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 . and subsequently, Oct. 2,1834. married Eunice Fitzgerald, at NewCastle. Hinry county, Ky. From therehe removed to Ripley county, Indiana,where he embraced the fullness of thegospel and was baptized in June, 1837,together with his wife. In Septemberfollowing he removed to Far West, Mo.,where he was elected a captain in the23rd regiment of the Missouri the persecutions and mobbingsin 1838 he took a very active part in t
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 . and subsequently, Oct. 2,1834. married Eunice Fitzgerald, at NewCastle. Hinry county, Ky. From therehe removed to Ripley county, Indiana,where he embraced the fullness of thegospel and was baptized in June, 1837,together with his wife. In Septemberfollowing he removed to Far West, Mo.,where he was elected a captain in the23rd regiment of the Missouri the persecutions and mobbingsin 1838 he took a very active part in thedefense of his people until he was be-trayed into the hands of the enemy byGeo. M. Hinkle, together with the Pro-phet and other brethren, Oct. 31, them he passed through all thehardships and mock trials to whichthey were subjected and finally was in-carcerated in Liberty jail. There he re-mained until the spring of 1839, whenhe .together with his , succeeded in getting away from theguard and escape to Illinois. At Quin-cy, where he remained for a short time,he was ordained to the office of a Sev-enty. Subsequently, he removed to. Ripley county, Indiana, and later estab-lished himself as a tailor in Nauvoo,111., and also assisted in various waysto build up that city. In 1844 he filled amission to North Carolina, and re-turned to Indiana after the Prophetsdeath. In the spring of 1845 he returnedto his home in Nauvoo, where hepassed through all the persecutions andhardships which the Saints had to en-dure in those days. As a captain ofthe Nauvoo Legion, he took an activepart in the defense of Nauvoo, and ren-dered efficient service in the famousbattle fought in September, 1846. Pre-vious to this he had served as an aide-de-camp to General Don Carlos the capitulation of Nauvoo hewent to Winter Quarters, and, later,located temporarily at Kanesville, residing in the latter place hewas elected sheriff of Pottawattamiecounty. Finally,
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