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Badlam, Alexander, Sr.
Biography
28 Nov. 1808–30 Nov./1 Dec. 1894. Coachmaker, realtor, inventor, author. Born at Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. Son of Ezra Badlam and Mary Lovis. Married Mary Ann Brannan, ca. 1833, near Saco, York Co., Maine. Participated in Camp of Israel expedition to Missouri, 1834. Appointed member of First Quorum of the Seventy, 28 Feb. 1835. Ordained an elder and a seventy, 1 Mar. 1835. Lived at Daviess Co. and Caldwell Co., Missouri. Member of Missouri high council, Aug. 1835. Stockholder in Kirtland Safety Society. Fled Missouri to Illinois, 1839. Resided in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, 1842. Likely lived in Galena, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois, by Feb. 1844. Admitted to Council of Fifty, 11 Mar. 1844; rejected from council, 4 Feb. 1845. Presided over Boston branch of church, ca. 1847–1848. Sailed for California from Boston, 1849. Lived at Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California. Returned to Massachusetts and migrated with his family to Utah Territory, 1850. Left Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ca. 1855. Moved to Sacramento, by 1860. Moved to Hot Springs Township (area of present-day Calistoga and St. Helena), Napa Co., California, by 1870. Moved to San Francisco, by 1880. Died at San Francisco.
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- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Account of Meeting and Discourse, circa 16 February 1841
- Account of Meeting, 12 January 1841, as Reported by William P. McIntire
- Account with the Church of Christ, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Blessing to Alexander Badlam Sr., 1 March 1835
- Bond to Elijah Able, 8 December 1839
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Declaration, circa 17 December 1838 [ Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al. ]
- Deed, 3 June 1841 [ Underwood, Bald, Spencer & Hufty v. Rigdon et al. ]
- Discourse, circa 16 February 1841
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History, 1834–1836
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Kirtland Safety Society Bank Stock Ledger, 18 October 1836–12 June 1837
- Letter from Lester Brooks, 7 November 1842
- License Record Book
- License for Alexander Badlam Sr., 31 March 1836
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, May 1844
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, probably between 25 April and 3 May 1844
- List of Notes Returned by Reynolds Cahoon, circa July 1836
- Map of Kirtland City, between circa 6 April and 18 May 1837
- Minute Book 1
- Minutes and Blessings, 28 February–1 March 1835
- Minutes and Discourse, 2 May 1835, as Reported by William E. McLellin–A
- Minutes and Discourse, 3 May 1844
- Minutes and Discourses, 6 May 1844
- Minutes, 10 March 1844
- Minutes, 11 March 1844
- Minutes, 17 August 1835
- Minutes, 31 May 1844
- Minutes, 4 February 1841
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 1 March 1835
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 14–15 February 1835
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 2 March 1841
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 20 February 1841
- Nauvoo Legion Minute Book, February 1841–October 1844
- Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Deed Record Book A, 1840–1843
- Notes Receivable from Rigdon, Smith & Co., 22 May 1837
- Petition from David Clough and Others, 11 February 1842
- Petition from Nathan Cheney and Others, 4 April 1842
- Petition from Reuben Atwood and Others, 5 April 1842
- Promissory Note to Halsted, Haines & Co., 1 September 1837–A
- Promissory Note to Halsted, Haines & Co., 1 September 1837–B
- Promissory Note to Halsted, Haines & Co., 1 September 1837–C
- Promissory Note to Holbrook & Ferme, 1 September 1837–A
- Promissory Note to Holbrook & Ferme, 1 September 1837–C
- Promissory Note to Mead & Betts, 1 September 1837–C
- Promissory Note to Mead & Betts, 1 September 1837–C, Unidentified Scribe Copy
- Revised Articles of Agreement for the Kirtland Safety Society, circa March 1837
- Rigdon, Smith & Co., Ledger, 23 September 1836–2 August 1837
- Schedule of Accounts, circa 14 January 1845 [ Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS ]
- Summons, 15 October 1838 [ Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al. ]
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- Tithing Daybook B
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 16 April 1839 [ Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al. ]
- Trustees Land Book A, 11 September 1839–30 April 1842
- Warrant, 21 October 1833
Alexander Badlam Circa 1860 (courtesy California State Library, Sacramento).
- Gender
- Male