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Davis, Amos

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Ca. 20 Sept. 1813

“Davis, Amos,” in Black, “Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848”; Biographical Review of Hancock County, Illinois, 532; Gregg, History of Hancock County, Illinois, 950.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Black, Susan Easton, comp. Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848. 50 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Department of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University, 1989. Also available as “Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848,” LDS Family History Suite: LDS Vital Records Library, CD-ROM ([Provo], UT: Infobases, Inc., 1996).

Biographical Review of Hancock County, Illinois: Containing Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Many of the Prominent Citizens of Today and Also of the Past. Chicago: Hobart Publishing, 1907.

Gregg, Thomas. History of Hancock County, Illinois, Together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws. Chicago: Charles C. Chapman, 1880.

–22 Mar. 1872.

Gregg, History of Hancock County, Illinois, 950; Biographical Review of Hancock County, Illinois, 532.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Gregg, Thomas. History of Hancock County, Illinois, Together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws. Chicago: Charles C. Chapman, 1880.

Biographical Review of Hancock County, Illinois: Containing Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Many of the Prominent Citizens of Today and Also of the Past. Chicago: Hobart Publishing, 1907.

Merchant, farmer, postmaster, tavernkeeper.

Gregg, History of Hancock County, Illinois, 950; 1860 U.S. Census, Appanoose Township, Hancock Co., IL, 583; Cook, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 256; “Drugs, Medicines, &c,” Wasp, 30 July 1842, [3].

Comprehensive Works Cited

Gregg, Thomas. History of Hancock County, Illinois, Together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws. Chicago: Charles C. Chapman, 1880.

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Cook, Lyndon W. The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985.

The Wasp. Nauvoo, IL. Apr. 1842–Apr. 1843.

Born in New Hampshire or Vermont.

1860 U.S. Census, Appanoose Township, Hancock Co., IL, 583; 1870 U.S. Census, Appanoose Township, Hancock Co, IL, 10[A]; Gregg, History of Hancock County, Illinois, 950; Biographical Review of Hancock County, Illinois, 532.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Gregg, Thomas. History of Hancock County, Illinois, Together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws. Chicago: Charles C. Chapman, 1880.

Biographical Review of Hancock County, Illinois: Containing Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Many of the Prominent Citizens of Today and Also of the Past. Chicago: Hobart Publishing, 1907.

Son of Wells Davis and Mary.

“Davis, Amos,” in Black, “Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848”; Cook, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 256.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Cook, Lyndon W. The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985.

Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, ca. fall 1836.

Lyon, “Account Books of the Amos Davis Store,” 241.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Vital Records of New Bedford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. 3 vols. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1932–1941.

Married first Elvira Hibard, 1 Jan. 1837, in Hancock Co.

Hancock Co., IL, Marriage Register, 1829–1915, vol. A-1, p. 10, microfilm 954,177, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Appointed postmaster of Commerce, 27 July 1839.

Cook, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 256.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Cook, Lyndon W. The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985.

Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Apr. 1840.

Cook, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 256.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Cook, Lyndon W. The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985.

Instructed in revelation to buy stock for building Nauvoo House, 19 Jan. 1841.

Revelation, 19 Jan. 1841 [D&C 124:111].

Captain in Nauvoo Legion, 1841.

Cook, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 256; “Disclosures,” Sangamo Journal (Springfield, IL), 22 July 1842, [2].

Comprehensive Works Cited

Cook, Lyndon W. The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985.

Sangamo Journal. Springfield, IL. 1831–1847.

Involved in lawsuits concerning JS, 1842–1843, in Nauvoo.

JS, Journal, 10 Mar. 1842; 30 Nov. 1842; and 2–6 Dec. 1842; City of Nauvoo v. Davis [Nauvoo Mun. Ct. 1842], Nauvoo Municipal Court Docket Book, 4 [second numbering]; City of Nauvoo v. Davis [Nauvoo Mun. Ct. 1842], Nauvoo Municipal Court Docket Book, 12 [second numbering]; Davis v. Nauvoo [Nauvoo Mun. Ct. 1842], Nauvoo Municipal Court Docket Book, 14–15 [second numbering]; City of Nauvoo v. Finch [Nauvoo Mun. Ct. 1843], 89–90.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Nauvoo Municipal Court Docket Book / Nauvoo, IL, Municipal Court. “Docket of the Municipal Court of the City of Nauvoo,” ca. 1843–1845. In Historian's Office, Historical Record Book, 1843–1874, pp. 51–150 and pp. 1–19 (second numbering). CHL. MS 3434.

Participated in Battle of Nauvoo, 1846.

Clayton, Journal, 25 Sept. 1846.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.

Sued church trustees for debt, 1847, in Nauvoo.

Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court Records, 1829–1897, vol. E, pp. 43–44, 116, microfilm 947,497, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Divorced wife, Apr. 1847.

Cook, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 256.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Cook, Lyndon W. The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985.

Married second Catharine Cormack, 26 July 1848, in Hancock Co.

Hancock Co., IL, Marriage Register, 1829–1915, vol. A-1, p. 110, microfilm 954,177, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Married third Harriet S. Andrews, 27 Jan. 1850, in Hancock Co.

Hancock Co., IL, Marriage Register, 1829–1915, vol. A-2, p. 1, microfilm 954,177, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Married fourth Mary Jane Isenberger, 12 Apr. 1866, in Hancock Co.

Hancock Co., IL, Marriage Register, 1829–1915, vol. B, p. 26, microfilm 954,176, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Died in Appanoose Township, Hancock Co.

Gregg, History of Hancock County, Illinois, 950; Biographical Review of Hancock County, Illinois, 532.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Gregg, Thomas. History of Hancock County, Illinois, Together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws. Chicago: Charles C. Chapman, 1880.

Biographical Review of Hancock County, Illinois: Containing Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Many of the Prominent Citizens of Today and Also of the Past. Chicago: Hobart Publishing, 1907.

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