Francis Gladden Bishop

Francis Gladden Bishop (1809-1864) was born 19 Jun. 1809 in Livonia, Ontario Co., New York. He was the son of Isaac Gates Bishop and Mary Hyde. He was baptized 2 Jul. 1832. He was appointed Indian agent for Utah Territory while Wilford Woodruff was serving on the Utah Territorial Legislature. He died 30 Nov. 1864 in Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory.

Footnotes

Francis Gladden Bishop (LHJZ-TD5), "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 6 Feb. 2022). Francis Gladden Bishop Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/francis-gladden-bishop, accessed 7 Feb. 2022). Francis Gladden Bishop, The Joseph Smith Papers (https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/francis-gladden-bishop, accessed 11 Jan. 2022).

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    March 10, 1842 ~ Thursday March 10th I spent the day at the printing office March 11, 1842 ~ Friday [FIGURE] 11th The Nauvoo Legion met on parrade this day I rode in the Legion in company with the quorum of the Twelve as assistant chaplain. It was the first time I had seen the Legein on parrade & it caused peculiar feelings to rest upon me while gasing [gazing] upon this Legion & contemplate the past present & to come. After the business ...
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    March 10, 1842 March 11, 1842 March 12, 1842

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    In the evening Alfred Smith addressed the Saints advoca- ting the claimes of Gladden Bishop who had tried for many years to gather a company together that he might lead them as many other foolish men & fals teachers have tried to do at different time much confusion rested upon Alfred Smith while speaking he made many fals statements, & at the close was followed by President Young made a few remark after which Alfred Smith & wife & another person ...
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    to me with a flying Roll from Gladden Bishop & wished to tech me I herd him awhile I then asked him if He believed Joseph Smith was a prophet of God & set up the Kingdom of God on the Earth & ordained Twelve Apostles to build up that Kingdom in all the world He said he did I then told him as I was one of those Twelve Apostles that I should be damned if I was not in a situation to Judge ...
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    March 21, 1853 March 23, 1853 March 24, 1853 March 25, 1853 March 26, 1853 March 27, 1853 March 28, 1853 March 30, 1853 March 31, 1853 April 1, 1853 April 2, 1853 April 3, 1853 April 4, 1853 April 5, 1853