- Gender
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Markham, Stephen
Biography
9 Feb. 1800–10 Mar. 1878. Carpenter, farmer, stock raiser. Born at Rush (later Avon), Ontario Co., New York. Son of David Markham and Dinah Merry. Moved to Mentor, Geauga Co., Ohio, 1809. Moved to Unionville, Geauga Co., 1810. Married Hannah Hogaboom, before 1824. Moved to Chester, Geauga Co., by July 1824. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Abel Lamb, July 1837, at Kirtland, Geauga Co. Led company of sixty Latter-day Saints to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, 1838. Appointed member of committee at Far West to supervise removal of Latter-day Saints from Missouri, Jan. 1839. Escorted family of JS from Far West to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, Feb. 1839. Returned to Far West and assisted in disposal of Latter-day Saint properties. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, before 1841. Commissioned a captain in Nauvoo Legion, Feb. 1841. Appointed counselor to Nauvoo priests quorum president Samuel Rolfe, 21 Mar. 1841. Elected lieutenant colonel in Nauvoo Legion, 1 May 1841. Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge. Elected Nauvoo city alderman, 8 Feb. 1843. Ordained an elder, Apr. 1843, in Nauvoo. Sent to serve mission to Berlin, Huron Co., Ohio, Apr. 1843. Appointed to serve mission to Illinois, 15 Apr. 1844. Ordained a high priest, 7 Oct. 1844, in Nauvoo. Captain in Brigham Young pioneer company migrating to Salt Lake Valley, 1847. Returned to Winter Quarters, unorganized U.S. territory (later in Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska), Aug. 1847. Settled in Davis Co., Utah Territory, 1850. Served colonizing mission to southern Utah Co., Utah Territory, 1851, and helped settle towns of Spanish Fork, Utah Co., and Palmyra, Utah Co. Served colonizing mission to Fort Supply, near present-day Green River, Wyoming. Returned to Spanish Fork, Sept. 1857. Died at Spanish Fork.
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Affidavit from Stephen Markham, 17 June 1844
- 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
- Appendix 7: Council of Fifty, Minutes, 19 January 1846
- Authorization for Stephen Markham, 27 May 1839
- Bond to Stephen Markham, 9 May 1840–B
- Bond to Isaac Chase, 14 January 1842
- Bond to Stephen Markham, 10 September 1840
- Bond to Stephen Markham, 9 May 1840–A
- 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
- Deed from Stephen and Hannah Hogaboom Markham, 10 February 1843
- Deed from Oliver and Lydia Granger, 25 April 1840
- Deed from Stephen and Hannah Markham, 1 March 1842
- Deed from Stephen and Hannah Markham, 15 March 1842
- Deed from Stephen and Hannah Markham, 28 February 1842
- Deed to Stephen Markham, 10 March 1842
- Discourse, 30 June 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Docket Entry, between 30 July and circa 2 August 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. McGraw and White ]
- Docket Entry, circa 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. ]
- Docket Entry, circa 16 December 1841 [ Robinson v. C. Granger ]
- Docket Entry, circa 9 November 1841 [ City of Nauvoo v. Markham ]
- 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
- Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. Markham
- Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. McGraw and White
- 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 Edward Partridge, 13–15 June 1839
- Letter from Hiram Clark and Others, 21 October 1842
- Letter to Father Bigler, 27 May 1839
- Letterbook 2
- License Record Book
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Minute Entry, Appointment of Samuel Bennett, 4 March 1843
- Minute Entry, Appointment of Wilson Law, 25 February 1843
- Minutes and Ordinance, Nauvoo Legion, 3 June 1842
- Minutes, 1 January 1842, Draft
- Minutes, 13 January 1844
- Minutes, 4 February 1841
- Minutes, 8 March 1841, Draft
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion Committee of Revision, 26 January, 2 and 10 February 1844
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 2 March 1841
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 9 March 1841
- 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, February–December 1841
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–March 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, January–November 1842
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
- Pay Order to William Clayton for Stephen Markham and Charles C. Rich, 9 December 1843
- Petition from Samuel Henderson and Others, circa 9 April 1842
- Petition from Stephen Wilkinson and Others, circa 14 May 1842
- Petition, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. ]
- Poll Record, Nauvoo Legion, 13 August 1842
- Receipt and Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Stephen Markham, 3 September 1843
- Resolution, 25 February 1843
- Subpoena, 16 December 1841 [ Robinson v. C. Granger ]
- Summons, 30 July 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. McGraw and White ]
- 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. ]