Levi Richards
Levi Richards (1799-1876) was born 14 Apr. 1799 in Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He was the son of Joseph Richards and Rhoda Howe. He married Sarah Griffith on 25 Dec. 1843. He was baptized 31 Dec. 1836. He and Wilford Woodruff served together in England in 1841 and in Utah Territory. He died 18 Jun. 1876 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory.
Footnotes
Dr. Levi Richards (KWJB-M5X), "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 6 Feb. 2022). Levi Richards, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/levi-richards, accessed 10 Feb. 2022). Levi Richards, The Joseph Smith Papers (https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/levi-richards, accessed 17 Jan. 2021).
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Excerpt:January 24, 1848 ~ Monday 24th I met in council withe the Twelve & High Council & herd a charge prefered by the Policee against E. D Wolley for making use of sedicious language against the Authorities of the Church the letter of the accusation was sustained against Br Wolley but it was not supposed by any that the spirit of sedition was in his heart. It proved to be an interesting meeting as muc[h] teaching & instruction was drawn out of the Presidency High Council, Twelve &c. Br Wooley in his plea expressed his ... -
Excerpt:April 29, 1848 ~ Saturday 29th President Young made a feast & invited a few of his friends inasmuch as we were about to seperate the company was composed of the following persons B Young, H. C. Kimball, O Pratt, W Woodruff, A. P. Rockwood Joseph Young, E. T. Benson Levi Richards & their ladies we had a plesent time Br Benson gave sumthing of an account of his begging mission in ... -
Excerpt:March 5, 1859 ~ Saturday March 5 we had a cold night the storm yesterday was the worst storm we have had this winter the sun shone bright this morning I spent the day in the office. I attended the D. A. & M society at the Historians office the President & board of Directors received our report as a committy concerning the Provo Branch of the society March 6, 1859 ~ Sunday 6th Sunday G. A. Smith H ... -
Excerpt:March 12, 1859 ~ Saturday 12 March it is a Cold bright sunshinee morning Brother Bigler starts for Provo. I spent the day scraping March 13, 1859 ~ Sunday 143th sunday I attended meeting at the Tabernacle Samuel W Richards Preached at the close of the meeting I company with Doctor's France, Anderson, Richardson Dunyon, Sprague, Levi Richards, Elders C. C ... -
Excerpt:in order to obtain the blessings. we had a hard snow storm at mid- day Elder F. D Richards spent a part of the afternoon with me in the office [FIGURES] I had a pleasing [interview] with President B. Young J. D. Grant upon various principles things remarks were made upon by gone days I met with the 14 ward in the evening with the missionaries I spoke to the people was followed by Brother Daniel D. Hunt -
Excerpt:February 1, 1862 ~ Saturday Feb 1st 1862 I spent most of the day in the Office February 2, 1862 ~ Sunday 2nd Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning. I attended Meeting in the Tabernacle through the day President Young Preached in the forenoon upon Temporal things. He wished the People to get up their ox teams now the ground was frozen and draw rock for the Temple so the Stone Masons could be ... -
Excerpt:C. Baldwin Sidney Rigdon & one more the Gov was obliged to give warrant's for them. but the brethren obtained word in time to make them- selves missing she writes that Sidney was already in carried across into th[e] territory. Parley writes that ^some of the^ Indians are baptized & ordained in several tribes the rest are so ripe that they can har^d^ly wait for baptism until it is wisdom Bro. Joseph tells them to wait a little. The Mo. are fearing & trembling And some of them moving away Bro^e^ther^er^n ... -
Excerpt:the Nauvoo Hancock Co mob & Disturbance. the publik press has been ^mostly^ silent for a length of time in this country [leaving] us but is begining to be stired up again at present I have publised 20,000 of the proclamations & we are calculating to supply members of the Houses of parliament the Lords Dukes Bishops & clergy & all great men with them as far as possubl◇e throghout these realms of [illegible] we shall hear sumthing from the press & pulpit upon the subject soon but ... -
Excerpt:May 4, 1873 Sunday President Brigham Young Preached in the forenoon to a large congregation of Saints & Gentiles one hour & 12 M[inutes] Afternoon C. C. Rich spoke 26 Minuts President Joseph [FIGURES] Young spoke 32 Minuts then President Brigham Young spoke 45 Minutes making about two hours that He spoke to day & there was some Twelve thousand People in the Tabernacle I received A Letter from My Brother Azmon & I wrote 4 letters to Sarah ... -
Excerpt:May 7,1873 ~ Wednesday May 7, 1873 I Met at the Endowment House at 2 oclok & Presidents Young D. H. Wells John Taylor W. Woodruff G. Q. Cannon B Young jr & J F Smith officiated in Ordaining 27 Patriarchs I was mouth in ordaining Lyman Leonard David Fulmer John Lyon & Elias Smith. The following ...