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Revelation and Family: Joseph and Emma’s Five Ohio Homes

Contents

    Joseph Smith Comes to OhioThe Morley FarmFrom Kirtland to HiramN. K. Whitney & Co. StoreJoseph Smith's Home Near the Temple
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    • A Place of Revelation
    • Joseph Smith Comes to Ohio

    • The completed Kirtland Temple was a place where God revealed Himself to His Saints. Many other revelations in Ohio came to the Prophet in the homes where he and his family lived. The first of these homes belonged to the Whitney family. While living here, Joseph Smith received revelations now recorded in four sections of the Doctrine and Covenants (see D&C 41–44).

    • Newel K. and Elizabeth Ann Whitney home, Kirtland, Ohio
    • “My husband brought them directly to our own house; we were more than glad to welcome them and share with them all the comforts and blessings we enjoyed.”
      —Elizabeth Ann Whitney
    • Elizabeth Ann Whitney, circa 1876
    • Parlor in the Whitney home
    • Bedroom in the Whitney home
    • While the Smiths lived at the Whitneys’ home, the Lord called Edward Partridge to serve as the Church’s first bishop. Newel K. Whitney would be called to the same office 10 months later.

    • Pantry in the Whitney home
    • The Morley Farm

    • Isaac and Lucy Morley volunteered to have a house built on their large farm for the Smith family. Over the next six months while living at the Morley Farm, Joseph Smith received revelations at home, in the woods, and in a nearby schoolhouse. Some of these are now recorded as 13 sections of the Doctrine and Covenants. Also during this time, the Smiths welcomed twins, doubling the size of their family. 

    • Isaac Morley
    • Grave marker for Joseph and Emma’s infant twins in the Kirtland North Cemetery
    • D&C Revelation Time Line

      1831 Mar

      45, 46, 47, 48

      1831 May

      49, 50

      1831 June

      52, 53, 54, 55, 56

      1831 Aug

      63

      1831 Sep 

      64

       

    • Woods at the Morley farm.
    • The Morley Schoolhouse, by Olinda Reynolds, 2002.
    • Morley farm in autumn
    • From Kirtland to Hiram

    • When Isaac Morley sold his Ohio farm and moved his family to Missouri, John and Elsa Johnson opened their doors to the Smiths and helped them move to Hiram, Ohio, about 30 miles (48 km) away from the Morley Farm. The Johnson home became the setting for 16 revelations that are now recorded in the Doctrine and Covenants.

    • Hiram is about 30 miles (48 km) from Kirtland.
    • 23-year-old Luke Johnson was a friend to Joseph Smith soon after Joseph arrived in Ohio.
    • Sitting room in the Johnson home
    • Kitchen in the Johnson Home
    • D&C Revelation Time Line

      1831 Oct

      65, 66

      1831 Nov

      1, 67, 68, 69, 70, 133

      1831 Dec

      71

      1832 Jan

      73

      1832 Feb

      76

      1832 Mar 

      77, 79, 80, 81

      1832 Aug

      99

       

       
       
    • Bible translation setting in the Johnson home
    • Beds in the formal parlor of the Johnson home
    • Johnson Farm in autumn
    • N. K. Whitney & Co. Store 

    • Storeroom in the N. K. Whitney & Co. store
    • When Hiram became unsafe for the Smith family, Newel K. Whitney remodeled his store to provide them a home. In the Whitney store, Joseph Smith finished his inspired revisions of the Bible, organized the School of the Prophets, and received revelations now recorded in 16 sections of the Doctrine and Covenants. 

    • Bedroom in the Whitney Store
    • Kitchen and dining setting in the Whitney store
    • The School of the Prophets met in an upstairs room in the Whitney store
    • N. K. Whitney’s copy of the first edition of the Doctrine and Covenants
    • D&C Revelation Time Line

      1832 Sep

      84

      1832 Nov

      85

      1832 Dec

      86, 87, 88

      1833 Feb

      89

      1833 Mar

      90, 91, 92

      1833 May

      93, 94

      1833 June

      95, 96

      1833 Aug

      97, 98

      1833 Dec

      101

       

       
    • Upstairs parlor in the Whitney store
    • The Smiths moved from the Whitney store in the winter of 1834.
    • The Smith Home near the Temple

    • Joseph and Emma Smith moved with their family into a new home about February 1834. The home was near the construction site of the Kirtland Temple. Over the next four years, Joseph oversaw the development of a Church headquarters that included a schoolhouse, a printing office, and a dedicated house of the Lord. By the time Joseph Smith left Kirtland in 1838, the Lord had fulfilled His promises to reveal His law and send forth His servants endowed with power from on high (see D&C 38:32–33).

    • Joseph and Emma Smith’s Kirtland home
    • D&C Revelation Time Line

      1834 Feb

      102, 103

      1834 Apr

      104

      1834 Nov

      106

      1835 Apr

      107 (partial)

      1835 Aug

      134

       

       
    • Joseph Smith translated the book of Abraham at his home.
    • By the time the Kirtland Temple was dedicated, all priesthood offices had been revealed.
    • View of Kirtland, circa 1909
    • Explore Further

      Timeline: The Church in Ohio and Missouri, 1831–1838

      The Johnson Family in Ohio

      The Sawmill and Ashery

      A Prophet and a Temple in Ohio

      Interactive Map: LDS Places of Interest, Ohio (1830–1837)

      Revelations in Context

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