Show HISTORY OF hos BALDWIN I MARSH I 1 irren aw f ten i ay hain himself le V W P m bl glat great alt ait sait salt lahe lake city 1 noue Nove november giper hiber 1857 1 I 1 was born in the town ot of acton middlesex count county yi massachusetts nov 1 1799 my father james marsh M arsh was born in douglas mass march 27 iiii mary daughter of tims titus law was bordi borri ard in acton mass march 18 1750 ho I 1 spen pe nt my in y early eife in farming f at west moreland wd new hampshire until I 1 was fourteen years yearb of age when 1 I 1 rani falaway away and went to Cl cheater chester lester iester vermont vicere I 1 worked on a hio hpe hie months then went to albany new yo york rk ad and an engaged aged in house as a waiter where I 1 remained eighteen months when I 1 rive vive went want nt to new york and engaged inthe ity city tei hotel tel and remained two years when I 1 returned to my old oid situation in albany and aftel after serving a year returned to new york city hotel for inq years yearb then removed to long lorig island vf NY Y where I 1 engaged as groom to edward caward griswald wald waid in whose bervice service I 1 remained one ald and a hair halt years during which I 1 became acquainted eli elizabeth ellzabeth z ibeth godkin dodkin god Cod kin and iud married beran her on the I 1 a st nov 1820 immediately after i t er marr marrying ing I 1 commenced in the thit grocery business in new york in which business I 1 remained one ore aid add a haf bai ly but did not succeed J J then them engaged itu iru ina type foundry in boston wiera where I 1 continued seven yearb years I 1 abile V engaged in thib this bubi busi business riess I 1 metho MetLo methodist dist church and tried for two years to W b a genuine methodist but did tid cid not succeed any iny betterin getting methodist religion than 1 I did iii iti m the fhe grocery grocky business bu I 1 ibm ism with the tho bible bibie but cou chuhi fd n not t make J it t r correspond or t fro from m all 01 sects arld aid bein being about to IR leave boston my oid old class itai lef jei wished tn pe e t to 0 ta take lake a good certificate certificate b but ui I 1 informed him I 1 did not want it I 1 had a measure ineas of the spir bitof of prep biec avd aud and told him in that I 1 expected 1 a jie jle new w church would woula arise which would 1 4 havethe have hava the truth in jis its purity he salato me toe yov yog ho doubt mean in ali all to lo be ae a le aderin that new vew sect J I 1 told him I 1 had bad intentions lre ire he sald eaid he pr prayed ayea ayed I 1 that thai pa C tiie the S 1 T lord w would na keme heme me a firebrand in the tha midst of that pvn T religious body as reformation was necessary i oci gri ti lla isa i ta my DO wire wife unknown wn 0 to me ine hoh however hoW gota gola 4 j certificate for herself and me on one paper 1 I informed her that I 1 never would attend but bilt I 1 vrold dvid and a suitable clas cias classier s aher her if she bhe want 1 0 V 0 edl ap aini i t r remained in years engaged I 1 in lehelfy eU foundry i this period ibe ca iri III with several beveral friends ahoi who s opinions concerning religion were ji like ilke e m my yo own wp i we kepto aloof from sectarians sect arians landwere and ind were call cali called edby by them quietists ule uie fists because e wa we resembled BO so much a pet sect set in france franco know by thit that name professing to be led by tile the spirit I 1 beli bellve belive iq y e cl 4 tb the e spirit of bf God godt dictated me ma to make bl a journey 0 burney west 1 I laty I 1 company with oner one benjamin hall who vas also aiso led by th the spirit eSpirit I 1 went to lima Living county new york tork where vb ere I 1 stayed some oilie three months ani and then left ift for home 1 I 1 called on at lyonstown loons Lyons L town on a family whose wh ose names X ido do nog not recollect on leaving there next morning the lady ad y i enquired if I 1 lad had iad heard of the golden goiden book f found by a yo youth lith aith named josph joseph mith smith I 1 informed her I 1 never heard anything an thing about it and became very anxious to know concerning the matter on enquiring bhe she told ine me I 1 could learn more about it from froni martjn martin harris in Palmy palmyra raz rat I 1 returned return returned id back westward and found martin harris at the printing office in palmyra where the first sixteen pages of the book of mormon had bad just been struck off the proof sheet of chic chichi hal I 1 obtained from the printer and took tool with me As A s soon as martin harris found lound out my intentions he took me to the hous house of jokeph joseph smith sen where joseph smith jun resided who could give glye me any information I 1 might wish here I 1 found oliver cowdery Covi dery who gave axe ave me all the information ienir atlon concerning the book I 1 desired after staying sta ing there two to days I 1 started for charleston mass maea highly bim pleased with the information I 1 had obtained concerning the new found book after arriving home and finding my family all well I 1 showed my wife the ae sixteen pages book of mormon I 1 had bad obtained with which she was well plea piea pleased ed believing it to be tle tie th e work of god erom from fro ni this tine time for about one year I 1 corresponded with oliver cowdery and joseph smith jun and pre prepared gareA parea laysell to mo move vey west yeat Learnine by letter ietter tha thattie th atthe ithe church of jebus jesus chaitt organized raaul readi zed zea on the oth y of april ril rii 1830 1 moved to kin palmyra Ontario Ont aril arll ico tco 0 eln ein int S september e p following T and la landed n dd atthe house hoube h ou a e 0 of f oseph joseph smith ien den ben sen whole fan far family ily lly during this month I 1 was baptized by david whitmer in cayuga lake and I 1 in na a few days iwas I 1 was ordained an elder by gliver cow r d dery ery with bix six bix six IF elder eider p 4 at father WhitIe T Os house bouse joseph doseph received a revelation appointing me a physician to the church after tam iam tim remaining hing ming in that sta state stafe ka d during uri url ng the fall and winter the to t 9 ohio inthe the spring of 1831 1 I journeyed with the main b body 01 ly to kirtland 1 in june 1931 1831 1 I was ordained a fligh high priest at a conference held in kirtland where L received an appointment to go toai isso url uri with ezra thayer and preach by the he wa waya incon ezra thayer delaying BO so long iong I 1 went to joseph who received the word of the lord appointing ap ig selah celab J griffin in thayere Tb Th ayers stead steab with i ibm I 1 journ Z eyed eieg ibl ibI Missouri preaching by the he waymand way many teli keli believed eved our testimony boutwe but we did id not wait to baptize any while near nean theena ideena I 1 of our jour journey fiey I 1 was at tacked with chills and fever and arrived very r sick I 1 staid itald at the hoube house of br benjamin Benjam ln slade lade till agot well J 1 1 imeln january 18 1832 pa bishop par cartridge I 1 I 1 having furnish furnished ed me with an indian pony I 1 returned to kirtland accompanied by cyru cyrus dadi DaAl daniels eis els 1 I 1 labored i preach nig through the country around kirtlan d until tho pummer summer opened wh when en in in company with ezra trayer I 1 went on ori a a mission through of new neil york and returned home early in the fall and made preparations to go up t ip to zion in company with several beveral other families fam liles from rom kirtland at that time an was raised to me be ing ipg the lead leader r owing kg 0 o my inexperience but there WAS ai division ij asin on this eis ap subject b hect as some con 1 bid sid ered my office entitles entitle a me corthe to the presidency my posers op appeal appealed uil who d ciflie I 1 should lead leadon on account ol mv my office still al 91 though we staled started with the understanding that I 1 was to lead the company my op posers neve never i r became reconciled to my kesine presidency until il vie xie we got into difficulties a at t thi ohio xi river vc r where wb 1 ere we could coula P not hot 0 tj proceed rip rio mt w shout better bettex order here they yielded to my dictation through r i I 1 nece esit sitT hut hut but when wead ve bad had got down the ohio ilver fiver river as aar ar as L louisville ouis ville ai spirit was again manifested I 1 i i at t this point I 1 separates separated ted fed fol foi fram the tue company took tool my rn brother in abbot and his bis 7 wife an d pr h oat t to 0 st louis louls where phere here 1 I 1 arrived one day in hi Idd advance Vance of ot the company an our bur arrival ar valvi we fathe edun d he cele cholera r raging aing a ing in 1 JLouis u a abd vicinity anity I 1 want immediately jo the outskirts of st louis rented a hou bou house bouse and 1 began 0 preparations my af n a to sart a fir overlaid over lahd a nd to t a the j t peli jilt as P ii i wee wes 1 qun P arrival a of the other part of pany I 1 was bent for foi about midnight t too 0 ioja clor ff them b uy urae avi aki messenger enger b being una ine rne 1 I had baddo jo return to nay vay house until morning in orni ng 1 when I 1 I 1 wass was sent n t for again and soon found br Blac ksee blit but to late latt 14 to do hini hill any ny good d he diec ahe the nex tay ay I 1 started d for jackson county and arrived nov 10 having ben been two iveel a on the tile journey 0 u n ii allocated in in jackson county with wit th e bre brethren thren who halcome had come fr from om colesville Co lesville where I 1 was wab invited by br josiph joseph knight night who was very pick with the bio blo bloody 04 huk flux I 1 attended him faithfully aith alth fully and my wife e nursed nurge d turn h lm be succeeded succeed da in berc verc overcoming omida the fhe disease and soon got well weli we 11 f 1 I had my inheritance about ahoua thirty acres bet set of off by bishop part partridge ridge on th the ebig big I 1 blue river jack jach son co where before spring opened I 1 had a comfortable log hoube house built into which I 1 moved early in the spring 1 an and f 4 commenced clearing land to raise a small crop that year I 1 succeeded ad in getting some corn and potatoes erd eld which w hlib did very well weil before the year wab was out tile the mob combined fo to gether and drove us out of the county some of the Saints moved into clay county count others with myse myself lf removed to lafayette county 1 where we wintered and during which time I 1 kept a common school and taught the children of the brethren in the of 1 haying learned leaf learn ned d tb that tbt t joseph and a company accompany were coming to relieve the brethren I 1 moved ovi over with many others into clay county where bere I 1 wai was was living hying when they arrived several of those who choc icamen ne up in zions camp remained in missouri I 1 culli bated a small piece of land this summer bummer and succeeded succeeded in 1 n raising T I 1 eom come e corn I 1 was chosen choden one of the high council in january 1835 in company with bishop partridge P ge and nee agreeable ible ibie to wr revelation evel a tion I 1 yonee ceede 1 d I 1 hokit T 1 1 etly early t in the a pring when I 1 learned le arnen I 1 had been chosen on eaf ea I 1 taw I 1 myrth jtb 1835 in company with the twelve I 1 left leff kirtland and preached through the eastern states holding conferences bences regulating and organizing the aliu churches rhes rheb and returned september b er in the winter of 0 1 I attend attended eds eda school chool studied the fhe hirst birst first english gram grammar madder under sidney rigdon rj d on and hebrew w under professor seixas by hirth birth and d in the tha spring a p ring ritu returned to my place oh on fishing niver river in clay county missouri where 1 arrived in the month of april soon after this thib tb is difficulties ha having ing occurred between fhe the citizens of clay county and th the saints a a I 1 meeting eftin was held heid near liberty liberini Libe the county seat beat for the purpose pose of amicably arranging matters awas appointed a delegate from fishing river at that meeting a corm corn gojii cittee cf f twelve were appointed to draft read resolutions lut iut lons ions which abi ch were received by unanimous vote when a commit committee tee of three viz lyman wight b myself and samuel bent were appointed eato to meet next day kay day in liberty for the presentation of these resolutions I 1 was appointed by said committee committe spokesman and ind was ena cna bl bletto e so feelingly inre in relation lalion to our t previous K persecutions ecu acu eions and expulsions expulsions that general gen e ra I 1 atchison Atch lson ison could not refrain from froni shedding tears thib this meeting passed resolutions to help the saints seek out a new location and appointed committees to collect means means to aid ald ai d the poor saints to tore toTe remove move the tha church considering 9 the citizens were hus thus bus exerting themselves to have us appointed appoint e d elisha ellsha IL grove groves a in and d myself to visit the churches in illinois kentucky and tenessee telessee Te ressee for the purpose of borrowing money to enter larad lands adib jn hanew settlement at atthe tha land office forthe for the s convenience of the saints I 1 I 1 who v hofere were co conning mingon on ave avo 1 ve started in july and a Succeed ucc fcc 1 edidin edin bo borrowing upwards of 1400 principally wm opi the tb e brethren kentucky ai and tennes TenneE tennessee aee see at 10 per cent interest t v sep sely 19 we parted vitar wither with br woodruff and he e wa Saints ints in kentucky biday biD br jy and anid arid his wife accompanying us to missouri 1 1 I pro i 4 ceedee im immediately medhat ely to shenew the new city which had been heen uld laid out and called ear far F r west 1 aest in If ibur bur absence a e acl on our aur ney toi those who sent ua us and rec received elved elred 1 per day and ana travelling tra velling bense xe nse for guf oun our services i e s while gone we furnished furn our 4 t own ho ifko rags apro al 1 I y cuned cared a lot immediately irame built bulit u it a aad moved into it during durin I 1 ewin tek I 1 made improvements prove ments on my lul ibl go got t up my in fire 1 ki goodat ad atti attl tended councils and preached to the t e sain a n 4 B 1 11 about the month of june 1837 I 1 started for kirtland in company ari with th D IV pau patten en an and wm inin smith to 66 try an abd d reconcile J bome some obe ohe twelve tw atma amma ia others of 6 f high come codie opposition to the prophet on my journey I 1 met br P P pratt pyatt about five miles west wt of columbus doubt liuo moving to far I 1 west I 1 prevailed on him to return with us tokiro to kirt land 1 on oh our bur a arrival i I 1 went to ta br josep josephs hk house louse e where I 1 rem remained ached all ail th the e tim time e iv I 1 was als ais in iii about abis time a special meeting was appointed hinted at Joseph josephs sho bho uge ude by himself to which several of the brethren ohp bryere yvere disaffected were invited I 1 was chosen moderator and and called upon th the e grieved aggrieved mg parties to speak first A reconciliation was effected between all parties A arties A july jui XUI 23 rd joseph smith jun received a revelation toma tomb to me concerti con concerning cerni n g the twelve apoi apostles and on oli the 1 I started with 1 joseph jos eph lind kind br Rig nig udd donfor canada durin duning during this 4 mis mission sion bion we visited fhe the churches in canada west vesty and an returned turned about the last of an august sep 3 1 attended a conference heid held held heid in n kirtland in which luke johnson lyn lyman ejohnson and johnf johnr john F boynton bo y anton were rejected r is acted john F boynton plead as a an n excuse octis defor for his course the failure of the kirtland bank |