ba rsm deag DEAI H loir joir or r i res rex muni nuri docu DOCH JOO CH w JOHN MURDOCK was waa born july al ai kortright Del dei delaware asre aare co NY N Y he lelu left tb tbd abd me place e of his hla nativity when 27 years gid pid traveled west and tand took toor up nihls hib his residence lnA InO Ohio hlo bio cuy cruy aho a county orange township when thirty years old oid behe irhe jiel hsei als JIs was bapp t used I 1 sed into the murch church of jeans jesus christ of latter day saints nov in kinland kirtland kin land ohio ana anc was ordained ordain d an jewl er three day dayo after aftem he fie based apa brandhof brane branc hof the in in orange a and nd Warrens warrensville vilie ville ohio his wire wife died and left him with a family of 01 nive five small chil children dieu dien april aprill 0 1831 1631 he was or dallied a high h priest lesi lest at it kirtland jug junea fali 1831 by th the 0 cyru smith th on oa a mission to M missouri Isso url amon among the twenty four high friess that went up theren ndji iane lane 42 2 in cora corn compardy paid y with elder P P pratt having endured sickness on the journey in aukust august ear received through joseph tua tha Prophet the R in book of doctrine and covenants CoveD coven ants pale page american edition edlao n sni eni disposed 01 his family as corm corn mand banded a in said revelation accordingly ini jai ne went in into to the east part of desaga county anty preached and built up the church there thal thai failand falland and resolved many maup blessings ill lil ir of 10 lo himl 41 wt in april 1833 he re into the easter ri country where he traveled and preached unil un unil il december bethen aethen traveled west and met elder 0 pratt and others and accompanied them to lakings t and end preside 1 during the winter vinter in 1834 he lle wet went with alons camp to mis sonn bonn and returned the following lowing sol fal winter id to kirtland fourteen days arter afler he started east ras eala gain again and went to vermont fetn hundred bundred kertland 1 la he baj wap adre adro e ouen ouan ches to Kirt Aill and while on the way he marr leif a wife wile feb reb 1 ath he reached kirtland on the 2150 he hd stayed there three months when he and hla hia nv wife wire tie and others started jane sr for missouri misson and arrive arrived ct there july his wo wife dm adlei august augush 18 1837 and ana gathe pathe on the third of the lolow r in inz ing may 1838 kib kia nir airiel married air lei iel lel a third wife darin daring during 9 to the tha ions of the saints in missouri he presided over the high council rot tot some isome length of time there lie lle wu driven with the saints from that state and went to illinois where he ims was ordained a bledig bishop august 24 1812 and presided over the fifth ward ard in nov noy when ho he went weal on an a mission lo 10 indiana indiano which continued until march 1815 ISO hta hla wife died oot oct and left him with two small childr children he married a fourth time and len left san nan nauvoo may with ilis his family fer for the arrived at council Bl tiffi julya h here malnes maine I 1 until april 1847 1817 when lie started star etar telfor for utah reaching his destination sept he was waa it mem member ber of 01 the high council connell till feb it 1849 anen be was appointed bishop of the ME alth evad ward in bait salt lake latee city on march he started with P P pratt on a mission to the south bea sea islands at bag ban san francisco he left bro pratt and sailed for australia aralia landing there october LO 1851 he planted the gospel in sydney and other places 11 he left ther june 1852 and reached home jan 23 april 9 be he was ordal nel nei a Patr patriarch larch and filled that calling until march isu at which time bo h was no longer able to attend to business bustness in the fall of became de came to beaver and lived with hta hla children huttl bis his w which deathel ech ach took bout bont mia mid day dee dec he was as conscious tot to the helas belas last his funeral was attend eo by a large concourse of the people of beaver G