Levi Willard Richards
Birth Date
On 1845 June 12 (Born)
Death Date
On 1914 March 30 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Pioneer
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Born in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
1845 June 12
Mother
Sarah Griffith
Father
Levi Richards
Traveled in
Willard Richards Company
1848 July 3 – October 10 (Age 3)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
On 1848 July 3
Joined Company
On 1848 October 10
Company Arrived
Baptized by Levi Richards
1854 April 9 (Age 8)
Served in
British Mission
1867 April 21 – 1870 October 1 (Age 21)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Elder
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
D H Wells
Set Apart By
Daniel Hanmer Wells
Date Details
On 1867 April 21
Set Apart
On 1870 October 1
Released
Married
Louisa Lula Greene
1873 June 16 (Age 28)
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1914 March 30 (Age 68)
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Levi Willard Richards (1845 - 1914) Profile
Sources
Mission
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 2, Page 10, Line 390.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 1, Page 10, Line 390.
Pioneer
Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849
Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849. 1849 September 24. Page 1.
Historical Department journal history of the Church
Historical Department journal history of the Church. Supplement after 31 December 1848: Page 19.
"Levi Willard Richards, Pioneer of 1848," Deseret Evening News
"Levi Willard Richards, Pioneer of 1848," Deseret Evening News, 31 March 1914.
Phinehas Richards, Diary
Phinehas Richards, Diary, April.
Transcript for Phinehas Richards, Diary, 1837 April-1871 March, Phinehas Richards papers, 1837-1874 in Richards family collection, 1837-1961
Richards, Levi Willard, [Autobiographical sketch], in Andrew Jenson, comp., Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia,[1971], 3:703-4
Richards, Levi Willard, [Autobiographical sketch], in Andrew Jenson, comp., Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia,[1971], 3:703-4.
Richards, Rhoda, to Nancy Richards Peirson, 1848, in Helen Richards Gardner, ed., Journal and Letters of Rhoda Richards, 1784-1879 [1981], 50-51
Richards, Rhoda, to Nancy Richards Peirson, 1848, in Helen Richards Gardner, ed., Journal and Letters of Rhoda Richards, 1784-1879 [1981], 50-51.
Transcript for Richards, Rhoda, to Nancy Richards Peirson, 1848, in Helen Richards Gardner, ed., Journal and Letters of Rhoda Richards, 1784-1879 [1981], 50-51
Robert L. Campbell, Journal extracts (30 June
Robert L. Campbell, Journal extracts (30 June, 19 October 1848.
Transcript for Robert L. Campbell, Journal extracts (30 June-19 October 1848) in Historical Department office journal, 1844-2012
Rollins, James H., Sketches from camp journal of Pres. Amasa Lyman's Company
Rollins, James H., Sketches from camp journal of Pres. Amasa Lyman's Company, 24 July 1848.
Transcript for Rollins, James H., Sketches from camp journal of Pres. Amasa Lyman's Company [24 July 1848 report], in George Albert Smith, Papers, 1834-1882, box 4, fd. 11
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