Petition from Philemon Merrill and Others, 3 February 1842

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Petition from Philemon Merrill and Others, 3 February 1842
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Philemon Merrill
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and 92 Others, Petition,
Nauvoo
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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, Hancock Co., IL, to Nauvoo City Council, 3 Feb. 1842; handwriting possibly of
Windsor P. Lyon
8 Feb. 1809–Jan. 1849. Physician, druggist, merchant. Born at Orwell, Addison Co., Vermont. Son of Aaron Child Lyon and Roxana (Rocksey) Palmer. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1832, in New York. Lived at Willoughby, Cuyahoga Co...
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; signatures of petitioners; endorsements and docket in handwriting of
James Sloan
28 Oct. 1792–24 Oct. 1886. City recorder, notary public, attorney, judge, farmer. Born in Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. Son of Alexander Sloan and Anne. Married Mary Magill. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ordained an elder, ...
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; three pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL. Includes mathematical notations.

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Andrew J Clothier
Solomon Freeman
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Chas. Warner
Joseph Aldrich [Aldridge]
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David Sessions
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Joshua Umsted

Johnathan Bighimer
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Willson Kelly

A[ndrew] Colton
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John Simonton

John M MCaul
Ebenezer Jennings
ca. Dec. 1793–20 Aug. 1868. Born in Vermont. Served in War of 1812. Married Electa Willard, by ca. 1819. Moved to Geauga Co., Ohio, by 1823; to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by May 1842; and to Genesee Co., Michigan. Died in Genesee Co.
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Reuben C Hendricks Lewis Willson

Allen Taylor
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William D Pratt
3 Sept. 1802–15 Sept. 1870. Schoolteacher. Born at Worcester, Otsego Co., New York. Son of Jared Pratt and Charity Dickinson. Moved to Ohio, 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1831. Ordained an elder by Sidney Rigdon, 10 Feb....
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Josiah Arnold
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Simeon Thayer
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Joseph Egbert
Joseph Knight Jr
21 June 1808–4 Nov. 1866. Miller, carder, millwright. Born at Halifax, Windham Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Knight Sr. and Polly Peck. Moved to Jericho (later Bainbridge), Chenango Co., New York, 1808. Moved to Windsor (later in Colesville), Broome Co., New...
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Edwin D Wells
H[orace] S Eldredge
6 Feb. 1816–6 Sept. 1888. Constable, farmer, military officer, merchant, banker, business executive. Born in Brutus, Cayuga Co., New York. Son of Alanson Eldredge and Esther Sunderlin. Joined Baptist church, ca. 1832. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ ...
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Jonathan Taylor
6 June 1793–after June 1846. Born at Burlington, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of Eliza Taylor. Lived at Norton, Medina Co., Ohio, by Aug. 1820. Married first Lydia Azula Taylor, 12 June 1828, in Medina Co. Visited by JS at his home at Norton, 1834. Baptized...
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Knowlton Hanks

Carlos Philander J Perry Henry C. Chase

P. T. Rolfe.
Francis Clark
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L H Roundy N. K. Night

Truman Gillett Jr
21 May 1811–after 1850. Farmer. Born in Schuyler, Herkimer Co., New York. Son of Truman Gillet and Phebe Doty. Moved to Newport, Herkimer Co., by 1820. Moved to Williamstown, Oswego Co., New York, by 1830. Married Fidelia Teal, before 1832, in New York. Baptized...
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Samuel Rolfe
26 Aug. 1794–July 1867. Carpenter. Born at Concord, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire. Son of Benjamin Rolfe and Mary (Molly) Swett. Moved to Maine, 1810. Married Elizabeth Hathaway, 4 Mar. 1818. Lived at Rumford, Oxford Co., Maine, when baptized into Church of...
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J. P. Hendrixson George Slater

Asahel Perry
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Henry Oaks
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Chester Phillips
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Alonso King

H T Chipman

D[imick] B Huntington
26 May 1808–1 Feb. 1879. Farmer, blacksmith, shoemaker, constable, coroner, deputy sheriff, Indian interpreter. Born at Watertown, Jefferson Co., New York. Son of William Huntington and Zina Baker. Married Fannie Maria Allen, 28 Apr. 1830. Baptized into Church...
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Chester Southworth
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Petition from Philemon Merrill and Others, 3 February 1842
ID #
12137
Total Pages
6
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Charles Warner
David Sessions
Andrew Colton
Ebenezer Jennings
William Pratt
Josiah Arnold
Joseph Knight Jr.
Horace Eldredge
Jonathan Taylor
Knowlton Hanks
Truman Gillet Jr.
Samuel Rolfe
Asahel Perry
Henry Oaks
Dimick B. Huntington