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"The Council of Fifty" (also known as "the Living Constitution", "the Kingdom of God", or its name by revelation, "The Kingdom of God and His Laws with the Keys and Power thereof, and Judgment in the Hands of His Servants, Ahman Christ") [1] was a Latter Day Saint organization established by Joseph Smith in 1844 to symbolize and represent a future theocratic or theodemocratic "Kingdom of God ...
William H. Clayton (July 17, 1814 – December 4, 1879 [2]) was a clerk, scribe, and friend to the religious leader Joseph Smith. Clayton, born in England, was also an American pioneer journalist, inventor, lyricist, and musician.
[7] [8] After his expulsion from the Quorum, he returned to Utah in the 1850s and demonstrated an invention of "liquid fireworks" to the Council of fifty. [9] Reynolds Cahoon: April 30, 1790: April 29, 1861: March 10, 1844: April 29, 1861: Attended provisional meeting of March 10, 1844 William H. Clayton: July 17, 1814: December 4, 1879: March ...
Clayton was a founder of the Pennsylvania colony, serving as an original commissioner for William Penn, as well as one of Philadelphia's first judges. He was appointed to the provincial Council in 3 Aug 1681, and later was elected to the council in 1683, serving until 30 Mar 1686. On 19 Aug 1684, he was commissioned as a JP in Philadelphia ...
Clayton's Guide, [1] Clayton's Emigrant Guide, [2] or as when published, The Latter-Day Saints' Emigrants' Guide, [2] published by Missouri Republican Steam Power Press, Chambers & Knapp, 1848 [2] and written by William Clayton, was one of a number of very popular guidebooks written to support the westward expansion of the United States in the mid-nineteenth century when organized emigrant ...
David Fullmer was a members of the Council of Fifty and the Nauvoo City Council. Name: John S. Fullmer: Born: July 21, 1807 Died: October 8, 1883 (aged 76) Date entered polygamy: January 21, 1846 Eventual No. of wives: 3 Notes: John Fullmer was a members of the Council of Fifty and the Utah Territorial House of Representatives.
When the High Council in Zion was dissolved after the church was expelled from Missouri, the headquarters of the church were moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, There, Smith formed a new Presiding High Council, led by William Marks, which supervised the High Councils of outlying stakes, under the direction of the First Presidency.
William Lockhart Clayton (February 7, 1880 – February 8, 1966) was an American business leader and government official. Much of his business career centered on ...