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| Wilkins
"Jenkins" Salisbury (1809–1856) |
| Husband of Katharine (Katherine, Catherine)
Smith, member of Zion's Camp, seventy, excommunicated in 1836. |
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June 6, 1809 in Lebanon, Madison
Co., New York |
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Kirtland profile, 60; Katharine Smith Salisbury,
5. |
| Died |
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November 27, 1853 in Plymouth, Hancock Co., Illinois |
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Kirtland profile, 60. |
| Died |
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October 28, 1853 according to Webster Cemetery gravestone
near Fountain Green, Illinois |
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History of Joseph Smith enhanced, 441n29. |
| Father |
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Gideon Salisbury |
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Kirtland profile, 60. |
| Mother |
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Elizabeth Shield |
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Kirtland profile, 60. |
| Occupation |
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Blacksmith. |
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Papers 2:589. |
| Occupation |
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Lawyer. |
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Katharine's recollections, 6. |
| Marries |
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January 8, 1831 marries Katharine Smith (Joseph's sister) |
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Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine 26
(July 1935): 151–52. |
| Returns
to Kirtland with Joseph |
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August 9, 1831 member, Joseph Smith party leaving Independence
for Kirtland. |
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George A. journal (abridged), 81:287.
¶ Wilbur Denton |
| Mission to the east |
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March 12, 1833 called on a mission "to the east" with Truman Wait. |
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| Bishop's court |
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December 27, 1833 named in a complaint before a bishop's court, but accusor
does not appear, so the court adjourns. |
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Minutes of December 27, 1833 |
| Zion's
Camp |
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June–July 1834, member of Zion's Camp. |
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| Seventy |
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[March 1, 1835 ordination blessing:] We ordain you to be
an Elder in the Church of the Latter-Day-Saints and one of the 70 to go
into all the world to preach the gospel to every creature. You shall have
the powers blessings and previliges of this ministry, equal to any of your
brethren. You shall go forth, but shall return to the embraces of your
family, and they shall have much peace with you. Amen. |
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Kirtland council,
176.
¶ First Quorum of Seventy |
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May 2, 1835 named one of ten seventies called "to go [on missions]
when circumstances permit." |
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¶ Minutes
of May 2, 1835 |
| Preaches |
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January 10, 1836 preaches in church. |
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Millennial Star, vol. 15 no. 35 (August 27, 1853): 568. |
| Excommunicated |
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May 16, 1836 excommunicated for unchristinan like conduct. |
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Minutes
of May 16, 1836 |
| To Far West |
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May 7, 1838 leaves Norton, Ohio for Missouri
with Katharine, Joseph Sr. and Lucy Smith, William, Don Carlos and Agnes,
William McClary, and Lewis Robbins, and families, and Sister Singly. |
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Don Carlos Smith to Joseph Smith,
received July 6, 1838, HC 3:43. |
| To Quincy |
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1838 crosses Mississippi with Lucy Mack Smith. |
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| Partner with Samuel, Don Carlos |
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1839 with Samuel H. and Don Carlos Smith, takes up land offered by George
Miller near McComb, McDonough county, Illinois. |
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Lucy, 700. |
| William returned to lead church |
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[April 1846] Wm. Smith, brother of the late Mormon Prophet, informs me,
that he has returned here for the purpose of gathering together, with all
such of the Mormons as are willing to be guided by his counsel, and remove immediately out
of the state. … Wm. Smith, has always opposed the measures which have
led to their present unhappy situation. He furthermore intends by right
of his Patriarchal office over that portion of the Mormons which are or
can be recognized as the church formerly organized by his brother, to adopt
such measures, according to law, as will secure to the real church all real
estate and other property which rightfully belongs to said church. |
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W. J. Salisbury, "Letter from Nauvoo," Warsaw
Signal, April 8, 1846. Link to source at UDR. |
| Brigham's hellish scheme |
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It is evident to me, from the signs of the time, that Brigham Young has
concocted some hellish scheme for the entire ruin of Hancock County; for
a majority of his followers are sanguine in the belief that the time is
at hand, alluded to by the Book of Mormon, which speaks of the seed of
Jacob being amongst the Gentiles as a lion amongst a flock of sheep, which
they say refers to the return of themselves and the Indians to take vengeance.— |
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| Jenkins in danger |
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Furthermore, a Brighamite of high standing with his master, being influenced
towards me by feeling of personal friendship, warned me not to stay in
this county through the summer on peril of my life. … |
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Family |
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| Wife |
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Katharine Smith md. January 8, 1831 |
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Some sources have mariage date of June 8, 1831 in Geauga county, Ohio. |
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Traditional marriage date is January 8, 1831. Dale Broadhurst
points out that Joseph Smith III states that they were married by Sidney
Rigdon in Kirtland (therefore, after Katharine's arrival in May). |
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Link to source at
UDR. See Note 1. |
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My aunt Catherine, father's sister, states that Sidney Rigdon
was not known to the Smith family, until he came to Kirtland; that soon
after his coming he performed the ceremony of marriage for Mr. Jenkins
Salisbury and herself. |
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Joseph Smith III to R. Patterson,
Saints Herald, Mar. 24, 1883. Link
to source at
UDR. (Search for Salisbury.) |
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However, Katharine's statement is in the context of arguing
that Sidney could not have written the Book of Mormon. Since Sidney and
Edward Partridge arrived in Kirtland in December 1831 (contrary to the
statement cited by Joseph III), it is very well possible that Katharine
mis-remembered, or Joseph III mis-reported the location of her marriage. |
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| Children |
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Elizabeth (b. April 9, 1832 in Kirtland, Geauga, OH)
Lucy (b. October 3, 1834 in Kirtland, Geauga, OH; d. October 18, 1892)
Solmon Jenkins (b. September 18, 1835 in Kirtland, Geauga, OH;
d. 1927)
Alvin (b. June 7, 1838 in in Kirtland, Geauga, OH; d.
August 20, 1880)
Donald Carlos (b. October 25, 1841 in Kirtland, Geauga, OH; d. April 6,
1919)
Emma C. (b. March 25, 1844 in Kirtland, Geauga, OH; d. 1847)
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