connection to Burr and Harpin Riggs.) |
| Cuyahoga County |
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[1820] family
moves to Cuyahoga County, Ohio. |
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| Campbellites |
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[1827] joins Sidney
Rigdon's Reformed Baptist congregation. |
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| Conversion, baptism |
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November 1830. See below. |
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| Early proselything |
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November 1830–June 1831. See below. |
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| Wife dies, Joseph
and Emma adopt twins |
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April 30, 1831 Julia dies in Warrensville after giving birth to twins. With three other children under seven years old, John felt he could not look after two more newborns. Emma Smith had lost twins in childbirth on the same day that Julia died. She would be able to nurse the twins, so John gave them to Joseph and Emma. They named the twins Joseph and Julia. |
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| High
Priesthood |
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June 6, 1831 ordained
to the High Priesthood by Joseph Smith in Kirtland. |
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Lyman Wight's Vision and the Man of Sin |
| Mission call to
Jackson County |
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June 6, 1831 called
to Jackson County, Missouri, with Hyrum Smith. |
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| Detroit |
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June 14, 1831 at Fairport boards
the steamer William Penn with Hyrum Smith, Lyman Wight, John
Corrill, Lucy Mack Smith, and Almira Mack. They arrive at Detroit at
11 p.m. the following night and put up at a tavern as Almira's sister,
Mrs. Cooper, "who was the only one of My brothers family who lived in
Detroit was in very ill health and with a nervous affliction which she
had been under the influence of for several years—" |
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Murdock autobiography
John Murdock autobiography (July 1792-November 1844). Church Archives, MS 8215. Probably written in late 1844 (page 22 cites1844 Doctrine and Covenants) or after. Includes early years not in journal and expanded account of conversion and baptism. Daily entries begin June14, 1830 and end in May 1836, then a few sporadic entries to November 1844.
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Lucy
Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Smith's Family Memoir, edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson (Salt Lake City: Signature Books), 2001.
(1844–1845), 544, 547. |
Curse Detroit
Michigan |
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June
16, 1831 take breakfast with
"a Merchants wife sister to Almira [Mack]." The missionaries
unsuccessfully seek preaching opportunities. "I was turned out of
dore for calling on the wool carder to repent. After dinner we took our
leave of the two femails and the family with whome we had dined, and wiped
our feet as a testimony against that city. Bro’s
Lyman <and
John> took
the North rout throug Oakland Co. Bro Hyrum and my self took the Chicago
rode through white Pidgeon prairie. We traveled twelve miles to Pekin." Preach
six times in Pekin Township area before leaving the area on the 23rd. Preach
twice in White Pigeon Prairie at the end of the month. |
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Murdock autobiography
John Murdock autobiography (July 1792-November 1844). Church Archives, MS 8215. Probably written in late 1844 (page 22 cites1844 Doctrine and Covenants) or after. Includes early years not in journal and expanded account of conversion and baptism. Daily entries begin June14, 1830 and end in May 1836, then a few sporadic entries to November 1844.
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Pekin: township renamed Redford in March 1833. 16 mi. W of
Detroit.
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Potawatomie
Indians
Illinois
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July 1, 1831 overnight with Potawatomie
Indians. "… received supper and breakfast from them and gave
them some articles we had for their kindness." Next stops are at Elkhart,
Logansport, Lafayette, and Attica, Indiana, preaching occasionally. Pass
through Danville, Illinois on the 20th, and preach at Decatur on the 25th. |
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Murdock autobiography
John Murdock autobiography (July 1792-November 1844). Church Archives, MS 8215. Probably written in late 1844 (page 22 cites1844 Doctrine and Covenants) or after. Includes early years not in journal and expanded account of conversion and baptism. Daily entries begin June14, 1830 and end in May 1836, then a few sporadic entries to November 1844.
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July 30, 1831 preach at an unnamed
location 28 miles from a crossing of the Illinois River:
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Murdock journal
John Murdock journal (1830-1844). Church Archives, MS 1194 folders 2-3. Probably written in 1844 (page 2 cites1844 Doctrine and Covenants) or after. Retrospective November 1830-June 1831. Daily entries begin June14, 1830 and end in May 1836 , then a few sporadic entries to November 1844.
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Barton Warren Stone (Dec. 24,
1772–Nov. 9, 1844) was born in Maryland, raised in Virginia, studied
law in North Carolina (1790); converted to "New Light" (revivalist) Presbyterianism
by James MeGready and studied under William Hodge. Became an itinerant
preacher in Tenessee, then received an appointment at Cane Ridge, Bourbon
County Kentucky (1798). He sponsored the evangelican Cane Ridge revival
which ignited the Second Great Awakening. United with four other Presbyterian
ministers who withdrew from the Kentucky Synod (1803) and the following
year abandoned denominational affiliation altogether, preferring
the designation "Christians" (popularly known as "Stonites"). Founded
the Christian Messenger, which called for ecumenical evangelicalism
(1826). United with Alexander Campbell's Disciples of Christ in 1831.
Lived in Lexington, Kentucky, died in Hannibal, Missouri. "Stone, Barton
Warren," American National Biography. |
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Barton Stone & another newlite
Preacher presant B. Stone talked much with us & undertook to pwut [put]
us down by his learning but we told him we did not profess a knowledge
of any language but the english & we believed that they <the Bible> contained
a sufficiency [8] if a man would obey them he would be saved & if he
was willing to investigate according to the english Bible we would investigate
with him but he declined. |
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[July 31, 1831 (Sunday)] We preached
a 9 Oclock AM And as we had the evening before planely shewn faith repentance & baptism
for remision of Sins & the laying on hands for the gift of the Holy
Ghost. We now Shewed The promise of the Savior was that all who obey the
gosple shall receive the gift of the Holy ghost & signs shall follow
them. We had great liberty by the Spirit priest Stone trembled but would
not yeald obedience for we had called on all to repent both Priests & people & we
went 2 miles to fill another appointment |
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| Illinois River |
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August 1, 1831 crosses the Illinois
River. |
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Murdock journal
John Murdock journal (1830-1844). Church Archives, MS 1194 folders 2-3. Probably written in 1844 (page 2 cites1844 Doctrine and Covenants) or after. Retrospective November 1830-June 1831. Daily entries begin June14, 1830 and end in May 1836 , then a few sporadic entries to November 1844.
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[August 2, 1831] got my feet wet
which ca<u>sed
me a severe Sickness even <near> unto death." |
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Murdock journal
John Murdock journal (1830-1844). Church Archives, MS 1194 folders 2-3. Probably written in 1844 (page 2 cites1844 Doctrine and Covenants) or after. Retrospective November 1830-June 1831. Daily entries begin June14, 1830 and end in May 1836 , then a few sporadic entries to November 1844.
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| Mississippi River |
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August 2, 1831 travels to New London, "a
verry wicked place," in Pike County, Missouri. |
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Murdock journal
John Murdock journal (1830-1844). Church Archives, MS 1194 folders 2-3. Probably written in 1844 (page 2 cites1844 Doctrine and Covenants) or after. Retrospective November 1830-June 1831. Daily entries begin June14, 1830 and end in May 1836 , then a few sporadic entries to November 1844.
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August 4, 1831 reach Salt River
(also known as Allred settlement), Missouri. |
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Murdock journal
John Murdock journal (1830-1844). Church Archives, MS 1194 folders 2-3. Probably written in 1844 (page 2 cites1844 Doctrine and Covenants) or after. Retrospective November 1830-June 1831. Daily entries begin June14, 1830 and end in May 1836 , then a few sporadic entries to November 1844.
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| Chariton |
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August 5, 1831 sick. Remains in
Salt Creek a week, then gives William Ivy his watch to transport him to
Chariton. |
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Murdock journal
John Murdock journal (1830-1844). Church Archives, MS 1194 folders 2-3. Probably written in 1844 (page 2 cites1844 Doctrine and Covenants) or after. Retrospective November 1830-June 1831. Daily entries begin June14, 1830 and end in May 1836 , then a few sporadic entries to November 1844.
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| Chariton rendezvous |
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August 12–13,
1831 John and Hyrum meet Joseph and Sidney,
who are returning to Kirtland, in Chariton. Harvey
Whitlock and David
Whitmer also arrive. Joseph receives
a revelation instructing the missionaries to continue to Independence.
They pool their resources with John and Hyrum and purchase a horse for
John to ride. |
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Murdock journal
John Murdock journal (1830-1844). Church Archives, MS 1194 folders 2-3. Probably written in 1844 (page 2 cites1844 Doctrine and Covenants) or after. Retrospective November 1830-June 1831. Daily entries begin June14, 1830 and end in May 1836 , then a few sporadic entries to November 1844.
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D&C 62 |
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August 14, 1831 John, Hyrum, Harvey,
and David resume their journey. |
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Murdock journal
John Murdock journal (1830-1844). Church Archives, MS 1194 folders 2-3. Probably written in 1844 (page 2 cites1844 Doctrine and Covenants) or after. Retrospective November 1830-June 1831. Daily entries begin June14, 1830 and end in May 1836 , then a few sporadic entries to November 1844.
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| Returns to find son dead |
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[March 25–April 2, 1832]
My Little daughter Julia I found well with Br Joseph the Prophet but my
little sone Joseph was dead. When the Prophet was halled out of bed by
the mob in Hyram the child having the mesles |
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Murdock journal
John Murdock journal (1830-1844). Church Archives, MS 1194 folders 2-3. Probably written in 1844 (page 2 cites1844 Doctrine and Covenants) or after. Retrospective November 1830-June 1831. Daily entries begin June14, 1830 and end in May 1836 , then a few sporadic entries to November 1844.
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| Mission |
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August 29, 1832 mission call "into
the eastern countries." |
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D&C 99 |
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Fall 1832 baptizes and
organizes branch in eastern Geauga County. |
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| School
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1833 attends School of the Prophets. |
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March 17, 1834 attends conference
in Avon, New York with Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
Parley Pratt, Lyman Wight, Orson Pratt, Orson
Hyde, and others to raise volunteers for Zion's Camp. |
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Meeting
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to New York |
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April 3, 1833 to April
28, 1834 mission with Zebedee Coltrin to
New York. Organizes branch in Delaware County. |
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| Zion's
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May–June 1834 Zion's
Camp. |
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| Clay County high
council |
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July 7, 1834 Clay County
high council |
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| Leaves Missouri |
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September 24, 1834 leaves
Missouri for Kirtland. |
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| Orson Pratt in Indiana |
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November 1834 joins Orson Pratt at Terre Haute and continues east with him to Sugar Creek, Indiana, where they find Lorenzo D. Barnes and Lewis Robbins. A few days later, Orson and Lorenzo continue on their journey east. |
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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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| Arrives Kirtland |
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January 1835 arrives in Kirtland. |
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| Patriarchal
blessing |
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February 20, 1835 patriarchal
blessing from Joseph Smith Sr. |
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| Mission
to New York, Vermont |
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March 5, 1835 leaves
on mission to New York, Vermont. |
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May 24, 1835 assigned by the Twelve
to visit the church in Springville,
Pennsylvania, and Chenango Point with Lloyd Lewis and "set in order the
things that were wanting ther[e]." |
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February 4, 1836 marries
Amoranda Turner in New York. |
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| Kirtland |
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February 24, 1836 returns
to Kirtland. |
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| Endowment |
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March 3, 1836 Kirtland
endowment. |
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| Missouri |
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May 28, 1836 Amoranda
arrives in Kirtland, they leave June 3 for Missouri. |
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| Far West |
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July 14, 1836 settles
in Far West, serves on high council |
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August 16, 1837 Amoranda
dies of fever. |
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| DeWitt |
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June 1838 called to
settle DeWitt County, Missouri. |
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| Expelled
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February 1839 expelled
from Missouri. |
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| Lima,
Illinois |
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Settles near Lima, Illinois. |
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| Nauvoo |
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Spring 1841 moves to
Nauvoo. |
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| Bishop |
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August 20, 1842 ordained
bishop of the Nauvoo Fifth Ward, serves to November 29, 1844. |
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| Nauvoo
exodus |
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May 1846 leaves Nauvoo. |
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| Mormon Battalion |
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1846 Mormon Battalion |
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| Salt
Lake |
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September 24, 1847 arrives
Salt Lake valley. |
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| Bishop |
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February 14, 1849 set
apart as bishop of the Salt Lake Fourteenth Ward, serves to February 6,
1851. |
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| Legislature |
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December 1849 member
of the legislature, State of Deseret |
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| Mission
to Australia |
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February 6, 1851 resigns
as bishop to open mission to Australia. Leaves with Parley P. Pratt for
San Francisco, March 12, 1851. |
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October 30, 1851 lands
in Sydney with Charles W. Wandell, the first missionaries to Australia. |
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June 2, 1852 sails from
Australia, leaving Charles Wandell to preside. |
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| Patriarch |
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April 9, 1854 ordained
a patriarch by Heber C. Kimball. |
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| Lehi |
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1852–1867 lives
in Lehi, Utah and presides over high priests. |
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| Second
anointings |
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June 7, 1867 second
anointings. |
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| Stake president |
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1869–1891 Beaver (Utah) Stake President. |
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Conversion and Baptism |
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John Murdock was born
July 15th 1792 Kartright [Kortright] Delaware
[-] Newyork N.A. And had become an inhabitant of Orrange Cuyahoga
Co Ohio & after many years diligent Search &
p<r>ayer before God to not only know the truth but to also find a
people that lived according to truth & found O.
Cowdery P. P.
Pratt P. Whitmer & Z.
Peterson
Elders of the Church of L.D.S. in Kirtland Geauga Co Ohio, |
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Murdock journal
John Murdock journal (1830-1844). Church Archives, MS 1194 folders 2-3. Probably written in 1844 (page 2 cites1844 Doctrine and Covenants) or after. Retrospective November 1830-June 1831. Daily entries begin June14, 1830 and end in May 1836 , then a few sporadic entries to November 1844.
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Church of L.D.S.: The name was changed from Church
of Christ to Church of the Latter Day Saints May 3, 1834. Minutes
of May 3, 1834
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And I being convinsed
that they not only had the truth but also the authority to administer
the ordinances of the Gospel, I therefore was baptised by Elder Pratt
confirmed by a member by Elder Cowdery Ordained an Elder by the same in Mayfield Nov.
5th 1830 |
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The November 5 date of John's baptism is inconsistent with Oliver Cowdery's letter of November 12–13, which reports no baptisms on the 5th. |
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I then returned to my family having been absent four days carrying with me the book of Mormon
& I read it to them & they believed it for I was filled with the spirit when I read |
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& the next first day of the week came & the brethren who ministered to me fill<e>d an apointment I had made in Warrensville I baptised five my wife being one of the five. |
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Oliver Cowdery and his companions leave the Kirtland area on November 22, 1830. |
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Murdock autobiography
John Murdock autobiography (July 1792-November 1844). Church Archives, MS 8215. Probably written in late 1844 (page 22 cites1844 Doctrine and Covenants) or after. Includes early years not in journal and expanded account of conversion and baptism. Daily entries begin June14, 1830 and end in May 1836, then a few sporadic entries to November 1844.
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… word came to me that four men had arrived at Kirtland from the State of N. Y.; who were preaching, baptizing, and building up the Church after the Ancient order. It was one Sunday morning as I was going to attend an appointment to preach, that I was informed of this (for I had been ordained a Campbelite preacher) |
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I was also told that Elder Rigdon with many others of the Campbellite Church were baptised by them. I replyed to my informer that it was an insinuation of the Devil; but I was immediately checked in my feelings, and I made no more harsh expressions respecting them. |
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The Sunday after the first baptisms (17) was November 7. The Sunday after Sidney's baptism waas November 14. |
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I attended my appointment and got along with my meeting as easy as I could, and went home; and went to reading my Bibel, and frequently heared of the new preachers untill thursday the same week.
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The Thursday after November 7/14 would be November 11/18. |
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I went to see for my self a distance of about twenty miles. |
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I heared the sayings of many people by the way: Some for the new preachers, some against but I observed the Spirit that stimulated those on both sides. I met with squire Waldo, who was a Campbellite and biterly oposed; he tryed to have me take another rode, and not go to Kirtland, but I told him I was of age, and the case was an important one, of life, and death, exhisting between me and my God; and I must act for my self, for no one can act for me. I rode about three miles further and met an other man of the same order, I had about the same kind of discourse with him and passed on, and arrived at Father Isaac Morleys about dark and was soon interduced to those four men from N. Y., and presented with the Book of Mormon. … |
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the question with me was, are these the men to commence the work. I did not ask a sign of them by working a miracle, by healing a sick man, by raising a ded man, or, by casting out a Devil; Only I desiered to know whether the Holly Ghost would attend their ministration, if the Book of Mormon was not true; neither if they were not sent forth by God. |
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Accordingly that night was held the first confirmation meeting that was held in Ohio. And I said within my self it is a good time for me. For thought I, this night must prove it to be true, or false. |
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I did not find out resp[e]cting the meeting till about ten oclock at knight. And at that time they had all the room except [15] three men; and I found they wanted to go to the meeting, and did not want those in that had not been baptised. I said to them go for if you wish to be alone, I do not blame you; the case is one of importance. They went and I stayed alone, and read the Book of mormon. |
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During the evening previous to the meeting, a Nathan Goodwell [Goodell] a campbellite, came and commenced talk with Elder Olliver [Oliver] Cowdery for he was the principal one of the four, and I watched the spirit of each one of them in their conversation and I found that goodwell bore down with warmth, whereas Cowdery wished not for contention, and endeavored to evade controversy, |
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and I seeing this spake as followes, Bro. Goodwell I have come to Kirtland, not to contend either for or against these men, for I do not know whether <they> are true or false, but I have come to see what they have brought. |
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I want to converse with you if you are willing. I said I had some questions to ask him. He said he would try to answer them. 1st do you not think that you and I have <a> form of Godliness? he replyed, yes. I said you and I agree on that point. … |
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About ten oclock that morning, being Nov. 5th 1830, I told the servants of the Lord that I was ready to walk with them into the water of baptism. Accordingly Elder
P. P. Pratt baptised me in Chagrin River and the Spirit of the Lord sensibly attended the ministration, and I came out of the water rejoicing, and singing praises to God and the Lamb. But the two former baptisms had no such manifestations of the Spirit of God … |
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It apeared to me that not with standing all the profession of religion that I had previously made and all I had done, that by my act of now being baptised, I had just escaped a horribal pit of destruction; for I felt as tho all my sins were forgiven. |
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I continued with the brethren till Sunday, at w<h>ich time they preached in Mayfield and baptized a number. And on Sunday evening they confirmed about thirty, I was one of the
number. Elder Oliver Cowdery was administrator; I was also ordained an Elder; |
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And it was truly a time of the out poring of the Spirit. I know the Spirit rested on me as it never did before and others said they saw the Lord and had visions. |
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I tarried <till> Monday morning, to[o]k breakfast, and attended prayrs with the Brethren, and then rode home a distance of seven miles |
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I endeavored to bear testimony to my neighbors whome I met, by the way but they would not believe. At length I arived home. My family gladly received me, and my words. Thank the Lord. And my wife, and Brother Covey both believed the Book of Mormon, for I braught it home with me, and read it to them, and I was filled with the Spirit as I read. |
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Proselyting (November 1830–June 1831) |
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I Preached the next Sunday in Warrensville & baptised three & after
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At length the 1rst day of the next week arrived and the N.Y. brethren held [a] meeting in WarrensVille, four miles west of my house, and I bore testimony to the truth; my wife brother Covey, and three others were baptised. |
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Brother Ziba Peterson held meeting in my house the evening before and I bore testimony to my neighbors. on Monday Morning the York brethren accompined by F. G. Williams, a late convert, took leave of us for uper Missourri. |
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I preached
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At length another week passed away and Sunday arrived, and I attended my appoint ment in Orrange, and preached to the people in great plainness, and some believed and some opposed the truth. |
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And I baptised three. Bro. Judd, his wife and Daughter. |
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The next Sunday arrived, and I attended my appointment in Warrensville. I preached in great plainness to the people and baptised three more, viz Israel Huffs wife, Steven Burnet, and Lomira Gardner. |
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Brother Stephen Burnett & Lomira Gardner received
the Spirit even to the taking away their Strength |
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I confirmed them by the laying on of hands, and the two last received <the> out porin of the Spirit so that their strength was taken from them, |
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and they with my self and wife stayed all night at Bro. C. Balldins, and tok brakefast next morning, |
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Wee then went to his Fathers and my wife also, bro. Balldin and his wife, and some others. When wee came there they had just moved into their new house. I asked Mr. Burnet what he thaught of these things. he said he believed it to be like the free-masons: One got cached and he would not tell till they caught an other. But after a while supper was ready, and we sat round a long tabel, and bro. Stephen at one end of the tabel, and I at the other, and Mr. Burnet asked me to give thanks, and while I was doing so, bro. Stephen was overcome with the Spirit, so as to loose his strength. Some removed from the tabel with out eating. others ate while his Father and Mother sat in teers. |
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Burnett opposes at first |
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young mans father, when his Sone returned home spoke against the work but
the evidences of the Spirit were so evidently shown on his Sone that he
concented to have meeting in his house |
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At length he agreed to have meeting at his house, and I preached various times there and was much blessed in my minestry, in Orrange, and Warrensville, and through my ministration there was added to the Church in that place, in about four months some Seventy or eighty members |
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and while attending preyr bro. Stephen was carryed away in the Spirit, and said he just go to see his Uncle Warren Thorp and family, before he went home, for so the spirit directed him. I went with him, and he bore testimony to them of the work. But they would not believe. |
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Wee then went to his Fathers and my wife also, bro. Balldin [Baldwin] and his wife, and some otherse. When wee came there they had just moved into their new house. I asked Mr. Burnet what he thaught of these things. he said he believed it to be like the free-masons: One got cached and he would not tell till they caught an other. But after a while supper was ready, and we sat round a long tabel, and bro. Stephen at one end of the tabel, and I at the other, and Mr. Burnet asked me to give thanks, and while I was doing so, bro. Stephen was overcome with the Spirit, so as to loose his strength. Some removed from the tabel with out eating. others ate while his Father and Mother sat in teers. At length he agreed to have meeting at his house, |
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other business I left my own house & moved my family in with Bro C[aleb]
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A typescript version of an "Abri[d]ged Record ... Taken from His Journal by Himself" [1792–1864], probably written after the Journal and Autobiography provides names of those John Baptized in the Orange/Warrensville area between November 1830 and June 1831: |
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… and through my ministration
there was added to the Church in that place, in and about the following
four months, these people viz: Myself and my wife Julia, Benjamin Covey,
Caleb Baldwin, Nancy Baldwin, Charles Taylor, the above were baptized by
P. P. Pratt, and confirmed under the hands of Oliver Cowdery,
and the following under my ministration, Philo Judd, Nancy Judd, Sally
and Rebecca Judd, Nancy Eames, Stephen Burnet, Louisa Gardner, Nancy Huff,
Isaac Eames, Louis Carpenter, Grace Carpenter, Ira Sherman, Phebe Sherman,
Lance and Cyrus Barnet, Hason, Alouson Cleviland, Julia Smith, Betsy Gates,
James Rich, Elias Hutchings and Sally Rhoda Gates, Benjamin Carpenter,
Helen Woodard, Lydia _____, Benjamins Evans Turner and Jeddiah Hubbel,
Eunice Woodard, Arenath Carpenter, Olive Hutchings, Seliman Hubbel, Benjamin
Blagg, Nobles Hubbel, Hannah Bragg, Rhoda Kimball, Rither Gates, Sophia
Covey, Justus Arnold and his wife, Electa Jonathan, Eunice, Phebe, Seeth,
and Elisha Covey, Justus Pooler, Elan Barbar, Louisa Covey, Ludinda Hubbel,
Nancy M. and Caleb T. Baldwin, William and Nancy Dunchy, Amos Cleveland,
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John Murdock (1792-1871), "Abriged [sic] Record ... Taken from His Journal by Himself" [1792-1864]. Carbon copy of typescript. BYU Special Collections, BX 8670.1 .M941a.
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John Murdock journal (1830-1844). Church Archives, MS 1194 folders 2-3. Probably written in 1844 (page 2 cites1844 Doctrine and Covenants) or after. Retrospective November 1830-June 1831. Daily entries begin June14, 1830 and end in May 1836 , then a few sporadic entries to November 1844.
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days & met J. Smith the Prophet S. Rigdon & others & received
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62, Aug. 13, 1831.
Also arriving in Chariton while Joseph's party
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We also fel in company
with Brs David Whitmer & Harvey
Whitlock. We four put our money together & bought a horse &
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& on the way we four
slept in a chamber where one half of the flore was laid & the other
not & a window being open & I weltering under a burning feever I
went to the window in the night steped off of the flore & fell across
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forward of the brethren as I rode in to Lexington being weak fell from my
horse & lay til brethren picked me up & took me in to house where
they left me four days & Br's S. Hancock & L. Wight came with a horse & carried
me to [-] Hopper's Where I remained a few day I then was caried in a waggon
to Joshua Lewis Jackson Co [10] Where I lay Sick 2 or 3 months & the
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that I could not keep the flies out of my mouth my faith was fixed that
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that A nu<m>ber of days was lost time with me & had not energy
enough to even prey to my God tho I believed he would take care of me
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Julia Clapp, b. Feb.
23, 1796
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Julia Clapp's family were staunch
Campbellites and strongly anti-Mormon. Her father and brother (a friend
of Orson Hyde) were largely responsible for thwarting the Mormons in
Mentor.
Joseph's early death was attributed to exposure while sick with the measles
during the ¶ 1832 Tarring of Joseph
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Orrice Clapp, b. Dec. 24, 1824;
d. May 1, 1915; member, Mormon Batallion
John Riggs, b. Sept. 13, 1826; d. Nov. 16, 1913; member, Mormon Batallion
Phebe Clapp, b. Mar. 10, 1828; d. July 6, 1834
Infant, b. and d. Sept. 1829
Joseph (b. Apr. 30, 1831; adopted by Joseph and Emma Smith at nine days
old; d. Mar. 30, 1832)
Julia (b. Apr. 30, 1831; adopted by Joseph and Emma Smith at nine days old;
d. Apr.10, 1880)
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Amoranda Turner
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4, 1836 in New York
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Gideon, bishop of Joseph, Sevier,
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Rachel
Hyrum Smith
Electa, d. Oct. 16, 1845
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Sarah Zuflet
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1846 in Fulton Co., IL |
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George Weire, adopted
Brigham Young
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