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Question: What happened to Edmund Durfee at Morley’s Settlement in Illinois in 1845? Original painting of Edmund Durfee Sr.1788 - 1845 Updated image of Edmund Durfee Sr(created by AI) Edmund...
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Question: Did John Harvey Tippets serve in both the Mormon Battalion and Brigham Young’s Vanguard Company in 1847? John Harvey Tippets1810 - 1890(image generated by AI--view original) John Harvey Tippets...
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Question: What special duty did Brigham Young assign to William Empey and eight other men from the 1847 Vanguard pioneer company instead of traveling to the Salt Lake Valley? William...
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Question: How did Oscar (Crosby) Smith, an African American slave, end up in Brigham Young’s Vanguard Company in 1847? Artistic rendition of Oscar and his brother Hark crossing the Rocky...
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Question: Newel K. Whitney is mentioned several times in the Doctrine and Covenants. What were the Prophet Joseph’s feelings about Newel K. Whitney? Newel Kimball Whitney1795 -1850 Newel Kimball Whitney...
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Question: What role did Brigham Young’s brother, Lorenzo Dow Young, have in supporting the Vanguard Company on their trek to Utah in 1847? Lorenzo Dow Young1807 - 1895 Lorenzo Dow...
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Question: Don Carlos Smith is mentioned in D&C 124:133. Who was Don Carlos Smith, and what part did he play in the early days of the Church? AI-enhanced image of...
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Question: What is Mary Elsa (Alice) Jacobs Johnson unique and historical connection to Joseph Smith? Mary Elsa Jacobs Born April 17, 1781, Dighton, Massachusetts Mary Elsa Jacobs was born on...
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Question: In 1832, while Joseph Brackenbury was serving a mission in New York, why did he suddenly become ill? Early Missionaries Joseph Brackenbury was born in Lincolnshire, England, in 1788...