Interim Content
Perry, Stephen Chadwick
Biography
22 Dec. 1818–16 Nov. 1888. Farmer, carpenter. Born in Middlebury, Genesee Co., New York. Son of Asahel Perry and Polly Chadwick. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4 Aug. 1833, in Middlebury. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, May 1836; to Daviess Co., Missouri, spring 1838; and to Caldwell Co., Missouri, fall 1838. Married first Susannah Collista Hidden, 6 Jan. 1840, in Marion Co., Missouri. Ordained an elder by JS, 6 Apr. 1840, in Nauvoo. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by June 1840. Moved to Columbus, Adams Co., Illinois, Jan. 1843. Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge. Served on committee to draft constitution for Young Gentleman and Ladies Relief Society of Nauvoo. Left to serve mission to Connecticut, 22 May 1843. Married second Anna Marie Hulett, 18 Jan. 1844, in Nauvoo. Elected lieutenant in Nauvoo Legion, 11 May 1844. Among those arrested for destruction of Nauvoo Expositor press. Moved to Winter Quarters, unorganized U.S. territory (later in Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska), 1846. Moved to Mount Pisgah, Clarke Co., Iowa, by June 1847. Served mission to New York, 1848. Arrived in Salt Lake Valley, 23 Sept. 1850, and settled in Springville, Utah Co., Utah Territory. Ordained a high priest, 20 Mar. 1851, in Provo, Utah Co. Elected to Springville city council, 4 Apr. 1853. Served colonizing mission to southern Utah Territory, 1855. Returned to Springville; elected to city council, 1855 and 1860. Served in Utah Black Hawk War. Served missions to eastern U.S., 18 Nov. 1869–June 1870, 14 Nov. 1871–8 June 1872. Died in Springville.
Links
papers
- Alias Capias, 30 August 1845 [ State of Illinois v. Perry et al. ]
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Capias, 6 June 1845 [ State of Illinois v. Perry et al. ]
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Docket Entry, circa 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Execution, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Habeas Corpus, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Habeas Corpus, 13 June 1844, Copy [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A, State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus, State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus, and State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–B
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- License Record Book
- Marriage Certificate for Charles Cunningham and Sarah Seeley, 27 July 1842
- Minutes and Discourse, 6–8 April 1840
- Nauvoo Marriage Record, February 1842–January 1846
- Pay Order, James Sloan to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Orson Pratt, 30 January 1843
- Petition, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Recognizance, 25 June 1844–C [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A ]
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book B
- Trial Report, 19–21 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–B ]
- Warrant, 11 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A ]
- Warrant, 11 June 1844, John Taylor and Willard Richards Copy [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A ]
- Warrant, 11 June 1844, William Clayton Copy [ State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus and State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Gender
- Male