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Thomas Sanford / Kesiah Wilson
| Husband: Thomas Sanford | |||
| Born: | 1769[101] | at: | Prince William Co., Virginia, USA |
| Married: | ABT 1807 | at: | |
| Died: | 1812[103] | at: | Prince William Co., Virginia, USA |
| Father: | Robert Sanford Jr. | ||
| Mother: | Jane Sanders | ||
| Notes: | [104] | ||
| Sources: | [101] [103] [105] | ||
| Wife: Kesiah Wilson | |||
| Born: | at: | ||
| Died: | BEF 1827[866] | at: | After 1796 |
| Father: | |||
| Mother: | |||
| Sources: | [866] [867] | ||
| Children | |||
| Name: | Katherine 'Kitty' Elliott Sanford [12098] [12099] | ||
| Born: | 20 Aug 1783[12098] [12099] | at: | Page Co., Virginia, USA |
| Married: | at: | ||
| Died: | 5 Apr 1817 | at: | Lancaster, Virginia, United States |
| Spouses: | Deacon Rawleigh Dunaway | ||
| Name: | Lucy Sanford [51] | ||
| Born: | 1796 | at: | Prince William Co., Virginia, USA |
| Married: | at: | ||
| Died: | BEF 2 Jul 1827 | at: | |
| Spouses: | Samuel Claggett III | ||
| Name: | Julia Frances Sanford [54] [52] [53] | ||
| Born: | 2 Jul 1807[52] | at: | Prince William, Virginia, United States |
| Married: | at: | ||
| Died: | AFT 1870[53] | at: | |
| Spouses: | Samuel Claggett III | ||
| Name: | Thomas Sanford Jr. [865] | ||
| Born: | at: | ||
| Married: | at: | ||
| Died: | BEF 1832[865] | at: | |
| Spouses: | Eleanor Britton | ||
| Name: | George Sanford [12102] | ||
| Born: | 14 May 1809 | at: | Prince William Co., Virginia, USA |
| Married: | at: | ||
| Died: | 15 Nov 1883 | at: | Rockingham Co., Virginia, USA |
| Spouses: | Martha McGown | ||
| Name: | John Brit Sanford [12100] [12101] | ||
| Born: | at: | ||
| Died: | at: | ||
| Spouses: | |||
| Name: | Sallie Sanford | ||
| Born: | at: | ||
| Married: | at: | ||
| Died: | at: | ||
| Spouses: | Leechuram | ||
Pedigree Chart for: Thomas Sanford
/--Richard Sanford
/--Robert Angus Sanford Sr.
| \--Susannah Franklin
/--Robert Sanford Jr.
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| \--Elizabeth Butler
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|--Thomas Sanford
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\--Jane Sanders
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Pedigree Chart for: Kesiah Wilson
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|--Kesiah Wilson
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[104] In the 1810 Census, Thomas Sanford is shown as having
Males:
2 children under 10;
1 child 16-16;
1 person 45 years upward;
Females:
1 child 26-45;
and 10 slaves.
[51] BIOGRAPHY: Lucy Sanford and Julia are sisters. After Lucy died at age 31, Samuel married her younger sister when she was 20 and he was 30.
[54] In 1860, the value of her real estate is given as $8,190, and her personal property as $19,635. Since slaves were considered personal property, this is probably a good part of her worth at this time. In 2002 this would have been equivalent to $533,085. After The War of the Rebellion, the slaves had a value of zero.
Julia's will was probated in Prince William County, Virginia. All it says is that she leaves everything to Thomas J. Claggett, her son, who moved to Illinois after she died.
-- Linda Ball Gibson
[12102] In 1867 the post office moved from Conrad's Store a mile or two to George Sanford's Shoemaker Shop and named "Roadside". He appeared on the census in 1860 in Rockingham County, Virginia.
-- The information on George Sanford is courtesy Claud M. Sanford cmsanfo(at)comcast.net
[12100] It is said John had six children.
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Informal hand written Genealogy research probably done to support DAR certification. Notes were generated in the late 1950's or early 60's. DAR ID number 78953 in Volume 79, 2.
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Informal hand written Genealogy research probably done to support DAR certification. Notes were generated in the late 1950's or early 60's. DAR IDnumber 78953 in Volume 79, 2.
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- Date: 8 Jul 1899
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Informal hand written Genealogy research probably done to support DAR certification. Notes were generated in the late 1950's or early 60's. DAR IDnumber 78953 in Volume 79, 2.
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...the death of her late mother Kesia Britton...
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...her deceased Brother Thomas Sanford...
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Oliver Cowdery / Elizabeth Ann Whitmer
| Husband: Oliver Cowdery | |||
| Born: | 3 Oct 1806 | at: | Wells, Rutland, Vermont, United States |
| Married: | 18 Dec 1832 | at: | Kaw, Jackson, Missouri, USA |
| Died: | 3 Mar 1850 | at: | Richmond, Ray, Mo |
| Father: | William Cowdery | ||
| Mother: | Rebecca Fuller | ||
| Notes: | [1262] | ||
| Sources: | [1263] | ||
| Wife: Elizabeth Ann Whitmer | |||
| Born: | 22 Jan 1815 | at: | Fayette, Seneca, New York, USA |
| Died: | 7 Jan 1892 | at: | Richmond, Ray, Missouri, USA |
| Father: | |||
| Mother: | |||
| Sources: | [3144] | ||
| Children | |||
| Name: | Maria Louise Cowdery [3183] | ||
| Born: | 11 Aug 1835 | at: | Kirkland, Cuyahoga, Ohio |
| Died: | 11 Jan 1892 | at: | Southwest City, Mo |
| Spouses: | |||
| Name: | Elizabeth Ann Cowdery [3214] | ||
| Born: | 14 Nov 1836 | at: | Kirkland, Lake, Ohio |
| Died: | 9 May 1837 | at: | |
| Spouses: | |||
| Name: | Josephine Rebecca Cowdery [3215] | ||
| Born: | 21 May 1838 | at: | Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio |
| Died: | 21 Oct 1844 | at: | |
| Spouses: | |||
| Name: | Oliver Peter Cowdery [3211] | ||
| Born: | 8 Aug 1840 | at: | Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio |
| Died: | 13 Aug 1840 | at: | |
| Spouses: | |||
| Name: | Adeline Fuller Cowdery [3212] | ||
| Born: | 29 Sep 1844 | at: | Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio |
| Died: | 13 Oct 1844 | at: | |
| Spouses: | |||
| Name: | Julia Olive Cowdery [3185] | ||
| Born: | 29 May 1846 | at: | Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio |
| Died: | 3 Jul 1846 | at: | |
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Pedigree Chart for: Oliver Cowdery
/--Nathaniel Cowdery
/--William Cowdery
| \--Mehitable Damon
/--William Cowdery
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| \--Hannah Emmons
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|--Oliver Cowdery
| /--John Fuller
| /--William Fuller
| | \--Mary Cornwall
\--Rebecca Fuller
| /--John Fuller
\--Rebecca Spencer
\--Sarah Booge
Pedigree Chart for: Elizabeth Ann Whitmer
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|--Elizabeth Ann Whitmer
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[1262] Oliver Cowdery, the "second elder of the Church," and one of the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, was born in the town of Wells, Rutland County, Vermont, on October 3, 1806. His parents were farming people of the neighborhood. When Oliver was three years of age, he removed with his father's family to Poultney, Vermont, and here he grew up, helping to assist his father on the farm, until 1825 when the family moved again - this time to the western part of the state of New York.
For a time after his arrival in New York, Oliver was engaged as a clerk in a store, but in the winter of 1828 and 1829 he accepted the position of teacher in a small rural school in Manchester township. Among the families who sent children to his school was that of Joseph Smith, Sr., a farmer of the neighborhood.
It was the custom of that day for the village schoolteacher to board with the families who sent children to his school. Oliver Cowdery thus became acquainted with the members of the Smith family, and for a time he made his residence with them. From them, in their quiet family circle, he heard the wonderful story of the visit of the angel Moroni to their son Joseph; the story of the finding of the sacred record, and of the efforts of the young Prophet to translate the same so that it might be given to the world.
Oliver Cowdery became deeply interested and determined to visit Joseph, who, at the time, made his home in Harmony, Pennsylvania.
It was on April 5, 1829, that Oliver arrived in Harmony, having accompanied Joseph's younger brother Samuel on the journey. Two days later, Oliver began to write for Joseph while the latter translated the ancient characters written upon the plates.
As the interesting work progressed, Oliver became exceedingly anxious to have the gift of translation conferred upon himself. Joseph inquired of the Lord and received two enlightening revelations in regard to the matter, and pertaining to the duties of both himself and Oliver (See D&C sections 8 and 9).
After about five weeks of continuous labor, Joseph and Oliver came upon certain passages in the plates which pertained to the subject of baptism. Realizing that they themselves had not been baptized, they decided to seek information from the Lord in prayer concerning this important subject. It was on May 15, 1829, that they knelt in prayer, on the banks of the Susquehanna River, near Joseph's home.
While thus engaged, a messenger from heaven descended in a cloud of light and, laying his hands upon them he ordained them, saying: "Upon you my fellow servants, in the name of Messiah I confer the Priesthood of Aaron, which holds the keys of the ministering of angels, and of the gospel of repentance, and of baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; and this shall never be taken again from the earth, until the sons of Levi do offer again an offering unto the Lord in righteousness."
The heavenly messenger said that the Aaronic Priesthood did not have power to confer the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands. He told them that his name was John, the same that is called John the Baptist in the New Testament, and that he acted under the direction of Peter, James and John, who held the keys of the priesthood of Melchizedek, which priesthood he said would in due time be conferred upon them, when Joseph should be the first elder of the Church and Oliver the second elder. The heavenly messenger also instructed them to baptize each other, and directed that Joseph should baptize Oliver, and that Oliver should baptize Joseph. The brethren complied immediately with this request and the ordinance was performed in the nearby Susquehanna River. Joseph then laid his hands on Oliver and ordained him to the Aaronic Priesthood. Oliver followed with the same procedure and ordained Joseph to the same priesthood.
The exact date when the Melchizedek Priesthood was conferred by Peter, James and John is not known, but historians are generally agreed that this important event took place shortly after the bestowal of the Aaronic Priesthood.
Due to persecution which developed in the neighborhood of Harmony, Joseph felt that he and Oliver would be forced to move away. Oliver thereupon wrote to David Whitmer of Fayette township, New York, with the request that he and Joseph be permitted to finish their important work at his father's home. Arrangements were satisfactorily concluded and about the first of June, 1829, David Whitmer arrived at Harmony with a two-horse wagon to convey Joseph, Emma, Oliver and the sacred record to Fayette.
Arriving at the Whitmer home, the work of translation was immediately resumed, and in about four weeks' time the great and important work was concluded. From David Whitmer we have the information that the translation was finished "in the latter part of June 1829."
The vision of the Three Witnesses, of which Oliver Cowdery was permitted to be a member, occurred a few days after the translation was completed, in a grove near the Whitmer home.
After arrangements were made by Joseph Smith and Martin Harris to have the manuscript of the Book of Mormon published, Oliver Cowdery was assigned the task of making a printer's copy and looking after the details during publication. This work was performed in a satisfactory manner.
On April 6, 1830, the Church was organized in Fayette, New York, and Oliver Cowdery was one of the six original members. It was on that occasion that he was ordained by Joseph Smith to be the second elder of the Church. On April 11th [1830] Oliver preached the first public discourse given by any member of the Church. Thereafter he was very active as a missionary of the Church during the entire summer and fall of 1830, assisting the Prophet in every way possible.
In October 1830, Oliver Cowdery, Parley P. Pratt, Peter Whitmer, Jr., and Ziba Peterson were called by revelation to undertake a mission to the Lamanites residing on the western border of the United States.
Experiencing great hardships, and traveling mostly on foot, the four brethren reached Independence, Missouri, early in the year 1831. Here they began their labors and here Oliver Cowdery and two of his companions remained until the arrival of the Prophet Joseph and several companions in July following, when Jackson County was designated by revelation as the gathering place of the Saints and a site was selected and dedicated on which a temple was to be built.
In the month of August, Oliver Cowdery returned to Kirtland with the Prophet and several companions, and the day following his arrival he was ordained a high priest by Sidney Rigdon.
In November 1831, Oliver Cowdery and John Whitmer were sent to Independence with the revelations, which were to be published there by William W. Phelps. Shortly after Oliver's arrival, on January 22, 1832, he was married to Elizabeth Ann Whitmer. The marriage took place on Elizabeth's seventeenth birthday; Oliver at the time was twenty-five years of age.
During the Prophet's second visit to Missouri in the summer of 1832, Oliver was appointed one of the high priests to preside over the Saints in the gathering place.
When the serious trouble between the old settlers of Jackson County and the Saints broke out in July 1833, Oliver was sent as a messenger to the First Presidency at Kirtland to inform them of the disaster. Following his arrival he was asked to take charge of a publication known as the "Evening and Morning Star." At the dedication of the press, which was held on December 18, 1833, Oliver Cowdery was present, and the same day the Prophet recorded the following blessing in his history: "Blessed of the Lord is Brother Oliver; nevertheless there are two evils in him that he must need forsake, or he cannot altogether forsake the buffetings of the adversary. If he forsakes these evils he shall be forgiven, and he shall be made like unto the bow which the Lord hath set in the heavens; he shall be a sign and an ensign to the nations. Behold, he is blessed of the Lord for his constancy and steadfastness in the work of the Lord; wherefore he shall be blessed in his generation, and they shall never be cut off, and he shall be helped out of many troubles; and if he keeps the commandments and hearkens unto the counsel of the Lord, his rest shall be glorious."
At the organization of the first high council of the Church in Kirtland, on February 17, 1834, Oliver Cowdery was selected to be a member. When the Prophet, with Zion's Camp, started for Missouri in May following, Sidney Rigdon and Oliver were left in charge of the Church at Kirtland.
After the Prophet's return, on the evening of November 29, 1834, he and Oliver Cowdery united in prayer, and made a covenant that of the means that came to them they would give "a tenth" to be bestowed upon the poor of the Church, "or as he shall command." This was the first introduction of the tithing principle among the Latter-day Saints.
In February, 1835, the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer and Martin Harris, chose twelve men from the elders of the Church, to be members of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles. In blessing them and giving them instructions, Oliver Cowdery took a prominent part. He was also one of the trustees of the school in Kirtland, where he studied Hebrew, in connection with the Prophet and other elders. On September 14, 1835, he was appointed to act as Church Recorder. He had previously held the same office from April 1830 to June 1831.
Elder Cowdery was present at the dedication of the Kirtland Temple in March 1836, and took a prominent part in the proceedings. On April 3, 1836, he was with the Prophet in the Kirtland Temple when they beheld the great vision of Moses, Elias, and Elijah; and the Savior of mankind appeared before them. In September of the following year, 1837, Oliver Cowdery was appointed to be the assistant counselor to the president of the Church.
Despite his great privileges and experiences, Oliver Cowdery practically rejected the leadership of the Prophet during the latter part of 1837 and early in 1838. He opposed several important measures which Joseph Smith advocated.
As a result, the high council at Far West, Missouri, where Oliver was residing at the time, took action against him on April 11, 1838, and the following day excommunicated him from the Church.
For a period of ten years Oliver Cowdery was not connected with the organization he had so materially assisted in founding. During the years 1838 to 1848 he practiced law in Ohio and Wisconsin.
In October 1848, Oliver Cowdery, with his wife and daughter, arrived at Council Bluffs, Iowa, the gathering place of the Saints who were preparing to make the long journey across the plains to Utah. Here he requested of Orson Hyde, who was presiding over that branch at the time, the privilege of again being baptized into the Church. At a special conference of the members held on October 21st [1848], the request was granted and shortly afterwards Oliver Cowdery was baptized by Orson Hyde.
In the spring of 1849, Oliver Cowdery expressed the desire to visit with his wife's family in Richmond, Missouri, before undertaking the long journey across the plains. Accordingly, the trip was made to that place, and there, as a guest of his father-in-law, Peter Whitmer, in whose home near Waterloo, New York, the Church had been organized, he spent several pleasant months. As the result of a severe cold, contracted sometime during 1849, he became infected with the dreaded disease known then as "consumption," which brought about his death on March 3, 1850. Oliver Cowdery, at the time, was a few months past his 43rd birthday. Of his death, David Whitmer, who was present, relates:
"Oliver died the happiest man I ever saw. After shaking hands with the family and kissing his wife and daughter, he said: `Now I lay me down for the last time: I am going to my Savior'; and he died immediately with a smile on his face."
Source: Preston Nibley, comp., The Witnesses of the Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1958), pp. 33-41 taken with revisions from Jenson, Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:246-51.
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Enon Phelps / Mehitable Goldsmith
| Husband: Enon Phelps | |||
| Born: | 18 Nov 1766 | at: | Amenia, New York, USA |
| Married: | at: | ||
| Died: | 7 Feb 1855 | at: | |
| Father: | Elijah Phelps | ||
| Mother: | Jemima Wilcox | ||
| Sources: | [1418] | ||
| Wife: Mehitable Goldsmith | |||
| Born: | 1763 | at: | Hanover, Morris, New Jersey, USA |
| Died: | 12 Apr 1854 | at: | |
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| Sources: | [1391] | ||
| Children | |||
| Name: | William Wines Phelps [1477] [1476] [1478] | ||
| Born: | 17 Feb 1792[1476] | at: | Hanover, Morris, New Jersey, USA |
| Married: | at: | ||
| Died: | 7 Mar 1872 | at: | Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Spouses: | Sally (Stella) Waterman , Laura Stowell , Elizabeth Dunn , Mary Jones , Sarah Betsy Gleason , Harriet Schrider | ||
| Name: | Benjamin Phelps [1515] | ||
| Born: | 31 Jul 1794 | at: | Dover, New Jersey, USA |
| Died: | at: | ||
| Spouses: | |||
| Name: | Elijah Phelps [1516] | ||
| Born: | 17 Nov 1796 | at: | Dover, New Jersey, USA |
| Died: | at: | ||
| Spouses: | |||
| Name: | Ruhamah Phelps [1517] | ||
| Born: | 25 Mar 1799 | at: | Dover, New Jersey, USA |
| Died: | 29 Mar 1828 | at: | |
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| Name: | Anna Phelps [1518] | ||
| Born: | 16 Sep 1801 | at: | Homer, New York, USA |
| Died: | at: | ||
| Spouses: | |||
| Name: | Orin Phelps [1519] | ||
| Born: | 8 Apr 1803 | at: | Homer, New York, USA |
| Died: | at: | ||
| Spouses: | |||
| Name: | Mary Phelps [1520] | ||
| Born: | 11 Mar 1806 | at: | Homer, New York, USA |
| Died: | at: | ||
| Spouses: | |||
| Name: | Ruth Phelps [1521] | ||
| Born: | 12 Jul 1808 | at: | Homer, New York, USA |
| Died: | at: | ||
| Spouses: | |||
| Name: | Enon W Phelps [1522] | ||
| Born: | 9 Jun 1811 | at: | Homer, New York, USA |
| Died: | at: | ||
| Spouses: | |||
| Name: | Joshua Phelps [1523] | ||
| Born: | 13 Aug 1813 | at: | Homer, New York, USA |
| Died: | 29 Oct 1845 | at: | |
| Spouses: | |||
| Name: | Jonathan H Phelps [1524] | ||
| Born: | 13 Aug 1816 | at: | Homer, New York, USA |
| Died: | at: | ||
| Spouses: | |||
| Name: | Eliza Phelps [1525] | ||
| Born: | 1 Oct 1820 | at: | Homer, New York, USA |
| Died: | at: | ||
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Pedigree Chart for: Enon Phelps
/--Timothy Phelps Jr.
/--Noah Phelps
| \--Martha Crow
/--Elijah Phelps
| | /--Henry Dyer
| \--Marie Anna Dyer
| \--Mary Royce
|--Enon Phelps
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| /--John Wilcox
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\--Jemima Wilcox
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\--Mary Warner
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Pedigree Chart for: Mehitable Goldsmith
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[1477] William W. Phelps (1792-1872) was born at Hanover, New Jersey. Well educated, Phelps was an aspirant for the office of lieutenant governor of New York at the time he first learned of Mormonism through reading the Book of Mormon and talking with Sidney Rigdon. He visited Kirtland in 1831, was baptized, and became active in editorial work, establishing the "Evening and Morning Star". One of the Prophet's scribes, he assisted in preparing the first hymnal. Excommunicated in 1839, he returned to fellowship in 1841 and fulfilled a mission to the eastern states. He was implicated in the difficulty surrounding the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor and was summoned to be tried for treason with Joseph Smith at Carthage. He accompanied the pioneers to Utah, where he became one of the first regents of the University of Deseret and a representative in the Utah legislature.
LDS Church Hymns by William W. Phelps include the following:
"Gently Raise the Sacred Strain"
"Now Let Us Rejoice"
"Hosanna Anthem" ("The Spirit of God")
"Praise to the Man"
"Vade Mecum"
From "The Phelps Family of America and Their English Ancestors," by Judge Oliver Seymour Phelps & Andrew T. Servin. (Eagle Publishing Company, Pittsfield, Mass., 1899).
JUDGE WILLIAM W. PHELPS, b. Dover, N. J., 7 Feb., 1792, removed with his father and family to Homer, N. Y., in 1800, m. Stella Waterman (now called Sally.) Mr. Phelps had a common school education. When quite young he removed to Ohio, soon returning to Homer, N. Y., where he started a paper called the "Western Courier. " From there he removed to Trurnansburgh, Tompkins Co. N. Y., and started the publication of a paper called the "Lake Light." From there he removed to Canandaigua, Ontario Co., N. Y., where he published a paper in the interest of the Anti-Masons, called the Ontario Phoenix. While he resided there the "Book of Mormon" came before the world. He was infatuated with their new religion, abandoned his paper and removing his family to Ohio, joined the Mormon church, and went to Missouri with the first Mormon missionaries. In the fall he returned for his family, purchased a printing press in Cincinnati, and removed with his family to Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri., then a new Mormon settlement.
In the fall of 1833 the Mormons were banished from Jackson Co., removing and settling in Colville Co., Mo. From here they were soon routed and removed to [Nauvoo,] Hancock Co., Ill., where they flourished for some time and built a Temple. In 1843 they were again banished.
Their next location was Salt Lake City, after which their history is generally known. Mr. Phelps removed and settled with them in Salt Lake City, where he was quite a prominent man, holding for many years the position of Judge. He died there 6 March, 1872 in his 78th year, leaving a widow, his first wife, Sally Waterman, and several children, His widow, Sally, says there are three children in Salt Lake City, the rest in the states; as to the number of wives he took and as to his children we have no full records.
The following is a copy of a letter to Mr. O. S. Phelps from Mrs. Phelps on the death of her husband. This shows how deeply the people are infatuated by their religion:
Salt Lake City, 18 Mar., 1872
Dear Friend: I received your kind letter and was glad to hear from you. I have to inform you that Mr. Phelps died the sixth day of March, and will have a part in the first resurrection of Saints and Apostles.
Through all his fightings and doing he has died at a good old age. Peace to his memory. His works will follow him. He is with Joseph and Hiram, the Blessed Martyrs, who died for the Testimony of Jesus, who believed in Revelation and Resurrection literally fulfilled. God is our Judge and our (here there are three or four words obliterated) are free Jesus and his Apostles were thought not fit to live on the Earth, and were slain for their religion, but we fear not what man can do unto us knowing that God is on our side. Should like you to come to Salt Lake City and see and hear for yourself. Should like to hear from you often. Accept my best wishes and may Peace attend you and yours, I remain your friend and well-wisher.
Sally Phelps
Early in life he was a candidate for the office of lieutenant-governor of New York. He was baptized into the Church in June, 1831, and undertook a mission to Jackson County, Missouri, where he located as a printer, and published a monthly paper, "The Evening and Morning Star," the first number of which appeared in June, 1832. While he was attending to his duties at the printing office, on July 20, a mob attacked his house, which contained the printing equipment, and pulled it partly down, seized the printing materials, destroyed many papers, and threw his family and furniture out of doors. Again on July 23, the mob renewed their depredations, and William W. Phelps and others offered themselves as a ransom for the Saints, being willing to be scourged, or to die, if that would appease the anger of the mob. The mob would not accept this sacrifice, however, but continued to utter threats of violence against the whole Church.
This persecution culminated in the Saints being driven from their homes in Jackson County, in November, 1833. Mob leaders warned Brother Phelps and others to flee for their lives, or they would be killed. Despite repeated appeals, which Elder Phelps helped to frame, to the governor of Missouri, and to the president of the United States, no protection or redress was ever given them.
When the exiled Saints in Clay County were organized into a stake, David Whitmer was chosen president, with William W. Phelps and John Whitmer as counselors. He took a prominent part in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the Saints in Missouri.
In the early part of 1835, he and his son Waterman were called to Kirtland, where they made their home with the family of the Prophet Joseph Smith and assisted a committee appointed to compile the "Book of Doctrine and Covenants." About this time, Elder Phelps subscribed $500 toward the erection of the Kirtland Temple. When the Church purchased the Egyptian mummies and papyrus from Michael H. Chandler in 1835, William W. Phelps served as one of the scribes in the translation by Joseph Smith of the "Book of Abraham."
o 1823- publisher of Lake Light in Trumansburg, NY by 1828 moved to Canandaigua, NY publishing the anti-Masonic Ontario Phoenix June 6, 1831
o elder Oct 1, 1831
o high priest 1833
o printed the Book of Commandments 1835
o assisted in compiling and printing 1st editioin of the Doctrine & Covenants March 17, 1838
o excommunicated July 22, 1840
o extended hand of fellowship 1846
o left Nauvoo for the west
o edited Evening & Morning Star 1832-1833
o authored "Redeemer of Israel" "Come All Ye Sons of Zion" "Earth with Her Ten Thousand Flowers" "O Jesus! the Giver" "The Spirit of God Like a Fire is Burning" "Glorious Things are Sung of Zion" "O God the Eternal Father"
See D&C 55, 57:5a, 58:9, 61:2
Scribe during tranlation of Book of Abraham LBE says 2/6/38 rejected by Saints LBE says 3/17/39 excommunicated LBE says early 1841 extended hand of fellowship
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Edward Plantagenet / (--?--)
| Husband: Edward Plantagenet | |||
| Born: | 27 Jan 1365 | at: | Angoulême, Charente, France |
| Married: | 10 Oct 1361 | at: | |
| Died: | 1372 | at: | Bordeaux, France |
| Father: | Edward 'The Black' Plantagenet Prince of England | ||
| Mother: | Joan 'Fair Maid of Kent' Princess of Wales | Wife: (--?--) | |
| Children | |||
Pedigree Chart for: Edward Plantagenet
/--Edward Plantagenet II King of England
/--Edward Plantagenet III King of England
| \--Isabelle Princess of France
/--Edward 'The Black' Plantagenet Prince of England
| | /--Willem III de Avesnes
| \--Philippa de Avesnes Queen of England
| \--Jeanne de Valois
|--Edward Plantagenet
| /--Edward 'Longshanks' Plantagenet I King of England
| /--Edmund of Woodstock Plantagenet 1st Earl of Kent
| | \--Marguerite of France
\--Joan 'Fair Maid of Kent' Princess of Wales
| /--Edward 'Longshanks' Plantagenet I King of England
\--Margaret of Liddell Wake Baroness
\--Joan FitzBarnard
Ceolwald / (--?--)
| Husband: Ceolwald | |||
| Born: | at: | ||
| Married: | at: | ||
| Died: | at: | ||
| Father: | Cuthwulf (Cutha) | ||
| Mother: | Wife: (--?--) | ||
| Children | |||
| Name: | Cenred [3171] | ||
| Born: | at: | ||
| Married: | at: | ||
| Died: | at: | ||
| Spouses: | |||
Pedigree Chart for: Ceolwald
/--Celm
/--Cuthwine
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/--Cuthwulf (Cutha)
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|--Ceolwald
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Abel Phelps / Jerusha
| Husband: Abel Phelps | |||
| Born: | 19 Feb 1704 | at: | Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA |
| Married: | 1730 | at: | |
| Died: | at: | Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States | |
| Father: | Joseph Phelps | ||
| Mother: | Sarah Hosford | ||
| Notes: | [3469] | ||
| Sources: | [3470] | ||
| Wife: Jerusha | |||
| Born: | 1706 | at: | Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States |
| Died: | 1 Jan 1736 | at: | Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
| Father: | |||
| Mother: | |||
| Sources: | [3487] | ||
| Children | |||
| Name: | Elkanah Phelps | ||
| Born: | 3 Feb 1742 | at: | Goshen, Connecticut, USA |
| Married: | at: | ||
| Died: | at: | ||
| Spouses: | Abigail Phelps | ||
| Name: | Joseph Phelps [3620] | ||
| Born: | 7 Dec 1751 | at: | Goshen, Connecticut, USA |
| Died: | at: | ||
| Spouses: | |||
Pedigree Chart for: Abel Phelps
/--William Phelps
/--Timothy Phelps
| \--Ann Dover
/--Joseph Phelps
| | /--Edward Griswold
| \--Mary Griswold
| \--Margaret Blencow
|--Abel Phelps
| /--William Horseford
| /--John Hosford
| | \--Sarah
\--Sarah Hosford
| /--William Horseford
\--Phillipi Thrall
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Pedigree Chart for: Jerusha
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[3469] Capt. Phelps served in the French war, where he received his military title.
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James Eno III / Mary Grant
| Husband: James Eno III | |||
| Born: | 23 Sep 1679[3667] | at: | Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA |
| Married: | 5 Apr 1703 | at: | Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA |
| Died: | 1761[3668] | at: | Union, Hartford, Connecticut, USA |
| Father: | James Eno Jr. | ||
| Mother: | Abigail Holcomb Bissell | ||
| Sources: | [3667] [3668] [3669] [3670] [3671] | ||
| Wife: Mary Grant | |||
| Born: | 23 Oct 1678 | at: | Of Windsor, Hartford, Ct |
| Died: | 6 Mar 1704 | at: | Windsor, Connecticut |
| Father: | Tahan Grant | ||
| Mother: | Hannah (Ann) Palmer | ||
| Sources: | [5385] | ||
| Children | |||
Pedigree Chart for: James Eno III
/--Jean (John) Henno
/--James (Jacque) Thomas (Eno) Hennot
| \--Catelaine Joné
/--James Eno Jr.
| | /--Richard Bidwell
| \--Anna Bidwell
| \--(--?--)
|--James Eno III
| /--John Bissell
| /--Samuel Bissell
| | \--Elizabeth Thompson
\--Abigail Holcomb Bissell
| /--John Bissell
\--Abigail Holcombe
\--Elizabeth Ferguson
Pedigree Chart for: Mary Grant
/--John Grant
/--Matthew Grant
| \--Alice Turberville
/--Tahan Grant
| | /--Anthony Grey
| \--Priscilla Grey
| \--Magdalena Purifoy
|--Mary Grant
| /--
| /--Nicholas Palmer
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\--Hannah (Ann) Palmer
| /--
\--(--?--)
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Lt. Samuel St. John / Lois Hamilton
| Husband: Lt. Samuel St. John | |||
| Born: | at: | ||
| Married: | at: | ||
| Died: | at: | ||
| Father: | |||
| Mother: | |||
| Wife: Lois Hamilton | |||
| Born: | at: | ||
| Died: | at: | ||
| Father: | |||
| Mother: | |||
| Children | |||
| Name: | Abigail St. John | ||
| Born: | at: | ||
| Married: | at: | ||
| Died: | at: | ||
| Spouses: | Oliver Phelps | ||
Pedigree Chart for: Lt. Samuel St. John
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|--Lt. Samuel St. John
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Pedigree Chart for: Lois Hamilton
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|--Lois Hamilton
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Orlin B. Phelps / Uretta Phelps
| Husband: Orlin B. Phelps | |||
| Born: | Nov 1856 | at: | Queensbury, Warren, New York, United States |
| Married: | at: | ||
| Died: | Nov 1856 | at: | |
| Father: | Stiles Phelps | ||
| Mother: | Catherine Dempsey | ||
| Wife: Uretta Phelps | |||
| Born: | at: | ||
| Died: | at: | ||
| Father: | |||
| Mother: | |||
| Children | |||
| Name: | Alymas Phelps | ||
| Born: | Aug 1889 | at: | |
| Died: | at: | ||
| Spouses: | |||
Pedigree Chart for: Orlin B. Phelps
/--Norman Phelps Sr.
/--Norman Phelps Jr.
| \--Sarah Cole
/--Stiles Phelps
| | /--
| \--Hannah Chase
| \--
|--Orlin B. Phelps
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\--Catherine Dempsey
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Pedigree Chart for: Uretta Phelps
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|--Uretta Phelps
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Louis Breillard dit Laroche / Jean-Baptiste Benony Duffaut
| Husband: Louis Breillard dit Laroche | |||
| Born: | ABT 1731 | at: | Quebec, Canada |
| Married: | at: | ||
| Died: | ABT 1773 | at: | St. Ferdinand, Florissant, St. Louis Co., Missouri, USA |
| Father: | Joseph-Amable Breillard dit Laroche | ||
| Mother: | Marguerite Petit de Beauchemin | ||
| Wife: Jean-Baptiste Benony Duffaut | |||
| Born: | at: | ||
| Died: | at: | ||
| Father: | |||
| Mother: | |||
| Children | |||
Pedigree Chart for: Louis Breillard dit Laroche
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/--Joseph-Amable Breillard dit Laroche
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|--Louis Breillard dit Laroche
| /--
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| | \--
\--Marguerite Petit de Beauchemin
| /--
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Pedigree Chart for: Jean-Baptiste Benony Duffaut
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|--Jean-Baptiste Benony Duffaut
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George Blunsum / Ann Pritchard Gardiner
| Husband: George Blunsum | |||
| Born: | 1815 | at: | All Saints Church, Hereford, Herefordshire, England |
| Married: | 28 Nov 1869 | at: | St Nicholas,Hereford,Herefordshire,England |
| Died: | at: | ||
| Father: | |||
| Mother: | |||
| Notes: | [6650] | ||
| Wife: Ann Pritchard Gardiner | |||
| Born: | at: | ||
| Died: | at: | ||
| Father: | John Gardiner | ||
| Mother: | Ann Pritchard Phelps | ||
| Children | |||
Pedigree Chart for: George Blunsum
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|--George Blunsum
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Pedigree Chart for: Ann Pritchard Gardiner
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/--John Gardiner
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|--Ann Pritchard Gardiner
| /--Edward Phelps
| /--Robert Phelps
| | \--
\--Ann Pritchard Phelps
| /--Edward Phelps
\--Anne Homes
\--
[6650]
There is also a marriage 15 Nov 1864 at Holmer, GS#1041605,
for George Blunsum age 41, accountant,wid, of Wide? s/o Wm Blunsum, land surveyor and Sarah Jenkins age 30, spinster d/o Richard Jenkins, shoemaker.
George Edward Day II / Eleanor Mellor
| Husband: George Edward Day II | |||
| Born: | 9 Jun 1895 | at: | |
| Married: | 4 Aug 1915 | at: | |
| Died: | at: | ||
| Father: | George Edward Day | ||
| Mother: | Leighla Gross | ||
| Sources: | [7530] | ||
| Wife: Eleanor Mellor | |||
| Born: | at: | ||
| Died: | at: | ||
| Father: | |||
| Mother: | |||
| Children | |||
| Name: | George Edward Day III [10840] | ||
| Born: | 14 Aug 1916 | at: | |
| Married: | at: | ||
| Died: | at: | ||
| Spouses: | |||
| Name: | Charlotte Leigh Day [10720] | ||
| Born: | 12 Dec 1920 | at: | |
| Died: | at: | ||
| Spouses: | |||
Pedigree Chart for: George Edward Day II
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/--George Edward Day
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|--George Edward Day II
| /--Alba Gross Rev.
| /--Eugene L. Gross
| | \--Alethea Smith
\--Leighla Gross
| /--Alba Gross Rev.
\--Susan Louise Zimmerman
\--Susan Philenia Seely
Pedigree Chart for: Eleanor Mellor
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|--Eleanor Mellor
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Fantly Roy / Margaret Elizabeth Claggett
| Husband: Fantly Roy | |||
| Born: | at: | ||
| Married: | at: | ||
| Died: | at: | ||
| Father: | |||
| Mother: | |||
| Wife: Margaret Elizabeth Claggett | |||
| Born: | 2 Oct 1861 | at: | |
| Died: | 1953 | at: | |
| Father: | John Aaron Claggett | ||
| Mother: | Catherine Mary Elizabeth Schofield | ||
| Notes: | [7719] | ||
| Children | |||
Pedigree Chart for: Fantly Roy
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|--Fantly Roy
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Pedigree Chart for: Margaret Elizabeth Claggett
/--Thomas Clagett
/--William Henry Clagett
| \--Mary Mason
/--John Aaron Claggett
| | /--
| \--Margaret F. Bright
| \--
|--Margaret Elizabeth Claggett
| /--
| /--
| | \--
\--Catherine Mary Elizabeth Schofield
| /--
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[7719] Paul Gray knew this lady.
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