Michael Arthur
Michael Arthur (1800-1884) was born 19 May 1800 in Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky. He was the son of John Arthur and Dolly Winn. He married Amanda M. F. Martin on 24 May 1822. He employed Wilford Woodruff in Clay Co., Missouri. He died 8 Aug. 1884 in Liberty, Clay Co., Missouri.
Footnotes
Michael Arthur (L716-391), "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 4 Feb. 2022). Michael Arthur, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/michael-arthur, accessed 4 Feb. 2022). Michael Arthur, The Joseph Smith Papers (https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/michael-arthur, accessed 11 Jan. 2022).
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Excerpt:July 1st 1834 with him through the season as he had taken a job to make one hundred thousand of brick and to build a dw elling house out of the same for Mr Michael Arthur, which made labour for many of the brethren I commenced labouring at Brother Wight's about the first of July I found many great and glorious privil eges here as it was the place appointed for the meeting of the high Council & also the Elders Council and Courts to tra nsact all their business ...Dates:July 1, 1834 -
Excerpt:as good to me to day as it was when I was with you in the old log cabin in Clay County, and milking the cows for Sister Wight and making brick for col. Arthurs house. All the world will find it is true in the end. We are living in an important day and God is bringing about his purposes and the Devil is a trying too. Great things are at the door. I say again br. Lyman come and see us, we will not ... -
Excerpt:Our crops became free booty to their horses, hogs, cattle, &c. I was chased by about sixty of these ruffians 5 miles (or there was about 60 when they commeced and dwindl^e^d down to 62.) I fled south and my wife was driven north to Clay Co and for three weeks I knew not whether my family was dead or alive, neither did they know what was my fate, at one time I was three days without food. When I found my family I found them on the north bank ... -
Excerpt:19th we passed through Vandalia ^Indiapnapolis^ the People threatened us said we should not pass through their town but we went thr[ou]gh undisturbed the people seemed filled with fear at night we encamped on [illegible] where we lost one horse Wednesday 21 we forded White River. Sunday 25 we arived at the state Line of Illinois. we had no meeting to day but attended to Baking, washing, & preparing to resume our Journey which we did do on Monday 26, and at ...Dates:May 19, 1834 May 21, 1834 May 25, 1834 May 26, 1834 May 27, 1834 May 28, 1834 May 31, 1834 June 1, 1834 June 2, 1834 June 3, 1834 -
Excerpt:of the Lord that the plague shall be staid from this hour & there shall not be another case of it and the Brethren covenaneted with uplifted to hands to keep the commands of God & to obey the council of the prophet & the plage was stayed from that hour there was not another case of it among the saints. Brother Lyman Wight had taken a Job of work of Col Arthur to make him 100000 Brick & to build him a House. I commenced work for Brother Wight about the first ...Dates:January 1, 1834 July 1, 1834 July 7, 1834 July 9, 1834