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Holbrook, Joseph
Biography
16 Jan. 1806–14 Nov. 1885. Farmer, teacher, carpenter, miner, clerk, policeman, probate judge. Born at Florence, Oneida Co., New York. Son of Moses Holbrook and Hannah Lucretia Morton. Moved to Worcester Co., Massachusetts, June 1813. Married first Nancy Lampson, 30 Dec. 1830, at Western, Worcester Co. Moved to Wethersfield, Genesee Co., New York, Feb. 1831. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Leonard C. Rich, 6 Jan. 1833, at Warsaw, Genesee Co., and ordained a teacher, 7 Jan. 1833. Ordained an elder by Reynolds Cahoon, 12 Apr. 1833. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, Apr. 1834. Participated in Camp of Israel expedition to Missouri, 1834. Lived at Clay Co. and Caldwell Co., Missouri, 1836–1839. Ordained a seventy by Levi Hancock, 19 May 1838, in Far West, Caldwell Co. Commissioned a first lieutenant in Missouri state militia. Participated in Battle of Crooked River, near Ray Co., Missouri, 25 Oct. 1838. Moved to Ramus (later Webster), Hancock Co., Illinois, by 1840. First counselor to President Joel Hills Johnson in Ramus stake, Ramus, 1840. Commissioned a captain in Illinois militia, 6 Apr. 1841. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., 1842. Ordained a high priest in Nauvoo. Married second Hannah Flint, 1 Jan. 1843, in Nauvoo. Arrived in Salt Lake Valley, 20 Sept. 1848. Moved to Bountiful, Davis Co., Utah Territory, spring 1850. Served as Davis Co. judge, 1851–1859. Elected to Utah territorial legislature, 1857 and 1859. Served as a bishop’s counselor. Died at Bountiful.
Links
papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Account with the Church of Christ, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Affidavit, 29 November 1841
- Appendix 1: Letter to Oliver Cowdery and Others, circa 17 June 1838
- Declaration, 21 June 1834
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1841]
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- Journal, 1832–1834
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 6 August 1833
- Letter to Church Officers in Clay County, Missouri, 31 August 1835
- Letter to Crooked Creek, Illinois, Branch, circa 7 or 8 July 1840
- Letter to John Thornton and Others, 25 July 1836
- Letterbook 2
- License Record Book
- Marriage Certificate for Joseph Holbrook and Hannah Flint, 1 January 1843
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Nauvoo Marriage Record, February 1842–January 1846
- Petition from Charles C. Rich and Others, 5 November 1844
- Petition from Stephen Winchester and Others, circa 11 March 1843
- Report of Nauvoo Legion General Court-Martial, 30 November 1841
- Report of Nauvoo Legion General Court-Martial, 30 November 1841, as Published in Wasp
- Revelation, 22 June 1834 [D&C 105]
- Statement of Account from Perkins & Osborn, circa 29 October 1838
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- Gender
- Male