Show HISTORY 1 I ii OF or Id wil wll william willlam LIAM LLiAm SMITH virl WirL iasi lAil iam lam sag sabitri SaT iTri was the fifth son of josep joseph sen sei 1 and lucy smith born windsor county vermont March 13 1811 he was baptized at an early per period I 1 0 H he ew wa a a teacher in the church in 1831 he tools a mission fo erie county caufy pennsylvania sylvan la ar in de de cember 1 io prea preach h thee gospel and call the eiders elders CV sf kirtland to atter hii iii a ich school ool of the prophet Pr ophela q he w was wab i a or dalhed to tha the tb office of high P priest iest lest under the hands bands oi ot sidney ii in council on the day of june 1833 during the wi wll ate bf IM he worked on aa a farm ad a n d chopped corti corci cord I 1 wood near kirtland I 1 lib was married mar ried tied to caroline Carol caroi hie grant daughter daugn ter of joshua and thalia thaila branti grant february 14 J by who whom m ke bibddy add cwb daughters mar mary jane jabe i and caroline e t L he H e went to in zions motile camp in 1834 and returned to kirtland the same fall tall ile he was appointed one of the twelve apostles at the brilz organization atlon stion of that quorum H he accompanied the twelve tyrelle on slon sion through the eastern states and returned retained with them to kieland oct 20 1830 1835 while joseph smith wad wag wab was pre presiding eding iding in a high ha council william willi a i n rebelled r against him lna faa laa strong maham manam r aw decembri ale aie aab AAe debating batin 0 school held in the house of eather father joseph smith the thi prophet joseph told toli the brethren he feared it would not hot result in food good whereupon William in a rage raga 1 mad ed joseph to leave leava le v e the th house I 1 bul q jqseph replied he was in his father fathers house and eb ouid go when he got ready william then theli attacked joseph and atte attempted apted to put him out ardd arid a n id p ili ill td upon him personal in 14 jury the effects of which he occasionally f felti eig aid until his hyrum smith called upon jpseph in relation to this th difficulty and baid said that alt ait although hough bough he felt the tenders tender 6 feelings 1 ii lek ink of A brother towards william bethe yet yeb he could bud bue look tipon upon such conduct a s bah ban a h ili ill tb the j sight of tadd I 1 A ater hy hr nl ab Js tha the 01 twelve had tad i red with h william tor or beveral several days he be inaam made co confession nie nit slon sion and wag was for forgiven dlin glin he removed to farbest Far West with hl his a f family an ia Y in the spring of 1838 1839 after joseph wa was waa el taken prisoner and the m mob moh ohi ohl began ia to dr drive i 4 ai out oui th the fhe e saints william expressed himself himself in such mich a vindictive e manner against 1 joseph that th the e church charch susi busi suspended ended him from fro M fello feilo fellowship t w p may 4 1839 A at a general enral con conference feren c near Quine quincy yi lie ile went to illinois and settled in plymouth tb t hancock county keeping a tavern willlam Will iaia lala was restored rest Test grea gred to the fellowship of the church through gl the intercession of joseph and hyrum but went to england eng rand instead of accompanying theril themi to io the pom 1 mand ett of the loid lord ha iena lena ihli an I 1 ba bis big farm atly mouth b c d r dec 1 1840 he published a letter ip the ten tin alid Seasons making an apology for ne neglecting 9 ae dt in t to 0 go on hib bis mission upon the of poverty but it came with an lie tie h was better belter situated to leave hw his family th than an any of the thi members of the qu blum ho went williams general character and couram 6 co conduct induct towards his fathers family re resembles of lar lamans nans towards his breth brethren reb reh tn rn the spring of 1841 he visited the branches of the th 4 chu church ab i in n pennsy pennsylvania jvanka and new jersey rojeana moans for his 0 own n benefit ro re curnin turning to nauvoo the same seaon season hib his kame tame appears as the tho editor of the warp wasp bubli publish sa ea in Nauvoo kauv 00 oo illinois april 1842 but I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 a very sma I 1 ip artof antof the labor was perform eila by pihya ahto ashe fihe tie tle wab was elecie d a member of the housea Hou Ho usef seU sem of the legislatures of ot III ili HU the winter session e lion ilon of 1842 3 8 nis hia acts asa as aba A member of the legislature Legisla tura turo were highly approved by bk the ity p people 0 bendin 1 h oais odis irl fit played considerable energy eberg y in defending g the ithe nauvoo A charters areis and add the rights of his constituents p A he took a journey to the east on bus bua V JA t the he spring tpring of 1843 an and d ape spent t bi hla hia a ahme ilme among M eng tha the C churches he attended a woods meet meeting ng 1 at the square near bordentown Borden toWn 2 where 1 in a conversation with br geo goo A sm smith he hi said he be should not pay over one dollar for the nauvoo house or gr temple and it his brother joseph ljoseph did not do more for hambe himbe him he should come conse out against him be he considered be he V was as putting means into the thle hands of lob joe joseph ip h t tp 9 educate his hia children while his own children were remain ing 1 ng 1 ignorant gnor ant br geb A replied I 1 shall bhail do id ait alt I 1 can to build up thie nauvoo laoue ouse a 4 temple tempie and I 1 think that joseph has doneall done doue all ali he be could for his relative ff it and I 1 wonder thi he has done as much is as he has eyk the circumstances he has been unde under r I 1 1 1 returned to na nauvoo uvon on th tae d d day ai 0 ot april apri l 1844 with about forty or fiat fifty 1 1 saints sainta from new jers jersey y after stay ing a in e in lik irk nauvoo Nati he be bad haddis had badhia hib his jast it interview atif view with lits hla brothe brother rJoseph joseph under the following 41 q circular I 1 stances he aste asir agud ed joseph to give him a caty ji lot loi 14 near the temple tempie joseph told adim be ea would do BO at pleasure leasure if he would urd uld build a house huba 3 anjie k ij e apont A at bu but t he h e would not give layo tell william replied be he wanted t ID 15 ft build and live upon the lot was well weil worth orth 1006 inace in a few tew hours aft enyard an applei cakon caton wa a made b byar ya r ivi ivl ho to t the ricordo bi cordo r t oi no w it that lot tot was clear denn and belonged 0 to o wm smith for wilia juliam hai hal sold mt it to him for tor hoo ko kjose Josep nearl cg bt this dl rUd th clerk not tona lra jre a transfer at which william w was wab as thail that he threatened threaten td jo joseph aph who deemed 2 it it 4 to k lep li auni t the he vax vay 1 until william left le ft on a ste steam a lh boama the aaa east accompanied I 1 by y his family famely he pent kent his hib time time tima aftin althe various carious various branc branches hes ti the church f h S m r W an collected a good deal of money 1 ney for forthe the temple tempie ihline which be used fo for his on own V M accomma accommodation in all his missions the course of conduct be he pursued eps TVs tha the females subjected him to I 1 much criticism |