- 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, 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
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- 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, 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, 3 February 1841–8 February 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
- Petition from Charles C. Rich and Others, 12 February 1841
- Petition from Reuben Atwood and Others, 5 April 1842
- Petition from Thomas Rich and Others, 23 February 1842
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840