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Brannan, Samuel

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2 Mar. 1819

Bagley, Scoundrel’s Tale, 25; “Samuel S. Brannan,” born 2 Mar. 1819, Individual Record, FamilySearch International Genealogical Index (North America region, microfilm 1,396,029, p. 34, reference no. 8515730) (accessed 18 Nov. 2011).

Comprehensive Works Cited

Bagley, Will, ed. Scoundrel’s Tale: The Samuel Brannan Papers. Kingdom in the West: The Mormons and the American Frontier 3. Spokane, WA: Arthur H. Clark, 1999.

FamilySearch International Genealogical Index. Compiled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true.

–5 May 1889.

“Samuel Brannan,” Saints’ Herald, 25 May 1889, 323; “Samuel Brannan Dead,” Daily Alta California (San Francisco), 7 May 1889, 8.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.

Daily Alta California. San Francisco. 1850–1891.

Printer, editor, publisher, miner, businessman, land developer.

JSP, J1:72n58; Ebenezer Robinson, “Items of Personal History of the Editor,” The Return, July 1889, 104; Crawley, Descriptive Bibliography, 1:22; Bagley, Scoundrel’s Tale, 25, 33; Van Wagoner and Walker, A Book of Mormons, 20, 23; “Brannan, Samuel,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 3:606.

Comprehensive Works Cited

JSP, J1 / Jessee, Dean C., Mark Ashurst-McGee, and Richard L. Jensen, eds. Journals, Volume 1: 1832–1839. Vol. 1 of the Journals series of The Joseph Smith Papers, edited by Dean C. Jessee, Ronald K. Esplin, and Richard Lyman Bushman. Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2008.

The Return. Davis City, IA, 1889–1891; Richmond, MO, 1892–1893; Davis City, 1895–1896; Denver, 1898; Independence, MO, 1899–1900.

Crawley, Peter. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church. 3 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997–2012.

Bagley, Will, ed. Scoundrel’s Tale: The Samuel Brannan Papers. Kingdom in the West: The Mormons and the American Frontier 3. Spokane, WA: Arthur H. Clark, 1999.

Van Wagoner, Richard S., and Steven C. Walker. A Book of Mormons. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1982.

Jenson, Andrew. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4 vols. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901–1936.

Born at Saco, York Co., Maine.

Bagley, Scoundrel’s Tale, 25, 33; Van Wagoner and Walker, A Book of Mormons, 20.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Bagley, Will, ed. Scoundrel’s Tale: The Samuel Brannan Papers. Kingdom in the West: The Mormons and the American Frontier 3. Spokane, WA: Arthur H. Clark, 1999.

Van Wagoner, Richard S., and Steven C. Walker. A Book of Mormons. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1982.

Son of Thomas Brannan and Sarah Emery.

Backman, Profile, 9.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Backman, Milton V., Jr., comp. A Profile of Latter-day Saints of Kirtland, Ohio, and Members of Zion’s Camp, 1830–1839: Vital Statistics and Sources. 2nd ed. Provo, UT: Department of Church History and Doctrine and Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1983.

Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, 1833.

Bagley, Scoundrel’s Tale, 42; Crawley, Descriptive Bibliography, 1:257.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Bagley, Will, ed. Scoundrel’s Tale: The Samuel Brannan Papers. Kingdom in the West: The Mormons and the American Frontier 3. Spokane, WA: Arthur H. Clark, 1999.

Crawley, Peter. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church. 3 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997–2012.

Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1833, in Kirtland.

Bagley, Scoundrel’s Tale, 42–43; Van Wagoner and Walker, A Book of Mormons, 20; “Samuel Brannan,” Saints’ Herald, 25 May 1889, 323.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Bagley, Will, ed. Scoundrel’s Tale: The Samuel Brannan Papers. Kingdom in the West: The Mormons and the American Frontier 3. Spokane, WA: Arthur H. Clark, 1999.

Van Wagoner, Richard S., and Steven C. Walker. A Book of Mormons. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1982.

Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.

Printer’s apprentice for three years; reportedly resided with family of JS.

Bagley, Scoundrel’s Tale, 25, 43; JSP, J1:72n58.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Bagley, Will, ed. Scoundrel’s Tale: The Samuel Brannan Papers. Kingdom in the West: The Mormons and the American Frontier 3. Spokane, WA: Arthur H. Clark, 1999.

Ordained an elder, 1838.

Van Wagoner and Walker, A Book of Mormons, 20.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Van Wagoner, Richard S., and Steven C. Walker. A Book of Mormons. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1982.

Married first Harriet Hatch, 1841, in Ohio.

Backman, Profile, 9; “Samuel S. Brannan,” born 2 Mar. 1819, Individual Record, FamilySearch International Genealogical Index (North America region, microfilm 1,553,604, p. 28, reference no. F514994) (accessed 18 Nov. 2011).

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Married second Ann Eliza Corwin, ca. 1842, in New York.

Van Wagoner and Walker, A Book of Mormons, 20; “Samuel S. Brannan,” born 2 Mar. 1819, Individual Record, FamilySearch International Genealogical Index (North America region, microfilm 1,553,604, p. 27, reference no. F514994) (accessed 18 Nov. 2011).

Comprehensive Works Cited

Van Wagoner, Richard S., and Steven C. Walker. A Book of Mormons. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1982.

A founder of The Prophet, 1844, in New York City.

Crawley, Descriptive Bibliography, 1:22; Bagley, Scoundrel’s Tale, 33; Van Wagoner and Walker, A Book of Mormons, 20.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Crawley, Peter. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church. 3 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997–2012.

Bagley, Will, ed. Scoundrel’s Tale: The Samuel Brannan Papers. Kingdom in the West: The Mormons and the American Frontier 3. Spokane, WA: Arthur H. Clark, 1999.

Van Wagoner, Richard S., and Steven C. Walker. A Book of Mormons. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1982.

Appointed presiding elder in New York City, 25 Oct. 1844.

Crawley, Descriptive Bibliography, 1:225.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Crawley, Peter. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church. 3 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997–2012.

Led group of 238 Latter-day Saints from New York to Yerba Buena, Mexico (later San Francisco), via Hawaii by ship, 1846.

Van Wagoner and Walker, A Book of Mormons, 21; “Brannan, Samuel,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 3:606; Crawley, Descriptive Bibliography, 1:257; “Samuel Brannan,” Saints’ Herald, 25 May 1889, 323.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Van Wagoner, Richard S., and Steven C. Walker. A Book of Mormons. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1982.

Crawley, Peter. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church. 3 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997–2012.

Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.

Moved to Sacramento, Mexico (later Sacramento Co., California), fall 1847, and opened store later named Brannan & Co.

“Brannan, Samuel,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 3:606; Bagley, Scoundrel’s Tale, 33.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Bagley, Will, ed. Scoundrel’s Tale: The Samuel Brannan Papers. Kingdom in the West: The Mormons and the American Frontier 3. Spokane, WA: Arthur H. Clark, 1999.

Returned to San Francisco, 1849.

“Brannan, Samuel,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 3:606.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Excommunicated, 1 Sept. 1851, in San Francisco.

Van Wagoner and Walker, A Book of Mormons, 22.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Van Wagoner, Richard S., and Steven C. Walker. A Book of Mormons. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1982.

Elected senator of California, 1853.

“Brannan, Samuel,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 3:606.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Divorced wife, 1870.

Van Wagoner and Walker, A Book of Mormons, 20.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Van Wagoner, Richard S., and Steven C. Walker. A Book of Mormons. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1982.

Moved to Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico.

Van Wagoner and Walker, A Book of Mormons, 23; “Samuel Brannan,” Saints’ Herald, 25 May 1889, 323.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Van Wagoner, Richard S., and Steven C. Walker. A Book of Mormons. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1982.

Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.

Married third Carmelita de Llaguno, ca. 1871.

Van Wagoner and Walker, A Book of Mormons, 20; “Samuel S. Brannan,” born 2 Mar. 1819, spouse Carmelita De Llaguno, Individual Record, FamilySearch International Genealogical Index (North America region) (accessed 18 Nov. 2011).

Comprehensive Works Cited

Van Wagoner, Richard S., and Steven C. Walker. A Book of Mormons. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1982.

Moved to Escondido, San Diego Co., California, before 1889.

“Samuel Brannan,” Saints’ Herald, 25 May 1889, 323.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.

Died at Escondido.

“Samuel Brannan,” Saints’ Herald, 25 May 1889, 323; “Samuel Brannan Dead,” Daily Alta California (San Francisco), 7 May 1889, 8.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.

Daily Alta California. San Francisco. 1850–1891.

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