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Hurlbut, Doctor Philastus

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3 Feb. 1809

Adams, “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut,” 76.

Adams, Dale W. “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut: Originator of Derogatory Statements About Joseph Smith, Jr.” The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 20 (2000): 76–93.

–16 June 1883.

Sandusky Co., OH, Birth and Death Records, 1867–1916, vol. 2, p. 37, microfilm 511,730, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Clergyman, farmer.

1850 U.S. Census, Washington, Sandusky Co., OH, 14[A]; 1860 U.S. Census, Madison, Sandusky Co., OH, 250[B]; Sandusky Co., OH, Birth and Death Records, 1867–1916, vol. 2, p. 37, microfilm 511,730, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

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Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Born at Chittenden Co., Vermont.

Adams, “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut,” 76; Sandusky Co., OH, Birth and Death Records, 1867–1916, vol. 2, p. 37, microfilm 511,730, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Adams, Dale W. “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut: Originator of Derogatory Statements About Joseph Smith, Jr.” The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 20 (2000): 76–93.

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

“Doctor” was his given name.

Winchester, Origin of the Spaulding Story, 11; Adams, “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut,” 76.

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Winchester, B[enjamin]. The Origin of the Spaulding Story, concerning the Manuscript Found; with a Short Biography of Dr. P. Hulbert, the Originator of the Same; and Some Testimony Adduced, Showing It to Be a Sheer Fabrication, So Far as Its Connection with the Book of Mormon Is Concerned. Philadelphia: Brown, Bicking, and Guilbert, 1840.

Adams, Dale W. “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut: Originator of Derogatory Statements About Joseph Smith, Jr.” The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 20 (2000): 76–93.

Preacher for Methodist Episcopal Church in Jamestown, Chautauque Co., New York.

Winchester, Origin of the Spaulding Story, 5; Adams, “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut,” 76.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Adams, Dale W. “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut: Originator of Derogatory Statements About Joseph Smith, Jr.” The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 20 (2000): 76–93.

Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1832/1833, at Jamestown.

Adams, “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut,” 76.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Adams, Dale W. “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut: Originator of Derogatory Statements About Joseph Smith, Jr.” The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 20 (2000): 76–93.

Ordained an elder by Sidney Rigdon, 18 Mar. 1833.

Minute Book 1, 18 Mar. 1833.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Minute Book 1 / “Conference A,” 1832–1837. CHL. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.

Appointed to serve mission to East with Daniel Copley, 19 Mar. 1833.

Minute Book 1, 19 Mar. 1833.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Minute Book 1 / “Conference A,” 1832–1837. CHL. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.

Excommunicated, June 1833.

Minute Book 1, 3, 21, and 23 June 1833.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Minute Book 1 / “Conference A,” 1832–1837. CHL. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.

Married Maria Sheldon Woodbury, 29 Apr. 1834, in Ashtabula Co., Ohio.

Ashtabula Co., OH, Probate Court, Marriage Records, 1812–1951, vol. B, p. 60, microfilm 890,264, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Employed by citizens of Geauga Co., Ohio, to collect information about Smith family and origin of Book of Mormon.

Anderson, “Joseph Smith’s New York Reputation Reappraised,” 284; Adams, “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut,” 79–80, 84; Winchester, Origin of the Spaulding Story, 9.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “Joseph Smith’s New York Reputation Reappraised.” BYU Studies 10 (Spring 1970): 283–299.

Adams, Dale W. “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut: Originator of Derogatory Statements About Joseph Smith, Jr.” The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 20 (2000): 76–93.

Findings were published in Eber D. Howe’s Mormonism Unvailed, 1834.

Winchester, Origin of the Spaulding Story, 9, 11; Adams, “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut,” 84–85.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Adams, Dale W. “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut: Originator of Derogatory Statements About Joseph Smith, Jr.” The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 20 (2000): 76–93.

Arrested for allegedly threatening JS’s life, 1834, and ordered to enter into recognizance to keep the peace.

Adams, “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut,” 83; Winchester, Origin of the Spaulding Story, 11.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Adams, Dale W. “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut: Originator of Derogatory Statements About Joseph Smith, Jr.” The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 20 (2000): 76–93.

Moved to Gerard Township, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, 1834/1835.

Adams, “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut,” 85.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Adams, Dale W. “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut: Originator of Derogatory Statements About Joseph Smith, Jr.” The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 20 (2000): 76–93.

With Eber Howe, advanced the Rigdon-Spaulding theory of the origin of the Book of Mormon.

Adams, “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut,” 82, 84–85.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Adams, Dale W. “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut: Originator of Derogatory Statements About Joseph Smith, Jr.” The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 20 (2000): 76–93.

Located at Gibsonburg, Sandusky Co., Ohio, 1836/1837.

Adams, “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut,” 85.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Adams, Dale W. “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut: Originator of Derogatory Statements About Joseph Smith, Jr.” The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 20 (2000): 76–93.

Joined Salem United Brethren Church in Gibsonburg; ordained an elder in that church, ca. 1846.

Adams, “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut,” 86.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Adams, Dale W. “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut: Originator of Derogatory Statements About Joseph Smith, Jr.” The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 20 (2000): 76–93.

Appointed member of board of trustees of Otterbein College, 1847, in Westerville, Franklin Co., Ohio.

Adams, “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut,” 86.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Adams, Dale W. “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut: Originator of Derogatory Statements About Joseph Smith, Jr.” The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 20 (2000): 76–93.

Suspended permanently from ministry, 1852.

Adams, “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut,” 86.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Adams, Dale W. “Doctor Philastus Hurlbut: Originator of Derogatory Statements About Joseph Smith, Jr.” The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 20 (2000): 76–93.

Died at Madison Township, Sandusky Co.

Sandusky Co., OH, Birth and Death Records, 1867–1916, vol. 2, p. 37, microfilm 511,730, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

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