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Alpheus Cutler (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)

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Cutler, Alpheus

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29 Feb. 1784

Fletcher and Fletcher, Alpheus Cutler and the Church of Jesus Christ, 9; Temple Records Index Bureau, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 3.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Temple Records Index Bureau of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1974.

–10 June 1864.

Anderson, “History of the Cutlerite Faction of the Latter Day Saints," 456.

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Anderson, Emma L. "History of the Cutlerite Faction of the Latter Day Saints." Journal of History 13 (Oct. 1920): 454–457.

Stonemason.

Bennett, "Lamanism, Lymanism, and Cornfields," 49.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Bennett, Richard E. "Lamanism, Lymanism, and Cornfields." Journal of Mormon History 13 (1986–1987): 45–60.

Born in Plainfield, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire.

Fletcher and Fletcher, Alpheus Cutler and the Church of Jesus Christ, 9; Temple Records Index Bureau, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 3.

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Son of Knight Cutler and Elizabeth Boyd.

Fletcher and Fletcher, Alpheus Cutler and the Church of Jesus Christ, 9.

Married Lois Lathrop, 17 Nov. 1808, in Lebanon, Grafton Co., New Hampshire.

Lebanon, Grafton Co., NH, Town Records, 1752–1838, vol. 2, p. 169, microfilm 15,197, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.; Fletcher and Fletcher, Alpheus Cutler and the Church of Jesus Christ, 10.

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U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Moved to Upper Lisle, Broome Co., New York, ca. 1808.

Fletcher and Fletcher, Alpheus Cutler and the Church of Jesus Christ, 10.

Served in War of 1812.

Fletcher and Fletcher, Alpheus Cutler and the Church of Jesus Christ, 10.

Moved to Chautauque Co., New York, after 1814, and settled in Hanover, Chautauque Co., by 1830.

Fletcher and Fletcher, Alpheus Cutler and the Church of Jesus Christ, 10; 1830 U.S. Census, Hanover, Chautauque Co., NY, 386.

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Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by David W. Patten, 20 Jan. 1833, in Chautauque Co.

Bennett, "Lamanism, Lymanism, and Cornfields," 49; Anderson, “History of the Cutlerite Faction of the Latter Day Saints," 454; Fletcher and Fletcher, Alpheus Cutler and the Church of Jesus Christ, 13.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Bennett, Richard E. "Lamanism, Lymanism, and Cornfields." Journal of Mormon History 13 (1986–1987): 45–60.

Anderson, Emma L. "History of the Cutlerite Faction of the Latter Day Saints." Journal of History 13 (Oct. 1920): 454–457.

Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, 1834.

Bennett, "Lamanism, Lymanism, and Cornfields," 49.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Bennett, Richard E. "Lamanism, Lymanism, and Cornfields." Journal of Mormon History 13 (1986–1987): 45–60.

Ordained an elder, by Aug. 1834.

Minutes, 11 Aug. 1834.

Labored on Kirtland temple.

Minute Book 1, 7–8 Mar. 1835.

Member of Kirtland high council, 1835.

Minute Book 1, 17 Aug. 1835.

Ordained a high priest by JS, 29 Apr. 1836, in Kirtland.

Kirtland Elders Quorum, “Record,” 29 Apr. 1836.

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Kirtland Elders Quorum. “A Record of the First Quorurum of Elders Belonging to the Church of Christ: In Kirtland Geauga Co. Ohio,” 1836–1838, 1840–1841. CCLA.

Moved near Richmond, Ray Co., Missouri, 1836; to Caldwell Co., Missouri, 1838; and to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, by summer 1839.

Bennett, "Lamanism, Lymanism, and Cornfields," 49; Anderson, Lucy’s Book, 813; Anderson, “History of the Cutlerite Faction of the Latter Day Saints," 454; Cook, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 255.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Bennett, Richard E. "Lamanism, Lymanism, and Cornfields." Journal of Mormon History 13 (1986–1987): 45–60.

Anderson, Lavina Fielding, ed. Lucy’s Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith’s Family Memoir. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2001.

Anderson, Emma L. "History of the Cutlerite Faction of the Latter Day Saints." Journal of History 13 (Oct. 1920): 454–457.

Cook, Lyndon W. The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985.

Member of Nauvoo high council, 1839–1846.

Anderson, “History of the Cutlerite Faction of the Latter Day Saints," 464n1; Minute Book 2, 1 June 1844; “Proceedings of the General Conference,” Times and Seasons, Dec. 1839, 1:30–31; “Conference Minutes,” Times and Seasons, 1 Nov. 1845, 6:1008–1016.

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Anderson, Emma L. "History of the Cutlerite Faction of the Latter Day Saints." Journal of History 13 (Oct. 1920): 454–457.

Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.

Appointed member of Nauvoo temple building committee, 1840, in Nauvoo.

Cook, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 255; “Minutes of the General Conference,” Times and Seasons, Oct. 1840, 1:186; General Church Minutes, 3 Oct. 1840.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Cook, Lyndon W. The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985.

Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.

General Church Minutes, 1839–1877. CHL. CR 100 318.

Appointed guard in Nauvoo Legion, Mar. 1841.

“The First List of the Officers of the Nauvoo Legion, as Made Out by John C. Bennett. M.Gl,” Nauvoo Legion Files, CHL; Rank Roll of the Nauvoo Legion, ca. May 1842, BYU; Militia Returns, Nauvoo Legion, 23 Mar. 1841, Illinois Governor, Military Correspondence, CHL.

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Nauvoo Legion Records, 1841–1845. CHL. MS 3430.

Rank Roll of the Nauvoo Legion, ca. May 1842. BYU.

Illinois Governor. Military Correspondence, 1839–1844. Microfilm. CHL. MS 8716.

Served mission to Wisconsin Territory, 1841–1842, to obtain lumber for construction of Nauvoo temple.

Nauvoo High Council Minutes, 22 Sept. 1841 and 30 July 1842; Cook, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 255.

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Nauvoo High Council Minutes, 1839–1845. CHL. LR 3102 22.

Cook, Lyndon W. The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985.

Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge.

List of Members, Nauvoo Masonic Lodge Minute Book, [10].

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Nauvoo Masonic Lodge Minute Book. / “Record of Na[u]voo Lodge Under Dispensation,” 1841–1846. CHL. MS 9115.

Admitted to Council of Fifty, 11 Mar. 1844.

Council of Fifty, “Record,” 11 Mar. 1844; Cook, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 255.

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Council of Fifty. “Record of the Council of Fifty or Kingdom of God,” Mar. 1844–Jan. 1846. CHL.

Cook, Lyndon W. The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985.

Elected president of town of Nauvoo, Apr. 1845.

Stout, Journal, 16 Apr. 1845.

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Stout, Hosea. Journal, Oct. 1844–May 1845. CHL. MS 1910.

Led third company of Latter-day Saints to leave Nauvoo and chose site of Winter Quarters, unorganized U.S. territory (later in Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska), for the Saints, 1846.

Black, Who’s Who in the Doctrine and Covenants, 81; “Cutler, Alpheus,” in Black, Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848, 12:812.

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Black, Susan Easton. Who’s Who in the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1997.

Black, Susan Easton, comp. Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848. 50 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Department of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University, 1989. Also available as “Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848,” LDS Family History Suite: LDS Vital Records Library, CD-ROM ([Provo], UT: Infobases, Inc., 1996).

Established town of Manti (later near Shenandoah), Fremont Co., Iowa, 1850.

Bennett, "Lamanism, Lymanism, and Cornfields," 52.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Bennett, Richard E. "Lamanism, Lymanism, and Cornfields." Journal of Mormon History 13 (1986–1987): 45–60.

Excommunicated, 20 Apr. 1851.

Anderson, Lucy’s Book, 814.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Anderson, Lavina Fielding, ed. Lucy’s Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith’s Family Memoir. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2001.

Established Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite), 19 Sept. 1853, in Fremont Co.

Fletcher and Fletcher, Alpheus Cutler and the Church of Jesus Christ, 47–48; Anderson, Lucy’s Book, 814.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Anderson, Lavina Fielding, ed. Lucy’s Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith’s Family Memoir. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2001.

Lived at Fisher, Fremont Co., 1860.

1860 U. S. Census, Fisher, Fremont Co., IA, 128.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Died in Manti.

Anderson, “History of the Cutlerite Faction of the Latter Day Saints," 456; Cook, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 255; “Cutler, Alpheus,” in Black, Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848, 12:810.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Anderson, Emma L. "History of the Cutlerite Faction of the Latter Day Saints." Journal of History 13 (Oct. 1920): 454–457.

Cook, Lyndon W. The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985.

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