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Joseph Smith Senior patriarchal blessing book [photocopy and transcript]

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2400

Scope and Contents

The Joseph Smith Senior patriarchal blessing book (1833-1843) consists of a copy of the original book where the blessings were recorded. A transcript is included since the original manuscript is hard to read. A name index is included as part of the transcript. There are about 322 blessings contained in the collection.

Copies of the manuscript and transcripts exist for the blessings of the following people:
  1. Hyrum Smith
  2. Jerusha Smith
  3. Calvin Stoddard
  4. Sophronia Stoddard
  5. Joseph Smith, Jr.
  6. Emma Smith
  7. Samuel H. Smith
  8. Mary Smith
  9. William Smith
  10. Caroline Smith
  11. Jenkins Salisbury
  12. Katherine Salisbury
  13. Don Carlos Smith
  14. Agnes Smith
  15. Lucy Smith
  16. Joseph Smith, Sr.
  17. Lucy Mack Smith
  18. Hyrum Smith
  19. Samuel H. Smith
  20. William Smith
  21. Don Carlos Smith
  22. Oliver Cowdery
  23. Frederick G. Williams
  24. Sidney Rigdon
  25. David Whitmer
  26. John Whitmer
  27. John Corrill
  28. William W. Phelps
  29. Joseph Smith, Jr.
  30. Martin Harris
  31. Morris Phelps
  32. Newel Knight
  33. Elias Higbee
  34. Isaac Higbee
  35. Elisha H. Groves
  36. Levi Jackman
  37. James Emmett
  38. James Foster
  39. Abigail Foster
  40. Amos F. Herrick
  41. Harriet Herrick
  42. Orson Pratt
  43. Asahel Perry
  44. Charles N. Baldwin
  45. Erastus Babbit
  46. John Corrill
  47. Eliza C. Brown
  48. Ann R. Brown
  49. Samuel Rolfe
  50. Elizabeth Rolfe
  51. Isaac Morley
  52. Cyrus Smalling
  53. Marcellus McKown
  54. Seymour Brunson
  55. Calvin Beebe
  56. Jesse Hitchcock
  57. Burr Riggs
  58. Lovina Susan Riggs
  59. Jacob Myres
  60. Caleb Baldwin
  61. George M. Hinkle
  62. Jared Carter
  63. Lydia Carter
  64. Lyman Wight
  65. Ezra Hayes
  66. Heman Hyde
  67. Frederick G. Williams
  68. Rebecca Williams
  69. Sidney Rigdon
  70. Phebe Rigdon
  71. Nancy Rigdon
  72. Newel K. Whitney
  73. Elizabeth Ann Whitney
  74. Newel K. Whitney
  75. Vinson Knight
  76. Martha Knight
  77. Julius Thompson
  78. Sarah Thompson
  79. Ethan Barrows
  80. William Harris
  81. George Morey
  82. Charles C. Rich
  83. Lyman Leonard
  84. Abigail Dow
  85. Applia Dow
  86. Jonas Putnam
  87. Sally Putnam
  88. Gad Yale
  89. George Robinson
  90. Rhoda Cunningham
  91. Harpin Riggs
  92. Melinda Riggs
  93. William Wightman
  94. Dolly Wightman
  95. Nathaniel Milliken
  96. Mary Milliken
  97. Tunis Rappleye
  98. Louisa Rappleye
  99. David Foote
  100. Polly Brown
  101. Sherman Brown
  102. John Cooper
  103. Elizabeth Cooper
  104. Robert W. Bidwell
  105. Betsey Bidwell
  106. James Braden
  107. Cornelius P. Lot
  108. Elisha T. Ward
  109. Sophronia Hinkly
  110. Elijah Able
  111. Susannah Hinkly
  112. Lydia Knight
  113. Elisha C. Hubbard
  114. Charles Wood
  115. Dolly Wood
  116. George Washington Dunham
  117. Betsy Dunham
  118. Van Ranpelaer Swift
  119. Alanson Eldridge
  120. George Walter
  121. Louisa Walter
  122. Hiram Kellogg
  123. Julian Moses
  124. John Redford
  125. Rebecca Redford
  126. Lorena Church
  127. George Dunn
  128. James W. Angel
  129. Phebe Angel
  130. Abner Scovel
  131. Elizabeth Scovel
  132. Seth Church
  133. Calvin Harkins
  134. Truman O. Angel
  135. Polly Angel
  136. Joanna Swift
  137. Solomon Angel
  138. Eunice C. Angel
  139. Jonathan Fisher
  140. Ezra Thornton
  141. Harriett Thornton
  142. David Elliot
  143. Mary Elliot
  144. William Williams
  145. John Murdock
  146. Horace Purdy
  147. Moses Clawson
  148. Cornelia Clawson
  149. Jacob Curtis
  150. Cyprian Rudd
  151. Sampson Avard
  152. John Lytle
  153. Josiah Richardson
  154. Edward Thompson
  155. Rhoda Thompson
  156. Almira Foot
  157. Cyrus Orvil Isham
  158. Caroline Eliza Isham
  159. Charlotte Orvilla Isham
  160. Trephena Redfield
  161. Marshall Brewster
  162. Susan Wells
  163. Simeon Carter
  164. Joseph Bucklin Bosworth
  165. Solomon Warner, Jr.
  166. Amoranda Murdock
  167. Joseph C. Kingsbury
  168. Jeremiah Patterson
  169. Eliza Patterson
  170. John Davison
  171. Betsey Lodema Davison
  172. John Lawson
  173. Elisha Smith
  174. Rebecca Smith
  175. Marietta Jacobs
  176. Anna Buchanan
  177. Dexter Stillman
  178. Barbara Stillman
  179. Salmon Gee
  180. Sarah Gee
  181. David Nelson
  182. Mary Nelson
  183. Simeon Dyke
  184. Stephen Post
  185. Nehemiah Harmon
  186. Orrilla Harmon
  187. Lewis Robbins
  188. Aaron A. Avery
  189. Fanny M. Avery
  190. Gideon Ormsby
  191. Esther Ormsby
  192. William Corey
  193. Barbara Corey
  194. Jeremiah Curtis
  195. Melinda Brasee
  196. Fally St. John
  197. Jesse Pratt
  198. Zarah S. Cole
  199. Ann Cole
  200. Abigail McBride
  201. Samuel McBride
  202. John McBride
  203. Minerva McBride
  204. Reuben McBride
  205. Mary Ann McBride
  206. Mariah Crandall
  207. Nathan Cheney
  208. Eliza Ann Cheney
  209. Russel Potter
  210. Lorinna Potter
  211. Ezekiel Kellogg
  212. Lomira Kellogg
  213. Joshua Smith
  214. Josiah Pettingal
  215. Lydia Pettengil
  216. Jacob Chamberlain
  217. John Allen
  218. Julia Allen
  219. Daniel S. Jackson
  220. Melvin Wilbur
  221. Eunice Wilbur
  222. Nathan Lewis
  223. Jemima Lewis
  224. Joel Drewry
  225. Thirza Drewry
  226. Elijah Fordham
  227. Zerubbabel Snow
  228. Susan S. Snow
  229. Asahel A. Lathrop
  230. Cynthia Lathrop
  231. Lemira Corkins
  232. Edwin R. Corkins
  233. Elizabeth A. Jacobs
  234. John D. Baldwin
  235. Jacob Kimble Chapman
  236. Juliza Chapman
  237. Hiram N. Byington
  238. Sarah Byington
  239. Jeremy Bartlet
  240. Joseph Fielding
  241. Allen Gray
  242. Amos B. Fuller
  243. Esther Fuller
  244. Mary A. Baldwin
  245. Duncan McArthur
  246. Suke McArthur
  247. Elisha Wright
  248. Israel Calkins
  249. Hannah Calkins
  250. Benjamin Kempton
  251. Matthew Allen
  252. Anna Stanclift Allen
  253. John Lyons
  254. Jesse Baker
  255. Sally Baker
  256. Abram O. Smoot
  257. Jacob Zundall
  258. Jacob Strite
  259. Joseph Cooper
  260. Mary Cooper
  261. David Gray
  262. Sylvia Gray
  263. Sally Gray
  264. Joanna Gray
  265. Israel Knapp
  266. Nancy Richardson
  267. Rhoda Ballard
  268. Adeline Ballard
  269. John Ballard
  270. William Shuman
  271. Mary M. Shuman
  272. Ebenezer Robinson
  273. Angeline Eliza Robinson
  274. Issac Rogers
  275. Susan Mills Rogers
  276. Nuripa Ann Rogers
  277. Oliver Snow
  278. Rosetta L. Snow
  279. Lucia Louisa Leavitt
  280. Loren Babbit
  281. Almira Babbit
  282. Desdamona Fulmer
  283. John W. Clark
  284. Mariah Clark
  285. Roswell Blood
  286. Dominicus Carter
  287. John Wilson
  288. Samuel McClanathan
  289. Wilford Woodruff
  290. Phoebe W. Carter Woodruff
  291. Jesse Turpin
  292. Laban Morrel
  293. Esther Loraine Brown
  294. Huntington Johnson
  295. Jemima Johnson
  296. Henry Harmon
  297. William Holton Sheldon
  298. James Marvin Adams
  299. Hannah Elizabeth Adams
  300. Clarissa Aurelia Perry
  301. Alexander Lyon
  302. John Wesley Clark
  303. Hannah Holmes
  304. Peter Dustin
  305. Walter M. Blanchard
  306. Lyman Clisby
  307. Hannah Clisby
  308. Phinehas Richards
  309. William McClerry
  310. Noah Packard
  311. Sophia Packard
  312. James Chaney Snow
  313. William W. Phelps
  314. Samuel Parker
  315. Willard Richards
  316. Eliza Ann Snow
  317. John Smith
  318. Clarrisa Smith
  319. George A. Smith
  320. Joseph C. Kingsbury
  321. Emanuel Masters Murphy
  322. Nancy Judge Murphy

Dates

  • undated

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical Sketch

Joseph Smith Senior (1771-1840) was born in Massachusetts and married Lucy Mack in 1795. Among his eleven children was the founder of the LDS Church, Joseph Smith Junior. Being plagued by crop failures in Vermont, Smith moved his family to upstate New York where the birth of the Latter-day Saint movement began. In late 1833, Joseph Smith Junior called upon his father to become the first presiding patriarch of the LDS Church. Patriarchal blessings often state an individual's particular talents and abilities, lineage, and often contain admonitions and blessings. Joseph Smith Senior carried this calling until his death in 1840 at Nauvoo, Illinois. The calling of patriarch was then given to Smith's son, Hyrum.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet (3 folders)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Joseph Smith Senior patriarchal blessing book (1833-1843) consist of a copy of the original manuscript and a transcript of the blessings. The original book is located within the archives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Mike Marquardt in 2008.

Existence and Location of Originals

This book is a scanned copy of the original with a written transcript accompaning each page. The original book is located within the archives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

Processing Information

Processed by Jonathan D. Hepworth in 2008.

Subjects

Related Names

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Inventory of the Joseph Smith Senior patriarchal blessing book [photocopy and transcript]
Author
Finding aid prepared by Jonathan D. Hepworth.
Date
2008 (last modified: 2019)
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

https://lib.utah.edu/collections/special-collections/index.php
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863

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