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Allen, Charles
Biography
26 Dec. 1806–after 1870. Farmer, auctioneer. Born in Somerset Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Charles Allen and Mary. Married first Eliza Tibbits, ca. 1832. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Moved to Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri. Tarred and feathered during mob violence in Jackson Co., July 1833. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by 1841. Received elder’s license, 22 Feb. 1841, in Nauvoo. Appointed quartermaster sergeant in Nauvoo Legion, May 1842. Member of Nauvoo high priests quorum, by Dec. 1845. Moved to what became Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, by May 1850. Married second to Rebecca Winslow by Orson Hyde, 19 May 1850, in Pottawattamie Co. Married third Sarah Gaylord, 28 June 1856, in Pottawattamie Co. Resided in Council Bluffs, 1870.
Links
papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Jubilee Songs, between 11 and 18 January 1843
- Appendix 3: Discourse, circa 4 July 1838
- Bond, 2 August 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. W. Thompson ]
- Docket Entry, between 1 and circa 6 December 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault ]
- Docket Entry, between 1 and circa 6 December 1842, Copy [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault ]
- Docket Entry, circa 2 August 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. W. Thompson ]
- Docket Entry, circa 2 December 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Ardent Spirits ]
- Docket Entry, circa 2 December 1842, Copy [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Ardent Spirits ]
- Docket Entry, circa 5 July 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. H. Rhodes ]
- Docket Entry, circa 5 July 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. McGraw ]
- Docket Entry, circa 6 December 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Ardent Spirits ]
- Docket Entry, circa 6 December 1842, Circuit Court Copy [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Ardent Spirits ]
- Docket Entry, circa 6 December 1842, Defendant Copy [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Ardent Spirits ]
- Edward Partridge, History, Manuscript, circa 1839
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Letter from John Whitmer, 29 July 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 18 August 1833
- Letter to Oliver Cowdery, circa 9 April 1836
- Letterbook 2
- License Record Book
- License for Charles Allen, 22 February 1841, Extract
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Mayor’s Order to City Watch, 20 May 1842
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843, John Frierson Copy
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843, Thomas Bullock First Copy
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843, Willard Richards Copy
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 30 October 1839–27 January 1840
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1842
- Minutes, 15–16 March 1842
- Parley P. Pratt et al., “‘The Mormons’ So Called,” 12 December 1833
- Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 1839
- Petition from A. W. Whitney and Others, 25 February 1843
- Petition to United States Congress, circa 29 November 1839, Draft
- Poll Record, Nauvoo Legion, 13 August 1842
- Revelation, 2 August 1833–A [D&C 97]
- Revelation, 6 August 1833 [D&C 98]
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840, Second Edition
- Sidney Rigdon, JS, et al., Petition Draft (“To the Publick”), circa 1838–1839
- Statement of Account from Nauvoo City Watch, 27 August 1842
- Subpoena, 2 August 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. W. Thompson ]
- Subpoena, 2 December 1842–A [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault ]
- Subpoena, 5 July 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. McGraw ]
- Subpoena, 6 December 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Ardent Spirits ]
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book B
- Warrant, 2 August 1842–A [ City of Nauvoo v. W. Thompson ]
- Warrant, 2 August 1842–B [ City of Nauvoo v. W. Thompson ]
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- “Church History,” 1 March 1842
- Gender
- Male