- Gender
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Higbee, Francis Marion
Biography
1820–after 1850. Attorney, merchant. Born in Tate, Clermont Co., Ohio. Son of Elias Higbee and Sarah Elizabeth Ward. Moved to Fulton, Hamilton Co., Ohio, by 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1832. Moved to Jackson Co., Missouri, 1833; to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, 1835; and back to Missouri, 1836. Arraigned with JS in Richmond, Ray Co., Missouri, 11 Nov. 1838; released from jail, by 29 Nov. 1838. Moved to Illinois, early 1839. Lived in Hancock Co., Illinois, 1840. Member of Masonic lodge in Nauvoo, Hancock Co. Appointed aide-de-camp to major general in Nauvoo Legion, June 1842, at Nauvoo. Moved to Cincinnati, likely after June 1842. Returned to Nauvoo, summer 1843. Excommunicated, 18 May 1844, in Nauvoo. Publisher of Nauvoo Expositor, 1844. Lived at Pontoosuc, Hancock Co., 27 June 1844. Formed a new church with other dissenters from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Resided in Hancock Co., 1850.
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Times and Seasons, 1 August 1842
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Complaint, 15 January 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. F. M. Higbee ]
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
- Docket Entry, between circa 15 and circa 16 January 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. F. M. Higbee ]
- Docket Entry, circa 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. ]
- Docket Entry, circa 24 May 1842 [ State of Illinois v. C. L. Higbee ]
- Docket Entry, circa 24 May 1842, Copy [ State of Illinois v. C. L. Higbee ]
- Execution, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. ]
- Habeas Corpus, 12 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS on Habeas Corpus ]
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft
- History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
- History Draft [1 July–31 December 1842]
- History Draft [21 June–8 August 1844]
- 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]
- Introduction to C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge
- Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. Bostwick
- Introduction to Niswanger v. Wight and Jett
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. Greene et al. on Habeas Corpus
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Baldwin et al. for Arson
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny and State of Missouri v. JS for Receiving Stolen Goods
- John Taylor, Martyrdom Account
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Letter from Almon Babbitt, 17 May 1844
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 16 April 1839
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 20 February 1840–B
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 22 February 1840
- Letter from Francis M. Higbee, 10 January 1844
- Letter from Francis M. Higbee, 8 September 1843
- Letter to John R. Wakefield, 23 June 1844
- Letter, Francis M. Higbee to Willard Richards, 1 July 1844
- Letterbook 2
- Minutes and Discourses, 6 May 1844
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy and Letter [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes, 1 July 1844
- Minutes, 1 July 1844, Draft
- Minutes, 10 June 1844
- Minutes, 14 September 1844
- Minutes, 16 January 1844
- Minutes, 4 February 1841
- Minutes, 5 January 1844
- Minutes, 6–9 October 1843
- Minutes, 8 July 1844
- Minutes, 8 June 1844
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 2 March 1841
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 20 February 1841
- Miscellaneous Notes [25–28 June 1844, 1843]
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
- Petition from Benjamin Warrington and Others, circa 29 December 1843
- Petition from George W. Crouse and Others, circa 9 March 1844
- Petition from Robert L. Campbell and Others, 13 January 1844
- Petition, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. ]
- Praecipe, 30 October 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster ]
- Recognizance, 24 May 1842 [ State of Illinois v. C. L. Higbee ]
- Revised Minutes, 17 June 1844
- Revised Minutes, 17 June 1844, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Ruling, 29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Statement of Account from John P. Greene, circa 5 March 1844
- Statement of Expenses to Thomas King, 30 September 1841
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840