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 1 Collection or Record:
Elisha Whittney letter
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237767]
Identifier: MSS SC 743
Scope and Contents
Letter-press copy of a handwritten and signed letter, dated 3 Feb. 1857 and addressed to Julia Ann Babbitt. Whittney writes about the estate of Julia's husband, Almon W. Babbitt, who had been killed by Indians in 1856.
Dates:
1857