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Revelation, 8 July 1838–B
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Revelation Given the same day, and at the same place, and read
the same day in the congrega tions of the saints
Making known the duty of F[rederick] G. Williams & Wm W. Phelps
28 Oct. 1787–10 Oct. 1842. Ship’s pilot, teacher, physician, justice of the peace. Born at Suffield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of William Wheeler Williams and Ruth Granger. Moved to Newburg, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 1799. Practiced Thomsonian botanical system...
View Full Bio17 Feb. 1792–7 Mar. 1872. Writer, teacher, printer, newspaper editor, publisher, postmaster, lawyer. Born at Hanover, Morris Co., New Jersey. Son of Enon Phelps and Mehitabel Goldsmith. Moved to Homer, Cortland Co., New York, 1800. Married Sally Waterman,...
View Full BioVerrily thus saith the Lord in consequence of their transgressions,
their former standing has been taken away
from them And now if they will be saved, Let them be ordained as
Elders, in my Church, to preach my gospel and travel abroad from land
to land and from place to place, to gather mine Elect unto me saith
the Lord, and let this be their labors from hence forth Even so Amen
[p. 55]
Revelation, Far West, MO, 8 July 1838;
handwriting of George W. Robinson; in JS, Journal, Mar.–Sept. 1838, p. 55; CHL.
Originally called Shoal Creek. Located fifty-five miles northeast of Independence. Surveyed 1823; first settled by whites, 1831. Site purchased, 8 Aug. 1836, before Caldwell Co. was organized for Latter-day Saints in Missouri. William W. Phelps and John Whitmer...
More Info14 May 1814–10 Feb. 1878. Clerk, postmaster, merchant, clothier, banker. Born at Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont. Baptized into LDS church and moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, by 1836. Clerk and recorder for Kirtland high council, beginning Jan. 1836. Married...
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