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Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1800 - 1844

biographical statement

Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:

Josiah Lambourn precipe

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233290862]
Identifier: Vault MSS 436
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed order dated 5 June 1845. Labourn directs the Hancock Circuit Court to subpoena prosecution witnesses for the upcoming trial of the murders of Hyrum Smith, second patriarch of the Mormon Church. The item lists the witnesses.

Dates: 1845 June 5

Sally Randall letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231044956]
Identifier: MSS 1015
Scope and Contents

Typed copy of a letter written in Nauvoo, Illinois, on July 1, 1844 and addressed to "Dear Friends." Randall writes about the murder of the first president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith, and his brother, Hyrum.

Dates: 1844 July 1

Redd family papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232491073]
Identifier: MSS 678
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten and typewritten materials. Most of the items were collected by the descendants of Lemuel Hardison Redd (1856-1923). Included in the collection are minutes of a Redd family meeting, a biography of Eliza M. Partridge Lyman, a list of persons buried in Bluff, Utah, from 1880 to 1951, correspondence of family members, two patriarchal blessings given by Hyrum Smith, and an essay by John Redd, a student at the Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah.

Dates: 1844-1966

Smith family artifacts

 Collection — Oversize 1: [Barcode: 31197233604435]
Identifier: Vault MSS 775
Scope and Contents Collection consists of physical artifacts of Hyrum Smith and his son John Smith. These include a walking stick of Hyrum Smith, a walking cane of John Smith purchased while on his mission to Denmark, Hyrum Smith's metal scales, John Smith's pistol and carrying case, Hyrum Smith's razor and case (ownership of this item is dubious; it may have belonged to his grandson, Hyrum Fisher Smith), Hyrum Smith's coin purse and notebook, a knife of uncertain ownership, and six portraits (two of Hyrum...
Dates: 1832-1911

Hyrum Smith papers

 Collection — Oversize 4: [Barcode: 31197233641825]
Identifier: Vault MSS 774
Scope and Contents

Collection includes diaries, letters, property records, bibles and family records related to Hyrum Smith. Includes diaries of missions taken by Hyrum, the 1834 Hyrum Smith family bible, with family record dating up to 1872, and material used by the School of the Prophets in Kirtland, Ohio. Dated 1831-1872.

Dates: 1831-1872

Hyrum Smith patriarchal blessing for Mary B. Wolsey

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233243820]
Identifier: Vault MSS 421
Scope and Contents

Handwritten patriarchal blessing, dated 2 Feb. 1842, and given to Mary B. Wolsey. The item is written down by James Sloan, Smith's clerk. Smith tells Wolsey she has great blessings awaiting her if she is obedient to the Mormon faith.

Dates: 1842 February 2

Samuel H. B. Smith correspondence

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231055457]
Identifier: MSS 1319
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten letters between Samuel H. B. Smith and William R. Hamilton. The items are concerned with the murders of Joseph and Hyrum Smith and the involvement of Samuel Harrison Smith in the removal of their bodies.

Dates: 1898

Research on Hyrum Smith's Moor's school years

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2314
Scope and Contents

This collection, containing a copy of a paper by Richard K. Behrens and it's appendices, has been separated into folders within a hollinger box. Each appendix is kept in it's own folder. Hyrum Smith (1800-1844) was the elder brother of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr. He was a faithful member of the Church from his baptism and served as a great missionary and church leader. He was killed, along with his brother Joseph, on 27 June 1844.

Dates: 1811-1815

Hyrum Smith statement

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233286803]
Identifier: Vault MSS 135
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed statement and dated 26 Oct. 1843. "Know all men by these presents that we Hyrum Smith, Charles Shumway, and Sidney Rigdon." They were appointed "conservator of the estate of Joel Bullard, judged insane."

Dates: 1843 October 26

A trip on Memory Ship

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230231893]
Identifier: MSS 693
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten "pageant." The item depicts scenes in the life of Martha Smith Harris. She was the daughter of Hyrum Smith (1800-1844), the brother of the first president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith (1805-1844).

Dates: approximately 1950

Additional filters:

Type
Collection 27
Archival Object 4
 
Subject
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 21
Letters 11
Latter Day Saints -- Illinois -- Nauvoo -- History 10
Church Government 8
Religion 7
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Latter Day Saints -- Ohio -- History 6
Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History 6
Latter Day Saint churches -- History 5
Missions and Missionaries 5
Social Life and Customs 5
Diaries 4
City and Town Life 3
Material Types 3
Nauvoo (Ill.) 3
Patriarchal blessings (Latter Day Saint churches) -- History 3
Photographs 3
Certificates 2
Civil Procedure and Courts 2
Correspondence 2
Deeds 2
Drafts (Documents) 2
Histories (Literary works) 2
Home and Family 2
Latter Day Saint churches -- History -- 19th century 2
Latter Day Saint churches -- Presidents -- History 2
Minutes (Records) 2
Patriarchal blessings (Mormon Church) 2
Patriarchs (Latter Day Saint churches) -- History 2
Politics, Government, and Law 2
Portraits 2
Research (Documents) 2
Account books 1
Actions and defenses 1
Articles 1
Artifacts 1
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 1
Autobiographies 1
Benediction -- Mormonism 1
Bible records 1
Biographies 1
Bluff (Utah) -- History 1
California 1
Cemeteries -- Utah -- Bluff -- History 1
Church officers -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Pictorial works 1
City plats 1
Claims 1
Claims against decedents' estates -- Illinois -- Nauvoo -- History 1
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
Colleges and Universities 1
Compact discs 1
Connecticut 1
Daybooks 1
Drawings 1
Education 1
Electronic records 1
Essays 1
Family records 1
Freemasonry -- Illinois -- Nauvoo 1
Freemasonry -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1
Genealogies 1
Georgia 1
Illinois -- History -- 1778-1865 1
Images 1
Indentures 1
Iowa -- History 1
Iowa -- Politics and government 1
Kirtland (Ohio) 1
Latter Day Saint churches -- Anniversaries, etc. 1
Latter Day Saint churches -- Presidents 1
Latter Day Saint churches -- Presidents -- Portraits 1
Latter Day Saint women -- Fiction 1
Latter Day Saint women -- Illinois -- Nauvoo -- History 1
Latter Day Saints -- Fiction 1
Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Bluff -- History -- Sources 1
Lawyers -- Iowa -- Biography 1
Maps 1
Nauvoo Expositor -- History 1
New Hampshire 1
New York (State) 1
Notes 1
Ohio 1
Performing Arts 1
Photocopies 1
Prayers 1
Salt Lake City (Utah) 1
Subpoena 1
Tax records 1
Tennessee 1
Utah 1
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