People of the Time

Brief biographical sketches for selected persons mentioned in Joseph Smith’s papers. Names listed in this directory include church leaders and members, Smith family members, people Joseph Smith encountered in his travels, parties involved in legal and business matters, and other acquaintances. Future releases will identify the sources from which each sketch was compiled.

William W. Phelps

17 Feb. 1792–7 Mar. 1872

Writer, teacher, printer, newspaper editor, publisher, postmaster, lawyer; born at Hanover, Morris Co.[...]

Parley P. Pratt

12 Apr. 1807–13 May 1857

Farmer, editor, publisher, teacher, school administrator, legislator, explorer, author; born at Burlington, Otsego Co., New York.[...]

Oliver Cowdery

3 Oct. 1806–3 Mar. 1850

Clerk, teacher, justice of the peace, lawyer, newspaper editor; born at Wells, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of William Cowdery and Rebecca Fuller[...]

 
 
 
 
 
Salisbury, Katharine SmithSalisbury, Wilkins JenkinsSaxton, Noah ChapinSayers, EdwardScammon, Jonathan YoungSchott, AnnaSchott, Elizabeth AnnScobey, Almira MackSeixas, JoshuaSessions, Patty BartlettSessions, Sylvia PorterSeymour, WilliamSharp, Thomas CokeShearer, JohnShearer, Vienna Jacques  
Sheldon, Crawford BernonSherman, Lyman RoyalSherwood, Henry GarlickSingley, Margaret LeasureSkinner, Onias ChildsSlade, Emily M. CoburnSlidell, AlexanderSloan, JamesSlocum, John JaySmith, Agnes Moulton CoolbrithSmith, Alexander HaleSmith, AlvinSmith, AsahelSmith, Caroline RockwellSmith, Charles H.  
Smith, David HyrumSmith, Don Carlos (JS’s broth ...Smith, Don Carlos (JS’s son)Smith, EdenSmith, ElijahSmith, Elizabeth AnnSmith, EmmaSmith, EphraimSmith, Frederick Granger Will ...Smith, George AlbertSmith, HyrumSmith, Jerusha T. BardenSmith, JohnSmith, Joseph IIISmith, Joseph Jr.  
Smith, Joseph MurdockSmith, Joseph Sr.Smith, Julia M.Smith, KatharineSmith, LucySmith, Lucy MackSmith, LymanSmith, Mary BaileySmith, Samuel HarrisonSmith, Sarah Ann WhitneySmith, SophroniaSmith, Susanna (Susan) BaileySmith, SylvesterSmith, Unnamed daughter (1831)Smith, Unnamed son (1828)  
Smith, Unnamed son (1831)Smith, WarrenSmith, William B.Snider (Snyder), JohnSnow, Eliza RoxcySnow, ErastusSnow, OliverSnow, ZerubbabelSnyder, JohnSpencer, DanielSpencer, OrsonSquires, Andrew JacksonStanley, HarveyStanley, Lerona Eliza CahoonStoddard, Calvin W.  
Stoddard, Sophronia SmithStones, ElizabethStowell, CalvinStowell, Josiah Sr.Strang, James JesseStringham, Esther KnightStringham, Julia AnnStringham, Polly KnightStringham, WilliamStrobridge, Richard RansomStrong, ElialStrong, EzraSwazey, Ezekiel A. M.Sweet, Northrop