Interim Content
Eaton, Merinus G.
Biography
22 Mar. 1812–? Lived in Seneca, Ontario Co., New York, by June 1842. Indicted for “passing and having in possesion Counterfeit bank bills,” Aug. 1842, in Ontario Co. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by Jan. 1844. Commissioned aide-de-camp to JS in Nauvoo Legion, 5 Jan. 1844. Gave affidavit in Hancock Co. court about several men conspiring against JS, 15 Mar. 1844. Admitted to Council of Fifty, 11 Apr. 1844; one of three men admitted to council by JS who were not Latter-day Saints. New York governor issued extradition order for him on 1842 counterfeit charge, Aug. 1844. Left Nauvoo, after Jan. 1845. Rejected from Council of Fifty, 4 Feb. 1845.
Links
papers
- Affidavit, 27 March 1844–A [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus ]
- Affidavit, 27 March 1844–B [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus ]
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Appendix 4: William Clayton, Daily Account of Joseph Smith’s Activities, 14–22 June 1844
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Discourse, 24 March 1844–A, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- Discourse, 24 March 1844–A, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- 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. F. M. Higbee, F. M. Higbee v. JS–A, F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus, and F. M. Higbee v. JS–B
- Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–B, City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–C, and State of Illinois v. R. D. Foster
- 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
- List of Witnesses, 26 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS and H. Smith for Treason ]
- Minutes and Discourses, 11 April 1844
- Minutes and Discourses, 6 May 1844
- Minutes, 6–8 May 1844 [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus ]
- Petition from George W. Crouse and Others, circa 9 March 1844
- Subpoena, 8 May 1844 [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus ]
- Testimony against Chauncey L. Higbee, 25 May 1844
- Trial Report Draft, 12 May 1844 [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus ]
- Gender
- Male