The People of the Doctrine & Covenants

Enhance your study by learning helpful biographical insights by Susan Easton Black about every person mentioned in the Doctrine and Covenants.

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Major Noble Ashley

1798-1870

Major Noble Ashley

D&C 75:17

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Ashley

Almon Whiting Babbitt

1812–1856

Almon Whiting Babbitt

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Babbitt

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Jesse Baker

1778-1846

Jesse Baker

D&C 124:137

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Baker

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Wheeler Baldwin

1793-1887

Wheeler Baldwin

D&C 52:31

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Baldwin

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Heman A. Bassett

1814-1876

Heman A. Bassett

D&C 52:37

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Bassett

John Cook Bennett

1804-1867

John Cook Bennett

D&C 124:16-17

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Bennett

Ezra T. Benson

1811-1869

Ezra T. Benson

D&C 136:12

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Benson

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Samuel Bent

1778-1846

Samuel Bent

D&C 124:132

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Bent

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Titus Billings

1793-1866

Titus Billings

D&C 63:39

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Billings

Lilburn W. Boggs

1792-1861

Boggs

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Ezra Booth

1792-1873

Booth

John Farnham Boynton

1811-1890

Boynton

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Seymour Brunson

1798-1840

Seymour Brunson

D&C 75:33; 124:132

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Brunson

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Stephen Burnett

1813-1885

Stephen Burnett

D&C 75:35; 80:1-2

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Burnett

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Philip Burroughs

1794-1865

Philip Burroughs

D&C 30:10

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Burroughs

Josiah Butterfield

1795-1871

Josiah Butterfield

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Butterfield

Reynolds Cahoon

Reynolds Cahoon

1790-1861

Reynolds Cahoon

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Cahoon

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Gideon Hayden (Haden) Carter

1798-1838

Gideon Hayden (Haden) Carter

D&C 75:34

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Carter

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Jared Carter

1801-1855

Jared Carter

D&C 52:38; 79; 94:14; 102:3

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Carter

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John Sims Carter

1797-1834

John Sims Carter

D&C 102:3

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Carter

Simeon Carter

1794-1869

Simeon Carter

D&C 52:27; 75:30

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Carter

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William Carter

? - ?

William Carter

D&C 52:31

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Carter

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Joseph Coe

1784-1854

Joseph Coe

D&C 55:6; 102:3

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Coe

Zebedee Coltrin

1804-1887

Zebedee Coltrin

D&C 52:59

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Coltrin

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Leman Copley

1781-1862

Copley

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John Corrill

1794-1842

John Corrill

D&C 50:38; 52:7

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Corrill

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James Covill

? – ?

James Covill

D&C 39; 40

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Covill

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Warren A. Cowdery

1788-1851

Warren A. Cowdery

D&C 106

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Cowdery

Alpheus Cutler

Alpheus Cutler

1784-1864

Alpheus Cutler

D&C 124:132

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Cutler

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Amos Davis

1813-1872

Amos Davis

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Davis

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Asa Dodds

1793-?

Dodds

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David Dort

1793-1841

David Dort

D&C 124:132

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Dort

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Ruggles Eames

1805-?

Ruggles Eames

D&C 75:35

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Eames

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James Foster

1776-1846

James Foster

D&C 124:138

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Foster

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Robert D. Foster

1811-1878

Robert D. Foster

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Foster

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Edson Fuller

1809-1879

Edson Fuller

D&C 52:28

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Fuller

David Fullmer

1803-1879

David Fullmer

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Fullmer

Isaac Galland

1791-1858

Isaac Galland

D&C 124:78-79

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Galland

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Jesse Gause

1785-1836

Gause

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Algernon Sidney Gilbert

1789-1834

Algernon Sidney Gilbert

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Gilbert

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John Gould

1783-1855

John Gould

D&C 100:14

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Gould

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Oliver Granger

1794-1841

Granger

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Selah J. Griffin

1799-?

Selah J. Griffin

D&C 52:32; 56:5-6

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Griffin

Thomas Grover

1807-1886

Thomas Grover

D&C 124:132

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Grover

Levi Hancock

Levi Ward Hancock

1803-1882

Levi Ward Hancock

D&C 52:29; 124:138

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Hancock

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Solomon Hancock

1793-1847

Solomon Hancock

D&C 52:27

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Hancock

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Emer Harris

1781-1869

Emer Harris

D&C 75:30

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Harris

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George Washington Harris

1780-1857

George Washington Harris

D&C 124:132

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Harris

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Peter Haws

1796-1860

Peter Haws

D&C 124:62,70

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Haws

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Henry Herriman

1804-1891

Henry Herriman

D&C 124:138

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Herriman

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John Alexander Hicks

1801-1897

John Alexander Hicks

D&C 124:137

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Hicks

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Elias Higbee

1795-1843

Elias Higbee

D&C 113:7-10

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Higbee

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Solomon Humphrey

1775-1834

Solomon Humphrey

D&C 52:35-36

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Humphrey

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William Huntington, Sr.

1784-1846

William Huntington, Sr.

D&C 124:132

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Huntington

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George Fitch James

1796-1864

George Fitch James

D&C 52:38

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James

Vienna Jaques

1787-1884

Vienna Jaques

D&C 90:28-31

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Jaques

An image of Aaron Johnson. He wears a short beard and mustache and has a bit of a combover.

Aaron Johnson

1806-1877

Aaron Johnson

D&C 124:132

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Johnson

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John Johnson

1778-1843

John Johnson

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Johnson

Luke Johnson

Luke S. Johnson

1807-1861

Johnson

Lyman Johnson

Lyman Eugene Johnson

1811-1856

Johnson

Heber C. Kimball

Heber Chase Kimball

1801-1868

Kimball

Spencer Woolley Kimball

1895-1985

Spencer Woolley Kimball

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Kimball

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Joseph Knight, Sr.

1772-1847

Joseph Knight, Sr.

D&C 12; 23

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Knight

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Newel Knight

1800-1847

Newel Knight

D&C 52:32; 54; 56:6-7; 72; 124:32

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Knight

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Vinson Knight

1804-1842

Vinson Knight

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Knight

William Law

1809-1892

Law

Ann Lee

1736-1784

Lee

Amasa M. Lyman

Amasa Mason Lyman

1813-1877

Amasa Mason Lyman

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Lyman

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William Marks

1792-1872

William Marks

D&C 117:10; 124:79

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Marks

Thomas B. Marsh

Thomas Baldwin Marsh

1799-1866

Marsh

William Earl McLellin

1806-1883

McLellin

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Daniel Sanborn Miles

1772-1845

Daniel Sanborn Miles

D&C 124:138

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Miles

George Miller

1794-1856

George Miller

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Miller

Isaac Morley

1786-1865

Isaac Morley

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Morley

John Murdock

John Murdock

1792-1871

John Murdock

D&C 52:8; 99

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Murdock

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Noah Packard

1796-1859

Noah Packard

D&C 124:136

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Packard

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Hiram Page

1800-1852

Hiram Page

D&C 28

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Page

John Edward Page

1799-1867

John Edward Page

D&C 118:6; 124:129

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Page

Edward Partridge

Edward Partridge

1793-1840

Partridge

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David W. Patten

1799-1838

Patten

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Ziba Peterson

1810-1849

Ziba Peterson

D&C 32; 58:60

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Peterson

William Wines Phelps

1792-1872

Phelps

Orson Pratt

1811-1881

Pratt

Parley P. Pratt

1807-1857

Pratt

Zera Pulsipher

1789-1872

Zera Pulsipher

D&C 124:138

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Pulsipher

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Charles C. Rich

1809–1883

Charles C. Rich

D&C 124:132

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Rich

Willard Richards

1804-1854

Willard Richards

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Richards

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Burr Riggs

1811-1860

Burr Riggs

D&C 75:17

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Riggs

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Samuel Jones Rolfe

1794-1867

Samuel Jones Rolfe

D&C 124:142

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Rolfe

Marion G. Romney

1897-1988

Romney

Shadrach Roundy

1789-1872

Shadrach Roundy

D&C 124:141

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Roundy

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Symonds Ryder

1792-1870

Symonds Ryder

D&C 52:37

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Ryder

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Jacob Scott

? – ?

Jacob Scott

D&C 52:28

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Scott

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Lyman Royal Sherman

1804-1839

Lyman Royal Sherman

D&C 108

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Sherman

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Henry Garlick Sherwood

1785-1862

Henry Garlick Sherwood

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Sherwood

Alvin Smith

Alvin Smith

1798–1823

Smith

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Don Carlos Smith

1816-1841

Don Carlos Smith

D&C 124:133

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Smith

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Eden Smith

1806-1851

Eden Smith

D&C 75:36; 80:1-5

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Smith

Emma Hale Smith

Emma Hale Smith

1804-1879

Emma Hale Smith

D&C 25; 132:51-56

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Smith

George A. Smith

1817-1875

George A. Smith

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Smith

John Smith

1781-1854

John Smith

D&C 102:3

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Smith

Joseph F. Smith

1838-1918

Smith

Joseph Smith, Jr.

1805-1844

Joseph Smith, Jr.

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Smith

Joseph Smith, Sr.

1771-1840

Joseph Smith, Sr.

D&C 4; 23; 90:20; 102:3; 124:19

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Smith

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Samuel Harrison Smith

1808-1844

Samuel Harrison Smith

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Smith

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Sylvester Smith

1806-1880

Sylvester Smith

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Smith

William Smith

1811-1893

Smith

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John Snider

1800-1875

Snider

Erastus Snow

1818-1888

Erastus Snow

D&C 136:12

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Snow

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Daniel Stanton

1795-1872

Daniel Stanton

D&C 75:33

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Stanton

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Northrop Sweet

1802-1881

Northrop Sweet

D&C 33

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Sweet

Nathan Eldon Tanner

1898-1982

Tanner

John Taylor

1808-887

John Taylor

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Taylor

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Ezra Thayre

1791-1862

Thayre

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Robert Blashel Thompson

1811-1841

Robert Blashel Thompson

D&C 124:12-14

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Thompson

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Joseph H. Wakefield

1792-1835

Joseph H. Wakefield

D&C 50:37; 52:35

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Wakefield

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Micah Baldwin Welton

1792-1861

Micah Baldwin Welton

D&C 75:36

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Welton

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Harvey Gilman Whitlock

1809-1885

Harvey Gilman Whitlock

D&C 52:25

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Whitlock

David Whitmer

David Whitmer

1805-1888

David Whitmer

D&C 14; 17; 18; 30:1-2; 52:25

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Whitmer

John Whitmer

John Whitmer

1802–1878

John Whitmer

D&C 15; 26; 30; 47; 69:1–8; 70:1

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Whitmer

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Peter Whitmer, Jr.

1809-1836

Peter Whitmer, Jr.

D&C 16; 30

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Whitmer

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Peter Whitmer, Sr.

1773-1854

Whitmer

Newel K. Whitney

Newel K. Whitney

1795-1850

Whitney

Lyman Wight

Lyman Wight

1796-1858

Wight

Frederick G. Williams

Frederick G. Williams

1787-1842

Williams

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Samuel Williams

1789-1855

Samuel Williams

D&C 124:137

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Williams

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Calves Wilson

? – ?

Calves Wilson

D&C 75:15

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Wilson

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Lewis Dunbar Wilson

1805-1856

Lewis Dunbar Wilson

D&C 124:132

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Wilson

Wilford Woodruff

1807-1898

Woodruff

Brigham Young

Brigham Young

1801-1877

Young

Joseph Young

1797-1881

Joseph Young

D&C 124:138

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Young