- Gender
- Male
Bennett, Samuel C.
Biography
Ca. 1810–May 1893. Market inspector, barometer manufacturer, physician. Born in England. Married Selina Campion. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, by 1839, in U.S. Ordained an elder, 23 Dec. 1839, in Philadelphia. Served as presiding elder, 1840, in Philadelphia. Served as branch president, 1840, in Cincinnati. Trustee of University of Nauvoo, 1841, in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois. Appointed surgeon in Nauvoo Legion, Nov. 1841. Nauvoo city alderman, 1843–1845. Excommunicated, by Oct. 1844, in Nauvoo. Ordained an apostle in Sidney Rigdon’s Church of Christ, 1845. Served as an apostle in James J. Strang’s Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1846–1853. Lived in Michilimackinac Co., Michigan, by 1850; in Allegheny (later in Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, by 1860; and in Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, by 1870. Died in Cuyahoga Co.
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 October 1842
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Blank Bond from Davidson Hibbard, 10 January 1844
- Bond from James Brown and Samuel Bennett, 31 May 1843
- Bond, 31 May 1843, Draft
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Docket Entry, 10–circa 17 October 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Drown on Habeas Corpus ]
- Docket Entry, 12 May 1844 [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus ]
- Docket Entry, 15–circa 16 January 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. F. M. Higbee ]
- Docket Entry, 18–31 May 1844 [ United States v. Jeremiah Smith on Habeas Corpus–A ]
- Docket Entry, 23–circa 24 November 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Finch on Habeas Corpus ]
- Docket Entry, 2–circa 3 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Docket Entry, 30–31 May 1844 [ United States v. Jeremiah Smith on Habeas Corpus–B ]
- Docket Entry, between 31 March and circa 19 April 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Docket Entry, circa 12 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus ]
- Docket Entry, circa 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Execution, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Habeas Corpus, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Habeas Corpus, 13 June 1844, Copy [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft
- History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
- History Draft [1 January–3 March 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 Addenda
- 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 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 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
- John Taylor, Martyrdom Account
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1841–December 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
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 24 March 1840
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 26 February 1840
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 9 March 1840
- Letter from James B. Nicholson, 25 January 1842
- Letter from John E. Page, 23 September 1840
- Letter from Levick Sturges and Others, 30 January 1842
- Letter, John Taylor and Others to Thomas Ford, 6 June 1843
- Letter, John Taylor and Others to Thomas Ford, between 12 May and 1 June 1843, Draft
- License Record Book
- License for Samuel Bennett, 25 November 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
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 16 December 1843–12 February 1844, Draft
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 16 December 1843–12 February 1844, Thomas Bullock First Copy
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 16 December 1843–12 February 1844
- Minutes and Discourse, 13 January 1840
- Minutes and Discourse, 3–5 October 1840
- Minutes, 1 July 1844, Draft
- Minutes, 10 August 1844
- Minutes, 10 June 1844
- Minutes, 11 February 1843
- Minutes, 11 March 1843
- Minutes, 12 August 1843
- Minutes, 12 May 1843
- Minutes, 13 January 1844
- Minutes, 16 January 1844
- Minutes, 18 September 1843
- Minutes, 21 December 1843
- Minutes, 30 May 1844 [ United States v. Jeremiah Smith on Habeas Corpus–A ]
- Minutes, 3 February 1841, Copy
- Minutes, 4 March 1843
- Minutes, 8 July 1844
- Minutes, 9 March 1844
- Minutes, 9 November 1844
- Minutes, 9 November 1844, Draft
- 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
- Nauvoo Marriage Record, February 1842–January 1846
- Oath from Samuel Bennett, 11 April 1843
- Ordinance, 3 February 1841–B
- Ordinance, 3 February 1841–B, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton for Hyrum Smith and Others, 4 December 1843
- Petition from George W. Crouse and Others, circa 9 March 1844
- Petition, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Praecipe, 24 August 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Praecipe, 6 March 1844 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Proposed Plan for a Moot Organization and Congress, 6 February 1844
- Receipt to Curtis Hodges, 24 August 1840
- Report of Committee, 15 April 1843–A
- Report of Committee, 15 April 1843–B
- Report of Committee, 18 September 1843
- Report of Committee, circa 12 August 1843
- Revised Committee Appointments, 11 February–circa 10 June 1843, as Recorded in Nauvoo City Council Minute Book
- Revised Committee Appointments, 11 February–circa 10 June 1843
- Revised Minutes, 17 June 1844
- Revised Minutes, 17 June 1844, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Subpoena, 11 March 1844–B [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Subpoena, 15 February 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Subpoena, 23 February 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Subpoena, 25 August 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Subpoena, 4 April 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Summons to Nauvoo City Marshal, 21 June 1844
- Summons to Nauvoo City Marshal, 5 March 1844
- Summons, 10 October 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Drown on Habeas Corpus ]
- Summons, 12 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus ]
- Summons, 16 May 1844 [ United States v. Jeremiah Smith on Habeas Corpus–A ]
- Summons, 2 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Summons, 6 May 1844 [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus ]
- Supersedeas, 8 April 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Trial Report Draft, 12 May 1844 [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus ]
- Trial Report, 12–15 May 1844 [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus ]
- Trial Report, 12–15 May 1844, as published in Times and Seasons [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus ]
- Trial Report, 19–21 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–B ]
- Trial Report, between 4 and 22 March 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- 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 ]
- Warrant, 11 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A ]
- Warrant, 11 June 1844, John Taylor and Willard Richards Copy [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A ]
- Warrant, 11 June 1844, William Clayton Copy [ State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus and State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]