Coray, Howard, 1817-1908
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1817 - 1908
Biographical History
Citation:
Joseph Smith Papers, via WWW, April 3, 2014 (born on May 6, 1817, in Dansville, New York, to Silas Coray and Mary Stephens; He moved to Illinois in January 1839; baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in March 1840; worked as a clerk for Joseph Smith and helped compile church history; Hancock County, Illinois, he and Martha Jane Knowlton met and were married on February 6, 1841; served a mission to Pennsylvania from November 1842 to November 1843; He and his wife (who was a personal friend of Joseph and Hyrum Smith) helped Lucy Mack Smith, the Prophet's mother, write her history of Joseph Smith; immigrated to the West with the Saints and arrived in Salt Lake City in the spring of 1850; served another mission to Viriginia in 1882-1883; died in Salt Lake City, Utah, on January 16, 1908)Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Book H, 1857-1864
Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31197225560793], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 3905 Item 8
Scope and Contents
Includes certificates, deeds, and transfers recorded by Lucius N. Scovil and H. (Howard) Coray, county recorders, and Dominicus Carter, probate judge. Dated February 10, 1857-October 26, 1864.
Dates:
1857-1864
Coray family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 1422
Scope and Contents
Contents includes correspondence, journals, autobiographical and biographical sketches, pertaining to the lives of Howard Coray his wife Martha Jane Knowlton Coray and members of the Coray family. Contents deal with the Coray family’s dealing with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, their family history, and their finances.
Dates:
1843-1965
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Coray family papers
Martha Coray notebook
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 230
Scope and Contents
Notebook includes Coray's interview notes used in compiling of Lucy Mack Smith's history of Joseph Smith.Smith family history notes contain John and Clarissa Smith's account of visit by Joseph Smith Sr. to Smith family members, including his father, Asael Smith, in Lawrence County, New York, in 1830; John Smith's account of his and Joseph Smith Sr.'s reunion with their mother, Mary Duty Smith, at Kirtland, Ohio, and their subsequent journey eastward to visit Church branches and...
Dates:
1845
Martha Coray notebook
Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS230
Dates:
1845
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections