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Page, John Edward
Biography
25 Feb. 1799–14 Oct. 1867. Born at Trenton, Oneida Co., New York. Son of Ebenezer Page and Rachel Hill. Married first Betsey Thompson, 1831, in Huron Co., Ohio. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Emer Harris, 18 Aug. 1833, at Brownhelm, Lorain Co., Ohio. Ordained an elder by Ebenezer Page, Sept. 1833, at Florence, Erie Co., Ohio. Married second Lavona Stevens, 26 Dec. 1833, in Huron Co. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, 1835. Proselytized in Upper Canada, 1836–1837, and led company of converts from Upper Canada to Missouri, 1838. Located at De Witt, Carroll Co., Missouri, and then Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, 1838. Ordained member of Quorum of the Twelve, 19 Dec. 1838, at Far West. Married third Mary Judd, ca. Jan. 1839. Moved to Warsaw, Hancock Co., Illinois, 1839. With others of the Twelve, returned to Far West to fulfill revelatory directive, 26 Apr. 1839. Preached in eastern U.S., 1840–1842. Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge. Presided over church in Pittsburgh, 1843. Published Gospel Light, 1843–1844. Served mission to Washington DC, 1844. Admitted to Council of Fifty, 1 Mar. 1845. Removed from Quorum of the Twelve, 9 Feb. 1846. Excommunicated, 26 June 1846. Supported James J. Strang’s claim as successor to JS. Dropped from Council of Fifty, 12 Nov. 1846. Editor of Strangite newspaper Zion’s Reveille, 1847. Affiliated with faction led by James C. Brewster, 1849. Moved to Walworth Co., Wisconsin, by 1850. Held own religious services with William Marks and other friends, by 1855. Joined Church of Christ (Hedrickites), Nov. 1862. Died near Sycamore, De Kalb Co., Illinois.
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papers
- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1840]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Elders’ Journal, August 1838
- Elders’ Journal, October 1837
- Times and Seasons, 1 April 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 April 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 February 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 June 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 March 1842
- Times and Seasons , 2 May 1842
- Appendix 4: Council of Fifty, Roll, 22 April 1845–27 December 1846
- Appendix 5, Document 2. Draft Notes, March and April 1842
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846
- Discourse, 2 July 1839, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff–A
- Discourse, 28 April 1842
- Discourse, 29 August 1842
- Discourse, 7 April 1842–A
- Discourse, 7 April 1842–B
- Discourse, 7 July 1839, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- Discourse, 8 April 1840, as Reported by Times and Seasons
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1841]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History Draft [1 January–3 March 1843]
- History Draft [21 June–8 August 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 Addenda
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Journal, 1839
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Letter from Benjamin Winchester, 18 September 1841
- Letter from Benjamin Winchester, 8 August 1842
- Letter from Church Members in New York City, circa 29 November 1841
- Letter from David S. Hollister, 9 May 1844
- Letter from George Gee, 30 December 1841
- Letter from George J. Adams and David Rogers, 11 October 1842
- Letter from George J. Adams, 21 April 1842
- Letter from George Miller, 4 September 1842
- Letter from Jedediah M. Grant, 17 August 1843
- Letter from John E. Page, 15 August 1842
- Letter from John E. Page, 16 April 1844
- Letter from John E. Page, 1–2 March 1844
- Letter from John E. Page, 2 May 1843
- Letter from John E. Page, 23 September 1840
- Letter from John E. Page, 24 April 1843
- Letter from John E. Page, 8 August 1842
- Letter from John Laws, 18 October 1841
- Letter from John Taylor, 3 February 1841
- Letter from John E. Page, 1 September 1841
- Letter from John M. Bernhisel, 12 July 1841
- Letter from Levick Sturges and Others, 30 January 1842
- Letter from Lorenzo D. Wasson, 30 July 1842
- Letter from Orson Hyde and John E. Page, 1 May 1840
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 15 June 1841
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 17 April 1841
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 17 July 1841
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 25 April 1844
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 28 September 1840
- Letter from Richard Savary, 2 February 1842
- Letter from Robert Peirce, 20 August 1841
- Letter from Samuel Bent and George W. Harris, 23 September 1840
- Letter from Smith Tuttle, circa 15 September 1841
- Letter from Wilford Woodruff and Jonathan H. Hale, 18 September 1837
- Letter from Willard Richards, 9 August 1842
- Letter from William Appleby, circa March 1842
- Letter from William W. Phelps, with Appended Letter from Orson Hyde and John E. Page, 29 June 1840
- Letter to Brigham Young, 17 and 20 June 1844
- Letter to Heber C. Kimball and Brigham Young, 16 January 1839
- Letter to Isaac Galland, 11 September 1839
- Letter to John E. Page, 16 July 1842
- Letter to John E. Page, 9 April 1842
- Letter to Orson Hyde and John E. Page, 14 May 1840
- Letter to Quorum of the Twelve, 15 December 1840
- Letter to Stephen Post, 17 September 1838
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 22 July 1840
- Letterbook 2
- License for John E. Page, 1 April 1836
- Location of the Twelve Apostles, circa 20 June 1844
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Minute Book 1
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Discourse, 28 April 1842
- Minutes and Discourse, 3–5 October 1840
- Minutes and Discourse, 6–8 April 1840
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1842
- Minutes, 24 August 1835
- Minutes, 6 May 1839
- Minutes, 7–11 April 1841
- Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book
- Note, circa 24 May 1839
- Notice, 11 May 1842
- Notice, 15 January 1841
- Notice, 15 October 1841
- Order of Commitment, 11 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny ]
- Petition from George B. Wallace and Others and Letter from John E. Page, 30 October 1843
- Petition from James B. Nicholson and Others, 22 April 1842
- Petition from Richard Savary and Others, circa 2 February 1842
- Poem from Stephen Ross, 15 January 1844
- Proclamation, 15 January 1841
- Recommendation for Orson Hyde, 6 April 1840
- Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
- Revelation, 2 December 1841
- Revelation, 25 November 1843
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–A [D&C 118]
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840, Second Edition
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- “Church History,” 1 March 1842
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John E. Page Photograph of painting (Church History Library, Salt Lake City).
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