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Smith, Don Carlos (JS’s brother)
Biography
25 Mar. 1816–7 Aug. 1841. Farmer, printer, editor. Born at Norwich, Windsor Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Palmyra, Ontario Co., New York, 1816–Jan. 1817. Moved to Manchester, Ontario Co., 1825. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by David Whitmer, ca. 9 June 1830, at Seneca Lake, Seneca Co., New York. Accompanied his father on mission to Asael Smith family in St. Lawrence Co., New York, Aug. 1830. Lived at The Kingdom, unincorporated settlement near Waterloo, Seneca Co., Nov. 1830. Migrated to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, with Lucy Mack Smith company of Fayette, Seneca Co., branch of Latter-day Saints, May 1831. Employed by Kirtland printing shop under Oliver Cowdery, fall 1833. Married Agnes Moulton Coolbrith, 30 July 1835, at Kirtland. Ordained a high priest and appointed president of Kirtland high priests quorum, 15 Jan. 1836. Served mission to Pennsylvania and New York, 1836. Continued working in Kirtland printing shop; involved with publication of Elders’ Journal. Moved to New Portage, Medina Co., Ohio, Dec. 1837. Served mission to Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, spring 1838. Left Ohio for Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, May 1838. Served mission to Kentucky and Tennessee, 1838. Expelled from Far West, Feb. 1839; moved to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois. Lived at Macomb, McDonough Co., Illinois, and then moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, 1839. President of high priests in Commerce, 1839. Editor and publisher of Times and Seasons, with Ebenezer Robinson, 1839–1841, at Nauvoo. Elected member of Nauvoo City Council, 1 Feb. 1841. Appointed a regent of University of Nauvoo, 3 Feb. 1841. Elected brigadier general in Nauvoo Legion, 5 Feb. 1841. Died at Nauvoo.
Links
papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1840]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- City Charter: Laws, Ordinances, and Acts, July 1842
- Elders’ Journal, November 1837
- Elders’ Journal, October 1837
- General Joseph Smith’s Appeal to the Green Mountain Boys, 21 November–circa 3 December 1843
- Times and Seasons, 1 March 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 February 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 March 1842
- Account of Meeting and Discourse, 5 January 1841, as Reported by William P. McIntire
- Account of Meetings, Revelation, and Blessing, 5–6 December 1834
- Agreement with Ebenezer Robinson and Don Carlos Smith, 14 December 1840
- Agreement with Ebenezer Robinson, 4 February 1842
- Appendix 5, Document 1. Blessing to Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith, between circa 15 and 28 September 1835
- Appendix 5, Document 2. Blessing to Hyrum Smith, between circa 15 and 28 September 1835
- Appendix 5, Document 5. Blessing to Don Carlos Smith, 1 October 1835
- Appendix 5: Blessings, September and October 1835, Introduction
- Appendix: Wasp, Extra, 27 July 1842
- Assignment, Amos Davis to Oliver Granger, 21 April 1840
- Authorization for Ebenezer Robinson, 24 February 1842
- Benediction, 6 April 1841
- Bill to Incorporate the Church, 14 December 1840
- Blessing from Joseph Smith Sr., 9 December 1834
- Blessing to Joseph Kingsbury, 23 March 1843
- Deed from Peter and Sarah French, 5 October 1836
- Deed to Samuel F. Whitney, 8 July 1838
- Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–D
- Deed, William and Rosannah Robinson Marks to Samuel F. Whitney, 5 February 1838
- Discourse, 27 June 1839, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff–A
- Discourse, 9 April 1842, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- Docket Entry, 1–circa 6 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1835
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- F. G. Williams & Co. Account Book, October 1833–November 1835
- General Orders for Nauvoo Legion, 10 August 1841
- H. Smith & Co. Ledger, July–November 1836
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1841]
- History, 1834–1836
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 Addenda
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- History, circa 1841, draft [Draft 3]
- History, circa 1841, fair copy
- History, circa June 1839–circa 1841 [Draft 2]
- History, circa June–October 1839 [Draft 1]
- Hyrum Smith, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Introduction to E. Holmes v. Dayton et al.
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Journal, 1832–1834
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Journal, 1839
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Land Survey, May–July 1838
- Lease to John Taylor and Wilford Woodruff, between 8 and 10 December 1842
- Letter from Benjamin Winchester, 18 September 1841
- Letter from Brigham Young, 29 April 1840
- Letter from Don Carlos Smith and William Smith, 6 March 1839
- Letter from Don Carlos Smith, 3 June 1841
- Letter from Don Carlos Smith, circa Late May 1838
- Letter from Don Carlos and Agnes Coolbrith Smith, 11 April 1839
- Letter from Emma Smith, 6 December 1839
- Letter from Hannah Root and James M. Adams, 10 March 1843
- Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 1 April 1840
- Letter from John Vance, 1 November 1841
- Letter from John E. Page, 1 September 1841
- Letter from John M. Bernhisel, 8 September 1841
- Letter from Joseph Wood, 14 March 1843
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 22 November 1839
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 24 October 1841
- Letter from Richard Hewitt, 24 May 1840
- Letter from Smith Tuttle, circa 15 September 1841
- Letter from Thomas Carlin, 27 July 1842
- Letter from Wilford Woodruff and Jonathan H. Hale, 18 September 1837
- Letter from Wilford Woodruff and Others, 9 March 1838
- Letter to Editors, 6 May 1841
- Letter to Emma Smith and the Relief Society, 31 March 1842
- Letter to Horace Hotchkiss, 25 August 1841
- Letter to Isaac Galland, 22 March 1839
- Letter to John and Sarah Kingsley Cleveland, 24 May 1839
- Letter to Oliver Granger, 30 August 1841
- Letter to Oliver Granger, 4 May 1841
- Letter to Quorum of the Twelve, 15 December 1840
- Letter to Silas Smith, 26 September 1833
- Letter to Smith Tuttle, 9 October 1841
- Letter to Vienna Jaques, 4 September 1833
- Letter to William Smith, circa 18 December 1835
- Letter to the Church and Edward Partridge, 20 March 1839
- Letter to the Saints in Kirtland, Ohio, 19 October 1840
- Letter, Charles Ivins to Hyrum Smith, 22 August 1842
- Letter, Don Carlos Smith to Oliver Granger, 11 July 1841
- Letter, Don Carlos Smith to Oliver Granger, 14 February 1841
- Letterbook 2
- License Record Book
- License for Don Carlos Smith, 28 September 1838, Extract
- License for Don Carlos Smith, 30 March 1836
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Lyman Wight, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Marriage License and Certificate for Arthur Millikin and Lucy Smith, 3 June 1840
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 30 October 1839–27 January 1840
- Minute Book 1
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Discourse, 13 January 1840
- Minutes and Discourse, 1–5 October 1841
- Minutes and Discourses, 5–7 October 1839
- Minutes and Discourses, 7–8 March 1835
- Minutes and Prayer of Dedication, 27 March 1836 [D&C 109]
- Minutes, 1 May 1841
- Minutes, 12 April 1838
- Minutes, 12 November 1831
- Minutes, 15 January 1836
- Minutes, 15 March 1841
- Minutes, 16 August 1841
- Minutes, 17 July 1840
- Minutes, 1 May 1841, Copy
- Minutes, 22 February 1841
- Minutes, 24 April 1839
- Minutes, 27 October 1839
- Minutes, 29 March 1841
- Minutes, 3 February 1841
- Minutes, 3 March 1836
- Minutes, 30 October 1841, Copy
- Minutes, 3 February 1841, Copy
- Minutes, 4 September 1841
- Minutes, 4 February 1841
- Minutes, 4–5 May 1839
- Minutes, 7–11 April 1841
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 2 March 1841
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 20 February 1841
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 9 March 1841
- Mortgage to Peter French, 5 October 1836
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–December 1841
- Note to Hiram Kimball, circa 23 October 1841
- Oaths from Nauvoo City Officers, 3 and 8 February 1841
- Ordinance, 1 March 1841–C
- Ordinance, 1 March 1841–C, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Ordinance, 3 February 1841–B
- Ordinance, 3 February 1841–B, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Ordination and Blessing of Cyrus Smalling, 30 June 1835
- Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 1839
- Pay Order to Newel K. Whitney for George Miller, 18 September 1840
- Petition to Arial Hanson, 7 November 1836
- Plat of Kirtland, Ohio, not before 2 August 1833
- Promissory Note, Don Carlos Smith to George McIntire, 8 July 1841
- Promissory Note, Don Carlos Smith to Hyrum Hoyt, 10 April 1841
- Prospectus for Elders’ Journal, 30 April 1838
- Recommendation for Samuel Bent and George W. Harris, between circa 17 and circa 28 July 1840
- Recommendation from Nauvoo High Council, 27 October 1839
- Reflections and Blessings, 16 and 23 August 1842
- Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
- Revelation, 27 October 1835
- Revelation, 28 January 1842
- Revelation, 6 August 1836 [D&C 111]
- Rigdon, Smith & Co., Ledger, 23 September 1836–2 August 1837
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840
- Sidney Rigdon, JS, et al., Petition Draft (“To the Publick”), circa 1838–1839
- Statement of Account from Charles Ivins, 4 March 1845
- Statement, circa 1 November 1839–B
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- Trial Report, 8–26 July 1843, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Trustees Land Book A, 11 September 1839–30 April 1842
- Voting Record, 4 December 1841
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- “Extract, from the Private Journal of Joseph Smith Jr.,” July 1839
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