- Gender
- Male
Holmes, Jonathan Harriman
Biography
11 Mar. 1806–18 Aug. 1880. Shoemaker, farmer. Born in Georgetown, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Nathaniel Holmes and Sally Harriman. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by John F. Boynton, 1832. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, and lived with JS, 1834. Ordained a seventy, by 7 Apr. 1836. Received elder’s certificate, 16 May 1836, in Kirtland. Stockholder in Kirtland Safety Society. Married first to Marietta Carter by Frederick G. Williams, 13 Apr. 1837, in Geauga Co. Moved to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, ca. 1838; to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, Feb. 1839; and to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by May 1840. Wife died, 20 Sept. 1840. Married second Elvira Annie Cowles, 1 Dec. 1842, in Nauvoo. Moved into JS’s household, 9 Feb. 1843. Arrested for destruction of Nauvoo Expositor press and set free by municipal court, 13 June 1844. Named with JS and others in writ sworn out by Francis M. Higbee and thereafter accompanied JS to Carthage, 24 June 1844. Helped bury and later rebury JS, 29 June 1844 and fall 1844. Served in Mormon Battalion, 1846–1847. Moved to Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California, 1847; to Salt Lake City, 1848; and to Farmington, Davis Co., Utah Territory, by 1850. Died in Farmington.
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Affidavit from Jonathan Holmes, 7 February 1843
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Declaration, circa 7 July 1837 [ Underwood et al. v. Rigdon et al. ]
- Deed to Jonathan Holmes, 9 March 1843
- Deed, 23 November 1841 [ Underwood et al. v. Rigdon et al. ]
- Deed, 3 June 1841 [ Underwood et al. v. Rigdon et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 16 April 1839 [ Underwood et al. v. Rigdon et al. ]
- 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. ]
- 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]
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Letter from Emma Smith, 3 May 1837
- Letter from Newel K. Whitney, 20 April 1837
- License for Jonathan Holmes, 16 May 1836
- Marriage Certificate for Jonathan Holmes and Elvira Annie Cowles, 1 December 1842
- Ordination and Blessing of Cyrus Smalling, 30 June 1835
- Petition from Thomas Grover and Others, 2 May 1842
- Petition to Arial Hanson, 7 November 1836
- Petition, 13 June 1844 [ In the Matter of H. Smith et al. ]
- Plat of Kirtland, Ohio, not before 2 August 1833
- Plea, circa 28 October 1837 [ Underwood et al. v. Rigdon et al. ]
- Revised Articles of Agreement for the Kirtland Safety Society, circa March 1837
- Rigdon, Smith & Co., Ledger, 23 September 1836–2 August 1837
- Summons, 9 June 1837 [ Underwood et al. v. Rigdon et al. ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 16 April 1839 [ Underwood et al. v. Rigdon et al. ]