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Reuben Atwood
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and 81 others, Petition,
Nauvoo
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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, Hancock Co., IL, to Nauvoo City Council, 5 Apr. 1842; handwriting of
Charles C. Rich
21 Aug. 1809–17 Nov. 1883. Schoolteacher, farmer, cooper. Born in Campbell Co., Kentucky. Son of Joseph Rich and Nancy O’Neal. Moved to Posey Township, Dearborn Co., Indiana, ca. 1810. Moved to Tazewell Co., Illinois, 1829. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ...
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; signatures of petitioners; endorsement in handwriting of
James Sloan
28 Oct. 1792–24 Oct. 1886. City recorder, notary public, attorney, judge, farmer. Born in Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. Son of Alexander Sloan and Anne. Married Mary Magill. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ordained an elder, ...
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; two pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL.

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Nathan West
10 Apr. 1801–8 May 1888. Joiner, farmer. Born in Hubbard, Trumbull Co., Ohio. Son of William West and Mary Ayers. Married first Mary Hulet, 25 Oct. 1828, in Portage Co., Ohio. Moved to Nelson, Portage Co., by 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of ...
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Jas Goff
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Jesse P. Harmon
11 Aug. 1795–24 Dec. 1877. Policeman, alderman, farmer. Born in Rupert, Bennington Co., Vermont. Son of Martin Harmon and Triphina Pool. Moved to Lewis, Essex Co., Vermont, ca. 1801. Served in War of 1812. Moved to Castleton, Rutland Co., Vermont, June 1813...
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David ◊◊◊bry

B[enjamin] R Bentley
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Albert ◊◊◊sel

Isaac Allred
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Stephen Wilkenson [Wilkinson]
Ca. 1819–after 1860. Stonemason. Born in Kentucky. Lived in Missouri, by mid-1830s. Moved to Pike Co., Illinois, by 1837. Married Hannah Potts, 16 Nov. 1837, in Pike Co. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Lived in Pleasant Vale, Pike...
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Joseph Egbert William Batson

Wm Stringham
10 Mar. 1788–3 Nov. 1865. Tailor. Born in North Hempstead, Queens Co., New York. Son of James Stringham and Martha Willis. Married first Esther Knight, ca. 1816. Resident of Windsor (later in Colesville), Broome Co., New York, by Aug. 1820. Baptized into ...
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Richard Bird

Samuel Griggs N M Hawthorn

Charles Hulett George Whitney

Nathan L E. F [illegible]

Andrew Whitlock
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R A Allred

A Bath◊◊◊◊ Oliver Stratton

Josiah Arnold
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Charles W Hubbard
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William Milam

Noah Hubbard
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James Pace

[Heze]kiah Peck
19 Jan. 1782–25 Aug. 1850. Millwright. Born at Guilford, Cumberland Co., New York (later in Windham Co., Vermont). Son of Joseph Peck and Elizabeth Read. Moved to Jericho (later Bainbridge), Chenango Co., New York, by 1812. Married Martha Long, by 1812. Baptized...
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Simeon Hendreks

Jonathan Taylor
6 June 1793–after June 1846. Born at Burlington, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of Eliza Taylor. Lived at Norton, Medina Co., Ohio, by Aug. 1820. Married first Lydia Azula Taylor, 12 June 1828, in Medina Co. Visited by JS at his home at Norton, 1834. Baptized...
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Jesse Baker
23 Jan. 1778–1 Nov. 1846. Shoemaker, Thomsonian physician. Born in Leyden, Franklin Co., Massachusetts. Son of Benjamin Baker and Hannah Tucker. Married first Margaret Bouvee, ca. 1798, in Leyden; wife died. Moved to Warren Co., Rhode Island, by 1830. Married...
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Isaac Morton Jesse Price

Samuel R Morton Jacob [illegible]

F[rederick] H Moeser
21 Aug. 1805–1853. Merchant, baker, butcher. Born in Germany. Son of Johan Georg Moeser and Anna Margaret Appel. Immigrated to Pittsburgh, before 1835. Married first Magdalena Zundel, before Feb. 1835. Moved to Beaver Co., Pennsylvania, by Oct. 1836. Moved...
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Jacob Morris

Joseph Worm[o]uth
Joel S. Miles
25 Oct. 1816–in/after 1862. Constable, carpenter, justice of the peace. Born in Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of Samuel Miles and Sarah Simonds. Moved to Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., New York, ca. 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by...
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Edward Gabbot
Ebenezer Jennings
ca. Dec. 1793–20 Aug. 1868. Born in Vermont. Served in War of 1812. Married Electa Willard, by ca. 1819. Moved to Geauga Co., Ohio, by 1823; to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by May 1842; and to Genesee Co., Michigan. Died in Genesee Co.
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Harmon Cutler
Hiram Dayton
1 Nov. 1798–10 Dec. 1881. Farmer, canal builder. Born at Herkimer, Herkimer Co., New York. Son of Friend Dayton and Anne Herrington. Married Permelia Bundy, 1 Nov. 1820. Moved to Parkman, Geauga Co., Ohio, 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter...
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Robert W Bidwell
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Samuel Parker

Joseph Horne Andrew J Clothier

[See Report of Committee, 9 Apr. 1842–A.] [p. [2]]
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Petition from Reuben Atwood and Others, 5 April 1842
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12146
Total Pages
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Nathan West
James Goff
Jesse Harmon
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Benjamin R. Bentley
Isaac Allred
Stephen Wilkinson
William Stringham
Andrew Whitlock
Josiah Arnold
Charles W. Hubbard
Noah Hubbard
Hezekiah Peck
Jonathan Taylor
Jesse Baker
Frederick Moeser
Joseph Wormouth
Joel Miles
Ebenezer Jennings
Hiram F. Dayton
Robert W. Bidwell
Samuel Parker