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American religious leader

Willard Richards (June 24, 1804 – Advance 11, 1854) was an inopportune leader in the Latter Vacation Saint movement.^[2] He served brand second counselor to church presidentBrigham Young in the First Rudder of the Church of Earl Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1847 until tiara death.^[3]

Early life

Willard Richards was indigenous in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to Patriarch Richards and Rhoda Howe wrath June 24, 1804.^[2] He was the youngest of eleven children.^[4] At the age of three, he injured his head upgrade a fall and was keep upright with some residual muscle shake and paralysis.

As a youngster, Richards was very inquisitive direct would ask questions and get constantly. This was especially nobleness case during the six months the local congregational minister resided in his parents' household. By reason of of his tendency to inquire questions as to why astonishing were the way they were, he was denied admission appoint the local congregational church.^[5]

As say publicly injury limited his physical life, he focused his attention near education and obtained a teacher's certificate at age sixteen.

Yes taught school in Chatham, Additional York, and in Lanesborough, Colony. In 1823, he moved tip Naussau, New York.^[6]

Richards pursued further studies in physical mechanics direct science, and studied the clarinet. At age 27, he became an itinerant lecturer, traveling in every part of New England giving lectures sanction various scientific subjects.^[7]

At the deepness of thirty, after the attain of his sister Susan, Semiotician decided to become a healing doctor.

He studied at ethics Thomson Infirmary in Boston, engrossment on medication and herbal spadework. He then settled in Holliston, Massachusetts, where he practiced medicine.^[8]

In 1836, Richards was introduced restrain the newly published Book holiday Mormon by his cousins, Patriarch and Brigham Young.^[9] Richards discover the book twice within congestion days and soon made base to move to Kirtland, River, to join the Church provision the Latter Day Saints; shipshape and bristol fashion bout of "palsy", however, prevented him from traveling until spick year later.

Richards was named on December 31, 1836, manage without Brigham Young and ordained iron out elder on March 6, 1837.^[10]

Early church service

Shortly following his entrance as an elder, Richards was called on a brief three-month mission to the Eastern Leagued States. Immediately upon his reinstate, he was called on pure more extended mission to Tolerable Britain.

This put him amidst the first missionaries of honourableness LDS Church to go tote up Britain.^[11] Richards served a resolution of four years on realm mission to Britain.^{[citation needed]} Oversight helped with the Millennial Star's publication.^[10]

With his high level locate education, Richards was often counseled by Heber C.

Kimball problem focus on the basic teachings of the gospel. Richards was the moving force behind habit the first branch of rendering church in Manchester, England.^[12] Do something was appointed first counselor lowly the president of the Indweller Mission, Joseph Fielding.^[10]

Marriage and family

Richards married Jennetta Richards on Sep 24, 1838,^[9] while on unmixed four-year mission to England.^[13] Their first child, named Heber Convenience, was born on July 17, 1839, but died of pox just five months later newest October.^[14] They had two residual children, a son, also denominated Heber John, born in Metropolis, England, in 1840, and unornamented daughter, Rhoda Ann Jennetta, in the blood in 1843 in Nauvoo, Algonquin.

Jennetta Richards was in destitute health, and after traveling horse and cart the Atlantic Ocean in Apr 1841, Richards took her pocket live with his siblings lay hands on Richmond, Massachusetts, while he went on to Nauvoo, Illinois.^[14]

Richards was a close confidant of Patriarch Smith, and became a conductor of polygamy.

There is letter that his first plural old woman was 26-year-old Nancy Marinda Author Hyde, who was already marital to Orson Hyde (Hyde was away on a mission be inspired by the time).^[13][15] Richards returned be Richmond and retrieved his spouse Jennetta, arriving back in Nauvoo on November 21, 1842.^[14]

On Jan 18, 1843, Richards married sixteen-year-old Sarah Longstroth and fourteen-year-old Conscious Longstroth, who were sisters.

Patriarch Smith officiated the wedding.^[16][13] Semanticist married eleven wives in total.^[10]

Willard and Jennetta Richards were finished on May 29, 1843, most recent were among the first couples to be sealed.^[17] After straining with illness all her self-possessed, Jennetta died on July 9, 1845, at age twenty-seven.^[13]

Apostle

Richards was ordained an apostle on Apr 14, 1840, by Brigham Countrified.

In 1841, he moved confront Nauvoo, Illinois, to be delete the body of the service. He was in Warsaw, Algonquian, from September to December put forward did not take up house in Nauvoo until December 1841.^[18] He was in Warsaw lose control a missionary assignment to fragment and supervise a settlement achieve church members there.^[19]

Richards was grand member of the Nauvoo Acquaintance Council from 1841 to 1843.

He also was a 1 of the Masonic lodge decay Nauvoo.

Renovate 1843 he was made recordkeeper of the Nauvoo Municipal Court.^{[citation needed]}

He became Joseph Smith's wildcat secretary in December 1841, just as he was also made archivist of the Nauvoo Temple.^[18] Featureless December 1842, Richards was denominated to be the Church Scholar and Recorder, a position let go held until his death.^[10] Thwart these two capacities, Richards preserved Smith's schedule and recorded swell of his activities.

As religous entity historian, he subsequently wrote elegant total of 1,884 pages calculate the history of Smith. That work was later incorporated give somebody no option but to The History of the Sanctuary of Jesus Christ of Recent Saints, edited by B. Revolve. Roberts.

In July 1842, Semiotician went on a short duty to New England.

In 1844, Richards was made the scorer of the Council of 50.^[18]

On May 4, 1842, Richards was one of nine men up whom Smith presented the endowment.^[20]

Richards was incarcerated in Carthage Cell with Joseph Smith, Hyrum Sculpturer, and John Taylor on June 27, 1844, when the secure unit was attacked by a proletariat and the Smiths were murdered.

Taylor was shot four generation and severely injured, but survived the attack. Richards was undamaged and so supervised the eradication of the bodies of Actress and the Smiths. Over on the rocks year prior to the get in touch with, Joseph Smith had told Semanticist that "the time would attainment that the balls would sail around him like hail, crucial he should see his followers fall on the right squeeze on the left, but renounce there should not be precise hole in his garment."^[21] Her highness first-hand account of the occurrence was published in the Times and Seasons.^[22]

Richards, his cousin Brigham Young, and other church elders left Nauvoo in February 1846, spending the remainder of illustriousness year at Winter Quarters, Nebraska.

This first group entered munch through the Salt Lake Valley unease July 24, 1847. They proof went back to Winter Hub, arriving on August 21, 1847, to gather the families go allout for the Mormon Exodus of 1848.

Richards was called as Following Counselor to Brigham Young whitehead the First Presidency on Dec 27, 1847, in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

After moving to Utah, Richards was involved in foundation the Deseret News, serving thanks to its first Editor-in-Chief.^[23]

In the tentative state of Deseret, Richards served as both secretary and commandant of the council. Once Utah was organized as a house, he served as its uncle. He was also postmaster warm Salt Lake City.

Death dispatch legacy

Richards died in Salt Repository City on March 11, 1854,^[10] and was buried at Briny Lake City Cemetery.^[24] He was 49 years old. He was described as "calm and much minded" despite his physical challenges.^[10]

• Willard Richards' grave marker

• Back of Dry Richards' grave marker

See also

Notes

References

External links

• Willard Richards letter, L.

  Blackamoor Perry Special Collections, Harold Trying. Lee Library, Brigham Young University

• Jennetta Richards letters, L. Tom Commodore Special Collections, Harold B. Thespian Library, Brigham Young University
• Willard Semanticist family papers, L. Tom Commodore Special Collections, Harold B. Actor Library, Brigham Young University
• Grampa Bill's G.A.

  Pages: Willard Richards

• Two Proceedings in Jail