Interim Content
Lewis, David
Biography
10 Apr. 1814–2 Sept. 1855. Cooper, farmer, photographer. Born in Warren Co. (later in Simpson Co.), Kentucky. Son of Neriah Lewis and Mary Morse. Married Duritha Trail, 23 Nov. 1834. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 24 Mar. 1835. Ordained an elder, 1835. Moved to Missouri, 1837. Built house near Hawn’s Mill settlement on Shoal Creek, Caldwell Co., Missouri. Survived attack at Hawn’s Mill without injury, 1838. Moved family to Kentucky while serving mission to Tennessee, 1839. Lived in Macoupin Co., Illinois, 1840–1841. Lived at Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, 1841–1846. Member of pioneer company at Camp Ponca on Niobrara River in what is now Knox Co., Nebraska, 1846–1847. Moved near area that became Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, 1847. Migrated to Salt Lake City, ca. 1851. Served mission to Indians in southern Utah Territory, 1854. Died at Parowan, Iron Co., Utah Territory.
Links
papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- Letter to the Church and Edward Partridge, 20 March 1839
- License Record Book
- License for David Lewis, between circa 28 and circa 29 September 1838, Extract
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Deed Record Book A, 1840–1843
- Petition from Samuel Henderson and Others, circa 9 April 1842
- Petition from Stephen Wilkinson and Others, circa 14 May 1842
- Revelation Book 2
- 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
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
David Lewis (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)
- Gender
- Male