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Shadrach Roundy
Shadrach Roundy (January 1, 1789 – July 4, 1872 Jenson, Andrew. ''Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia'' (Salt Lake City, utah: Deseret news Press, 1936) vol. 4, p. 717.) was an early Latter Day Saint leader born in Rockingham, Vermont. Roundy was the second oldest (59) member of Brigham Young's Company, which arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in 1847, and was one of the advance party which arrived in the valley ahead of the main party in order to start planting crops. He was one of the three men who, on July 23, 1847, were the first Mormon pioneers recorded to plow soil in what became Utah. He is also mentioned in and was a bodyguard of Joseph Smith. He was a bishop in Winter Quarters, Nebraska, a member of the first High Council organized in the Salt Lake Valley, again a bishop in Salt Lake City, a senator in the first legislature of the provisional State of Deseret. Role during Mormon expulsion from Missouri Roundy played a very important part in the removal of the Lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockingham, Vermont
Rockingham is a New England town, town along the Connecticut River in Windham County, Vermont, Windham County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 4,832. Rockingham includes the incorporated villages of Bellows Falls, Vermont, Bellows Falls and Saxtons River, Vermont, Saxtons River, as well as a large rural area west of Interstate 91 in Vermont, Interstate 91. Rockingham has no formal town center; instead, town offices and the Rockingham Public Library are located in the village of Bellows Falls. The approximate center is the Rockingham Meeting House, passed by Route 103, a popular east–west route across the state. The Meeting House was built in Rockingham Village, once the main settlement in the town, but with the increased use of water power for manufacturing, population shifted to other villages located on the two rivers in the town. Most of what was left of Rockingham Village (over a dozen buildings, also called the Old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Council (Mormonism)
In Mormonism, a high council is one of several different governing bodies that have existed in the church hierarchy in many denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement. Most often, the term refers to a stake high council in a local stake, but other high councils include the standing Presiding High Council in Zion, and the "travelling high council", better-known today as the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. History of high councils On February 17, 1834, Joseph Smith, the founder of the movement, created a presiding high council at church headquarters in Kirtland, Ohio. This body consisted of twelve men and was headed by the First Presidency. The original members of the high council in Kirtland were: * Joseph Smith, Sr. * John Smith * Joseph Coe * John Johnson * Martin Harris * John S. Carter * Jared Carter *Oliver Cowdery * Samuel H. Smith *Orson Hyde * Sylvester Smith * Luke S. Johnson This high council took on the role of chief judicial and legislative body of the local churc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BYU Studies
''BYU Studies'' is a multidisciplinary academic journal covering a broad array of topics related to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( Mormon studies). It is published by the church-owned Brigham Young University. The journal is abstracted and indexed in the ATLA Religion Database. History Originally proposed as ''Wasatch Review'', the periodical was established as ''Brigham Young University Studies'' and was first printed in January 1959, as an issue of ''Brigham Young University Bulletin'' printed by BYU Press. In April 2012 the journal was renamed ''BYU Studies Quarterly.'' In January 2023 the journal reverted to its original name, ''BYU Studies'' (dropping ''Quarterly''). The tagline for ''BYU Studies'' is "Scholarship Aligned with the Gospel of Jesus Christ." The BYU Studies logo was changed in January 2023 to align with the logo of its parent institution, Brigham Young University. Editors The following people have been editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hancock County, Illinois
Hancock County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it has a population of 17,620. Its county seat is Carthage, Illinois, Carthage, and its largest city is Hamilton, Illinois, Hamilton. The county is composed of rural towns with many farmers. Hancock County is part of the Fort Madison, Iowa, Fort Madison-Keokuk, Iowa, Keokuk, Iowa, IA-IL-Missouri, MO Fort Madison–Keokuk, IA-IL-MO Micropolitan Statistical Area, Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Hancock County was part of the Military Tract of 1812, "Military Tract" set aside by Congress to reward veterans of the War of 1812. Actual settlement of the interior of the county was delayed by concerns about hostile American Indians. After their defeat in the Blackhawk War in 1832, settlement proceeded quickly. Hancock County was formed, on January 13, 1825, out of Pike County, Illinois, Pike County. It was named in honor of John Hancock, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nauvoo, Illinois
Nauvoo ( ; from the ) is a small city in Hancock County, Illinois, United States, on the Mississippi River near Fort Madison, Iowa. The population of Nauvoo was 950 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Nauvoo attracts visitors for its historic importance and its religious significance to members of several groups: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; the Community of Christ, formerly the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (RLDS); other groups stemming from the Latter Day Saint movement; and the Icarians. The city and its immediate surrounding area are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Nauvoo Historic District. History The area of Nauvoo was first called Quashquame, named in honor of the Native Americans in the United States, Native American chief who headed a Sauk people, Sauk and Meskwaki settlement numbering nearly 500 lodges. By 1827, white settlers had built cabins in the area, and by 1829, it was sufficientl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deseret News
The ''Deseret News'' () is a multi-platform newspaper based in Salt Lake City, published by Deseret News Publishing Company, a subsidiary of Deseret Management Corporation, which is owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Founded in 1850, it was the first newspaper to be published in Utah. The publication's name is from the geographic area of State of Deseret, Deseret identified by Utah's Mormon pioneers, pioneer settlers, and much of the publication's reporting is rooted in that region. On January 1, 2021, the newspaper switched from a daily to a weekly print format while continuing to publish daily on the website and Deseret News app. As of 2024, ''Deseret News'' develops daily content for its website and apps, in addition to twice weekly print editions of the ''Deseret News'' Local Edition and a weekly edition of the ''Church News'' and ''Deseret News'' National Edition. The company also publishes 10 editions of ''Deseret Magazine'' per year. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of The Church (Joseph Smith)
''History of the Church'' (cited as ''HC'') (originally entitled ''History of Joseph Smith''; first published under the title ''History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints''; nicknamed ''Documentary History of the Church'' or ''DHC'') is a semi-official history of the early Latter Day Saint movement during the lifetime of founder Joseph Smith. It is largely composed of Smith's writings and interpretations and editorial comments by Smith's secretaries, scribes, and after Smith's death, historians of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The history was written between 1839 and 1856 . Part of it was published in '' Times and Seasons'' and other church periodicals. It was later published in its entirety with extensive annotations and edits by B. H. Roberts as part of a seven-volume series beginning in 1902 as ''History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints''. Authorship, editorship, and initial publication The body of the work is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bullock Clark
John Bullock Clark Sr. (April 17, 1802 – October 29, 1885) was a militia officer and politician who served as a member of the United States Congress and Confederate Congress. Born in Kentucky, Clark moved with his family to Missouri in 1818 and studied law. He opened a legal practice in Fayette, Missouri, in 1824. He held several positions in the local government in the 1820s and 1830s. Clark was also involved in the state militia, serving as a colonel in the Black Hawk War in 1832 and eventually rising to the rank of major general. In 1838, during the Missouri Mormon War, Clark was the recipient of Governor Lilburn Boggs's infamous Mormon Extermination Order, and was involved in the ending stages of the conflict. He was the Whig candidate in the 1840 Missouri gubernatorial election. Clark was accused of conspiring to commit electoral fraud in the election and as a result almost fought a duel with Claiborne Fox Jackson, later a Governor of Missouri. In 1850, Clark wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri Executive Order 44
Missouri Executive Order 44 (known as the Mormon Extermination Order) was a state executive order issued by Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs on October 27, 1838, in response to the Battle of Crooked River. The clash had been triggered when a state militia unit from Ray County, Missouri, Ray County seized several Mormon hostages from Caldwell County, Missouri, Caldwell County, and the subsequent attempt by the Mormons to rescue them. Based on exaggerated reports of the battle and rumors of Mormon military plans, Boggs claimed that the Mormons had committed "open and avowed defiance of the law" and had "made war upon the people of Missouri". Governor Boggs directed that "the Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must be exterminated or driven from the State if necessary for the public peace—their outrages are beyond all description". The order was directed to General John Bullock Clark, and it was implemented by the state militia to forcefully displace the Mormons from Missouri. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Covenant (Latter Day Saints)
In the Latter Day Saint movement, a covenant is a promise made between God and a person or a group of people."Covenant" churchofjesuschrist.org. God sets the conditions of the covenant, and as the conditions are met, he blesses the person who entered into and kept the covenant. If the covenant is violated, blessings are withheld and in some cases a penalty or punishment is inflicted. Latter Day Saint leaders teach that just as the asked the to be a covenant people, "a pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Far West, Missouri
Far West was a settlement of the Latter Day Saint movement in Caldwell County, Missouri, United States, during the late 1830s. It is recognized as a historic site by the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, added to the register in 1970. It is owned and maintained by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Foundation and early history The town was founded by Missouri leaders of the church, W. W. Phelps and John Whitmer in August 1836 shortly before the county's creation. The town was platted originally as a square area, centered on a public square which was to house a temple. The design of the town resembled the plan of Joseph Smith Jr. (the first prophet of the Latter Day Saint Movement) for the City of Zion, which had been planned to be built in the town of Independence, Missouri. As the town of Far West grew, the plat was extended to . Early Latter-day Saints began to settle in northwestern Missouri soon after the church was organized in 1830. According to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ochlocracy
Mob rule or ochlocracy or mobocracy is a pejorative term describing an oppressive majoritarianism, majoritarian form of government controlled by the common people through the intimidation of authorities. Ochlocracy is distinguished from democracy or similarly legitimate and representative governments by the absence or impairment of a procedurally civil process reflective of the entire polity. Names Ochlocracy comes from Latin , from Ancient Greek, Greek (''okhlokratía''), from (''ókhlos'', "mass", "mob", or "common people") and (''krátos'', "rule"). An ochlocrat is one who is an advocate or partisan of ochlocracy. The adjective may be either ochlocratic or ochlocratical. Ochlocracy is synonymous in meaning and usage to mob rule or wikt:mobocracy, mobocracy, which neologism, was coined in the 18th century from the sense of "mob" meaning the common rabble that arose from the Latin phrase ("the fickle crowd") in the 1680s during disputes over the United Kingdom's Glori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
