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Bishop, Francis Gladden

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19 June 1809

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, Office of Vital Statistics, Death Records of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1848–Sept. 1950, p. 80, microfilm 26,553, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

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U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

–30 Nov. 1864.

Saunders, “Francis Gladden Bishop,” 185; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, Office of Vital Statistics, Death Records of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1848–Sept. 1950, p. 80, microfilm 26,553, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

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Saunders, Richard LaVell. “Francis Gladden Bishop and Gladdenism: A Study in the Culture of a Mormon Dissenter and His Movement.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, 1989.

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Watchmaker, minister.

1850 U.S. Census, Kirtland, Lake Co., OH, 222[B]; Saunders, “Francis Gladden Bishop,” 18.

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

Saunders, Richard LaVell. “Francis Gladden Bishop and Gladdenism: A Study in the Culture of a Mormon Dissenter and His Movement.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, 1989.

Born at Livonia, Ontario Co., New York.

Saunders, “Fruit of the Branch,” 102.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Saunders, Richard L. “The Fruit of the Branch: Francis Gladden Bishop and His Culture of Dissent.” In Differing Visions, Dissenters in Mormon History, edited by Roger D. Launius and Linda Thatcher, 102–119. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994.

Son of Isaac Gates Bishop and Mary Hyde.

Saunders, “Fruit of the Branch,” 102.

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Served as minister in Freewill Baptist Church, by 1831.

Saunders, “Francis Gladden Bishop,” 18.

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Saunders, Richard LaVell. “Francis Gladden Bishop and Gladdenism: A Study in the Culture of a Mormon Dissenter and His Movement.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, 1989.

Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and ordained an elder, 2 July 1832, in Olean Point (later Olean), Cattaraugus Co., New York.

Francis G. Bishop, Nauvoo, IL, to “the President of the quorum of High-priests,” 4 Feb. 1840, Times and Seasons, Mar. 1840, 1:77; Saunders, “Francis Gladden Bishop,” 21.

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Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.

Saunders, Richard LaVell. “Francis Gladden Bishop and Gladdenism: A Study in the Culture of a Mormon Dissenter and His Movement.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, 1989.

Engaged in extensive missionary work from North Carolina to Upper Canada, 1833–1840.

Francis G. Bishop, Nauvoo, IL, to “the President of the quorum of High-priests,” 4 Feb. 1840, Times and Seasons, Mar. 1840, 1:77; “A Summary,” LDS Messenger and Advocate, Jan. 1835, 1:63; “Unto Those Who Endure to the End,” The Evening and the Morning Star, May 1834, 157; “From Our Elders and Correspondents Abroad,” LDS Messenger and Advocate, June 1836, 2:519; Minutes, LDS Messenger and Advocate, Sept. 1837, 3:574; Saunders, “Francis Gladden Bishop,” 35, 40–41, 64–75.

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Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.

Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837.

The Evening and the Morning Star. Independence, MO, June 1832–July 1833; Kirtland, OH, Dec. 1833–Sept. 1834.

Saunders, Richard LaVell. “Francis Gladden Bishop and Gladdenism: A Study in the Culture of a Mormon Dissenter and His Movement.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, 1989.

Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, by 1836.

Geauga Co., OH, Deed Records, 1795–1921, vol. 22, p. 603–604, 21 Dec. 1836, microfilm 20,239, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

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U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Ordained a seventy, Feb. 1836, in Kirtland.

Crawley, Descriptive Bibliography, 85.

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Crawley, Peter. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church. 3 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997–2012.

Stockholder in Kirtland Safety Society.

Kirtland Safety Society Stock Ledger, Chicago Historical Society.

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Kirtland Safety Society. Stock Ledger, 1836–1837. Collection of Manuscripts about Mormons, 1832–1954, Chicago History Museum. Copy at CHL.

Appointed secretary of church conference held in Rochester, Columbiana Co., Ohio, 28 Oct. 1837.

“Conference,” Elders’ Journal, Nov. 1837, 31.

Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by 1842.

“1842 Census of Nauvoo,” in De Platt, Nauvoo: Early Mormon Records Series, 32.

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Platt, Lyman De. Nauvoo: Early Mormon Records Series, 1839–1846. Vol. 1. Highland, UT, 1980.

Excommunicated, 11 Mar. 1842, in Nauvoo.

JS, Journal, 11 Mar. 1842.

Organized schismatic movement called “Kingdom of God,” 1842.

Saunders, “Fruit of the Branch,” 110.

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Lived at Kirtland, 1850.

1850 U.S. Census, Kirtland, Lake Co., OH, 222[B].

Comprehensive Works Cited

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

Participated in eight religious movements, 1847–ca. 1860.

Saunders, “Fruit of the Branch,” 111, 113; Carter, Our Pioneer Heritage, 5:336.

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Carter, Kate B., comp. Our Pioneer Heritage. 20 vols. Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1937–1977.

Moved to Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, by Mar. 1853.

Daniel A. Miller, Council Bluffs, IA, to Daniel H. Wells, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, 17 Mar. 1853, Brigham Young Office Files, CHL.

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Brigham Young Office Files, 1832–1878. CHL. CR 1234 1.

Moved to Cincinnati, by Apr. 1855.

“Elders’ Correspondence,” Deseret News, 20 June 1855, 120.

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Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.

Appointed Indian agent for Utah Territory, spring 1858;

Journal History of the Church, 12 July 1858.

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Historical Department. Journal History of the Church, 1896–. CHL. CR 100 137.

maintained a residence in Little Sioux, Harrison Co., Iowa, until 1860.

Carter, Our Pioneer Heritage, 5:356.

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Carter, Kate B., comp. Our Pioneer Heritage. 20 vols. Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1937–1977.

Resided in Denver and Golden City, Jefferson Co., Colorado, early 1860s.

Saunders, “Francis Gladden Bishop,” 181; Saunders, “Fruit of the Branch,” 113; Gladden Bishop, Golden City, Colorado Territory, to Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, 20 Mar. 1864, Brigham Young Office Files, CHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Saunders, Richard LaVell. “Francis Gladden Bishop and Gladdenism: A Study in the Culture of a Mormon Dissenter and His Movement.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, 1989.

Brigham Young Office Files, 1832–1878. CHL. CR 1234 1.

Moved to Salt Lake City, after Mar. 1864.

Saunders, “Francis Gladden Bishop,” 181–184.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Saunders, Richard LaVell. “Francis Gladden Bishop and Gladdenism: A Study in the Culture of a Mormon Dissenter and His Movement.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, 1989.

Died in Salt Lake City.

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, Office of Vital Statistics, Death Records of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1848–Sept. 1950, p. 80, microfilm 26,553, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Saunders, “Francis Gladden Bishop,” 185.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Saunders, Richard LaVell. “Francis Gladden Bishop and Gladdenism: A Study in the Culture of a Mormon Dissenter and His Movement.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, 1989.

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