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Martin, David C. (David Chancellor), 1939-1992

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Dates

  • Existence: 1939 - 1992

Biographical History

David C. Martin (1939-1992) was a church historian for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Illinois, Missouri, and California.

David Chancellor Martin was born September 3, 1939 in Monmouth, Illinois to John Robert Martin and Clara Mae Chancellor. He died on July 17, 1992 in San Diego, California and was cremated. David was born into a family from the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and later converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Citation:
Brigham Young University, L. Tom Perry Special Collections worksheet, Mar. 27, 2007 (David C. Martin; David Chancellor Martin; b. 1939; historian) Affirmation.org, via WWW, September 4, 2013 (David Chancellor Martin; b. on September 3, 1939 in Illinois; d. on July 17, 1992 in San Diego, California; he was born into a family of the RLDS faith and later converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Ancestry, via WWW, August 18, 2016 (David Chancellor Martin; born in Illinois; lived in Missouri; died in California)

FamilySearch, via WWW, August 19, 2016 (David Chancellor Martin; b. September 3, 1939 in Monmouth, Illinois to John Robert Martin and Clara Mae Chancellor; d. on July 17, 1992 in San Diego, California and was cremated)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The origin of Mormonism and reminiscences of the Mormons in Illinois

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