Visions of the Western Reserve
Visions of the Western Reserve

Author: Robert Anthony Wheeler

Publisher: Ohio State University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9780814208274

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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.

The Journals of William E. McLellin, 1831-1836
The Journals of William E. McLellin, 1831-1836

Author: William Earl McLellin

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13: 9780842523165

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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.