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Marriage Certificate for William Cahoon and Nancy Gibbs, 18 January 1836

 
I hereby certify that agreeably to the rules and  regulations of the church of christ of Latter- Day Saints, on matrimony, were joined in  marriage Mr. William F. Cahoon

7 Nov. 1813–6 Apr. 1893. Shoemaker, carpenter, joiner. Born at Harpersfield, Ashtabula Co., Ohio. Son of Reynolds Cahoon and Thirza Stiles. Baptized into LDS church by Parley P. Pratt, 16 Oct. 1830, at Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio. Ordained a priest by Oliver...

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 and Miss  Nancy M. Gibbs

27 July 1817–6 Oct. 1867. Born at Benson, Rutland Co., Vermont. Daughter of Aaron Gibbs and Prudence Carter. Baptized into LDS church by Jared Carter, fall 1831. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, fall 1833. Married to William F. Cahoon by JS, 17 Jan. 1836...

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, both of this place, on  Sabbath the 17th instant.
Joseph Smith Jun
Kirtland

Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and 1,000 others; in 1838 about 2,000 Saints and 1,200 others; in 1839 about 100 Saints and 1,500 others. Mormon missionaries visited township...

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 Ohio Jan. 18th 1836		 Presiding Elder

An administrative and ecclesiastical office not associated with age. The Book of Mormon explained that elders ordained priests and teachers and administered “the flesh and blood of Christ unto the church.” The articles and covenants of the church directed...

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Marriage Certificate for William Cahoon and Nancy Gibbs, 18 January 1836
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