Joseph Fielding
Joseph Fielding (1797-1863) was born 26 Mar. 1797 in Honeydon, Bedfordshire, England. He was the son of John Fielding and Rachel Ibbotson. He married Hannah Greenwood on 11 Jun. 1838 at Preston, Lancashire, England. He was baptized 21 May 1836 in Black Creek, Charleton Settlement, Upper Canada. He first met Wilford Woodruff in Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio in May 1837. He died 19 Dec. 1863 in Millcreek, Great Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory.
Footnotes
Joseph Fielding (KWJW-65T), "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 6 Feb. 2022). Joseph Fielding, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/joseph-fielding, accessed 8 Feb. 2022). Joseph Fielding, The Joseph Smith Papers (https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/joseph-fielding, accessed 14 Jan. 2022).
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Excerpt:At a general conference of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints held in the Temperance Hall Preston, Lincashire, England, on the fifteenth day of April Eighteen hundred & forty—Er Kimball was called to preside & Elder Wm Clayton chosen as clerk— It being the tenth day of the first month of the eleventh year of the church. The meeting was opened by singing & prayer by Er Kimball Elder Kimball then called upon the Elders to represent the different branches of the church—When— Er -
Excerpt:Er Wm Clayton repd the church at Manchester— 240 M, 2 Ers 5 P, 4 Trs, 1 D Er Wm Clayton repd the church at Stockport 40 M, 1 P, 2 Trs, 1 D Er Wm Clayton repd the church at Dukinfield— 30 M, 1 P, Er Wm Clayton repd the church at Altrincham 8 M, 1 P, 1 Tr Er Wm Clayton repd the church at Peover & Macclesfield 30 M, 3 P. Er Wm Clayton repd the church ... -
Excerpt:Moved & Secd that bro Jno Bleazard of Sawlesbury be ordained to the office of a Priest. Card. Moved & secd that bro James Corbridge of Thornley be ordained to the office of a Priest. Card. Er Kimball then laid before the conference the importance and propriety of ordaining a Patriarch— to bestow Patriarchal blessings on the fatherless &c— Referred to the Twelve whose business it is to select & ordain him according to the directions of the spirit. After various remarks & addresses being given by the ... -
Part of Discourse 1889-03-03Excerpt:Some of you have read the history of the power of the devil in Eng- land, when the fallen angels that are upon the earth made war upon Brother Kimball, Brother Hyde, Brother Fielding and Brother Rus- sell, who had all they could do to live in the midst of that kind of warfare. These evil spirits knocked down Brother Russell and Brother Hyde. They didn't Brother Kim- ball; but that power fell upon him. His eyes were opened. He saw the ... -
Excerpt:his father to secuer the copy Right for him as he would be here the last first of May and Bring the plates with him and will publish the Book in about a week after his arival but we have and are taking prompt measures to secuer the copy Right to the twelve and flusterate his designs and I think the lord is on our side and we shall over come. there are some apostacis from the church among which is G. Mickelson persiding Elder of the Liverpool conference. Mr Mcguffie ... -
Excerpt:Amt of Monies Received from dec 4th 1843 to March 8th 1845—showing the defissencies of Each ship sectioned by orders from the church office Dr amt that should have been Received Amt actualy Received Borowed of H. Clark & Fielding 25 5 " 25 5 " cost of ship fittings from C. & Fielding 28 4 1 28 4 1 H. Clarks services on ships which he charged to parties acpt 25 " " 25 ... -
Excerpt:Amt of Monies Received from dec 4th 1843 to March 8th 1845 showing the difissencies of each ship sectioned by orders from the church office Dr amt that should have been Recived Amt actually Received Borrowed of H. Clark & Fielding 25 5 " 25 5 " cost of ship fittings from C. & Fielding 28 4 1 28 4 1 H. Clarks servises on [illegible] ships which he charged to parties acpt 25 " " 25 " " Amt of fare on barque Fanny 690 " " 610 " " Amt of ... -
Excerpt:Chapter 5 Our visit to preston, our first council in England, in 1840, we take different fields of Labor Jan 13, 1840 After visiting ^Mr. George Cannon^ the Father and Mother of G Q Cannon and the family after we took cars in the Evening and arrived in the midst of the preston Branch of the Saints built up in 1837, by Elder Heber C Kimball & ^Orson Hyde^ Willard Richards and we very soon had a pleasant ...Dates:January 13, 1840 January 17, 1840 -
Excerpt:principles of the Church had been explained by the Twelve present the Council adjorned Elder Willard Richards had been called to be one of the Quorum of the Twelve but had not yet received his ordination On the day following I parted with Elder Taylor & Fielding who wet went to Liverpool & with Elder Richards who tarried in preston and Elder Turley & myself went to Manchester the first time I ever visited that City, I here met ... -
Excerpt:AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF WILFORD WOODRUFF. [Column 1] ness, and that it was with difficulty that they could travel. After spending six days in New York, Elder John Taylor, in company with Elder Theodore Turley and myself sailed out of New York Harbor for Liverpool, on board the packet ship Oxford, on the 19th of December, 1839. We took steerage passage, which cost fifteen dollars each. We had storms and rough weather, but most of the winds ...Dates:December 19, 1839 January 11, 1840 January 13, 1840 January 17, 1840