Sampson Avard
Sampson Avard | |
---|---|
Missouri Mormon War
|
Sampson Avard (October 23, 1800 – April 15, 1869)
Early life
Sampson Avard was born at St. Peter, Guernsey, Channel Islands, British Isles.[1] As an immigrant in the United States, he worked as a physician and later became a Campbellite minister in Pennsylvania.
Mormon convert
In 1835 in Freedom, Pennsylvania, Orson Pratt baptized him a member of Church of the Latter Day Saints.[3]
Church elder
Pratt ordained him an
Danites
In 1838, while living in
Arrest and excommunication
After the Mormons were expelled from Missouri and Joseph Smith was arrested, Avard was the chief witness against Smith, testifying that Smith was the mastermind behind the Danites. Smith denounced the group as "frauds and secret abominations" and excommunicated Avard in March 1839. Avard never attempted to return to the Latter Day Saints.[6]
Post-Mormon years
In 1850 Sampson Avard was practicing medicine in Edwardsville, Illinois.[7]
Death
Sampson Avard died in 1869 in Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois.[7]
Notes
- ^ a b c d Jessee, Dean C.; Ashurst-McGee, Mark; Jensen, Richard L., eds. (2008), "Biographical Directory", Journals, Volume 1: 1832–1839, The Joseph Smith Papers, Salt Lake City: Church Historian's Press, p. 398
- ^ Some sources list 1803 as his birth year. See: "Mormon Biographical Register-A", Biographical Registers, BYU Studies, archived from the original on 2009-07-10, retrieved 2009-05-17
- ^ From 1834-1838, the church founded by Joseph Smith was officially known as the Church of the Latter Day Saints. See Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)#Early changes.
- ^ (Bushman 2005, p. 351)
- ^ (Bushman 2005, pp. 350, 352)
- ^ (Bushman 2005, pp. 369, 372)
- ^ a b "Mormon Biographical Register-A", Biographical Registers, BYU Studies, archived from the original on 2010-01-24, retrieved 2009-05-17
References
- ISBN 1-4000-4270-4.