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Dunham, Jonathan
Biography
14 Jan. 1800–28 July 1845. Soldier, police captain. Born in Paris, Oneida Co., New York. Son of Jonathan Dunham. Married Mary Kendall. Moved to Rushford, Allegany Co., New York, by 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and ordained an elder, by 1836. Served mission to New York, 1836. Ordained a seventy by Joseph Young, 20 Dec. 1836, in Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio. Served mission to Indians in New York, 1837. Camp engineer for Kirtland Camp, 1838. Moved to Adam-ondi-Ahman, Daviess Co., Missouri, 1838. Leader in Missouri Latter-day Saint militia, 1838. Moved to Kirtland, ca. 1838. Served missions to Indiana, Pennsylvania, and New York, 1839. Served mission to Indians in present-day Kansas, 1840. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by 1841. Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge. Colonel in Nauvoo Legion, 1842. Construction superintendent for Nauvoo Legion arsenal, 1843. Served mission to Indians in Missouri, 1843. In Nauvoo, appointed captain of police, 1843; wharf master, 1844; and acting major general of Nauvoo Legion, 1844. Among those arrested for destruction of Nauvoo Expositor press, June 1844. Escorted bodies of JS and Hyrum Smith into Nauvoo, June 1844. Appointed brigadier general in Nauvoo Legion, 14 Sept. 1844. Admitted to Council of Fifty, 1 Mar. 1845. Left Nauvoo on assignment from Council of Fifty to attend council of Indian chiefs in Indian Territory, Apr. 1845. Died in Newton Co., Missouri, while serving mission.
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Letter from Thomas Burdick, 28 August 1840
- Account of Trial, 26 April 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. C. L. Higbee et al. ]
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Appendix 4: Council of Fifty, Roll, 22 April 1845–27 December 1846
- Appendix 4: William Clayton, Daily Account of Joseph Smith’s Activities, 14–22 June 1844
- Appendix: Alexander Sympson, Letter to Editor, circa 25 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Sympson ]
- 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
- Discourse, 26 May 1844, as Compiled by Leo Hawkins
- Discourse, 29 December 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, circa 19 July 1840, as Reported by Martha Jane Knowlton Coray–A
- Docket Entry, circa 13 June 1844 [ In the Matter of H. Smith et al. ]
- Execution, 13 June 1844 [ In the Matter of H. Smith et al. ]
- Habeas Corpus, 13 June 1844 [ In the Matter of H. Smith et al. ]
- Habeas Corpus, 13 June 1844, Copy [ In the Matter of H. Smith et al. ]
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- 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
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Baldwin et al. for Arson
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Letter from Paicouchaiby and Other Potawatomis, circa 14 August 1843
- Letter from Thomas Ford, 22 June 1844
- Letter to Emma Smith, 27 June 1844
- Letterbook 2
- License Record Book
- License for Jonathan Dunham, 27 October 1836
- Mayor’s Order to John P. Greene, 17 June 1844
- Military Order to Jonathan Dunham, 10 June 1844
- Military Order to Jonathan Dunham, 17 June 1844–A
- Military Order to Jonathan Dunham, 17 June 1844–A, Willard Richards Copy
- Military Order to Jonathan Dunham, 17 June 1844–B
- Military Order to Jonathan Dunham, 17 June 1844–B, Willard Richards Copy
- Military Order to Jonathan Dunham, 22 June 1844
- Minutes and Discourse, 29 December 1843
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes, 10 August 1844
- Minutes, 11 January 1845
- Minutes, 12 October 1844
- Minutes, 12 October 1844, Draft
- Minutes, 14 December 1844
- Minutes, 14 September 1844
- Minutes, 16 December 1843
- Minutes, 2 July 1844
- Minutes, 29 December 1843, Partial Draft
- Minutes, 3 January 1844
- Minutes, 5 January 1844
- Minutes, 5 March 1844
- Minutes, 8 June 1844
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 10 June 1843
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 20 May 1843
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 21 October 1843
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 8 July 1843
- Miscellaneous Notes [20–22 June 1844]
- Miscellaneous Notes [21–23 June 1844]
- Miscellaneous Notes [25–28 June 1844, 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, November 1842–January 1844
- Pay Order from Ebenezer Robinson for William Snow, 7 July 1842
- Pay Order from Joseph W. Coolidge for Brother Fisher, 15 July 1842
- Pay Order from Reuben Hedlock for Daniel Miles, 6 May 1842
- Pay Order from Reuben Hedlock for Mr. Thayer, 8 June 1842
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Abraham C. Hodge, 8 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Abraham Palmer, 14 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Abraham Palmer, 8 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Alexander Mills, 14 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Andrew Lytle, 14 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Armsted Moffett, 14 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Armsted Moffett, 8 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Benjamin Boice, 8 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Charles C. Rich, 8 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Charles Dolton, 14 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Daniel Carn, 8 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Davis McOlney, 8 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Elbridge Tufts, 14 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Elijah J. Sabin, 14 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Hosea Stout, 14 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Hosea Stout, 8 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Howard Egan, 14 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Isaac C. Haight, 14 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for James Pace, 14 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Jesse Harmon, 14 June 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Jesse Harmon, 8 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for John Laird, 14 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for John Laird, 8 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for John Lytle, 14 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for John Lytle, 8 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Josiah Arnold, 1 March 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Josiah Arnold, 17 May 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Josiah Arnold, 4 June 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Josiah Arnold, 7 June 1844–B
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Josiah Arnold, 7 June 1844–C
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Josiah Arnold, 7 June 1844–A
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Josiah Arnold, 8 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Levi Hancock, 8 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Lorenzo Clark, 14 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Samuel Billings, 8 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Stephen H. Godard, 14 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Stephen H. Godard, 8 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Truman R. Barlow, 8 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Warren Smith, 14 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Warren Smith, 8 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for William H. Edwards, 14 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for William H. Edwards, 8 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for William Pace, 14 January 1844
- Petition from Charles C. Rich and Others, 5 November 1844
- Petition from Hosea Stout and Others, 8 November 1844
- Petition from Nauvoo Legion, 9 September 1843
- Petition from Robert L. Campbell and Others, 13 January 1844
- Petition, 13 June 1844 [ In the Matter of H. Smith et al. ]
- Poll Record, Nauvoo Legion, 13 August 1842
- Reflections and Blessings, 16 and 23 August 1842
- Report from Charles C. Rich and Jonathan Dunham, 3 January 1845
- Resolution, 16 December 1843
- Resolutions from Nauvoo Third Ward, 11 December 1843
- Ruling, 29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Statement of Account from Grubb & Ritchie, 18 November 1844
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840