Franklin Dewey Richards

This mission is mentioned in LDS Biographical Encyclopedia and JS Papers.

JH: 21 July 1840 LDS Bio Ency: Vol 1, p. 115 Note: JH entry is a letter from Franklin D. Richards in which he states that he was preaching in Farmington, Fulton, Illinois and a place called Walnut Grove, some 35 miles north.

This mission is mentioned in the JS Papers and the LDS Bio Encyclopedia.

JH: 15 Apr 1844 - The names of FDR and his brother Samuel W. Richards appear as missionaries assigned to labor in the State of Indiana. Mission was to assist Joseph Smith's presidential campaign and preach the gospel in Indiana. (Journal History, April 15, 1844, p. 2)

JH: 17 and 21st of May 1844 - FDR and Joseph A. Stratton were ordained High Priests and set apart to go on a mission to England by Elders B. Young, H. C. Kimball, and Willard Richards. on the 21st, FDR, among many others, left Nauvoo on the steamer "Osprey" for his mission to England.

Franklin D. Richards was called to fill a mission at the general conference held Oct. 6, 7, and 8, 1844 at Nauvoo, Illinois.

Served a mission to Michigan to raise funds for construction of the Nauvoo Temple. He traveled over a thousand miles and gathered nearly $500 for this purpose. This mission is mentioned in the JS Papers and in the LDS Bio Encyclopedia.

JH: 31 July 1846, Feb 20 and May 21, 1848 - From the Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt - He states that on the same ship with him to England were FDR and Samuel W. Richards. Feb 20th, FDR prayed in the temple at Nauvoo (From the Historian's Camp Journal at Sugar Creek Camp). On May 21, Elder Richards, with two others, voted that the Twelve should stay and outfit the brethren. LR 1140 2 Image 32 Arrived in England: 14 October 1846 Departed: 20 February 1848

JH: Oct 6, 7, 19, 1849 - At a semi-annual conference held in Kanesville, Iowa, FDR was again sustained to the apostleship. On the 7th, in SLC, he was again sustained as an apostle. (page 1) FDR, among others, was appointed to a committee to raise funds for the Perpetual Fund to gather the poor. (page 4) Also on page 4, FDR was appointed to go to England on a mission. On Oct. 19th, FDR and other missionaries left the GSL Valley on their several missions.

MS 12:139; 14:216.

On this his third mission to Great Britain, Franklin D. Richards presided over the European Mission. Sources: British Mission Records, 1854, No. 4, and JH: 7 Apr 1854. The JH for the preceding date indicates that in a conference in the Tabernacle, Franklin D. Richards was sustained as a member of the Twelve Apostles. LR 1140 2, Image 11 and 10

Served again as President of the European Mission, July 1867