- Gender
- Male
Winchester, Stephen
Biography
8 May 1795–1 Jan. 1873. Farmer. Born in Vershire, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Benjamin Winchester and Bethia Benjamins. Married Nancy Case, 31 July 1816, in Fort Edward, Washington Co., New York. Moved to Elk Creek, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, by 1820. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1833, in Erie Co. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, 1833. Participated in Camp of Israel expedition to Missouri, 1834. Ordained a seventy, after 2 May 1835. Moved near Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, 1837. Moved to Hancock Co., Illinois, by 1840. Appointed to serve mission to Pennsylvania to campaign for JS as candidate for U.S. president, Apr. 1844. Moved to Winter Quarters, unorganized U.S. territory (later in Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska), 1846. Migrated to Salt Lake Valley, 1849. Died in Salt Lake City.
Links
- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Account with the Church of Christ, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Appendix 1: Letter to Oliver Cowdery and Others, circa 17 June 1838
- Blessing to Benjamin Winchester, 1 March 1835
- F. G. Williams & Co. Account Book, October 1833–November 1835
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Letter from Edward Hunter, 10 February 1842
- Letter to Edward Hunter, 9 and 11 March 1842
- License for Stephen Winchester, 12 April 1836
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Minute Book 1
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Discourse, 2 May 1835, as Reported by William E. McLellin–A
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–9 April 1844, as Reported by Thomas Bullock
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes, 11 March 1843
- Minutes, 15 April 1843
- Minutes, 15 March 1838
- Minutes, 4 February 1841
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 1 March 1835
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 2 March 1841
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 20 February 1841
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
- Petition from A. W. Whitney and Others, 25 February 1843
- Petition from Benjamin Brown and Others, 13 May 1842
- Petition from Charles C. Rich and Others, 12 February 1841
- Petition from George McKinzie and Others, 8 November 1842
- Petition from John M. Finch and Others, circa 15 April 1843
- Petition from Lorenzo Brown and Others, 11 January 1843
- Petition from Reuben Atwood and Others, 5 April 1842
- Petition from Stephen Winchester and Others, circa 11 March 1843
- Petition from Thomas J. Brandon and Others, 11 May 1842
- Petition from Thomas Rich and Others, 23 February 1842
- Petition from Timothy Griffin and Others, 3 June 1843
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840