Footnotes
It is unclear who attended the meetings. At the time, the Quorum of the Twelve had ten members; two of them, Orson Hyde and William Smith, had been suspended from office on 4 May 1839, meaning they likely did not attend the 6 and 7 May meetings. Parley P. Pratt was still imprisoned in Missouri. The remaining seven—Heber C. Kimball, John E. Page, Orson Pratt, George A. Smith, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, and Brigham Young—were in Quincy and may have attended the meetings. As for the “others” who attended, Woodruff recorded that “several of the Brethren attended this conference that was wounded by the Missouri mob,” including Isaac Leany. Woodruff also mentioned that Joseph Young had recently escaped Missouri violence and that “although the balls flew around him like hail stones, yet he was not wounded,” suggesting that Young was also present at the meeting. (Minutes, 4–5 May 1839; JS, Journal, 4–7 May 1839; Woodruff, Journal, 6 May 1839.)
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
Historian’s Office, General Church Minutes, 6 May 1839.
Historian’s Office. General Church Minutes, 1839–1877. CHL
See JS History, vol. C-1, 935; and Kimball, “History,” 103.
Kimball, Heber C. “History of Heber Chase Kimball by His Own Dictation,” ca. 1842–1856. Heber C. Kimball, Papers, 1837–1866. CHL. MS 627, box 2.
JS, Journal, 4–6 May 1839. In contrast to other records, Kimball’s history states that the 6 May meeting was part of the general conference. (Kimball, “History,” 103–104; see also Woodruff, Journal, 6 May 1839; and Quorums of the Seventy, “Book of Records,” 12 May 1839, 72.)
Kimball, Heber C. “History of Heber Chase Kimball by His Own Dictation,” ca. 1842–1856. Heber C. Kimball, Papers, 1837–1866. CHL. MS 627, box 2.
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
Record of Seventies / First Council of the Seventy. “Book of Records,” 1837–1843. Bk. A. In First Council of the Seventy, Records, 1837–1885. CHL. CR 3 51, box 1, fd. 1.
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During the conference held on 4–5 May, Granger was appointed to return to Kirtland to oversee the House of the Lord and manage church affairs there. (Minutes, 4–5 May 1839.)
During fall 1838, Whitney and his family moved from Ohio, intending to settle in Missouri. However, they stopped in Carrollton, Illinois, after learning of the expulsion order that Missouri governor Lilburn W. Boggs issued 27 October. While Whitney traveled, first to Kirtland and later to Quincy, his family remained in Carrollton. The Whitney family apparently had not moved to Quincy by the time of this meeting. ([Elizabeth Ann Smith Whitney], “A Leaf from an Autobiography,” Woman’s Exponent, 15 Nov. 1878, 91; Letter to Newel K. Whitney, 24 May 1839.)
Woman’s Exponent. Salt Lake City. 1872–1914.
Other bishops included Edward Partridge and Vinson Knight, both of whom relocated from Missouri to Illinois.
In the general conference on 4–5 May, the congregation approved plans for the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles to embark on a mission to Europe. (Minutes, 4–5 May 1839.)