Simeon Dagget Carter

Birth Date
On 1794 June 7 (Born)
Death Date
On 1869 February 3 (Died)
Gender
Male

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)

Travel to Missouri & Preach By the Way

1831 June 6 (Age 36)

D&C 52:3,7,22-33 at Kirtland, Ohio.

Date Details

Occurred On 1831 June 6
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
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

Be United in Ministry- Simeon Carter & Emer Harris

1832 January 25 (Age 37)

D&C 75:30 at Amherst, Ohio

Date Details

Occurred On 1832 January 25

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
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
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
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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