Backenstos, Jacob B. (Jacob Benjamin), 1811-1857
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1811 - 1857
Biography
Jacob B. Backenstos (1811-1857) was a sheriff, soldier, and politician in Illinois and Oregon.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Hancock County (Ill.) Circuit Court legal documents
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1443
Scope and Contents
Collection contains about 750 documents relating to some 250 actions arising in justice of the peace or circuit courts in Hancock County, Illinois. Also includes a letter from David Martin concerning part of the collection and indexes to court cases involving Joseph Smith Jr. and the autographs of those who martyred Smith.
Dates:
1839-1860
The origin of Mormonism and reminiscences of the Mormons in Illinois
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233634]
Identifier: MSS SC 89
Scope and Contents
Prepared typescript of a series of ten articles written by J.H. Sherman which appeared in the Ithaca Daily Journal during April and May, 1886. The articles, decidedly anti-Mormon, tell of Joseph Smith's early life, the Solomon Spaulding manuscript from which Smith supposedly got the idea for the Book of Mormon, the organization of the Latter-day Saint Church, the settlement of the Mormons in Nauvoo, Illinois, death of Joseph Smith, mob violence in Illinois, expulsion of the Mormons from...
Dates:
1886
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