John Cleveland

John Cleveland (1790-1860) was born 21 May 1790 in Duanesburg, Schenectady Co., New York. He was the son of Gardner Cleveland and Annis Durkee. He married Sarah Marietta Kingsley Howe in 1826. He hosted Joseph and Emma Smith in Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois in 1839, and Wilford Woodruff visited them in his home during that time. He died 24 Nov. 1860 in Plymouth, Hancock Co., Illinois.

Footnotes

John Alexander Cleveland (9SMF-8P2), "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 6 Feb. 2022). John Cleveland, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/john-cleveland, accessed 9 Feb. 2022). John Cleveland, The Joseph Smith Papers (https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/john-cleveland, accessed 17 Jan. 2022).

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    concerning the case of Brother Brewster I was one that opposed his ordination & I was much surprised that both the chairman & clerk did not do the same instead of urging it forward for Br Brewster maintained the same principle & possessed the same spirit for which he was cut off from the church in Kirtland by the high council & even in this case he came forward & demanded the High & Holy priesthood at our hands in the in the name of Jesus Christ I did not consider this to be ...
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    March 13, 1839 March 14, 1839 March 15, 1839 March 16, 1839

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    April 27, 1839 ~ Saturday April 27th We had entered into a covenant to see the poor saints all mooved out of Missouri into Illinois that they might be delivered from under the hand of such vile persecution & we have spared no pains to accomplish this object untill the Lord hath given us the desires of our hearts in this thing & we have now the last company of the poor with us that can be removed. Br Parley P Pratt one of the Twelve &
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    April 27, 1839 May 3, 1839 May 4, 1839

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    LEAVES FROM MY JOURNAL. and Missouri, and returned to Illinois. We had accomplished the mission without a dog moving his tongue at us, or any man saying, "Why do you do so?" We crossed the Mississippi river on the steam ferry, entered Quincy on the 2nd of May, and all had the joy of reaching our families once more in peace and safety. There was an incident connected with our journey that is worthy of record. While we were on ...
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    May 2, 1839 May 3, 1839 May 4, 1839 May 5, 1839

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    THE DESERET NEWS. TRUTH AND LIBERTY. No. 21. FILLMORE CITY, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1858. VOL. VIII. [Column 1] HISTORY OF WILFORD WOODRUFF. (FROM HIS OWN PEN.) -[CONTINUED.]- March 8, 1839—I attended a conference at Springfield, Illinois. —13—I took my family and started for Quincy, where I arrived on the 16th. I dined with Emma Smith at Judge Cleveland's. I then went on to the ...
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    March 8, 1839 March 13, 1839 March 16, 1839 March 17, 1839 April 8, 1839 April 26, 1839 May 2, 1839 May 3, 1839 May 15, 1839 July 22, 1839 July 25, 1839 August 8, 1839 August 21, 1839 August 24, 1839 August 28, 1839 September 2, 1839 September 10, 1839 September 12, 1839 September 19, 1839 September 21, 1839 September 27, 1839 October 4, 1839 October 7, 1839 November 1, 1839 December 13, 1839 December 19, 1839 January 11, 1840 January 13, 1840 January 18, 1840 January 21, 1840 January 29, 1840 March 1, 1840 March 3, 1840 March 6, 1840 March 22, 1840 April 9, 1840 April 22, 1840 July 17, 1840 August 18, 1840 April 20, 1841 May 20, 1841 October 6, 1841 July 28, 1858

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    Church, consisting of nine members, eight of whom were relatives. I or- dained Dwight Webster a Priest, and administered the sacrament. July 3—I started for the State of Maine, and arrived at father Carter's, in Scarborough, on the 6th. —14—My wife was delivered of a daughter at her father's house; we named her Sarah Emma. 22—I wrote to Thomas B. Marsh, an account of ...
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    July 3, 1838 July 6, 1838 July 14, 1838 July 22, 1838 July 30, 1838 August 7, 1838 August 9, 1838 August 13, 1838 August 19, 1838 October 1, 1838 October 3, 1838 October 4, 1838 December 19, 1838 March 8, 1839 March 13, 1839 March 16, 1839 March 17, 1839

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    of teams were raised to bring out the remainder of the poor from Missouri. President Young counselled the Twelve to locate their families for the time being in Quincy. I returned to Rochester for my effects. While at Springfield, I collected $70 for the relief of the Saints in Quincy, which I sent to them. I returned to Quincy on the 8th of April, where I left my family, and went to Far West ...
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    April 8, 1839 April 26, 1839 May 2, 1839 May 3, 1839

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    March 13 I was pressed in spirit to go to Quincy Illinois and visit the the saints who had fled their from their persecuters in Missouri I immediately ^March 13^ I took my wife ^Family^ & child into my waggon and started on the 12th March and arived ^March 13 I took my family and started for Quincy where I arived^ in Quincy on the 16. I dined with Emma Smith at Judge Clevelands I then went on the bank of ...
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    March 12, 1839 March 13, 1839 March 16, 1839 March 17, 1839 March 20, 1839 March 23, 1839 March 24, 1839 April 3, 1839 April 8, 1839 April 26, 1839 May 2, 1839 May 3, 1839

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    liberated through the blessings of God from his enemies & prison and passed us not far distant from each other without either party knowing it, they making their way for their families in Illinois while we were making our way to Far West into the hands ^midst^ of our enemies so they arrived home to their families & friends before our return. May 3rd was a very interesting day to me as well as others. In company with 5five others of the Quorum of the Twelve ...
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    May 3, 1839

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    TULLIDGE'S QUARTERLY MAGAZINE. [Column 1] requirement of the revelation, on the 18th of April, 1839, I took into my wagon Brigham Young and Orson Pratt: and Father Cutler took into his wagon John Taylor and George A. Smith, and we started for Far West. On the way we met John E. Page, who was going with his family to Quincy, Illinois. His wagon had turned over, ...
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    April 18, 1839 April 25, 1839 April 26, 1839 May 2, 1839 May 3, 1839

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    CHAPTER XIV My journey, and meeting with old friends. One of my "chapters of accidents". The council at Far West in fulfilment of Revelation. The Prophet out of Prison. A General Conference. A remarkable incident of the Persecution. The first settling of Commerce, afterwards Nauvoo. Directions by Joseph how to to detect the Devil. Our Mission to the Nations. Joseph's charge to the Twelve. A day of God's power, Joseph heals the Multitude. We start for Europe.
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    March 8, 1839 March 13, 1839 March 16, 1839