Soby, Leonard
Biography
Ca. 1810–14 Dec. 1892. Tobacco merchant. Born in Pennsylvania. Son of David Soby. Married Helen. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, by 1840. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by June 1840. Received elder’s license, 6 Dec. 1840, in Nauvoo. Member of Nauvoo Agricultural and Manufacturing Association. Appointed to collect funds for Nauvoo temple, Apr. 1841. Appointed to Nauvoo high council, 9 Apr. 1841. Disfellowshipped by Nauvoo high council, 7 Sept. 1844. Moved to Philadelphia, by 1845; to Greencastle, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, by Feb. 1847; back to Philadelphia, 1848; and to Beverly, Burlington Co., New Jersey, June 1849. Elected Beverly city councilman, 1851, 1855. Member of Beverly and Dunk’s Ferry Steamboat Company, 1851. Died in Beverly.
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- City Charter: Laws, Ordinances, and Acts, July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 June 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 February 1842
- Account of Meeting and Discourse, circa 2 March 1841
- Appointments of Dimick B. Huntington and Others, 1 March 1841
- Bond from Leonard Soby, 15 April 1841
- Claim from Dimick B. Huntington, 14 January 1842
- Docket Entry, between 18 February and circa 8 March 1842 [ JS v. Shearer ]
- Docket Entry, circa 10 March 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS–A ]
- Docket Entry, circa 12 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus ]
- 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]
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–B
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A, State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus, State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus, and State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–B
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Letter from James B. Nicholson, 25 January 1842
- License Record Book
- License for Leonard Soby, 5 December 1840, Extract
- Marriage Certificate for Eben Smith and Mary Jane Angel, 22 March 1843
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Discourse, 19 February 1843
- Minutes and Ordinance, Nauvoo Legion, 3 June 1842
- Minutes, 1 March 1841
- Minutes, 10 March 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS–A ]
- Minutes, 12 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus ]
- Minutes, 12 October 1844
- Minutes, 12 October 1844, Draft
- Minutes, 15 January 1842
- Minutes, 16 October 1841
- Minutes, 1 March 1841, Copy
- Minutes, 23 October 1841
- Minutes, 5 January 1844
- Minutes, 7–11 April 1841
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 20 May 1843
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–December 1841
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, January–November 1842
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
- Petition from A. W. Whitney and Others, 25 February 1843
- Petition from George W. Crouse and Others, circa 9 March 1844
- Petition from Robert L. Campbell and Others, 13 January 1844
- Poll Record, Nauvoo Legion, 13 August 1842
- Trial Report, between circa 12 and 20 June 1844, Draft [ State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus ]
- Trial Report, between circa 12 and 20 June 1844, Partial Draft [ State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus ]
- Venire Facias, 10 March 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS–A ]
- Verdict, 26 February 1842 [ JS v. Shearer ]