Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . re allindelibly impressed upon my mind; this,with the subsequent expulsion of theSaints from Missouri, together with thesuffering endured before we reachedIllinois, forms a chapter in my lifenever to be forgotten. Our family livedin Lima, Adams county. 111., till the fall of 1839, when we settled in Com-merce, (later Nauvoo). I had the priv-ilege of attending the Universitj ofNauvoo and receiving instruction fromProf. Orson Pratt, L
Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . re allindelibly impressed upon my mind; this,with the subsequent expulsion of theSaints from Missouri, together with thesuffering endured before we reachedIllinois, forms a chapter in my lifenever to be forgotten. Our family livedin Lima, Adams county. 111., till the fall of 1839, when we settled in Com-merce, (later Nauvoo). I had the priv-ilege of attending the Universitj ofNauvoo and receiving instruction fromProf. Orson Pratt, Lorin Farr and oth-ers. At the age of fifteen I taught aprimary school in Nauvoo, and latertaught school in the eastern part ofHancock county. After the martydromof Joseph and Hyrum Smith, I rode 50miles to attend the funeral, passingthrough Carthage on the way. I alsotook an active part in defending thecity of Nauvoo against the mobs. InJune, 1846, I left Nauvoo for the west,and on reaching Council Bluffs, Iowa,I enlisted in the famous Mormon Bat-talion. My experiences from July 16,1846, to July 16, 1847, when I was dis-charged at Los Angeles, Cal., forms a. notable year in my life. I kept a dailyjournal, detailing the hardships andtrials endured. Together with otherdischarged soldiers, I started for SaltLake City, but we received instruc-tions from Pres. Brigham Young to re-main in California for a while finally arrived in Great SaltLake valley, Sept. 6, 1848, and lo-cated in Salt Lake City. I marriedHannah M. Colborn, Sept. 6, 1849, andthe same year I sent east for my moth-er to come to the Valley, mj father haddied during my absence. I was ordain-ed a Seventy Jan. 18, 1851, and in 1857 Ifilled a mission to California, laboringmostly in the city of Stocktonand vicin-ity. In October, 1862, I went south andsettled in St. George, Washingtoncounty, where I followed school teach- BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA. 537 ing. May 12, 1867, I was ordained aHigh Priest by Apostle Eras
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