- Gender
- Male
Coolidge, Joseph Wellington
Biography
31 May 1814–13 Jan. 1871. Carpenter, miller, merchant. Born in Bangor, Hancock Co., Maine. Son of John Kittridge Coolidge and Rebecca Stone Wellington. Moved to Cincinnati, by 1817. Moved to area of Mackinaw, Tazewell Co., Illinois, 1834. Married Elizabeth Buchannan, 17 Dec. 1834, in Tazewell Co. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, by 1838. Moved to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, before 20 Jan. 1838. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by 1840. Member of Nauvoo Legion. Admitted to Council of Fifty, 18 Apr. 1844. Participated in plural marriage during JS’s lifetime. Appointed administrator of JS’s estate, 19 Sept. 1844, in Nauvoo. Appointed to Nauvoo trades council, Feb. 1845. Ordained a high priest, by 16 Dec. 1845. Moved to Winter Quarters, unorganized U.S. territory (later in Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska), 1846; to what became Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, 1847; to Keg Creek, Pottawattamie Co., 1849; and to Coonsville (later Glenwood), Mills Co., Iowa, 1851. Appointed Glenwood postmaster, 1860. Died in Glenwood.
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Account of Trial, 26 April 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. C. L. Higbee et al. ]
- Appendix 1: Letter to Oliver Cowdery and Others, circa 17 June 1838
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Appendix 4: Council of Fifty, Roll, 22 April 1845–27 December 1846
- 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
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846
- Deed to Joseph W. Coolidge, 30 March 1843
- Discourse, 26 May 1844, as Compiled by Leo Hawkins
- Docket Entry, circa 10 March 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS–A ]
- Docket Entry, circa 13 June 1844 [ In the Matter of H. Smith et al. ]
- Execution, 13 June 1844 [ In the Matter of H. Smith et al. ]
- Habeas Corpus, 13 June 1844 [ In the Matter of H. Smith et al. ]
- Habeas Corpus, 13 June 1844, Copy [ In the Matter of H. Smith et al. ]
- History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
- 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 City of Nauvoo v. C. L. Higbee et al.
- 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
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, May 1844
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, probably between 25 April and 3 May 1844
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes, 10 March 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS–A ]
- Minutes, 18 April 1844
- Minutes, 25 May 1844
- Minutes, 6 May 1844
- Minutes, 9 November 1844
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 3 February 1841–8 February 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Pay Order from Joseph W. Coolidge for Brother Fisher, 15 July 1842
- Petition from Alanson Ripley and Others, 10 June 1844
- Petition from Elbridge Tufts and Others, circa 18 September 1843
- Petition from Robert L. Campbell and Others, 13 January 1844
- Petition, 13 June 1844 [ In the Matter of H. Smith et al. ]
- Poll Record, Nauvoo Legion, 13 August 1842
- Receipt to Joseph W. Coolidge, 12 August 1840
- Receipt to Joseph W. Coolidge, 17 June 1841
- Venire Facias, 10 March 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS–A ]
- Warrant, Robert F. Smith for Arrest of Joseph W. Coolidge, 24 June 1844, Willard Richards Copy