Levi Richards Image from Orson F. Whitney, History of Utah, vol. 1 (Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon and Sons, 1892), between pp. 260 and 261 (Church History Library, Salt Lake City).
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Richards, Levi
Biography
14 Apr. 1799–18 June 1876. Teacher, mechanic, inventor, physician. Born at Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Joseph Richards and Rhoda Howe. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 31 Dec. 1836, in Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio. Ordained a high priest, Dec. 1837. Migrated to Missouri; resident of Far West, Caldwell Co., 1838. Fled from Missouri to Adams Co., Illinois, by May 1840. Served mission to England, 1840–1843. Married Sarah Griffith, 25 Dec. 1843, at Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois. Member of Nauvoo City Council. Admitted to Council of Fifty, 11 Mar. 1844. Served mission to Great Britain, 1848–1853. Settled in Salt Lake Valley, 1853. Ordained a patriarch, 1874. Died at Salt Lake City.
Links
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1840]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Times and Seasons, 1 April 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 June 1842
- Agreement with William Tenney and Others, 30 November 1836
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Appendix 4: Council of Fifty, Roll, 22 April 1845–27 December 1846
- Bond, Daniel Carter to Gilbert Granger, 16 September 1841
- Claim from George Stiles, circa 8 June 1844
- Claim from John S. Higbee, 9 December 1843
- 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
- Discourse, 11 June 1843–B, as Reported by Levi Richards
- Discourse, 17 September 1843, as Reported by Levi Richards
- Discourse, 21 May 1843, as Reported by Levi Richards
- Discourse, 6 May 1843, as Reported by Levi Richards
- 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. ]
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft
- History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1841]
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- 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 Book of Abraham Manuscripts, circa February–circa 15 March 1842
- 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
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Letter from George J. Adams, 21 April 1842
- Letter from John Taylor, 3 February 1841
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, between 23 and 27 September 1842
- Letter to Oliver Granger, between circa 22 and circa 28 July 1840
- Letter to the Presidency in Kirtland, 29 March 1838
- Letter to the Saints in Kirtland, Ohio, 19 October 1840
- Letterbook 2
- Levi Richards, Journal, 11 June 1843, extract
- 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
- Minute Book 1
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Discourse, 3–5 October 1840
- Minutes and Discourse, circa 7 July 1834
- Minutes, 1 July 1844, Draft
- Minutes, 10 June 1844
- Minutes, 11 April 1844
- Minutes, 11 March 1844
- Minutes, 13 July 1844
- Minutes, 18 April 1844
- Minutes, 29 April 1844
- Minutes, 29 April 1844, Extract, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Minutes, 3 July 1834
- Minutes, 5 April 1844
- Minutes, 5–6 September 1840
- Minutes, 6 May 1844
- Minutes, 8 June 1844
- Minutes, 8 June 1844, Extract, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Mittimus, 29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 3 February 1841–8 February 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Nauvoo Marriage Record, February 1842–January 1846
- Petition, 13 June 1844 [ In the Matter of H. Smith et al. ]
- Revised Minutes, 17 June 1844
- Revised Minutes, 17 June 1844, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Summons to Nauvoo City Marshal, 21 June 1844