Raglan/Raglin, John (1805-?), farmer. Pioneer settler in Caldwell County, Missouri, 1832. [PJSv2]

Ralston, James H. (1807-1864), lawyer; born in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Moved to Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, where he practiced law. Fought in the Black Hawk War. Represented his district in the lower house of the state legislature. Served as circuit judge, 1837-39. Elected to the state senate, 1841. Employed as legal counsel to Joseph Smith in Nauvoo. During the Mexican War he commanded the garrison at the Alamo at San Antonio, Texas. After the war he moved to California, where he served in the first state senate. In 1856 he was an unsuccessful candidate for chief justice of California. Moved to Nevada in 1860. Died near Austin. [PJSv2]

Rappleye, Tunis (1807-1883), farmer; born at Ovid, Seneca County, New York. Married Louisa Elizabeth Cutler, 1836. Teamster for Brigham Young during the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo to Salt Lake Valley. Also employed as Brigham Young’s head gardener. Missionary in the eastern states. Served in the Utah militia protecting settlements from Indians. Resided many years at Kanosh, Millard County, Utah, where he died. [PJSv2]

Rathbun, Robert (1799-1856), blacksmith; born in New York. Brother-in-law of George Miller. Baptist minister in Mantua, Portage County, Ohio in 1830, when the Lamanite missionaries preached at his house. Among the first LDS emigrants to Independence, Missouri. Living at Haun’s Mill at the time of the massacre, in which his son was wounded, 1838. Died in Van Buren County, Iowa. [PJSv2]

Raymond, Martha H. (1804-1875), born in Massachusetts. Married Warren Parrish, 1835. Living in Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas, 1870, where she died. [PJSv2]

Redfield, David Harvey (1807-1879), farmer, merchant. Born at Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York. Joined the Latter-day Saints by 1831. Married Fanny McAtherton, 1837. Traveled from Ohio to Missouri with the Kirtland Camp in 1838. Petitioned Missouri authorities, including Governor Boggs, in behalf of the Mormon people during the difficulties of 1838. One of those charged with riot in the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor in 1844. Crossed the plains to Salt Lake Valley, 1848. By 1854 he was living in Nicolaus, Sutter County, California where he was Sutter County Coroner, and where he evidently died. [PJSv1]

Redfield, David Harvey (1807-1879), farmer, merchant. Born at Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York. Joined the Latter-day Saints by 1831. Married Fanny McAtherton, 1837. Traveled from Ohio to Missouri with the Kirtland Camp in 1838. Petitioned Missouri authorities, including Governor Boggs, in behalf of the Mormon people during the difficulties of 1838. One of those charged with riot in the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor in 1844. Crossed the plains to Salt Lake Valley, 1848. By 1854 he was living in Nicolaus, Sutter County, California, where he was county coroner, and where he evidently died. [PJSv2]

Redfield, Fanny Atherton. See Atherton, Fanny

Redfield, Harlow (1801-1866), farmer; born at Chestnut Hill, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Married Caroline Foster, 1824. Joined the Latter-day Saints, 1831. Appointed to the Kirtland, Ohio high council in 1837. Living at Pittsfield, Pike County, Illinois in 1842. Resided at Provo, Utah County, Utah where he was a member of the first city council. [PJSv2]

REED or Read, Mr., hosted appointments in Weathersfield, Ohio, Dec. 1831 and Jan. 1832. His wife was a Roman Catholic. Census records list two Reed families. [McLellin]

REED or Read, Mrs., hosted McLellin in Dec. 1831 and Jan. 1832. A Roman Catholic. [McLellin]

Reid, Elizabeth Cumming. Married James H. Reid. Baptized by McLellin on Apr. 21, 1833, in Greene County, Illinois. Possibly went west in 1856 with a handcart. [McLellin, s.v. "Reed, Elizabeth"]

Reid, James H. (1816-86). Born on Jan. 12, 1816, in Scotland to John Reid and Mary Murray. Married Elizabeth Cumming. Baptized by McLellin on May 5, 1833, in Greene County, Illinois. Died on Jan. 12, 1886. [McLellin, s.v. "Reed, James H."]

Reed, John S. (c. 1785-?), farmer; born in Massachusetts. Visited Nauvoo, Illinois in 1844 and related his experience in defending Joseph Smith in 1830. Reed stated that he met the Prophet about 1823 when the young man first came to Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York at about the age of 18; that he "moved in the first circles of the community" until after he related his experience with the gold plates, and formed a church in the locality; whereupon, a bigoted element of the community united against him; made a false accusation and arraigned Joseph Smith before Justice of the Peace, Joseph Chamberlain. Reed was called to defend the prisoner, and the prosecution "ransacked the . . . county of Chenango for witnesses that would swear hard" to convict him, but nothing was found against his character. Immediately after he was discharged by the court, Joseph was served with another writ and tried at Colesville with the same result. Residing at Mexico, Oswego County, New York, in 1860.   In 1861, Amos Reed, son of John S., accompanied James D. Doty, President Lincoln’s appointee as superintendent of Indian affairs for Utah Territory, to serve as his clerk. This occasioned a letter from 77-year-old John S. Reed, living at Mexico, Oswego County, New York, to Brigham Young introducing his son, and again rehearsing his early legal defense of Joseph Smith at South Bainbridge, and Colesville, New York. [PJSv1]

Reed, Mother C., was baptized by McLellin on Dec. 14, 1831, in Weathersfield, Ohio. Several older women named Reed lived in the area. [McLellin]

Reeves, Mr. and Mrs., hosted an ill McLellin in Morgan County, Illinois, Aug. 6, 1831. Several Reeve families lived in the area. [McLellin]

Remick, Jacob G. (1798-c1860), lawyer; born in New Hampshire. Married Hannah Shaw. Iowa land sepculator, accused by Joseph Smith of swindling. Living in Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa in the 1840s, and at Galveston, Texas, 1850. Died at Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota. [PJSv2]

Renick, Widow, and her two sons hosted McLellin and Parley Pratt overnight and fed them dinner on Feb. 3, 1833. However, they would not allow them to talk religion. Located near Mount Ephraim, Missouri. Several Renick families in the area were headed by females. [McLellin]

Reynolds, Thomas (1796-1844), born in Bracken County, Kentucky. In his twenties moved to Illinois, where he successively held the offices of clerk of the House of Representatives, attorney-general, speaker of the House of Representatives, and chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court. Moved to Missouri in 1829 and settled at Fayette, Howard County. Represented Howard County in the General Assembly and became speaker of the house. Elected governor in 1840. Four years later he commited suicide. [PJSv2]

Rhodes, Eric (1798-1843), married Eunice Wright, 1819. Living in Fowler, Trumbull County, Ohio, 1820-1830. By 1840 in Hancock County, Illinois, where he died. [PJSv2]

Rhodes, Hugh (1800-?), farmer; born at Sackets Harbor, Jefferson County, New York. Residing in Stark County, Illinois in 1850; Davis County, Utah, 1856. [PJSv2]

Rich, Charles Coulson. Son of Joseph Rich and Nancy O’Neal. Born 21 August 1809 in Campbell County, Kentucky. Moved with parents into Indiana shortly after birth. Moved with family to Tazewell County, Illinois, 1829. Baptized 1 April 1832 by George M. Hinkle. Traveled to Kirtland, Ohio, to see Joseph Smith in summer of 1832. Left Pleasant Grove, Tazewell County, Illinois, 7 May 1832. En route to Kirtland ordained elder by Zebedee Coltrin and Solomon Wixom 16 May 1832. Arrived in Kirtland mid-June 1832. Preached by way and arrived home in Pleasant Grove, Illinois, 24 October 1832. Assisted in organizing branches of Church in Tazewell County area. Recognized as presiding leader of Church in Tazewell County 1832-36. Joined Zion’s Camp 29 May 1834. Traveled to Clay County, Missouri, May-June 1834. Left Clay County, Missouri, for Illinois 2 July 1834. Arrived in Pleasant Grove 16 July 1834. Short mission to Eugene, Indiana, October-November 1834. Mission to DuPage County, Illinois, April-June 1835. Mission with Solomon Wixom to western Illinois September-November 1835. Left for Kirtland 26 January 1836. Arrived 12 April 1836. Ordained high priest 12 April 1836. Received washings and anointings in Kirtland Temple and attended solemn assembly April 1836. Received blessing from Joseph Smith, Sr., 24 April 1836. Left for mission through Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois with William O. Clark in summer and fall of 1836. Arrived in Pleasant Grove 6 October 1836. Traveled to Caldwell County, Missouri, in fall of 1836 to purchase property. Left Pleasant Grove 20 October 1836. Arrived in Far West 1 November 1836. Laid claim to eighty acres of land in Caldwell County, Missouri, 12 November 1836. Returned to Pleasant Grove 7 December 1836. Moved to Caldwell County, Missouri, in spring of 1837. Appointed president of high priests quorum in Missouri 20 August 1837. Married Sarah DeArmon Pea 11 February 1838. Nine children: Sara Jane, Joseph Coulson, Artimesia, Charles Coulson, John Thomas, Elabeth, David Patten, Benjamin Erastus, and Fred Carmel. Located in Far West shortly after marriage. Participated in Battle of Crooked River 25 October 1839. Fled Missouri November 1838. Located temporarily in Quincy, Illinois, 1839. Moved to Nauvoo in fall of 1839. Appointed member of Nauvoo high council 6 October 1839. Elected member of Nauvoo City Council 1 February 1841. Member of Nauvoo Legion 4 February 1841. Elected regent for University of Nauvoo 4 February 1841. Elected school warden for common schools of the Nauvoo Second Ward 1 March 1841. Appointed member of Nauvoo State presidency 30 March 1841. Elected brigadier-general of Nauvoo Legion 4 September 1841. Received patriarchal blessing 10 January 1842. Initiated into Masonry 17 March 1842. Mission September-December 1842. Location unknown. Mission to Ottawa, Illinois, April-June 1843. Mission to DeKalb and LaSalle counties, Illinois, July 1843 to ‘"disabuse the public mind" with respect to Prophet’s Dixon arrest. Member of Council of Fifty entered before 18 April 1844. Appointed to take command of Nauvoo Legion 29 April 1844 after suspension of Wilson Law. Mission to Michigan May 1844 to campaign for Joseph Smith as President of United States. Returned to Nauvoo 28 July 1844. Commissioned major general of Nauvoo Legion by Governor Thomas Ford about 25 August 1844. Sealed to Eliza Ann Graves 2 January 1845 (Nauvoo Temple sealing 15 January 1846). Three children: Mary B., Eliza Ann, and Frances Phebe. Sealed to Mary Phelps 6 January 1845 (Nauvoo Temple sealing 15 January 1846). Ten children: Laura Esphina, Mary Ann, William Lyman, Morris Marion, Minerva Marion, Amasa Mason, Paulina Phelps, Ezra Clark, Edward Israel, and Jacob. Sealed to Sarah Jane Peck 9 January 1845 (Nauvoo Temple sealing 15 January 1846). Eleven children: Hyrum Smith, Henrietta, Orson Stock, Orissa Elizabeth, Samantha, Henry Benjamin, Lorenzo Ether, Phoebe Jane, Julie Ann, Wilford Woodruff, and Walter Peck. Received endowment 12 December 1845. Sealed to Emeline Graves 3 February 1846 in Nauvoo Temple. Eight children: Thomas Graves, Caroline Whiting, Nancy Emeline, Landon Jedediah, Samuel Joseph, Heber Charles Chase, Joel Hezekiah, and George Quayle. Left Nauvoo for West 11 February 1846. Arrived in Garden Grove, Iowa, 25 April 1846. Arrived in Mt. Pisgah, Iowa, 26 May 1846. Appointed counselor to William Huntington 22 May 1846 to preside over church in Mt. Pisgah. After Huntington’s death 19 August 1846, Rich assumed presidency at Mt. Pisgah. Arrived in Winter Quarters March 1847. Married Harriet Sargent 28 March 1847 at Winter Quarters. Ten children: Franklin David, Adelbert Coulson, Tunis Harriet, Abel George, Martha Caroline, Harley Thomas, Luna Rosette, Morgan Jesse, Alvin Orlando, and Druscilla Sarah. In all, fifty-one children. Left for Salt Lake Valley 14 June 1847. Arrived in Salt Lake Valley 2 October 1847. Appointed counselor in Salt Lake Stake 3 October 1847. Ordained apostle 12 February 1849. Mission to California October 1849-November 1850. Led company of Saints to San Bernardino, California, 6 March 1851. Returned to Salt Lake City June 1857. Mission to England in 1860. Left Salt Lake City 1 May 1860. Arrived in Liverpool 27 July 1860. Returned to Salt Lake Valley in fall of 1862. Appointed to explore and settle Bear Lake Valley 14 September 1863. Located family in Paris June 1864. Died Paris, Bear Lake County, Idaho, 17 November 1883. [Cook]

Rich, Leonard (1800-1856), farmer; born in New York. Residing at Warsaw, Genesee County, New York, in 1830. One of the presidents of the seventies, 1835-37. Participant in the march of Zion’s Camp to Missouri, 1834. Left the Church and was living in Kirtland, Ohio after 1845. Wife’s name, Keziah. Died at Kirtland. [PJSv1]

Rich, Leonard (1800-1856), farmer; born in New York. Residing at Warsaw, Genesee County, New York, in 1830. One of the presidents of the seventy, 1835-37. Participant in the march of Zion’s Camp to Missouri, 1834. Left the Church and was living in Kirtland, Ohio after 1845. Wife’s name, Keziah. Died at Kirtland. [PJSv2]

Richards, G., hosted an appointment in Greene County, Illinois, Apr. 1833. [McLellin]

Richards, Levi (1799-1876), teacher, mechanic, physician; born at Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Brother of Willard Richards. Musician in the Massachusetts militia in 1817. Converted to Mormonism in 1836. Migrated to Missouri. Missionary in England, 1840-43, 1848-53. Appointed to the Nauvoo city council, and surgeon-general of the Nauvoo Legion. Personal physician to Joseph Smith. Married Sarah Griffith, 1843. In 1853 settled in Salt Lake City, where he died. Was ordained a patriarch, 1873. [PJSv2]

Richards, Miriam Stowell. See Stowell, Miriam

Richards, Mr. and Mrs., spent time talking with McLellin and Samuel Smith in Garrettsville, Ohio, Nov. 18, 1831. Censuses list two Richards households. [McLellin]

Richards, Phineas (1788-1874), born at Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Brother of Willard Richards. Married Wealthy Dewey, 1818. Appointed county coroner, 1825. Converted to Mormonism in 1837 at Kirtland, Ohio. Served on Church high councils in Kirtland, Nauvoo, Winter Quarters, and Salt Lake City. Appointed to the Nauvoo city council, and served as an officer in the Legion. Migrated to Utah in 1848. Member of the territorial legislature, and chaplain of the house. Died at Salt Lake City. [PJSv2]

Richards, Willard (1804-1854), medical doctor; born at Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Converted to Mormonism in 1836. Missionary to England, 1837-41. Married Jennetta Richards in England in 1838. Ordained to the Quorum of Twelve, 1840. Elected to the Nauvoo city council, 184l. Served as temple recorder, recorder of the city council, clerk of the municipal court, church historian, and private secretary to Joseph Smith. He was with Joseph and Hyrum Smith when they were killed in the jail at Carthage, Illinois, 1844. Accompanied the Mormon pioneers to Utah in 1847. Appointed second counselor to Brigham Young in the Church presidency, 1847. Secretary of Utah territory, postmaster of Salt Lake City, and editor of the Deseret News. Died in Salt Lake City. [PJSv2]

Richards, Willard. Son of Joseph Richards and Rhoda Howe. Born 24 June 1804 at Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Practiced medicine in Massachusetts before 1835. Learned of Book of Mormon 1835. Traveled to Kirtland, Ohio, October 1836. Baptized by cousin Brigham Young 31 December 1836. Ordained elder by Alva Beman 6 March 1837. Short mission to eastern states 11 March-11 June 1837. Appointed to take mission to England June 1837. Left Kirtland 13 June 1837. Arrived in England 20 July 1837. Ordained high priest in Preston, England, 1 April 1838. Counselor to Joseph Fielding in presiding over Church in England 1838-40. Married Jennetta Richards (born 1817) 24 September 1838. Three children: Heber John, Heber John, and Rhoda Ann. Ordained apostle in Preston, England, by Brigham Young 14 April 1840. Moved from Preston to Manchester February 1841. Left England for Illinois April 1841. Arrived in Nauvoo 16 August 1841. Located in Warsaw, Illinois, 1841. Elected member of Nauvoo City Council 30 October 1841. Moved to Nauvoo December 1841. Appointed temple recorder and private secretary to Joseph Smith 13 December 1841. Initiated into Masonry 7 April 1842. Received endowment 4 May 1842. Mission to New England 1842. Left Nauvoo 1 July 1842. Returned with family 29 November 1842. Appointed General Church Recorder 30 July 1843. Member of Council of Fifty 11 March 1844. Present at maryrdom of Prophet 27 June 1844. Sealed to Jennetta Richards 22 January 1846. Sealed to Amelia Elizabeth Pierson (born 1825 in Massachusetts) 22 January 1846. Sealed to Sarah Longstroth (born 1826 in England) 22 January 1846. Four children: Willard Brigham, Joseph Smith, Sarah Ellen, and Paulina. Sealed to Nancy Longstroth (born 1828 in England) 24 January 1846. Three children: Alice Arm, Mary Asenath, and Stephen Longstroth. Sealed to Mary Thompson (born 1827 in England) 27 January 1846. Two children: Phebe Amelia and Jennetta. Sealed to Jane Hall (born 1826 in England) 6 February 1846. Sealed to Ann Reed (born 1794 in England) 6 February 1846. Married Susan Bayliss about 1847. One child: Mary Ann. Entered Salt Lake Valley July 1847. Sustained as counselor to Brigham Young in First Presidency 27 December 1847. Married Rhoda Harriet Foss 21 November 1851. One child: Calvin Willard. Died 11 March 1854, in Salt Lake City, Utah. [Cook]

Rider, Ezekiel (179?-?), living in Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio in 1840. Mormon church member in Kirtland, Ohio. [PJSv2]

Rigdon, Elizabeth (1823-1845), born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Daughter of Sidney Rigdon. Moved with family to Ohio, Missouri, Illinois prior to her death at Pittsburgh. [PJSv2]

Rigdon, Nancy (1822-1887), born at Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Living with her family in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. Married Robert Ellis, 1846. Died in Pittsburgh. [PJSv2]

Rigdon, Phoebe Brook, traveled with McLellin and Sidney Rigdon in Jan. 1832. Married Sidney Rigdon. [McLellin]

Rigdon, Sidney (1793-1876), tanner, farmer; Campbellite minister. Born at St. Clair, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania. Married Phoebe Brook, 1820. Converted by Mormon missionaries at Mentor, Ohio in November 1830. Scribe for Joseph Smith. Accompanied the Prophet to Upper Canada on proselyting mission and helped keep his diary during the trip, 1833. Counselor in Church presidency, 1833-44. With Joseph Smith in jail at Liberty, Clay County, Missouri, 1838-39. Accompanied Joseph to Washington, D.C. to seek redress of Missouri grievances, 1839. Member of Nauvoo city council; postmaster of Nauvoo. Claimed right to lead the Church after death of the Prophet; excommunicated, 1844. Moved to Pittsburgh, where he became the leader of a schismatic group opposed to the pratice of plural marriage, 1844. Moved to Antrim, Franklin County, Pennsylvania in 1845, and in 1847, to Friendship, Allegany County, New York, where he died. [PJSv2]

Rigdon, Sidney (1793-1876), tanner; Campbellite minister. Born at St. Clair, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania. Married Phoebe Brook, 1820. Converted by Mormon missionaries at Mentor, Ohio in November 1830. Scribe for Joseph Smith. Accompanied the Prophet to Upper Canada on proselyting mission and helped keep his diary during the trip, 1833. Counselor in Church presidency, 1833-44. With Joseph in jail at Liberty, Clay County, Missouri, 1838-39. Among those who went to Washington, D.C., to seek redress of Missouri grievances, 1839. Member of Nauvoo city council; postmaster of Nauvoo. Claimed right to lead the Church after death of the Prophet; excommunicated, 1844. Died at Friendship, New York. [PJSv1]

Rigdon, Sidney (1793-1876), was born on Feb. 19, 1793, in Pennsylvania to William and Nancy Rigdon. Married Phoebe Brook on June 12, 1820, and they had eleven children. Joined Alexander Campbell and others in founding the Disciples of Christ or Campbellite faith. Taught by Parley Pratt, Oliver Cowdery, and others in 1830 and was baptized in Nov. of that same year. In Dec. he traveled with Edward Partridge to see Joseph Smith and became the Prophet’s scribe for the inspired translation of the Bible Was ordained one of the Presidency of the High Priesthood in Mar. 1832. Traveled with McLellin in Jan. 1832. Was set apart as first counselor to Joseph Smith in Mar. 1833. Served a mission to Ontario, Canada that same year. Trustee of the Kirtland school. Helped arrange the Doctrine and Covenants in 1835. Among those church leaders betrayed by George M. Hinkle in 1838. Helped found Nauvoo and served on its city council. Took the Saints’ Missouri grievances to Washington, D.C. Joined the Masonic order. Became Joseph Smith’s running mate in the 1844 U.S. presidential race. Claimed guardianship of the Church upon Joseph’s death and was subsequently excommunicated. Organized his own church and later published a paper in the Pittsburgh area. Died in Friendship, New York, in 1876. [McLellin]

Rigdon, Sidney S. Son of William Rigdon and Nancy Gallaher. Born 19 February 1793 at St. Clair Township, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania. Remained on father’s farm in Pennsylvania until about 1819. Joined Regular Baptists and received license to preach in March 1819. Moved to Warren, Trumball County, Ohio, May 1819. Married Phoebe Brook 12 June 1820. Eleven children: Athalia, Nancy, Sarah, Eliza, Sidney Algernon, John W., Lucy, Phoebe, Hortencia, Ephraim, and Samuel Carver. Baptists of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, selected Rigdon as minister 1822. In August 1824 informed congregation he no longer upheld doctrines they endorsed. Labored as tanner two years, 1824-26. Invited to become minister of Regular Baptist church in Bainbridge, Geauga County, Ohio, 1826. Accepted call to be leader of Regular Baptist Church in Mentor, Geauga County, Ohio, 1827. Formally departed Baptist fold at Mentor. Like Walter Scott, Alexander Campbell, and Adamson Bently, believed remission of sins and reception of Holy Ghost followed baptism by immersion. Fellowship withdrawn September 1828 for embracing "novel notions." Joined Campbell and others in founding new denomination, "The Disciples of Christ," about 1830. Received gospel from Parley P. Pratt, Oliver Cowdery, Ziba Peterson, and Peter Whitmer, Jr., November 1830. Baptized 14 November 1830, in Mentor, Ohio. Traveled to Fayette, New York, December 1830 to see Joseph Smith. Served as Prophet’s scribe during major part of inspired translation of Bible. Returned to Ohio February 1831. Ordained high priest 3 June 1831. Accompanied Prophet to Independence, Missouri, June-August 1831. Dedicated land of Zion for gathering of Saints 2 August 1831. Ordained one of Presidency of High Priesthood 8 March 1832. Member of United and Literary firms. Traveled with Joseph Smith and others to Jackson County, Missouri, April 1832 to regulate Church affairs. Returned to Kirtland, Ohio, 26 May 1832. Relinquished position in High Priesthood in summer of 1832 after preaching that kingdom had been taken from Saints. Restored to former office. On 18 March 1833 appointed counselor to Joseph Smith in Presidency of High Priesthood. Traveled with Joseph Smith to Upper Canada in fall of 1833. Appointed spokesman for Joseph Smith by revelation 12 October 1833. Participated in dedication of Kirtland Temple 1836. Traveled to Massachusetts with Prophet and others in summer of 1836 on Church business. Charter member of, and owned stock in, Kirtland Safety Society 1837. Traveled to Far West, Missouri, in fall of 1837 to regulate Church affairs. Moved to Far West, Missouri, 1838, arriving 4 April 1838. Arrested 31 October 1838 for treason. Incarcerated in Liberty Jail November 1838 to February 1839. No conviction. Assisted in founding Nauvoo, Illinois, 1839. Accompanied Joseph Smith and others to Washington, D.C., 1839-40 to present Saints’ grievances to Congress. Member of Nauvoo city council. Postmaster of Nauvoo. Entered Masonic order 15 March 1842. Cut off from Church 13 August 1843 for plotting with apostates to have Prophet arrested and taken to Missouri. Subsequently reinstated. In October 1843 Joseph Smith requested Rigdon be dropped from the First Presidency, but Rigdon upheld by Church membership. Chosen as Prophet’s running mate as vice-presidential candidate for United States after James Arlington Bennet and Solomon Copeland had declined offer. Member of Council of Fifty 19 March 1844. Received endowment 11 May 1844. Left Nauvoo 18 June 1844 for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; arrived 27 June 1844. Returned to Nauvoo 3 August 1844. Claimed right as guardian of Church 8 August 1844. Excommunicated and delivered over to buffetings of Satan 8 September 1844; left Nauvoo for Pittsburgh. Organized church by April 1845. Published newspaper at Pittsburgh. Moved to Franklin County, Pennsylvania in May 1846. Located in Cuba, Alleghany County, New York, by 1850. Subsequently settled in Friendship, New York; died there 14 July 1876. [Cook]

Riggs, Burr. Born 17 April 1811 at New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. Baptized and ordained elder before June 1831. Ordained high priest 25 October 1831. Appointed by revelation to preach gospel with Major Ashley in "south country" 25 January 1832. Excommunicated 26 February 1833 for not magnifying high calling. Rebaptized by 1834. Member of Zion’s Camp 1834. Married Lovina Williams (daughter of Frederick G. Williams) 19 November 1834. Three known children: George Washington, Adeline, and Lucy. Physician by profession. Moved to Clay County, Missouri, 1836. Located in Far West, Missouri, by 1837; there owned city lot as well as large acreage in Caldwell County. Became disaffected from Church 1838. Moved to Quincy, Illinois, 1839. Excommunicated 17 March 1839 for apostasy. Wife, Lovina Williams, died in Quincy, Illinois, November 1846 or 1847. Residing in Quincy 1850. Married Eunice Stone (born 1825 in Pennsylvania) 8 March 1851, in Adams County, Illinois. Died 8 June 1860. [Cook]

Ripley, Alanson (1798-?), surveyor. Born in New York. Participated in the march of Zion’s Camp in 1834. Surveyed Adam-ondi-Ahman, Daviess County, Missouri. One of the committee for removing the poor from Missouri in 1839. Bishop in Iowa, 1839-41. Appointed Nauvoo city surveyor, 1841. Living in Pike County, Illinois, 1850. [PJSv2]

Robbins, Lewis (1811-1864), blacksmith; born at Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Converted to Mormonism in New York in 1832. Member of Zion’s Camp, 1834. Married Francis Smith, 1837. One of the presidents of the second quorum of Seventy. Missionary in England, 1849-52. Migrated to Utah in 1852. Called to help colonize southern Utah, 1861. Crushed by a rock while helping build the St. George meeting house. [PJSv2]

Roberts was the Campbellite priest who tried to challenge McLellin in Crittenden, Kentucky, June 1, 1836. Many Robertses are listed in the area. [McLellin]

Roberts, Major, was the sheriff of Calhoun County, Illinois, who advertised an appointment for McLellin and Parley Pratt in Gilead, Illinois, Mar. 11, 1833. Possibly Levi or David Roberts. [McLellin]

Roberts, Widow, She professed to believe but was not baptized. Was taught by McLellin in Goshen, Ohio, May 11, 1836. [McLellin]

Robinson, Angeline (1814-1880), school teacher; born at Aurelius, Cayuga County, New York. Wife of Ebenezer Robinson. Converted to Mormonism in Kirtland, Ohio, 1835. Died near Pleasanton, Decatur County, Iowa. [PJSv2]

Robinson, Angeline Eliza Works. See Works, Angeline Eliza

Robinson, Ebenezer (1816-1891), printer. Born at Floyd, Oneida County, New York. Learned printing trade in Utica, New York, and Ravenna, Ohio. Came to Kirtland, Ohio in May 1835 and began work in the printing office. Church clerk and recorder, and clerk of the Missouri high council, 1838. Publisher and co-editor of the Times and Seasons, 1839-40. Left Nauvoo and affiliated with Sidney Rigdon in the east for a time after the death of Joseph Smith. Moved to Iowa and joined the Reorganized Church, 1863. Became a follower of David Whitmer in 1888. Published The Return, a publication of Whitmer’s Church of Christ, 1889-1891. [PJSv1]

Robinson, Ebenezer (1816-1891), printer. Born at Floyd, Oneida County, New York. Learned printing trade in Utica, New York, and Ravenna, Ohio. Came to Kirtland, Ohio in May 1835 and began work in the printing office. Church clerk and recorder, and clerk of the Missouri high council, 1838. Publisher, associate editor, and editor of the Times and Seasons, 1839-42. Hancock County justice of the peace, 1842. Left Nauvoo and affiliated with Sidney Rigdon in the east for a time after the death of Joseph Smith. Moved to Iowa and joined the Reorganized Church, 1863. Became a follower of David Whitmer in 1888. Published The Return, a publication of Whitmer’s Church of Christ, 1889-91. [PJSv2]

Robinson, George W. (1814-1878), merchant, clothier, miller, banker. Born at Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont. Married Athalia Rigdon, oldest daughter of Sidney Rigdon, 1837. In September 1837 elected general Church recorder to replace Oliver Cowdery. Sustained as general Church recorder and clerk to the First Presidency at Far West, Missouri in April 1838. Imprisoned with Joseph Smith and other Church leaders Missouri, 1838. First postmaster at Commerce, later Nauvoo, Illinois, 1839. Helped establish the Nauvoo Agricultural and Manufacturing Association, 1841. Left the Church, 1842. Moved to Friendship, Allegany County, New York, 1847. Founded First National Bank there, 1864. Died at Friendship. [PJSv2]

Robinson, George W. (1814-1878), merchant, miller, banker. Born at Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont. Married Athalia Rigdon, oldest daughter of Sidney Rigdon, 1837. In September 1837 elected general Church recorder to replace Oliver Cowdery. Sustained as general Church recorder and clerk to the First Presidency at Far West, Missouri in April 1838. Imprisoned with Joseph Smith and other Church leaders at Liberty, Missouri, 1838. First postmaster at Commerce, later Nauvoo, Illinois, 1839. Helped establish the Nauvoo Agricultural and Manufacturing Association, 1841. Left the Church, 1842. Moved to Friendship, Allegany County, New York, 1847. Founded First National Bank there, 1864. Died at Friendship. [PJSv1]

Robison, Chauncey (1805-1891), farmer, accountant, clerk; born in Oneida County, New York. Moved to Hancock County, Illinois with his parents, 1829. One of the early settlers of Carthage. Land office registrar at Quincy, Adams County. Clerk in a dry-goods store at Carthage, 1837-39. Postmaster; county recorder, 1839-47. Married Hannah Hughes, 1841. Secretary of the Hancock masonic lodge, 1843. Probate judge, master in chancery, school commissioner. Driven from Carthage by a mob, 1845. Resided at Nauvoo, 1847-50 and was mayor of the town, 1849-50. Owned a farm at Appanoose, Hancock County, 1850. Later moved to Iowa and Kansas. Died at Topeka, Kansas. [PJSv2]

Robley, Henry, hosted McLellin and Parley Pratt in Apple Creek Prairie, Illinois, in Mar. and Apr. 1833. Married Caroline Griswould of Carlinville, Illinois. Census records list a Henry Robley in the area. Possibly also Harry A. Robley, who was born around 1814 to Captain Richard Robley and Desire Griswould. [McLellin]

Rockwell, Caroline (1812-1887), sister of Orrin P. Rockwell; born at Belchertown, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Married Horton Smith, a farmer living in Hambden, Geauga County, Ohio, 1834. Died at Hambden. [PJSv1]

Rockwell, Electa (1814-1900), sister of Orrin P. Rockwell; born at Belchertown, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Married Samuel M. Ousley, a native of Kentucky, farming in Clay County, Missouri, 1837. Resided in Andrew County, Missouri, 1839-52. Crossed plains to California in 1852; settled the following year at Gilroy, Santa Clara County. When her husband was killed in 1855, Electa continued to improve the 630 acre farm and raise her nine children until death. [PJSv1]

Rockwell, Orrin Porter (1813-1878), scout, pioneer, frontiersman, lawman, rancher. Born at Belchertown, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Porter was four years old when the family moved to Manchester, New York, where he befriended Joseph Smith. Among the first converts to Mormonism. Went to Missouri in 1831 and experienced the difficulties there. Married Luana Beebe, 1832. Assisted in Mormon exodus from Missouri, 1839. Accompanied Joseph Smith to Washington, D.C. to seek redress for Missouri wrongs, 1839-40. Accused, imprisoned, and later acquitted in the 1842 assassination attempt of former Missouri Governor, Lilburn Boggs. Scout and hunter for the Mormon pioneers crossing the plains, 1846-47. Deputy marshal in Utah, 1849-78. Died at Salt Lake City. [PJSv2]

Rockwell, Orrin Porter (1813-1878), scout, pioneer, frontiersman, lawman, rancher. Born at Belchertown, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Porter was four years old when the family moved to Manchester, New York, where he befriended Joseph Smith. Among the first converts to Mormonism. Went to Missouri in 1831 and experienced the difficulties there. Married Luana Beebe, 1832. Assisted in Mormon exodus from Missouri, 1839. Member of the Mormon party who went to Washington D.C., to seek redress for Missouri wrongs, 1839-40. Accused, imprisoned, and later acquitted in the 1842 assassination attempt of former Missouri Governor, Lilburn Boggs. Scout and hunter for the Mormon pioneers crossing the plains, 1846-47. Deputy marshal in Utah, 1849-78. Died at Salt Lake City. [PJSv1]

Rockwood, Albert Perry (1805-1879), born at Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Converted to Mormonism in 1837. Located with the saints in Missouri and Nauvoo. Officer in the Nauvoo Legion. Member of the First Council of Seventy, 1845-79. Arrived in Salt Lake Valley with Mormon pioneers, 1847. In Utah he was warden of the state penitentiary, a member of the territorial legislature, and a director of the Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Society. Died at Salt Lake City. [PJSv2]

ROGERS hosted McLellin on Aug. 12, 1831, 43 mi. west of Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri. Several Rodgerses and Rogerses are listed in the area. [McLellin]

ROGERS was possibly Isaac Rogers who was born on Apr. 29, 1794. Married Susan Milles. Other Rogerses are listed in the area. In 1833, let McLellin use his horse between Carrollton, Illinois, and Vandalia, Illinois. Died on Apr. 30, 1861. [McLellin]

ROGERS, A., hosted a meeting in his wagon shop on Apr. 21 [actually Apr. 20], 1836 in Wellsville, Ohio. Possibly Alex Rogers. [McLellin]

Rogers, David White (1787-1881), fur trapper, chair- and cabinetmaker, farmer, lumberman; born at Morristown, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. The family lived in Montreal, Canada, and Chautauqua County, New York before moving to New York City in 1830. Converted to Mormonism in 1837. Assisted in the location of the Latter-day Saints at Nauvoo. Resided in Montrose, Iowa. Arrived in Utah in 1852. By 1857 living in Provo, Utah County, where he operated a sawmill. Elected one of the directors of the Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Society in 1870. Died at Provo. [PJSv2]

Rogers, Jacob S. (1814-1914), farmer; born in Kentucky. Residing in Daviess County, Missouri by 1831. Married Elizabeth Scott, 1834. Settled on the lower Grand River, and operated a ferry at the mouth of Honey Creek. Died in Daviess County. [PJSv2]

Rolfe, Samuel Jones (1794-1867), joiner, carpenter. Born at Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Married Elizabeth Hathaway, 1818. Residing in Rumford, Oxford County, Maine when converted. Moved to Kirtland, Ohio, 1835. Worked on Kirtland and Nauvoo temples. Appointed president of priests quorum in Nauvoo, 1841. Bishop at Winter Quarters, Nebraska, 1846-47. Arrived in Salt Lake Valley, 1847. Settled in San Bernardino, California, 1851; county treasurer, counselor in stake presidency. [PJSv1]

Rolfe, Samuel Jones (1794-1867), joiner, carpenter. Born at Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Married Elizabeth Hathaway, 1818. Residing in Rumford, Oxford County, Maine when converted. Moved to Kirtland, Ohio, 1835. Worked on Kirtland and Nauvoo temples. Appointed president of priests quorum in Nauvoo, 1841. Bishop at Winter Quarters, Nebraska, 1846-47. Arrived in Salt Lake Valley, 1847. Settled in San Bernardino, California, 1851; county treasurer, counselor in stake presidency. [PJSv2]

Rolfe, Samuel Jones. Son of Benjamin and Mary Rolfe. Born 26 August 1794 in Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Married Elizabeth Hathaway (born 1801 in Massachusetts). Eleven known children: Gilbert, Benjamin, Tallman, Ianthus, Wealthy, Lydia, Horace, Samuel, William, Mary Ann, and David. Resided in Maine 1810-30, there joined Church. Moved to Kirtland, Ohio, by 1835. An excellent joiner, worked on Kirtland and Nauvoo temples. Received blessing 8 March 1835 for working on Kirtland Temple. Received patriarchal blessing 19 March 1835. Located in Caldwell County, Missouri; there owned property 1836. Moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, about 1839. Appointed by revelation to preside over priests quorum 19 January 1841; confirmed in position 21 March 1841. Counselors were Elisha Everett and Hezekiah Peck. Ordained high priest 12 November 1845. Received endowment in Nauvoo Temple 12 December 1845. Left Nauvoo with Saints 1846. Served as bishop in Winter Quarters. Arrived in Salt Lake City 24 September 1847. Traveled to San Bernardino, California, 1851 with Charles C. Rich and Amasa Lyman. Appointed counselor in stake presidency in Sycamore Grove, California, in summer of 1851. Died 1864. [Cook]

Romney, Marion George. Son of George Samuel Romney and Teressa Artemesia Redd. Born 19 September 1897 at Colonia Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Baptized 30 September 1905. Received endowment 17 November 1920. Mission to Australia 1920-23. Temple marriage to Ida Olivia Jensen 12 September 1924. Children: male child, Richard, Janet Ida, and George. Ordained high priest 20 April 1935. Assistant to Quorum of Twelve Apostles 1941-51. Ordained apostle 11 October 1951. Second counselor to Harold B. Lee in First Presidency 7 July 1972-26 December1973. Second Counselor to Spencer W. Kimball in First Presidency 30 December 1973. [Cook]

Rood hosted Orson Hyde in Laona, New York, May 14, 1835. Possibly Joseph Rood, although other Rood and Rudd families lived in the area. [McLellin]

Root was a Baptist minister who preached against McLellin in Crittenden, Grant County, Kentucky, May and June 1836. [McLellin]

Root, Henry (1813-1895), banker; born at Clinton, Ontario, Canada. Moved to Missouri about 1837. Through his influence Mormons bought land at DeWitt, Carroll County, Missouri. Left DeWitt with them when they were driven out. Settled at Quincy, Adams County, Illinois. Married Sarah Ann Miller, 1844. Sutler with the American army during the Mexican war. Furnished horses to the government during the Civil War. Prominent banker in Quincy when he died. [PJSv2]

Rooter, Dr., was a Methodist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, whom McLellin heard on Apr. 17, 1836, in Wellsville, Ohio. Censuses list a Ruter and a Rutter. [McLellin]

Rose, Andrew (1782-1850), born at Morris Plains, Morris County, New Jersey. Living in Canada between 1815 and 1825. Died at South Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, while crossing the plains to Utah. [PJSv2]

Rose, Joseph (1792-?), born in Orange County, New York. Member of the 2nd quorum of seventy at Kirtland, Ohio. Proselyting in Missouri, Indiana, and Illinois, 1836-37; and Ohio, 1844. A Joseph Rose living at Union, Fulton County, Illinois in 1850 could be this man, since he visited Joseph Smith in 1836 with a minister friend from that place. [PJSv2]

Rose, Joseph (1792-?), born in Orange County, New York. Member of the Second Quorum of Seventy at Kirtland, Ohio. Proselyting in Missouri, Indiana, and Illinois, 1836-37; and Ohio, 1844. No evidence that he followed the Church after Nauvoo. A Joseph Rose living at Union, Fulton County, Illinois in 1850 could be this man. [PJSv1]

Roundy, Joanna Carter. See Carter, Joanna

Roundy, Shadrach (1788-1872), was born at Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont. Married Betsy Quimby, 1814. Family records show him in Spafford, Onondaga County, New York, between 1815 and 1831, and in Willoughby, Ohio, between 1834 and 1838. Converted to Mormonism, 1831. Member of Nauvoo, Illinois bishopric, and Legion, 1841; policeman, 1843. Bodyguard to Joseph Smith. Arrived in Salt Lake Valley, 1847. Member of Salt Lake high council, 1847-48. Bishop of the Salt Lake City 16th Ward, 1849-56. Died at Salt Lake City. [PJSv1]

Roundy, Shadrach (1788-1872), was born at Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont. Married Betsy Quimby, 1814. Family records show him in Spafford, Onondaga County, New York, between 1815 and 1831, and in Willoughby, Ohio, between 1834 and 1838. Converted to Mormonism, 1831. Member of Nauvoo, Illinois bishopric, and Nauvoo Legion, 1841; policeman, 1843. A bodyguard to Joseph Smith. Arrived in Salt Lake Valley, 1847. Member of Salt Lake high council, 1847-48. Bishop of the Salt Lake City 16th Ward, 1849-56. Died at Salt Lake City. [PJSv2]

Roundy, Shadrack. Son of Uriah Roundy and Lucretia Needham. Born 1 January 1788 in Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont. Married Betsy Quimby (born 1795 in Vermont) 22 June 1814. Ten children: Lauren Hotchkiss, Julia Rebecca, Lorenzo Wesley, Lauretta, Samantha, Jared Curtis, Almeda Sophia, William Felshaw, Nancy Jane, and Malinda. Moved to Onondaga County, New York, by 1815. Baptized 23 January 1831. Ordained elder 16 May 1832 by Orson Hyde and Samuel H. Smith. Moved to Kirtland by 1834. Worked on Kirtland Temple. Received blessing for working on Kirtland Temple 7 March 1835. Ordained seventy in Kirtland about March 1836. Moved to Far West, Missouri, by 1838. Present in Far West 26 April 1839, when members of Twelve Apostles left for missions to England. Expelled from Missouri 1839. Located temporarily in Warsaw, Illinois, 1839. Moved to Nauvoo about 1840. Appointed by revelation to assume bishopric under leadership of Vinson Knight 19 January 1841. Member of Nauvoo Legion 4 February 1841. Ordained high priest by 1842. Temporary member of Nauvoo high council 1842. Initiated into Masonry 1842. Nauvoo policeman 29 December 1843. Member of Nauvoo Mercantile and Mechanical Association 13 January 1845. Appointed by Brigham Young to organize company of one hundred to locate in California October 1845. Plan did not materialize. Bodyguard to Joseph Smith. Member of Council of Fifty. Received endowment 25 December 1845. Left Nauvoo for West 1846. Arrived in Salt Lake Valley July 1847. Member of Salt Lake high council 1847-48. Assisted in bringing poor emigrants from Midwest to Salt Lake Valley. Bishop of Salt Lake Sixteenth Ward 14 April 1849-56. Died in Salt Lake City, Utah, 4 July 1872. [Cook]

Roundy, Shadrick or Shadrach (1788-1872), was born on Jan. 1, 1788, in Rockingham, Vermont, to Uriah Roundy and Lucretia Needham. Married Betsy Quimby on June 22, 1814, and they had ten children. Baptized by McLellin on Jan. 30, 1832. Was ordained an elder by Orson Hyde and Samuel H. Smith on May 16, 1832. Was ordained a seventy and a high priest in Kirtland. Served as Joseph Smith’s bodyguard, as a member of the Nauvoo Legion, and as captain of the Nauvoo police force. Initiated into Masonry in 1842. Moved west in 1847. Assisted in bringing poor migrants from the Midwest to the Salt Lake Valley. Died in July 1872 in Salt Lake City. [McLellin]

Rudd, John (1779-?), born in Bennington, Vermont. Married Rosanna Jackson. Family members were among the pioneer settlers of Springfield, Erie County, Pennsylvania. John Rudd, Sr. (1748-1830) came to Springfield in 1805 from Otsego County, New York and settled on 350 acres of lake front land. John, Jr. had preceded his father and others of the family to Springfield in 1802 and established a distillery. John, Sr. died in 1830. Three years later some of the family joined the Latter-day Saints. Joseph Smith stayed at the Rudd home traveling to and from the East in 1833. In 1836 the mother, Chloe Hill Rudd, died at Independence, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. At a conference held in Kirtland, Ohio in August 1834 to investigate charges of misconduct against Joseph Smith during the march of Zion’s Camp, John, Jr. signed his name exonerating the Prophet’s actions. Beyond this, there appears to be no further reference to him in Church annals. [PJSv2]

Rudd, John (1779-?), was born in Bennington, Vermont. Family members were among the pioneer settlers of Springfield, Erie County, Pennsylvania. John Rudd, Sr. (1748-1830) came to Springfield in 1805 from Otsego County, New York and settled on 350 acres of lake front land. John Jr. had preceded his father and others of the family to Springfield in 1802 and established a distillery. After John Sr.’s death, some of the family joined the Latter-day Saints. Joseph Smith stayed at the Rudd home traveling to and from the East in 1833. In 1836 the mother, Chloe Hill Rudd, died at Independence, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. At a conference held in Kirtland, Ohio in August 1834 to investigate charges of misconduct against Joseph Smith during the march of Zion’s Camp, John, Jr. signed his name exonerating the Prophet’s actions. Beyond this, there appears to be no further reference to him in Church annals. [PJSv1]

Runkle was a tavern keeper who hosted an appointment for McLellin and Parley Pratt in Clarksville, Missouri, Mar. 8, 1833. [McLellin]

Russell, John (1793-1865), was born on July 31, 1793, to John Russell and Lucretia Preston. Became a reputable writer. Married Laura Ann Spencer on Oct. 25, 1818. One of the earliest settlers of Greene County. Became the postmaster and as such gave Bluffdale its name. Was a farmer, educator, writer, and preacher of the Bluffdale Baptist church organized in 1832. Obtained a Baptist preacher license on Feb. 6, 1833 in Bluffdale, but remained unordained. Hosted McLellin and Parley Pratt near Carrollton, Illinois, in Mar. and May 1833. Several years later, he sheltered Sidney Rigdon and Parley P. Pratt when they escaped from Missouri. Pratt said that Russell was a "very learned and influential man." When the first public school opened in fall 1851, he was the professor in charge. He had a long career as a writer for periodicals. Was the editor of the newspaper, the Back Woodsman, begun in 1837. One of his short stories, "The Mormoness; or Trials of Mary Maverick, a Narrative of Real Events," was based on the experiences of Levi Merrick, who was baptized by McLellin in Carrolton on Apr. 30, 1833. This tale of Mormon suffering was "probably one of the first fictionized treatments of the Mormon theme." Died on Jan. 21, 1865. [McLellin]

RUSSELL, Laura Ann, wife of John Russell. [McLellin, s.v. "Russell, Sister"]

Ryder, Simonds. Born 20 November 1792 at Hartford, Washington County, Vermont. Moved to Hiram, Ohio, 6 January 1814 with colony from Vermont. Married Mahitable Loomis (born 1799 and also from Vermont) November 1818. Joined Campbellite movement May 1828; appointed to oversee members in Hiram. Baptized into LDS church in spring of 1831. Ordained elder 6 June 1831. In June 1831 instructed to receive calling previously given to Heman Bassett. Appointed to preach gospel during summer of 1831. Letter of appointment and license to preach both misspelled last name. Later used error as pretense to show call was not divinely inspired. Left Church in fall of 1831. Assisted others in tarring and feathering Joseph Smith 24 March 1832 in Hiram, Ohio. Later regained confidence with Campbellites. Remained in Hiram. Farmer of some prominence. Died 1 August 1870 in Hiram, Ohio. [Cook]

Ryder, Symonds (1792-1870), farmer; born at Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont. Moved to Hiram, Portage County, Ohio in 1814. Married Mehetable Loomis, 1818. Ryder joined the Campbellites in 1828, and for thirty years was overseer of that church in Hiram except for the short time he was affiliated with the Latter-day Saints in 1831. His association with Mormonism followed the miraculous healing of John Johnson’s wife by Joseph Smith; but after a letter calling him to preach misspelled his name he left the Church. He died at Hiram, Ohio. [PJSv1]