Franklin Dewey Richards
Franklin Dewey Richards (1821-1899) was born 2 Apr. 1821 in Richmond, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. He was the son of Phinehas Richards and Wealthy Dewey. He married Jane Snyder on 18 Dec. 1842. He was baptized 3 Jun. 1838. He was a missionary in England with Wilford Woodruff. He died 9 Dec. 1899 in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah.
Footnotes
Franklin Dewey Richards (KWNN-566), "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 6 Feb. 2022). Franklin Dewey Richards, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/franklin-dewey-richards, accessed 10 Feb. 2022). Franklin Dewey Richards, The Joseph Smith Papers (https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/franklin-dewey-richards, accessed 17 Jan. 2022).
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Excerpt:President Young then baptized the following persons Joseph Young D. H. Wells A. Carrington L. W. Hardy J. C. Little & Gilbert Clements & was mouth in confirming them all except D. H. Wells. H.C. Kimball spoke upon his head, this made 10 persons which President Young Baptized & confirmed. * Heber C Kimball then baptized President Brigham Young & confirmed him & said (J. M. Grant also laid on ...Dates:October 3, 1856 October 4, 1856 -
Excerpt:October 5, 1856 ~ Sunday 5th Sunday All met at the Bowery the First Presidency 3 of the Twelve & the missionaries who had lately returned took a seat upon the Stand. D Spencer F D Richards & B Young occupied the stand in the forenoon. G. D. Grant Wm H. Kimball Joseph A. Young & others spoke in the afternoon they were full of the spirit & power of God & the Gift ...Dates:October 5, 1856 October 6, 1856 -
Excerpt:2 weeks ago I then told the people or the females that I would release them at conference I will do so on certain conditions & that is that you will appear forthwith at my office & give good & sufficient reasons & then marry men that will not have but one wife In the Afternoon the following Elders addressed the Assembly Elder C. H. Wheelock, James Ferguson, Wm C. Dunbar Elder Bunkerd & C. G. Webb all spoke in ...Dates:October 7, 1856 -
Excerpt:sins for the day has come when it will not do to trifle with the Things of God nor with his servants who hold the keys of the kingdom & are called to lead us I called upon the Presidents of the seventies & all the seventies to begin this hour to call upon God for the Holy spirit & advised them to stop work & give themselves to prayer untill they could get the spirit of God I had the spirit of God in speaking unto the people I told them I had recorded what ElderDates:October 8, 1856 October 9, 1856 -
Excerpt:Bishop Hoagland spoke a short time & closed the meeting The Bishops of this City were baptized to day & confirmed October 10, 1856 ~ Friday 10th I called upon A Carrington found him unwell I called upon President Young & asked him to hear History read. It was a Cold day I spent the day in the office. ElderPresidents Kimball & Grant were about home attending to their duties. I attended ...Dates:October 10, 1856 October 11, 1856 October 12, 1856 -
Excerpt:& shall be an active assistance unto Bishop Hunter in gathering the Tithing of the people that the Temples of our God may be built & his works carried on. Let your heart be comforted you shall be blessed with evry hgood thing your heart shall desire & your heart words shall be like a two Edged sword among the people & we seal you up unto Eternal Life & no man shall take your Crown we seal all these Blessings upon your head in the name of Jesus Christ ...Dates:October 13, 1856 October 14, 1856 -
Excerpt:November 26, 1855 ~ Monday 26th I had my Hogs killed to day I spent most of my time in writing November 27, 1855 ~ Tuesday 27 The Eastern mail got in last night I got 10 Numbers of the Mormon ^[FIGURE] I wrote 4 letters to Tooele^ the Mail Brought news of the fall of Sebastopol the southern part of the city was taken by the Allies the Russians built blew up their magazenes sunk their ships & set fire to the city as they retreated the ...Dates:November 26, 1855 November 27, 1855 November 28, 1855 November 29, 1855 November 30, 1855 December 1, 1855 December 2, 1855 December 3, 1855 December 4, 1855 December 5, 1855 December 6, 1855 -
Excerpt:we had a good meeting. Elder Franklin Richards was to preside over the mission He received his blessing on Sunday evening. those that received their blessing this evening to go to England were George Grant Wm Kimball Joseph Young Edmund Elsworth Brother Little & anothe[r] Brother we also blessed Brother Kesler & Hollady to go to the states many goods remarks were made & good blessings given them March ...Dates:March 28, 1854 March 29, 1854 March 30, 1854 March 31, 1854 April 1, 1854 April 2, 1854 April 3, 1854 April 4, 1854 April 5, 1854 April 6, 1854 -
Excerpt:December 16, 1865 ~ Saturday Dec 16th 1865 I spent the day in the Endowment House we gave Endowments to 31. H. C. Kimball sealed 4 couple, G. Q. Cannon 24 couple it is vary cold winter weather it is snowing most of the day December 17, 1865 ~ Sunday 17. We had a large fall of snow last night & it took me nearly all Sunday day to get the snow off my roofs I did not ...Dates:December 16, 1865 December 16, 1865 December 17, 1865 December 18, 1865 December 19, 1865 December 20, 1865 December 21, 1865 December 22, 1865 -
Excerpt:January 1, 1866 ~ Monday [FIGURE] Jan 1st 1866. Is it possible that I have lived to see 1866. Yes I have and may the Lord preserve me through this year in purity & in righteousness and all the faithful of his Saints & hedge up the way of all the wicked who seek to fight against Mount Zion Nine of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles met at the Historians Office at 10 oclok viz O Hyde John Taylor ...Dates:January 1, 1866