Daniel Spencer Circa 1867, photograph by studio of Charles R. Savage and George M. Ottinger. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)
- Gender
- Male
Spencer, Daniel
Biography
20 July 1794–8 Dec. 1868. Rancher, merchant. Born in West Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of Daniel Spencer and Chloe Wilson. Moved to Savannah, Chatham Co., Georgia, ca. 1816. Operated a mercantile business in Savannah. Returned to West Stockbridge, ca. 1823. Married first Sophronia Eliza Pomeroy, 16 Jan. 1823, in West Stockbridge. Married second Sarah Lester Van Schoonover, 30 June 1834. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by James Burnham, 3 Mar. 1840, in West Stockbridge. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, 1841. Served mission to Canada, ca. 1841. Served mission to Cherokee Indian Nation, ca. 1842. Member of Nauvoo City Council, 1843–1844. Served mission to Canada, 1843. Served mission to Massachusetts, 1844. After murder of JS, served as interim mayor of Nauvoo, Aug. 1844–Feb. 1845. Ordained a high priest, 6 Oct. 1844, in Nauvoo. Served mission with Amasa Lyman to reclaim Saints who followed James Emmett to vicinity of present-day Vermillion, Clay Co., South Dakota, Feb.–Mar. 1845. Admitted to Council of Fifty, 18 Mar. 1845. Moved to Winter Quarters, unorganized U.S. territory (later in Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska), 1846. Served as bishop at Winter Quarters. Migrated to Salt Lake Valley, 1847. Appointed president of Salt Lake stake, 1849. Member of Utah territorial legislature, 1851. Died in Salt Lake City.
Links
- Appendix 2: Council of Fifty, Minutes, 27 February 1845
- Appendix 4: Council of Fifty, Roll, 22 April 1845–27 December 1846
- Appendix 7: Council of Fifty, Minutes, 19 January 1846
- Bill from Daniel Spencer and Others, circa 25 February 1843
- Claims from George W. Harris and Others, 8 February 1843
- Committee Appointments, 11 February 1843
- Committee Appointments, 11 February 1843, Draft
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–B
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- License Record Book
- Mayor’s Order to Nauvoo City Marshal, 5 March 1844
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 21 December 1843
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Minute Entry, Appointments of George W. Harris and Others, 14 January 1843
- Minute Entry, Motion, 29 April 1844
- Minute Entry, Remittance of Fine, 29 April 1844
- Minute Entry, Report and Orders, 12 February 1844
- Minute Entry, Resignation of Fees, 11 February 1843
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–9 April 1844, as Reported by Thomas Bullock
- Minutes, 11 February 1843
- Minutes, 14 January 1843
- Minutes, 25 February 1843
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 3 February 1841–8 February 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–March 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
- Oath from Daniel Spencer, 11 February 1843
- Promissory Note to Daniel Spencer, 26 July 1842
- Revised Committee Appointments, 11 February–circa 10 June 1843