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Salisbury, Wilkins Jenkins
Biography
6 Jan. 1809–28 Oct. 1853. Lawyer, blacksmith. Born at Rushville, Yates Co., New York. Son of Gideon Salisbury and Elizabeth Shields. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New York. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, by 1831. Married JS’s sister Katharine Smith, 8 June 1831, at Kirtland. Settled at Chardon, Geauga Co. Participated in Camp of Israel expedition to Missouri, 1834. Appointed member of First Quorum of the Seventy, 28 Feb. 1835. Left Ohio for Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, May 1838. Expelled from Missouri; located near present-day Bardolph, McDonough Co., Illinois, Feb. 1839. Moved to Plymouth, Hancock Co., Illinois, by 1843; to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., by 1845; to Alexandria, Clark Co., Missouri, spring 1846; to Warsaw, Hancock Co., late 1846; and to Webster, Hancock Co., fall 1847. Died at Plymouth.
Links
papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- Account with the Church of Christ, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Accounts Payable, 1 February–19 April 1838
- Blessing to Wilkins Jenkins Salisbury, 1 March 1835
- Charges against Wilkins Jenkins Salisbury and Charles Kelly Preferred to the Presidency of the High Council, 14 May 1836
- History, 1834–1836
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- Journal, 1832–1834
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Letter from Don Carlos Smith, circa Late May 1838
- Letter to Emma Smith, 18 May 1834
- Letter to John and Sarah Kingsley Cleveland, 24 May 1839
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Marriage License and Certificate for Arthur Millikin and Lucy Smith, 3 June 1840
- Minute Book 1
- Minutes and Blessings, 28 February–1 March 1835
- Minutes and Discourse, 2 May 1835, as Reported by William E. McLellin–A
- Minutes, 16 May 1836
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 1 March 1835
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 14–15 February 1835
- Pay Order to Edward Partridge for William Smith, 21 February 1838–A
- Pay Order to Newel K. Whitney for George Miller, 18 September 1840
- Petition to George O. Tompkins, between 9 and 15 March 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Revelation, 27 February 1833 [D&C 89]
- Gender
- Male