Jared Carter (Latter Day Saints)
| Jared Carter | |
|---|---|
| President, Presiding High Council of Kirtland, Ohio | |
| September 9, 1847 – unknown | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 14, 1801 Killingworth, Connecticut, United States |
| Died | July 6, 1849 (aged 48) DeKalb County, Illinois, United States |
| Resting place | DeKalb County, Illinois, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Lydia Ames |
| Children | 9 |
| Parents | Gideon Carter Johanna Sims |
| Relatives | John S. Carter, brother |
Jared Carter (June 14, 1801 – July 6, 1849) was an early leader in the
Early life
Carter was born on June 14, 1801, in Killingworth, Connecticut, to Gideon Carter and Johanna Sims,[2] the fifth of six children. His siblings included Simeon, Prudence, John S., Gideon H., and Susanna Carter.[3]: 116 By the time Carter was nine years old, the family had moved to Benson, Vermont. He married Lydia Ames on September 20, 1823, in Benson[4] and had nine children: five sons and four daughters.[2] By 1831, he was living in Chenango, New York, working as a tanner.[5]
In January 1831,
Involvement in the Latter Day Saint movement
In June 1831, Carter was made a priest in the church[2] after a revelation given in Doctrine and Covenants 52:38 urged him to be ordained to this calling.[8] That same month, Carter was present at the fourth general conference of the church,[6] where he discovered that his brother Simeon had been baptized into the church around the same time that he himself had joined the faith.[3]: 118 That September, Carter was made an elder.[2] He recorded witnessing healing miracles throughout his early years in the church, and these experiences apparently strengthened his faith. After Newel Knight challenged Carter on the validity of these healing miracles, Carter left the Colesville body of Latter Day Saints and moved to Lorain County, Ohio, where his brother Simeon lived.[3]: 119
Missionary work
"Since I left home and was ordained to preach the gospel and was preaching from place to place now, I thought that I had great reason to thank and praise the Lord for what he had done for me and my brothers and sisters of my father's family. ... I can say that God has blessed me according to the prophecy of Brother Joseph [Smith], before I went from Ohio. He has blessed me with sheaves and with health and blessed be his name." —Jared Carter, journal recording of his first mission[7]
Shortly after being ordained an elder, Carter was appointed to be a missionary in the eastern United States,[4] leaving Ohio on September 22, 1831.[7] He and Ebenezer Page[3]: 119 traveled back to Carter's hometown of Benson, Vermont, planning to share the message of the faith with Carter's family and friends. Twenty-seven people in the area chose to join the church, and their chapel, which had been a part of the Free Will Baptist denomination, "soon became a Latter-day Saint meeting place."[5] On this mission, Carter also reportedly healed the leg of John Tanner, one of the primary financial benefactors of the early church, leading to Tanner's conversion to the LDS Church.[9] Carter also baptized Zera Pulsipher, who became a leader in the church.[3]: 134–35 He returned to Kirtland in February 1831, after five months of missionary service. He was encouraged by a revelation given in Doctrine and Covenants 79 to continue preaching and proselyting.[5] Between 1831 and 1834, Carter served missions in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont,[6] Michigan Territory, and Upper Canada.[4] He founded "the first Latter-day Saint branch of converts in Michigan."[6] Carter introduced Mormonism to his brother John, who also became a leader in the church. Gideon, another of Carter's brothers, and his sisters Prudence and Susanna also joined the faith.[3]: 119–20 Carter and his brothers baptized approximately half of the converts from New England and eastern New York at the time. These converts included members who later made significant contributions to Mormon history. According to records, the Carters baptized between 138 and 170 people, as well as an estimated 185 more whose names were not recorded.[3]: 139–40
Presiding High Council of Kirtland, Ohio
In May 1833, Carter became a
Death and later years
Upon the
See also
Notes
- ^ Lavina Fielding Anderson, "Kirtland's Resolute Saints", Ensign, January 1979.
- ^ ISBN 9780890365182.
- ^ JSTOR 43200674.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Jared Carter – Biography". The Joseph Smith Papers. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ^ a b c d e Tait, Lisa Olsen. "'I Quit Other Business': Early Missionaries". The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ^ a b c d Black, Susan Easton. "Jared Carter". Doctrine and Covenants Central. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ^ a b c Alan, Curtis V. (1976). Missionary Activities and Church Organizations in Pennsylvania, 1830–1840 (M.A. thesis). Brigham Young University.
- ^ a b c "Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources: Jared Carter". The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ^ Leonard J. Arrington, "The John Tanner Family", Ensign, March 1979.
- ^ Doctrine and Covenants section 79 (LDS Church ed.); section 78 (CC ed.).
References
- Susan Easton Black, "Jared Carter", Who's Who in the Doctrine and Covenants (Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, 1997) p. 53.
External links
- "Jared Carter", Joseph Smith Papers
- Jared Carter Journal, 1831–33, Brigham Young University
- Jared Carter at Find a Grave