Eleazer Miller (1795 - 1876) Profile

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High Priests of Nauvoo and early Salt Lake City

High Priests of Nauvoo and early Salt Lake City, Page 89.

High Priests of Nauvoo and early Salt Lake City.

Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008

Historical Department journal history of the Church, April 6, 1832.

Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008.

Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson

Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, Page 672.

Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson.

Nauvoo Restoration Inc., comp., Nauvoo Seventies list

Nauvoo Restoration Inc., comp., Nauvoo Seventies list, Vol. 2.

Nauvoo Restoration Inc., comp., Nauvoo Seventies list.

Richard Bennett, "A Study of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Upper Canada, Provo, Ut: Brigham Young University 1975

Richard Bennett, "A Study of the Church of Jesus Christ f Latter-Day Saints in Upper Canada, Provo, Ut: Brigham Young University 1975, Item Appendix 3.

Richard Bennett, "A Study of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Upper Canada, Provo, Ut: Brigham Young University 1975.

A Mormon chronicle: the Diaries of John D. Lee, 1848-1876 edited and annotated by Robert Glass Cleland and Juanita Brooks (1955), 1:30-79

A Mormon chronicle: the Diaries of John D. Lee, 1848-1876 edited and annotated by Robert Glass Cleland and Juanita Brooks (1955), 1:30-79.

Transcript for A Mormon chronicle: the Diaries of John D. Lee, 1848-1876 edited and annotated by Robert Glass Cleland and Juanita Brooks (1955), 1:30-79

Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849

Brigham Young's 1848 emigration division, First 100, report

"Brigham Young's 1848 emigration division, First 100, report", Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849, June 1848, Page 1-6.

Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849.

Curtis E. Bolton reminiscences and journals, 1846-1853, "Patriarchal blessing, journal, and poems, 1838-1866," 14-15

Curtis E. Bolton reminiscences and journals, 1846-1853, "Patriarchal blessing, journal, and poems, 1838-1866," 14-15.

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About the first day of May I received a draft on Beach &amp; Eddy for three hundred dollars. with which I purchased cows and oxen to replace those I had lost. So that I had four yoke of oxen. And two yoke of Splendid cows. (Duke &amp; Ben. Pelt &amp; Bull. Tom &amp; Berry. Muly &amp; Ferry. Kule &amp; Lilly[.] Susan &amp; Fanny.) But my wagons proved heavier than I thought; I ought to have had another yoke of cattle. We laid in a good stock of provisions and on May 22 started out of Winter Quarters. I was very weak as I was just recovering from another severe fit of sickness. The oxen were all awkward and Curty &amp; I awkward too. And Rebecca so very great a coward that she made my journey a perfect hell to me. In three days I arrived at the Elk Horn Creek. Crossed on a raft. And camped with Pulsiphers company. Of which I was appointed clerk.



June 1st Started from the Elk Horn in Zera Pulsiphers company. called the Second company.



On the Main Platt[e] Br. Brigham invited me into his ten—which I accepted. and by his advice started before the camp in the morning and not hurry my cattle but try to keep ahead all day.



A few days after had to leave ox “tom” who drank too much when he was warm, and got Foundered. I gave Bro Brigham all my meal about twelve bushels. As I could haul it no further. Bishop [Christopher] Williams lent me an ox for a few days but soon wanted him again. Bro. Brigham lent me a yoke of cattle two or three days and then took them again. Then lent me one one day—and then I travelled with my own team only. In the black hills [blank space] my ox “Berry” feeding too near a precepice fell and broke his back bone. I had him shot. A Br. [Horace] Gib[b]s lent me an ox one day, but after that I travelled to the Valley with my own team only. my cows worked full as well as oxen and kept in better order—two calved on the road before reaching the fort Laramie. I had to kill the calves as they could not travel and I could not haul them for want of team. Near Independence Rock I gathered bout 50 lbs saleratus. The evening we camped there the band played most beautifully til late. Some danced up on top of the Rock where the band were. It was a clear night and full moon. My team became so weak here that I left Bro Brighams Company and stopt on good feed one week to recruit. And killed and dried some buffalo meat. Then travelled on with Bro Gustav&lt;us&gt; Williams the sadler. Then for a few days travelled with Bro Eleazur Millers Company. (the two Bros Pettit). Bro Wms left me at the last crossing on the sweet water where we overtook Bro Brigham. At the crossing of big Sandy. Rebecca gave a false alarm. I hurried off several miles to where Bro Brigham was campd but could not get a Midwife.



Then returned &amp; found a motherly old lady travelling with a company of Gentiles named Twitchel [blank space] But it was only a false alarm. But as we knew she must be near her time I concluded it would be safest to travel with a mid wife. So I left Br Eleazur Miller and travelled with [blank space] (in the Pass I forgot to state we had a severe heavy cold snow storm which caused much suffering among men and cattle. Here I spent a week)



August We now travelled on by easy journies till within about twelve miles of the Weaver or Weber River. here we camped 5 days killing meat and boiling out native tar gathered at the tar spring. Here Brother Kimball’s Company passed us. A few miles below at a sudden turn of the road the aft wheel of my lumber wagon ran over a rock and tilted up so high as to break off the arm of the axel. Another was soon made of quaking aspen. But that broke in a plain road about ten miles from the weber. A cotton wood was now put in but with no better success. When within about six miles of the east foot of the “big Mountain” it broke again and I left the wagon and distributed my load into other wagons. And campd on top the big mountain next night. were four days getting from there to the City. Where I arrived all well and camped with Br JM Bernhisel.

Transcript for Curtis E. Bolton reminiscences and journals, 1846-1853, "Patriarchal blessing, journal, and poems, 1838-1866," 14-15

Elizabeth T. Heward autobiography and journal, 1853-1860, 20-21

Elizabeth T. Heward autobiography and journal, 1853-1860, 20-21.

We left our cave (dugout) on the 2nd of May 1848, and went about a mile and camped at my Bro. Jacob E. Terry's for the night. The next day we left Mosquito Creek in company with Father Miller for the Valley. My Father [Parshall Terry] also came with us about nine miles. We crossed the Elk Horn River on May 30th and on the 31st we left Father Miller's Company and joined Father [Zera] Pulsipher's Company. We had a very fatiguing journey several months. We reached Pacific Springs Aug. 20th, 1848. It had now got so late in the season for my Bro. James [Terry] to go any further with us for we had agreed with father for him to return in the fall. We should easily have been through to the Valley by this time, but we had to wait weeks to gather for the rest of the Company. There were others in the Company who could have gone as fast as we could. We stayed at Pacific Springs two weeks.



My health had been very poor all this time, but I had to do all the work for the family which consisted of John Howard [Heward], James P. Terry, Emma A Young, my little Sarah and myself. For, if I would ask Emma to pick up a few chips she would cry and would not do it. Neither would she take care of Sarah. She was cured of the canker before we started and had not been troubled with it since.



James Terry started back Aug. 26th, 1848 and our Company went on and left us for they were not able to help us so we had to wait there until a team would come from the Valley to help us. On the 2nd and 3rd of Sept. it rained and snowed and the wind blew so hard that it seemed as if we would perish with the cold. John dug a hole in the ground and built a little fire in it so this kept us from freezing.



On Sun. Bro. Brigham passed us on his way back to Sweet Water where Bro. Kimball was camped. When he saw our situation, he sent a line to Bro. Hanks about 2 miles further ahead and he came and moved us to his camp which was on the 5th of September. On Sept. 6, 1848, Bro James came to us from the Valley with a wagon and two yoke of oxen. He took our provisions and traveled with until Sept. 23rd when he fell in with our old Company and he went on to the Valley, but we did not get in until Sept. 25th, 1848.

Transcript for Elizabeth T. Heward autobiography and journal, 1853-1860, 20-21

Historical Department journal history of the Church. Supplement after 31 December 1848: Page 2.

Hosea Stout reminiscences and journals, 1845-1869

Hosea Stout reminiscences and journals, 1845-1869, Vol. 3,4.

Transcript for Hosea Stout reminiscences and journals, 1845-1869, Volume 3, 376-79, and, Volume 4, 1-41

Hosea Stout reminiscences and journals, 1845-1869.

John Heward autobiography, circa 1871

John Heward autobiography, circa 1871.

May 3, 1848 we started west in company with Eliazer [Eleazer] Miller, for the mountains. We stayed at Winter Quarters now called Florence, (Nebraska) several days. June 2 we got to the Horn. The companies were organized into Hundreds and fifties, to keep the Indians from stealing the horses and cattle.



We came from Winter Quarters with the Ezerale [Zera] Pulsipher company. We traveled a long way on the Platte River. The grazing for our cattle was generally good, and for wood we used buffalo chips. We would find a little wood and sage brush now and then.



June 30, 1848 Levi Reed and I went to hunt and killed a buffalo, the first that was killed by our company. July 12 we came to the ancient bluff ruins. July 22 we got to Laramie (Wyoming); the road soon became gravelly and the cattles feet got sore. Aug. 26 we were at the Pacific Springs. James P. Terry, my wifes brother, came this far to help us along—with one yoke of his fathers oxen and we agreed we should return to fetch father Terry the next season—and he took one yoke of my oxen back. We could not move for want of teams, but there were t[e]ams sent from the valley to help those that needed or wanted help. So President Brigham Young told Bro. Vance [Hanks] to help us to the valley. We traveled along with Brigham Youngs group – our company had gone and left us. We now traveled fast but the weather was cold and it snowed several times.



Sept 22, 1848 we got to the valley of the mountains.

Transcript for John Heward autobiography, circa 1871

Lorenzo Brown reminiscences and diaries, 1856-1900

Lorenzo Brown reminiscences and diaries, 1856-1900, Vol. 1.

Transcript for Lorenzo Brown reminiscences and diaries, 1856-1900, Volume 1, 37-53

Lorenzo Brown reminiscences and diaries, 1856-1900.

Thomas Bullock journals, 1843-1849, Journal

Thomas Bullock journals, 1843-1849, Journal, May 1848.

Transcript for Thomas Bullock journals, 1843-1849, Journal, 1848 May-September

Thomas Bullock journals, 1843-1849, Journal.

Watt, Ronald G., Consecration Deeds Index, 1854-1868

Watt, Ronald G., Consecration Deeds Index, 1854-1868, Page 223.

Watt, Ronald G., Consecration Deeds Index, 1854-1868.

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Coeymans, Albany, New York, United States

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In the fall, he with Alpheus, Elial Strong, Enos Curtis and Daniel Bowen called as missionaries to New York and Pennsylvania.

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In early 1832, Alpheus and Eleazer were called again on a mission into New York. Baptized Brigham Young and several of the Young family.

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Mission to Earnestown in Upper Canada. Labored about 4 months. In June of 1832 he was one of the first missionaries to Canada Started the first branch of the Church in Canada..

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