Interim Content
Smith, Sylvester
Biography
25 Mar. 1806–22 Feb. 1880. Farmer, carpenter, lawyer, realtor. Born at Tyringham, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of Chileab Smith and Nancy Marshall. Moved to Amherst, Lorain Co., Ohio, ca. 1815. Married Elizabeth Frank, 27 Dec. 1827, likely in Chautauque Co., New York. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and ordained an elder, by June 1831. Ordained a high priest by Oliver Cowdery, 25 Oct. 1831. Served mission to New England with Gideon Carter, 1832. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, by 1834. Member of Kirtland high council, 1834. Participated in Camp of Israel expedition to Missouri, 1834. Tried by Kirtland high council for making false charges against JS, confessed, and retained his membership, 1834. Appointed a president of First Quorum of the Seventy, 1835. Temporary scribe to JS during illness of Warren F. Parrish, 1836. Left church, by 1838. Moved to Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, 1853. Served as Pottawattamie Co. school fund commissioner and justice of the peace. Died at Council Bluffs.
Links
papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Elders’ Journal, August 1838
- Account of Meetings, Revelation, and Blessing, 5–6 December 1834
- Account with the Church of Christ, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Account with the Camp of Israel, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Bill of Goods from Rigdon, Smith & Co., 20 May 1837
- Bill of Goods from Rigdon, Smith & Co., between 19 and 24 May 1837
- Blessing to Alvin Winegar, 7 February 1836
- Blessing to Joseph Young, 1 March 1835
- Blessing to Sylvester Smith, 1 March 1835
- Discourse, 6 April 1837
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1835
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- F. G. Williams & Co. Account Book, October 1833–November 1835
- History, 1834–1836
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- Introduction to Camp of Israel
- Journal, 1832–1834
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Letter from Warren Parrish, 25 January 1836
- Letter from the Presidency of Elders, 29 January 1836
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 25 June 1833
- Letter to Emma Smith, 18 May 1834
- Letter to John S. Carter, 13 April 1833
- Letter to Lyman Wight and Others, 16 August 1834
- Letterbook 1
- License Record Book
- License for Sylvester Smith, 30 March 1836
- License, 21 March 1836
- Map of Kirtland City, between circa 6 April and 18 May 1837
- Minute Book 1
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Blessings, 28 February–1 March 1835
- Minutes and Discourse, 2 May 1835, as Reported by William E. McLellin–A
- Minutes and Discourse, 2 May 1835, as Reported by William E. McLellin–B
- Minutes, 11 August 1834
- Minutes, 12 February 1834
- Minutes, 13 January 1836
- Minutes, 16 June 1836
- Minutes, 16 March 1835
- Minutes, 16 September 1835
- Minutes, 17 August 1835
- Minutes, 17 February 1834
- Minutes, 19 February 1834
- Minutes, 19 September 1835
- Minutes, 20 February 1834
- Minutes, 22 November 1835
- Minutes, 23 August 1834
- Minutes, 23 March 1833–B
- Minutes, 24 September 1834
- Minutes, 25–26 October 1831
- Minutes, 26 December 1833
- Minutes, 28 December 1834
- Minutes, 28–29 August 1834
- Minutes, 3 March 1836
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 1 March 1835
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 14–15 February 1835
- Minutes, circa 3–4 June 1831
- Notes Receivable from Rigdon, Smith & Co., 22 May 1837
- Promissory Note from Daniel Whitney and Others, circa 7 January 1837
- Receipt, Unknown to Sylvester Smith, circa 1836
- Record of the Twelve, 14 February–28 August 1835
- Resolutions, circa 23 August 1834
- Revelation Book 1
- Revelation Book 2
- Revelation, 12 October 1833 [D&C 100]
- Revelation, 25 January 1832–B [D&C 75:23–36]
- Revelation, 9 May 1831 [D&C 50]
- Revised Articles of Agreement for the Kirtland Safety Society, circa March 1837
- Revised Minutes, 18–19 February 1834 [D&C 102]
- Rigdon, Smith & Co., Ledger, 23 September 1836–2 August 1837
- Warrant, 21 October 1833
- Gender
- Male