- 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]
- Times and Seasons, 1 October 1842
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 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, between circa 10 and circa 17 October 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Drown ]
- Docket Entry, between circa 15 and circa 16 January 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. F. M. Higbee ]
- Docket Entry, between circa 16 and circa 30 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–A ]
- Docket Entry, between circa 2 and circa 3 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. ]
- Docket Entry, between circa 23 and circa 24 November 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Finch ]
- Docket Entry, between circa 31 March and circa 19 April 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Docket Entry, circa 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. ]
- Docket Entry, circa 30 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–B ]
- Execution, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. ]
- 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
- 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, 9 March 1840
- Letter from James B. Nicholson, 25 January 1842
- Letter from Levick Sturges and Others, 30 January 1842
- License for Samuel Bennett, 25 November 1840
- License Record Book
- Mayor’s Order to Nauvoo City Marshal, 21 June 1844
- Mayor’s Order to Nauvoo City Marshal, 5 March 1844
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 21 December 1843
- Minute Entry, Appointment of Samuel Bennett, 4 March 1843
- Minute Entry, Board of Health, 11 February 1843
- Minute Entry, Committee Appointments, 11 February 1843
- Minute Entry, Report and Orders, 12 February 1844
- Minutes and Discourse, 3–5 October 1840
- Minutes, 30 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–A ]
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 3 February 1841–8 February 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
- Notice of Election of City Officers, 11 February 1843
- Petition from George W. Crouse and Others, 9 March 1844
- Petition, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. ]
- Praecipe, 10 October 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Drown ]
- Receipt to Curtis Hodges, 24 August 1840
- Subpoena, 15 February 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Subpoena, 23 February 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Subpoena, 4 April 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Supersedeas, 8 April 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, between 4 and 10 March 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Writ of Habeas Corpus, 13 June 1844–A [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. ]
- Writ of Habeas Corpus, 13 June 1844–B [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. ]
- Writ of Venire Facias, 16 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–A ]
- Writ of Venire Facias, 2 March 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. ]