Get to know Eliza R. Snow
To listen on Spotify click here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/krystine-stephenson/episodes/Eliza-R--Snow-life-and-information-Zions-Poetess-e2j670d To watch on Youtube click here:https://youtu.be/q7ZYCFe_XbU Eliza Roxy Snow was born 1804 in Massachusetts and is the second child of seven of Oliver and Rosetta Snow. Elizas family moved to Portage County Ohio when Eliza was two years old. Eliza’s younger brother is Lorenzo Snow who became a […]
Joseph Attacked by a Kirtland Mob
To watch on Youtube click here: https://youtu.be/IZRkiOT4LQ8 To listen on Spotify click here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/krystine-stephenson/episodes/Joseph-Smiths-Twins--mob-in-Kirtland-e2jn33g The time The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint spent in Kirtland was full of beautiful heavenly manifestations, along with some of the worst evil and apostasy the early Church encountered. One night Joseph stayed up late to take care […]
Get to know Lucy Mack Smith
Lucy Mack Smith was born in 1776 to the deeply religious home of Solomon Mack and Lydia Gates. They had four children. Lucy married Joseph Smith Sr. In 1796 and they had 10 children: Alvin, Hyrum, Sophronia, Joseph Jr., Samuel, Ephraim, William, Kathrine, Don Carlos, and Lucy. Lucy felt the importance of religion with her […]
Who is Brigham Young
Brigham Young was born June 1, 1801 in Whitingham, Vermont. He was the ninth child of John Young and Abigail(Nabby) Howe. Brighams family was a very poor farming family and had very little formal education. His mother taught him how to read and write. When Brigham was fourteen years old his mom died of tuberculosis. […]
Emma Smith Homeless in Kirtland
Emma Smith married Joseph Smith when she was twenty-two years old. Emma grew up in a home where she was well cared for. Emma's parents made sure she was was educated and intelligent. In Doctrine and Covenants the Lord called her and “Elect Lady.” When she married the Joseph Smith she could not have known […]
Kirtland, Ohio was a indispensable time for newly restored Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. So many blessings and revelations happened during this Kirtland period and the Isaac Morley Farm was headquarters for the Church. Isaac Morley and his family were prepared by God to help the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, […]
Get to know Isaac Morley
Isaac Morley was born on March 11, 1786 in Montague Massachusetts. Issac Morley married Lucy Gunn when he was twenty-six years old. She had been his childhood sweetheart, and classmates in school. Isaac served as a captain in the Ohio militia in the war of 1812. He played the flute in the militia band until […]
Prophet Joseph Smith facts and information
To watch on Youtube click here: https://youtu.be/vmp5VeoxBWM To listen on Spotify click here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/krystine-stephenson/episodes/Prophet-Joseph-Smith-facts-and-information-e2j7d0r Joseph Smith Jr. was born in Sharon, Vermont on December 23, 1805 to Joseph Smith Sr. And Lucy Mack Smith. Joseph Smith had a dangerous leg infection as a seven year old boy. The doctor performed a highly advanced surgery that […]
Get to know Newel K. Whitney
Newel K. Whitney was born 1795 in Windham County Vermont the son of Samuel Whitney and Susanna Kimball. He was only 19 when he started his profession of merchandising in Plattsburgh, New York. He also helped fight against the British forces and fought to save Plattsburgh. Fortunately, it was not much of a fight because […]
Who is Sidney Gilbert
Algernon Sidney Gilbert, went by Sidney Gilbert in the Doctrine and Covenants. Sidney grew up in Huntington Connecticut. It is believed that he was college educated in the East. He moved to Painesville, Ohio where he owned a small store. Around 1827 Sidney and Newel K. Whitney had entered into a mercantile partnership and opened […]