Babbitt, Almon W. (Almon Whiting), 1813-1856
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1813 - 1856
biographical statement
Citation:
Joseph Smith Papers, via WWW, April 17, 2014 (born on October 9, 1813, in Cheshire, Massachussetts; parents Ira Babbitt and Nancy Crosier; In 1830, he was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; 1831 and 1833 respectively; served two missions to New York; November 23, 1833, he married Julia Ann Johnson in Kirtland, Ohio; joined the Camp of Israel expedition to Missouri in 1834; appointed as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy in 1835 and served another mission to Canada in 1837; appointed as president of Kirtland stake in 1840; disfellowshipped in 1841; fellowship was restored in 1843; high profile callings and leadership positions in Illinois; commander of the Ramus militia; member of the Council of the Fifty; 1846 he became the postmaster of Nauvoo, Illinois; family migrated to the Salt Lake Valley in 1849 where Babbitt was succesful in local politics; delegate to U.S. Congress for the state of Deseret in 1849; appointed as secretary of Utah Territory in 1852; disfellowshipped in 1849 and 1851; excommunicated from the Church in May 1854; killed in September 1856 at Ash Hollow, Nebraska Territory.Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Almon W. Babbitt estate record
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319409]
Identifier: MSS SC 2074
Scope and Contents
Handwritten estate record from a copy book. The item deals with the estate of Almon W. Babbitt who had recently died.
Dates:
1857
Almon W. Babbitt legal papers
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230320365]
Identifier: MSS SC 2216
Scope and Contents
Handwritten legal documents. The items relate to Babbitt's career as a lawyer and to the settling of his estate.
Dates:
1856-1862
Almon W. Babbitt receipts
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319888]
Identifier: MSS SC 2169
Scope and Contents
Handwritten receipt of a freight bill for an amount of $818.23. Also included is a handwritten receipt relating to the Babbitt estate signed by Hosea Stout which deals with the delegation of Babbitt's possessions.
Dates:
1859
Legal instruments relating to Mormons in Utah
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292769]
Identifier: Vault MSS 707
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous legal documents. The collection consists of an account balance slip signed by Brigham Young, a stock certificate signed by Wilford Woodruff, John Bernhisel, among others; an incorporation bond; a record of trespass action against Lyman E. Johnson; a record of a court action; four receipts of per diem signed by Heber C. Kimball, Jedediah M. Grant, Orson Hyde, and Parley P. Pratt; and a petition for payment to E. D. Mecham, a member of the Mormon Battalion, from the estate of...
Dates:
1838-1895
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