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"The documents range from an Indian captivity narrative to narratives of exploration to records left by a missionary to a young girl's remarkable record of growing up on the "frontier" to accounts by immigrants of life in a new world."--BOOK JACKET.
Who was King Follett? When he was fatally injured digging a well in Nauvoo in March 1844, why did Joseph Smith use his death to deliver the monumental doctrinal sermon now known as the King Follett Discourse? Much has been written about the sermon, but little about King. Although King left no personal writings, Joann Follett Mortensen, King’s third great-granddaughter, draws on more than thirty years of research in civic and Church records and in the journals and letters of King’s peers to piece together King’s story from his birth in New Hampshire and moves westward where, in Ohio, he and his wife, Louisa, made the life-shifting decision to accept the new Mormon religion. From that point, this humble, hospitable, and hardworking family followed the Church into Missouri where their devotion to Joseph Smith was refined and burnished. King was the last Mormon prisoner in Missouri to be released from jail. According to family lore, King was one of the Prophet’s bodyguards. He was also a Danite, a Mason, and an officer in the Nauvoo Legion. After his death, Louisa and their children settled in Iowa where some associated with the Cutlerities and the RLDS Church; others moved on to California. One son joined the Mormon Battalion and helped found Mormon communities in Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. While King would have died virtually unknown had his name not been attached to the discourse, his life story reflects the reality of all those whose faith became the foundation for a new religion. His biography is more than one man’s life story. It is the history of the early Restoration itself.
William Earl McLellin (1806-1883) was born in Smith County, Tennessee. He married Cinthia Ann in 1829 in Illinois. She died in about 1830-1831 in childbirth. In 1831 William joined the LDS Church and went on several missions. In 1832 he was excommunicated for a short time but was rebaptized and, in 1835, was one of the first members of the Twelve Apostles. By this time he had married Emeline Miller they had six children. He and his family settled in Jackson County, Missouri and suffered the persecutions against the Mormons. By late 1836 William and his family had left the LDS Church and settled in Illinois for a short time before returning to Missouri.
Family history and genealogical information about the descendants of Jonas Haskins who was born 14 February 1788. He is believed to be the son of Jonah Haskins and Comfort (surname unknown) who both lived in Dutchess Co., New York. Jonas married Rhoda Pennock 27 September 1812 in Litchfield Co., Connecticut. They lived in Harrison Co., Ohio and were the parents of ten known children. Descendants lived primarily in Ohio.
Richard Austin, son of Richard Austin and Annis, was born in 1598 in Titchfield, Hampshire, England. He married Elizabeth Betsy (surname not listed) before 1632. He immigrated to Massachusetts before 1638. He died in Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1638. His descendants have lived in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and other areas in the United States.
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Other ancestral families include: Cackler -- Saltgeber -- Zedeker -- Casey -- Miller -- Walters -- Truax -- Stillwell -- Pittman -- Hamilton -- Beall -- Lucas -- Marlow -- Gott -- Pratt -- Myers -- Eddy -- Cottle -- Rolfe -- Kirsch -- Stilgenbauer -- Ayers -- Pike -- Walker -- Soule.