Simeon Carter

Alternate Names
Simeon Dagget Carter (Birth Name)
Birth Date
On 1794 June 7
Death Date
On 1869 February 3
Gender
Male
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Born in Killingsworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States

1794 June 7

Date Details

Occurred On 1794 June 7
Birth

Relationships

Father
Gideon Carter
Mother
Johanna Sims

Married Lydia Kenyon

1818 December 2 (Age 24)

Baptized

1831 February 14 (Age 36)

Mentioned in Doctrine and Covenants 52:27

1831 June 6 (Age 36)

Additional Information

Additional Notes

Doctrine and Covenants 52:27 in Kirtland, Ohio.

Doctrine and Covenants 75:30 in Amherst, Ohio.


End Date Details

Start Date Not Found
Released

Additional Information

Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Location Served
Missouri
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Set Apart By
Lyman Wight
Additional Notes

Solomon Hancock was his mission companion.


End Date Details

Start Date Not Found
Released

Additional Information

Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Mission Qualifier
Other
Additional Notes

Purpose was to visit other branches of the Church.


Called as Missionary

End Date Details

Start Date Not Found
Released

Additional Information

Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Location Served
Vermont
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Additional Notes

Served with his brother, Jared Carter.


End Date Details

Start Date Not Found
Released

Additional Information

Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Jackson County, Missouri
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Location Served
Clay County, Missouri
Mission Qualifier
Other
Additional Notes

Mission was to the scattered Saints in Clay County.


End Date Details

Start Date Not Found
Released

Additional Information

Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Jackson County, Missouri
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Location Served
Indiana, Illinois
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing

End Date Details

Start Date Not Found
Released

Additional Information

Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Location Served
Eastern States
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing

End Date Details

Ended On 1844
Released

Additional Information

Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Location Served
Ohio
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Additional Notes

Mission to preach the gospel and assist Joseph Smith's presidential campaign in Ohio. (Journal  History, April 15, 1844, p. 2)


Called as Missionary

Eastern States Mission
1844 October 8 (Age 50)

End Date Details

Start Date Not Found
Released

Additional Information

Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Mission Qualifier
Other
Additional Notes

 Called to fill a mission at general conference Oct. 6-8, 1844 In Nauvoo, Brigham Young selected “men from the High Priest’s quorum to go abroad … to preside over the branches of the Church.” They were not to tarry for six months and return, “but to go and settle down, where they could take their families and tarry until the Temple is built.” (Journal history, 8 October 1844, p. 3)


Arrived in the Field as Missionary

British Mission
1846 August – 1848 August 7 (Age 52)

End Date Details

Ended On 1848 August 7
Departed from the Field

Additional Information

Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Location Served
England
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing

Joined Silas Richards Company

1849 July 10 – October 29 (Age 55)

Married Louisa Holland Gibbons

1849 November 14 (Age 55)

Called as Missionary

British Mission
1850 (Age 55)

End Date Details

Start Date Not Found
Released

Additional Information

Location Served
England
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing

Died in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah Territory, United States

1869 February 3 (Age 74)

Date Details

Occurred On 1869 February 3
Died

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