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Mission to Missouri

… borders of the United States—specifically Independence, Missouri. These missionaries, eleven pairs of elders, along … Saints, were commanded by revelation to assemble in Missouri for the next conference of the Church (see D&C 52, 54). They were to join Oliver Cowdery, who had been in Missouri for several months. Before leaving New York in …

Return To Missouri

… William W. Phelps and other Missouri church leaders knew that two serious assignments soon awaited them in Missouri: dealing with external and internal wrangling in … redemption of Zion. Internal Challenges Phelps and other Missouri leaders temporarily living in Kirtland had received …

Flight From Missouri

… gathering together to Zion, which is in the state of Missouri.” —Joseph Smith [1] “You will proceed immediately to Richmond and then operate against the Mormons.” —Missouri Governor Lilburn W. Boggs [2] To Joseph Smith and … Her Children Mourn” Warren Foote Warren Foote reflects on Missouri’s Extermination Order and the arrest of Joseph …

Hell To Pay In Missouri

… Kirtland, Ohio; and Independence, Liberty, and Far West, Missouri. He had obvious writing and rhetorical skills. … and David Patten of the Twelve Apostles and at least two Missouri high councilors—John Murdock and George … the council of the presidents, the Twelve Apostles, the Missouri bishopric, and the Missouri high council were …

Challenges Mount In Missouri

… the Mormon high priests, both those in Ohio and those in Missouri. Being so far away from one another did not help. … suggested that the Prophet was obligated to move to Missouri and join the Jackson County Saints. By doing so, he … of the Bible), prophet, seer, revelator, and president in Missouri. They wrote with some haughtiness, as can be …

Missouri, 1836-39

… For example, he was not present during much of the war in Missouri, from the summer through the fall of 1838, so he … winter travel during the Saints’ mass exodus from Missouri in early 1839. He touches on but does not wade into … 50, and index of landowners on page 87. [47] See Hartley, “Missouri’s 1838 Extermination Order,” and Gentry and Compton, …

Cholera on the Missouri River

… begun their journey with four children; part way up the Missouri River they were left with just one child after … (Noah Jones, 1–2, trans.) William Appleby, who was on the Missouri River during the same time period as the Welsh … recently buried his brother and his grandmother along the Missouri, recorded in his journal: When we arrived at St. …

Joseph Smith in Northern Missouri, 1838

… body of Saints then living in Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri, was directed by the following revelation dated … to join them. [5] Joseph Smith’s Arrival at Far West, Missouri The Smith and Rigdon families left Norton, Ohio, for Missouri on January 16, 1838. Although their journey began in …

The Saints Flee from Ohio to Missouri

… the steadfast members of the Church in Ohio to flee to Missouri in order to escape persecution. This chapter will … will also give an account of the members’ mass exodus to Missouri, with special emphasis on their travels along the … the fall of 1837, while Joseph Smith was on a mission in Missouri, the spirit of apostasy spread through Kirtland like …

The Saints' Forced Exodus from Missouri, 1839

… seven-month struggle to survive the winter of 1838–39 in Missouri and to leave there by spring 1839. Triggered by Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs’s October 1838 extermination … produced definite impacts—both short- and long-term—on Missouri and Illinois, on the course of the Church, and on …