Simeon Dagget Carter
Born in Killingsworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
1794 June 7
Mother
Johanna Sims
Father
Gideon Carter
Date Details
Occurred On 1794 June 7
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)
Served in Early Church Mission: North America
1831 June 7 (Age 37) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Missionary Activity Notes
Solomon Hancock was his mission companion.
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States
Set Apart By
Location Served
Missouri
Date Details
Started On 1831 June 7
Called
End Date Not Found
Served in Early Church Mission: North America
1831 October (Age 37) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Other
Marital Status
Married
Missionary Activity Notes
Purpose was to visit other branches of the Church.
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States
Date Details
Started On 1831 October
Called
End Date Not Found
Served in Early Church Mission: North America
1832 September 1 (Age 38) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Missionary Activity Notes
Served with his brother, Jared Carter.
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Location Served
Vermont
Date Details
Started On 1832 September 1
Called
End Date Not Found
Served in Early Church Mission: North America
1834 (Age 39) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Other
Marital Status
Married
Missionary Activity Notes
Mission was to the scattered Saints in Clay County.
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Jackson County, Missouri
Location Served
Clay County, Missouri
Date Details
Started On 1834
Called
End Date Not Found
Served in Early Church Mission: North America
1834 August 12 (Age 40) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Jackson County, Missouri
Location Served
Indiana, Illinois
Date Details
Started On 1834 August 12
Called
End Date Not Found
Served in Early Church Mission: North America
1835 May (Age 40) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Location Served
Eastern States
Date Details
Started On 1835 May
Called
End Date Not Found
Served in Joseph Smith Presidential Campaign Mission
1844 April 15 (Age 49) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Missionary Activity Notes
Mission to preach the gospel and assist Joseph Smith's presidential campaign in Ohio. (Journal History, April 15, 1844, p. 2)
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Location Served
Ohio
Date Details
Ended On 1844
Released
Started On 1844 April 15
Called
Served in Eastern States Mission
1844 October 8 (Age 50) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Other
Marital Status
Married
Missionary Activity 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)
Date Details
Started On 1844 October 8
Called
End Date Not Found
Served in British Mission
1846 August – 1848 August 7 (Age 52) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Location Served
England
Date Details
Started On 1846 August
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1848 August 7
Departed from Field
Traveled in Silas Richards Company (1849)
1849 July 10 – October 29 (Age 55) Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1849 July 10
Joined Company
Ended Between 1849 October 25 – 29
Company Arrived
Married Louisa Holland Gibbons
1849 November 14 (Age 55)
Served in British Mission
1850 (Age 55) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Location Served
England
Date Details
Started On 1850
Called
End Date Not Found
Died in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah Territory, United States
1869 February 3 (Age 74)
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Simeon Carter (1794 - 1869) Profile