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April 17, 1811 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, the third
of seven children |
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FamilySearch™ Ancestral
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| Died |
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June 8, 1860 in Mt. Pleasant, Henry county, Iowa |
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Who's who,
248. FamilySearch™ Ancestral
File v4.19 gives no location for Burr, but does have his older brother, Harpin,
dying in Mt. Pleasant (1865). The same source has their younger
brother, John, dying in Provo, Utah (1892).
A physician, John moved west with the Mormons. "As I remember
it, in the days of President Young, he said that they had only one honest
doctor in the Church, and that was Dr. Riggs, of Provo, and he did not
know enough to kill a man." Alfred L. Booth, October 1920 general conference,
fourth overflow meeting held in Provo. Conference reports, Oct. 1920,
152. |
| Father |
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Gideon Riggs (b. 1782 in Oxford, Connecticut, d. 1860 in
Franklin, Iowa) |
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| Mother |
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Susan Pitcher (b. 1780 in Oxford, d. July 1860) |
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| 1816 to Ohio |
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1816 family moves to the Western Reserve (New Connecticut), Gideon buys
land in Kirtland. |
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Ancestry.com
link (subscribers) |
| Mission call |
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[December 1830] named in an "aerial commission" to be companion
of Heman Basset and Edson
Fuller preaching
the gospel. |
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Arial
Commissions |
| Enthusiastic spirit |
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[December 1830–February 1831] mentioned as one who
went "rushing
to the river prancing through the form of baptism in the flowing ice until
they had to be taken out." |
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James Rollins, 2. |
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January 1831 as a missionary near Rome, Ashtabula county, Ohio, Burr
would "fall
like he was dead after an hour or two he would come to then prophesy and
tell what he had seen." |
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¶ Levi
Hancock |
| High
Priesthood |
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October 25, 1831 ordained to the High Priesthood by Oliver
Cowdery. |
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¶ Minutes
of October 25–26, 1831 |
| Contemptuous |
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February 13, 1833 charged with not honoring his calling and
treating counsel with contempt. |
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Minutes of February 13, 1833 |
| Excommunicated |
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February 26, 1833 excommunicated for neglecting
his duty, not caring how soon he is cut off. |
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Minutes of February 26, 1833 |
| Testifies in Hurlbut
case |
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January 13, 1834 testifies before the Court of Common Pleas at Chardon.
Court decides Joseph Smith does have "reason to fear that Doctor P.
Hurlbut would beat wound or kill him or injur his property," and directs
Hurlbut to keep the peace and post a $200 bond plus court costs of $112.59. |
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Court record transcript in RLDS history
1:444–446. |
| Zion's Camp |
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May–June 1834 participates in Zion's Camp. Retains
the Zelph arrow. |
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Minutes of February 14, 1835
Zion's Camp
HC 2:79 |
| Cholera victim |
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The last night, about twelve o'clock,
in going the third round, Burr Riggs was
missing from his post. I found his body behind a log that lay about a rod
away, as stiff as the log itself. Calling to Alexander Whiteside, I asked
him to carry the body to his tent while I went for Joseph. We lifted the
body to his shoulder and it still remained perfectly straight. |
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| Marries |
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November 19, 1834 marries Lovina Susan Williams, daughter
of Frederick G. Williams and Rebecca
Swain (b. Sept. 20, 1816 in Warrensville, Cuyahoga county, OH; d.
Nov. 29, 1847, location unknown). |
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FamilySearch™ Ancestral
File v4.19 |
| Elder, missionary |
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[March 1, 1835 blessing:] We ordain you to be an Elder in the Church
of God to go forth and preach the Gospel. May the past history of your
life serve as an everlasting lesson to you. For you must go to distant
nations and from this your you must begin to prepare your business for
in temporal labors you shall not be prospered. Therefore, go forth and
preach the gospel and you shall live of the gospel. You shall be among
the nations that are afar off and you shall speak unto them in their own
tongues and stand before the great ones of the earth and cause them to
tremble … |
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Kirtland council |
| Patriarchal blessings |
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June 7, 1835 Burr and his brother, Harpin (b. 1809), and
their wives receive patriarchal blessings in Kirtland. |
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Kirtland profile, 111. |
| Mission with Joseph Young |
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In 1835 he [Joseph Young] went to the States of New York and Massachusetts
in company with Burr Riggs; they travelled and preached in many places,
sowing the seed as they journeyed along. |
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BY history 25, no. 20 (May 16, 1863):
311. |
| Testifies against Phineas H. Young |
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August 18, 1835 testifies against Phineas H. Young regarding
Books of Mormon. |
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Minutes of August 18, 1835 |
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1836 while moving his family
and others to Missouri, Burr is confronted by "a Mob of 114 armed men"
who order them to return or be killed. The mob follows them about six
miles. Burr settles in Caldwell county, purchasing about 200 acres. |
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Redress petitions, 330. |
| Danite |
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1838 Danite. |
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Origins, 483. |
| Expulsion |
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November 1838 at the time of expulsion, Burr had about 40
acres of corn and other vegetables. |
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Redress petitions, 330. |
| Excommunicated |
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March 17, 1839 excommunicated in absentia. |
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Minutes
of March 17, 1839 |
| Home looted |
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[November [30], 1839:] During our trial William E. McLellin (h),
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 3:215. |
| Families |
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Lovina Susan Williams (b. Sept.
16, 1816 in Warrensville, Cuyahoga, OH; md. Apr. 1835 in Kirtland) |
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Ancestry.com
link (subscribers)
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George (no other information)
Adeline (b. Sept. 9, 1842 in Quincy, Adams Co., IL; d. Feb. 14, 1937 in
Waynoka, Woods Co., OK)
Lucy (b. Aug. 7, 1845 in Quincy, IL)
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