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McLellin, William Earl
Biography
18 Jan. 1806–14 Mar. 1883. Schoolteacher, physician, publisher. Born at Smith Co., Tennessee. Son of Charles McLellin and Sarah (a Cherokee Indian). Married first Cynthia Ann, 30 July 1829. Wife died, by summer 1831. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Hyrum Smith, 20 Aug. 1831, in Jackson Co., Missouri. Ordained an elder by Hyrum Smith and Edward Partridge, 24 Aug. 1831. Ordained a high priest by Oliver Cowdery, 25 Oct. 1831. Served two short-term missions. Married second Emeline Miller, 26 Apr. 1832, at Portage Co., Ohio. Left Ohio for Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri, 2 May 1832. Excommunicated, 3 Dec. 1832. Apparently reinstated; served mission to Missouri and Illinois with Parley P. Pratt, Jan.–June 1833. Fled with fellow Latter-day Saints from Jackson Co. into Clay Co., Missouri, Nov. 1833. Proselytized in Indiana on way to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, 1834. Appointed instructor in Kirtland School, 19 Nov. 1834. Ordained member of Quorum of the Twelve, 15 Feb. 1835. Disfellowshipped over difficulties arising during eastern mission with Quorum of the Twelve; reinstated 26 Sept. 1835. Wrote letter of withdrawal from church, Aug. 1836. Again sustained to Quorum of the Twelve, 3 Sept. 1837, at Kirtland. In Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, commissioned captain in First Company, Fifty-Ninth Regiment, Second Brigade, Third Division of Missouri state militia, 22 Nov. 1837. Excommunicated, 1838. Associated with factions organized under leadership of George M. Hinkle, William Law, Sidney Rigdon, James J. Strang, David Whitmer, and Granville Hedrick. Broke with all organized religion, 1869. Died at Independence.
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- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Elders’ Journal, July 1838
- Elders’ Journal, November 1837
- Times and Seasons, 1 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 June 1842
- Addenda Notes [1835]
- Appendix 1: First Theological Lecture on Faith, circa January–May 1835
- Blessing to William E. McLellin, 15 February 1835
- Book of Commandments, 1833
- Brigham Young, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
- Declaration, circa 6 March 1839 [ JS v. McLellin ]
- Discourse, 2 July 1839, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff–A
- Discourse, 27 February 1835–A, as Recorded in Pratt, Notebook
- Discourse, 27 February 1835–A, as Reported by Oliver Cowdery
- Discourse, 27 February 1835–B, as Recorded in Pratt, Notebook
- Docket Entry, 1–circa 6 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Docket Entry, Motion and Plea, 18 April 1839 [ JS v. McLellin ]
- Docket Entry, Nolle Prosequi, 21 August 1839 [ JS v. McLellin ]
- Docket Entry, Order to Pay Bond, 20 April 1839 [ JS v. McLellin ]
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1835
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- Edward Partridge, History, Manuscript, circa 1839
- F. G. Williams & Co. Account Book, October 1833–November 1835
- History, 1834–1836
- 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 F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Instruction on Priesthood, between circa 1 March and circa 4 May 1835 [D&C 107]
- Introduction to JS v. McLellin
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- Journal, 1832–1834
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Letter and Revelation to Harvey Whitlock, 16 November 1835
- Letter from John Corrill, 17 November 1833
- Letter from Harvey Whitlock, 28 September 1835
- Letter from John Whitmer, 29 July 1833
- Letter from John C. Bennett, 27 July 1840
- Letter from Moses Martin, 7 November 1841
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 15 December 1835
- Letter from Thomas B. Marsh, 15 February 1838
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 6–7 November 1833
- Letter from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, 28 March 1836
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 14 January 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Eugene, Indiana, 2 July 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 10 August 1833
- Letter to Emma Smith, 6 June 1832
- Letter to George James, 10 November 1834
- Letter to Heber C. Kimball and Brigham Young, 16 January 1839
- Letter to Henrietta Raphael Seixas, between 6 and 13 February 1836
- Letter to John C. Bennett, 8 August 1840
- Letter to John Corrill and the Church in Missouri, 4 September 1837
- Letter to Lyman Wight and Others, 16 August 1834
- Letter to Moses Daley, circa 8 October 1834
- Letter to Quorum of the Twelve, 4 August 1835
- Letter to William Smith, circa 18 December 1835
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 31 July 1832
- Letter to the Church in Caldwell County, Missouri, 16 December 1838, as Recorded in “General” Record Book
- Letter to the Church in Caldwell County, Missouri, 16 December 1838
- Letterbook 1
- Letterbook 2
- Letters to John Burk, Sally Waterman Phelps, and Almira Mack Scobey, 1–2 June 1835
- License for Edward Partridge, circa 4 August 1831–circa 5 January 1832
- License for William E. McLellin, 2 April 1836
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Minute Book 1
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Blessings, 21 February 1835
- Minutes and Discourse, 2 May 1835, as Reported by William E. McLellin–A
- Minutes and Discourse, 2 May 1835, as Reported by William E. McLellin–B
- Minutes and Discourse, circa 7 July 1834
- Minutes and Discourses, 27 February 1835, as Recorded in Pratt, Notebook
- Minutes and Discourses, 27 February 1835, as Reported by Oliver Cowdery
- Minutes and Discourses, 27 February 1835, as Reported by William E. McLellin
- Minutes and Discourses, 5–7 October 1839
- Minutes, 11 November 1831
- Minutes, 12 March 1835
- Minutes, 12 November 1831
- Minutes, 14 February 1835
- Minutes, 16 January 1836
- Minutes, 16 March 1835
- Minutes, 16 May 1836
- Minutes, 17 August 1835
- Minutes, 1–2 November 1831
- Minutes, 2 January 1836
- Minutes, 22 November 1835
- Minutes, 22–23 January 1833
- Minutes, 24 February 1834
- Minutes, 25–26 October 1831
- Minutes, 26 September 1835
- Minutes, 26 April 1835
- Minutes, 28 December 1834
- Minutes, 28 December 1835
- Minutes, 28–29 September 1835
- Minutes, 29 October 1835
- Minutes, 3 December 1832
- Minutes, 3 July 1834
- Minutes, 3 September 1837
- Minutes, 30 April 1832
- Minutes, 6 November 1837
- Minutes, 7 November 1837
- Minutes, 7–8 April 1838
- Minutes, 8 November 1831
- Minutes, 9 November 1831
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 14–15 February 1835
- Motion, 18 April 1839 [ JS v. McLellin ]
- Ordination and Blessing of Cyrus Smalling, 30 June 1835
- Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 1839
- Plea, 18 April 1839 [ JS v. McLellin ]
- Record of the Twelve, 14 February–28 August 1835
- Revelation Book 1
- Revelation Book 2
- Revelation, 1 November 1831–B [D&C 1]
- Revelation, 1 November 1831–A [D&C 68]
- Revelation, 11 April 1838 [D&C 114]
- Revelation, 11 September 1831 [D&C 64]
- Revelation, 13 August 1831 [D&C 62]
- Revelation, 16 April 1830 [D&C 22]
- Revelation, 16 April 1830, as Recorded in McLellin, Copies of Revelations [D&C 22]
- Revelation, 22–23 September 1832 [D&C 84]
- Revelation, 23 July 1837 [D&C 112]
- Revelation, 25 January 1832–A [D&C 75:1–22]
- Revelation, 25 January 1832–A, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 75:1–22]
- Revelation, 29 October 1831 [D&C 66]
- Revelation, 29 October 1831, as Recorded in McLellin, Journal [D&C 66]
- Revelation, 3 November 1831 [D&C 133]
- Revelation, 3 November 1835
- Revelation, 30 October 1831 [D&C 65]
- Revelation, 30 October 1831, as Recorded in McLellin, Copies of Revelations [D&C 65]
- Revelation, 6 April 1830 [D&C 21]
- Revelation, 6 June 1831 [D&C 52]
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–A [D&C 118]
- Revelation, 8 March 1833 [D&C 90]
- Revelation, circa 7 March 1831 [D&C 45]
- Revelation, circa 7 March 1831, as Recorded in McLellin, Copies of Revelations [D&C 45]
- Revelation, circa June 1835 [D&C 68]
- Revelations printed in Evening and Morning Star, January 1835–June 1836
- Revelations printed in The Evening and the Morning Star, June 1832–June 1833
- Statement, between 10 and 25 March 1839 [ JS v. McLellin ]
- Summons, 6 March 1839 [ JS v. McLellin ]
- Testimony, circa 2 November 1831
- Trial Report, 8–26 July 1843, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Visions, 21 January 1836 [D&C 137]
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
William E. McLellin Photograph, unknown photographer, circa 1865. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)
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