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Tippets, John Harvey
Biography
5 Sept. 1810–14 Feb. 1890. Mail carrier, farmer. Born at Wilton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. Son of John Tippets and Abigail Pierce. Lived at Lewis, Essex Co., New York, 1813–1834. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Elijah Collins, July 1832. Married first Abigail (Abby) Jane Smith, Oct. 1834, at Bolton, Washington Co., New York. Lived at Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, 1834–1835; in Missouri, 1835–1839; and at Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, 1839–1840. Ordained a seventy by Joseph Young, 12 May 1839, in Quincy. Lived at Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, 1840–1846. Married second Caroline Fidelia Calkins Pew, 25 Sept. 1840, at Nauvoo. Served mission to Illinois and Indiana, fall 1842. Member of Mormon Battalion in U.S. war with Mexico, 1846–1847. Helped lead Pueblo detachment of battalion and Mississippi Latter-day Saints to Salt Lake Valley, 1847. Served mission to England, 1856–1857. Moved to Farmington, Davis Co., Utah Territory, 1864. Ordained a patriarch, 1878. Died in Farmington.
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- Covenant, 29 November 1834
- History, 1834–1836
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Journal, 1832–1834
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Letter from Alvah Tippets, 20 October 1834
- Letter from Joseph Tippets, 2 April 1843
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Minute Book 1
- Minutes, 24 August 1835
- Minutes, 28 November 1834
- Petition from Charles C. Rich and Others, 5 November 1844
- Petition from George W. Crouse and Others, circa 9 March 1844
- Petition from Thomas Rich and Others, 23 February 1842
- Revelation, 24 February 1834 [D&C 103]
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- Tithing Daybook B
- Gender
- Male