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Source: Church History Vol. 1 Chapter 24 Page: 630 (~1830)

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630 Joseph; born December 23, 1805.

Samuel Harrison; " March 13, 1808.

Ephraim; " 13, 1810.

William B. " 13, 1811.

Catharine; 1 " July 28, 1812.

Don Carlos; " March 25, 1816.

Lucy; " July 18, 1821.

At the time of his marriage he owned a farm at Tunbridge, upon this he resided about six years after marriage. In 1802 he rented his farm and moved into the town of Randolph and engaged in merchandising, and soon after invested all he had in buying and shipping ginseng to China. He was swindled out of the entire proceeds by an agent, and consequently had to sell his farm to pay his debts.

After selling the farm he removed to Royalton, Vermont, thence to Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont, where he rented a farm of his father-in-law, which he cultivated in summer, and taught school in winter. After remaining here a few years he returned to Tunbridge, thence to Royalton again.

In 1811 he removed to Lebanon, New Hampshire. Here he was prospered for a time, but again lost what he had accumulated, through sickness and failure of crops.

About 1815 he removed to Palmyra, Wayne County, New York, where he bought a farm and by the assistance of his boys succeeded by hard struggles in partially paying for it, and making comfortable improvements; but they finally lost the farm through unscrupulous, designing swindlers.

He afterwards removed to Manchester, Ontario County, New York, where he procured a small but comfortable home and resided there until he removed to Ohio in 1831.

He was the first to receive the message of his son Joseph after the angel appeared to him, and was closely associated with every important movement of the church until the time of his death. Joseph, his son, wrote of him at the time of his death, as follows:-

"He was the first person who received my testimony after I had seen the angel, and exhorted me to be faithful and diligent

1 Catharine is still living at Fountain Green, Illinois.

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