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McCleary, William
Biography
9 Oct. 1793–ca. 1847. Born at Rupert, Bennington Co., Vermont. Married Sophronia Smith Stoddard, 11 Feb. 1838, at Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio. Ordained an elder in Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Reuben Hedlock, 26 Feb. 1838, at Kirtland. Left Ohio for Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, May 1838. Fled to Illinois, Feb. 1839. Lived at Macedonia (later Webster), Hancock Co., Illinois, when appointed to conduct election for board of trustees for that community, 3 Mar. 1843. Ordained a high priest, 8 Oct. 1844, at Nauvoo, Hancock Co. Built wagons in Nauvoo in preparation for Latter-day Saint exodus in 1846 but apparently remained in Illinois.
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- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Kirtland Safety Society Daybook, circa 4–16 January 1837
- Land Survey, May–July 1838
- Letter from Don Carlos Smith, circa Late May 1838
- Letter to John and Sarah Kingsley Cleveland, 24 May 1839
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Marriage License and Certificate for Arthur Millikin and Lucy Smith, 3 June 1840
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Miscellaneous Notes [20–22 June 1844]
- Gender
- Male