Comments on: Wilford Woodruff’s First Mission, part 4 (Graphic History)

By: Velikiye Kniaz

Velikiye Kniaz — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:47:00 +0000

RE: #9

I failed to mention that Lindsey Anderson Brady was baptized in 1835. My apologies for the oversight. The date sets the event in proper context with Wilford Woodruff’s missionary labors.

By: Velikiye Kniaz

Velikiye Kniaz — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:43:19 +0000

Mark, I think they, i.e. the “Jackson County mobbers” and the “Carthage Jail Assassins” (abt. 200-250), comprise the members of several county militias as well as those who went along just to see what plunder and loot they could take from the Mormons. At one point, if my memory serves me correctly, nearly all of the state militia was mobilized against the Missouri Saints. That is why at least one of the mob militia leaders held the rank of Lieutenant General or General. Another one of those generals was a man of high principle and ethics, General Alexander Doniphan, who refused to carry out an order to execute the Prophet and several other Church leaders. They weren’t quite as numerous as the splinters of the true cross, but they did outnumber the able bodied men in all of the LDS settlements in Missouri. Now as to why the Church has never bothered to honor Alexander Doniphan with a building and a statue on the BYU campus I’ll never know. If there ever there was a righteous gentile, he fit the bill. Had a less principled man been in his place the Restoration of the Gospel and the Church could have easily met it’s death in Missouri.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:57:29 +0000

Are there as many former “Jackson County mobbers” and “Carthage Jail assassins” as there are pieces of the “true cross”? They all seem to show up in numbers much higher than you’d expect.

By: Velikiye Kniaz

Velikiye Kniaz — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:35:14 +0000

RE: #5
Well, Bruce as far as Wliford Woodruff’s mission in Kentucky is concerned, I am 99 percent certain that he taught and baptized my foster son’s pioneer ancestor, Lindsey Anderson Brady and his fiance. (I wish I could recall the town or area in Kentucky they were from, but I know that it is in the Church records.) If I remember correctly, I deduced from Lindsey’s baptismal date that Elder Woodruff was alone in that area since his missionary companion had decided to go home shortly before the baptismal date. After the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph, Brigham Young asked Lindsey Anderson Brady to remain in Iowa and to grow crops for the Saints heading west. He accepted the call and didn’t actually come to Utah until 1853. He started a farm in the Cottonwood/Holladay area when he was again called to settle in San Pete County. Once there, he established himself in Mt. Pleasant and again put his hand to farming. However, he appears to have established a reputation as an excellent furniture maker as well. Lindsey’s last call from Brother Brigham was to accompany another brother and find a location for a new settlement. This they did and it is where Lindsey and his family spent the remainder of his life. Today the town is called Fairview and Lindsey and many of his descendants await the resurrection in the Fairview Pioneer Cemetery.

By: Researcher

Researcher — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:08:37 +0000

Hooray for WW!

(I think I’ve mentioned before that this is one of my favorite parts of Leaves from My Journal. And any part of the Southern States Mission is wonderful, as far as I’m concerned.)

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:38:55 +0000

Three cheers!

By: Steve C.

Steve C. — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:10:18 +0000

Good idea, Bruce. Of course we all know how important this mission was to the Church. Although he had little “success” he gained the experience he needed to baptize hundreds a few years later in England. Let’s hear it for WW’s southern states mission!

By: Bruce Crow

Bruce Crow — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:31:14 +0000

What you need is someone from Kentucky to cheer for that part of his first mission too.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:47:28 +0000

If I could figure out how to turn this rivalry into some kind of a contest, I would!

By: Steve C.

Steve C. — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:48:04 +0000

I agree with you Bruce–except the Arkansas part of his mission is better.