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| Convert of 1830, missionary, Kirtland dissident. |
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December 15, 1813 in Trumbull Co., Ohio (no siblings found). |
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Ancestry.com // Revelations, 153. |
| Died |
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After 1870. |
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| Father |
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Serenus, b. Nov. 13, 1787 in New Jersey;
d. May 8, 1858 in Orange, Cuyahoga, Ohio. |
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Spelled
Cyrenus Burnet in 1830 U.S. Census for Orange township. Spelled Serenus
Burnett in 1840, Serenis Burnett in 1850 census. Ancestry.com // Revelations, 153. |
| Mother |
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Jane Burnside, b. Nov. 19, 1794 in Butler, Pennsylvania;
d. Sept. 22, 1864 in Orange, Cuyahoga, Ohio. |
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U.S. Census for Ohio (1850) Ancestry.com // Revelations, 153. |
| Occupation |
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Farmer |
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Conversion, November 1830
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[John Murdock:] I preached in great plainness to the people and baptised
three more, viz Israel Huffs wife, Steven Burnett, and Lamira Gardner.
I confirmed them by the laying on of hands, and the two last received <the> aut
porin [sic] of the Spirit so that their strength was taken from them, and
they with my self and wife stayed all night at Bro. C. Baldwin's, and
tok brakefast next morning, |
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Murdock autobiography, 19–20.
Original: Burnet, Lomira,
Balldins
Lamira Gardner is Stephen Burnett's wife's maiden name |
| Stephen carried away in the Spirit |
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and while attending prey bro. Stephen was carryed away in
the Spirit, and said he just go to see his Uncle Warren Thorp and family,
before he went home, for so the spirit directed him. I went with him, and
he bore testimony to them of the work. But they would not believe. |
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Stephen's mother's younger sister,
Hannah Burnside, b. May 4, 1809, is the wife of of Warren Thorp, b. 1802, 1808, or 1815. They are prominent civic
and Methodist leaders in Chagrin,
6 mi. SE of Orange.
Ancestry.com refers
to a sister, Sereness |
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[20] Wee then went to his Fathers and my wife also, bo.
Baldwin and his wife, and some otherse. When wee came there they had
just moved into their new house. I asked Mr. Burnett what he thaught of
these things. he said he believed it to be like the free-masons: One got
cached and he would not tell till they caught an other. But after a while
supper was ready, and we sat round a long tabel, and bro. Stephen at one
end of the tabel, and I at the other, and Mr. Burnett asked me to give
thanks, and while I was doing so, bro. Stephen was overcome with the Spirit,
so as to loose his strength. Some removed from the tabel with out eating.
others ate while his Father and Mother sat in teers. At length he agreed
to have meeting at his house, and I preached various times there and was
much blessed in my minestry, in Orange, and Warrensville, and through
my ministration there was added to the Church in that place, in about four
months some Seventy or eighty members. |
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Original: Balldins, Burnet
, Orrange
Mr. Burnett: Serenus Burnett
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| Teacher |
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June [4], 1831 attends Kirtland conference as a teacher. |
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¶ Minutes
of June [4],
1831 |
| Elder |
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October 11, 1831 ordained an elder by John Whitmer. |
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Minutes of October
11, 1831 |
| High Priesthood
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October 25–26, 1831 attends conference at his father's house in
Orange. Brethren declare their willingness to give all to God.
Oliver Cowdery ordains Stephen and fourteen others to the High Priesthood. Sidney Rigdon reprimands brethren for not taking High Priesthood ordination seriously. |
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Minutes
of October 25–26, 1831 |
| Mission |
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January 25, 1832 called on mission with Ruggles Eames at Amherst,
Ohio. |
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¶ D&C 75:35 |
| Mission |
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March 7, 1832 called on mission with Eden Smith at Hiram, Ohio. |
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D&C 80 |
| March [25] |
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[March [25] Stephen Burnett:] my
heart is sickened within me when I reflect upon the manner in which we
with many of this Church have been led & the losses which we have
sustained all by means of two men in whom we place implicit confidence,
that Joseph Smith & Sidney Rigdon are notorious liars I do not hesitate
to affirm, & can prove by a cloud of witnesses & this is not
all, Joseph has prophecied in a public congregation lies in the name
of the Lord & by undue religious influence he has filched the monies
of the Church from their pockets and brought them nigh unto destruction,
leaving helpless innocence destitute of a comfortable support while he
has squandered the hard earnings of those to whom it justly belonged. … three weeks since in the Stone Chapel [House of the Lord] gave a full history
of the church since I became acquainted with it, the false preaching & prophecying
etc of Joseph together … and renounced the Book of Mormon with the whole scene
of lying and deception practiced by J. S & S. R in this church, believing
as I verily do, that it is all a wicked deception palmed upon us unawares I was followed by W. Parrish Luke
Johnson & John Boynton (h)
all of who Concurred with me |
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Stephen Burnett to Lyman E. Johnson (April 15, 1838) |
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[Joseph Smith and/or Sidney Rigdon:]… a little ignorant blockhead by the name of Stephen
Burnett, whose heart was so set on money, that he would at any time
sell his soul for fifty dollars and then think he had made an excellent
bargain; and who had got wearied of the restraints of religion and could
not bear to have his purse taxed, hearing of the delivery of Granny Parrish,
ran to Kirtland, got into the temple and tried withal his powers to bring
forth something, nobody knows what, nor did he know himself. But he thought
as Granny Parrish had been fruitful, so must he, but after some terrible
gruntings and finding nothing coming but an abortion, rose up in his
anger, proclaimed all revelation lies, and ran home to his daddy with
all his might, not leaving even an egg behind, and there sat down and
rejoiced in the great victory he had obtained over the great God and
all the holy angels, how he had discovered them liars and impostors. |
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Granny Parrish: Warren Parrish
¶ Argument to Argument ... Scorn
to Scorn |
| Indiana |
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1870 Indiana census has Stephen Burnett, 55 [b. 1815?], married to
Laura
Burnett, both born in Ohio, living next to a 38-year-old Daniel Burnside
and wife Mary and kids from Ohio. At this time Stephen is listed as a farmer
and nurseryman with $20,000 worth of real estate and $800 personal property. |
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Family |
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| Wife |
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Lamira Gardner, b. 1813 in Ohio; md. January 5, 1832 in
Cuyahoga Co., Ohio) |
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U.S. Census for Ohio (1850) Ancestry.com;
Revelations, 153. |
| Children |
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Stephen, b. [1834] in Ohio
Jane, b. [1839] in Ohio
R. [female], b. [1841] in Ohio
Charles, b. [1843] in Ohio
Emily, b. [1845] in Ohio
Mary, b. [1847] in Ohio
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U.S. Census for Ohio (1850) Ancestry.com |
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