Robert B. Thompson

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Robert Blashel Thompson (October 1, 1811 – August 27, 1841)

Joseph Smith Jr., a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement, a Danite, and an official historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
.

Thompson was born in

elder in the church by John Taylor.[1]

Thompson moved to Kirtland, Ohio, where the majority of Latter Day Saints were gathering, in May 1837.[2] He married Mercy Rachel Fielding in Kirtland on June 4, 1837.[4] Later that month, the couple traveled to Upper Canada as missionaries for the church. They returned to Kirtland in March 1838.[citation needed] They had one child, Mary Jane Thompson.[1] The Thompsons traveled to Far West, Missouri with the family of Hyrum Smith in May 1838.[2]

While in Missouri, Thompson was a

1838 Mormon War. He was standing next to apostle David W. Patten when Patten was killed at the Battle of Crooked River.[5]

In March 1839, Thompson was the clerk to the

disciplinary council convened by Brigham Young that excommunicated a number of prominent Latter Day Saints, including George M. Hinkle, Sampson Avard, John Corrill, W. W. Phelps, Frederick G. Williams, Thomas B. Marsh, and others.[6] At a conference of the church in May 1839, Thompson, Almon W. Babbitt and Erastus Snow were appointed to be a traveling committee that was charged with "gather[ing] up and obtain[ing] all the libelous reports and publications which had been circulated against the Church."[7]

When the Latter Day Saints were forced to leave Missouri, Thompson moved to Quincy, Illinois.[2] He then moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, where he worked as a scribe for Joseph Smith.[1]

On September 15, 1840, Thompson delivered the funeral oration at the funeral of

Church Historian, and in November of that year, Thompson and Higbee together drafted a petition to the United States Congress for redress of the grievances of the Latter Day Saints from their experiences in Missouri.[9]

Thompson was a colonel and an aide-de-camp in the Nauvoo Legion.[10] He became Associate Editor of the Times and Seasons newspaper in Nauvoo.[1] Due to the unhealthy conditions in the offices of the Times and Seasons,[citation needed] Thompson and Don Carlos Smith both died from pneumonia in August 1841.[1] He was survived by his wife and daughter and was buried at the Smith Family Cemetery in Nauvoo.[11]

Thompson wrote the words to a hymn called "See, the Mighty Angel Flying", which is included in the

1985 English-language LDS Church hymnal
as hymn number 330.

External links

Notes

  1. ^
    ISBN 9780890365182
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  2. ^ a b c d "Robert Blashel Thompson — Biography". The Joseph Smith Papers. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  3. Latter Day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia
    1:284.
  4. ^ Biography of Mercy Rachel Fielding Thompson, The Joseph Smith Papers (accessed December 28, 2011)
  5. ^ D. Michael Quinn (1994). Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power (Salt Lake City: Signature Books).
  6. History of the Church 3:283–284
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  7. History of the Church 3:345
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  8. History of the Church
    4:191–197.
  9. History of the Church
    4:237, 250–251.
  10. History of the Church
    4:411.
  11. ^ "Robert B. Thompson", findagrave.com.
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