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James, George Fitch

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28 Oct. 1796

Phœnix, The Whitney Family of Connecticut, 813.

Phoenix, S. Whitney. The Whitney Family of Connecticut, and Its Affiliations; Being an Attempt to Trace the Descendants, as Well in the Female as the Male Lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; To Which is Prefixed Some Account of the Whitneys of England. Vol. 1. New York: By the author, 1878.

–30 Oct. 1864.

“James, George F.,” in Carruthers, Non-Military Death Notices.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Carruthers, Glenn A., comp. Non-Military Death Notices from the Lorain County News 1860–1867. Lorain, OH: Ohio Genealogical Society, 1983.

Farmer.

1840 U.S. Census, Brownhelm, Lorain Co., OH, 174[A]–174[B]; 1850 U.S. Census, Brownhelm, Lorain Co., OH, 341[B].

Comprehensive Works Cited

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

Born in Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.

Phœnix, The Whitney Family of Connecticut, 813.

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Son of Stephen James and Hannah Schofield.

Lorain Co., OH, Will Record, 1840–1904, vol. 2, p. 23, microfilm 447,516, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; History of Lorain County, Ohio, 218; Phœnix, The Whitney Family of Connecticut, 813.

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U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

History of Lorain County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: Williams Brothers, 1879.

Moved to Brownhelm, Huron Co., Ohio, ca. July 1817.

History of Lorain County, Ohio, 218; 1820 U.S. Census, Brownhelm, Huron Co., OH, 80.

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History of Lorain County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: Williams Brothers, 1879.

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

Married Caroline Weed, 28 June 1822, in Huron Co.

Huron Co., OH, Marriage Records, 1818–1934, vol. 1, p. 43, microfilm 410,258, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

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U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Simeon Carter, June 1831.

Simeon Carter to Brigham Young, Nauvoo, IL, 1 Oct. 1844, Brigham Young Office Files 1832–1878, CHL; Cook and Backman, Kirtland Elders’ Quorum Record, 89.

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

Cook, Lyndon W., and Milton V. Backman Jr., eds. Kirtland Elders’ Quorum Record, 1836–1841. Provo, UT: Grandin Book, 1985.

Appointed to be ordained a priest, 7 June 1831, in Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio; ordained an elder, 18 Nov. 1831.

Revelation, 7 June 1831, in Doctrine and Covenants 66:9, 1835 ed. [D&C 52:38]; Cook and Backman, Kirtland Elders’ Quorum Record, 89.

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Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of the Latter Day Saints: Carefully Selected from the Revelations of God. Compiled by Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, Sidney Rigdon, and Frederick G. Williams. Kirtland, OH: F. G. Williams, 1835. Also available in Robin Scott Jensen, Richard E. Turley Jr., Riley M. Lorimer, eds., Revelations and Translations, Volume 2: Published Revelations. Vol. 2 of the Revelations and Translations series of The Joseph Smith Papers, edited by Dean C. Jessee, Ronald K. Esplin, and Richard Lyman Bushman (Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2011).

Cook, Lyndon W., and Milton V. Backman Jr., eds. Kirtland Elders’ Quorum Record, 1836–1841. Provo, UT: Grandin Book, 1985.

Disfellowshipped, ca. 1834.

Minute Book 1, 4 Apr. 1834; Letter to George James, 10 Nov. 1834.

Restored to fellowship, by 1836.

Cook and Backman, Kirtland Elders’ Quorum Record, 26 Mar. 1836.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Cook, Lyndon W., and Milton V. Backman Jr., eds. Kirtland Elders’ Quorum Record, 1836–1841. Provo, UT: Grandin Book, 1985.

Received blessing in Kirtland temple, 26 Mar. 1836.

Cook and Backman, Kirtland Elders’ Quorum Record, 26 Mar. 1836.

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Cook, Lyndon W., and Milton V. Backman Jr., eds. Kirtland Elders’ Quorum Record, 1836–1841. Provo, UT: Grandin Book, 1985.

Leader of Democratic party in Brownhelm.

“James, George F.,” in Carruthers, Non-Military Death Notices.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Carruthers, Glenn A., comp. Non-Military Death Notices from the Lorain County News 1860–1867. Lorain, OH: Ohio Genealogical Society, 1983.

Died in Brownhelm.

“James, George F.,” in Carruthers, Non-Military Death Notices.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Carruthers, Glenn A., comp. Non-Military Death Notices from the Lorain County News 1860–1867. Lorain, OH: Ohio Genealogical Society, 1983.

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