Female Relief Society organized, Nauvoo, IL. [See Relief Society in Nauvoo.] (1)
Female Relief Society organized, Nauvoo, Illinois. (2)
Female Relief Society of Nauvoo organized. (3)
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith organized the Relief Society of Nauvoo, with Emma Smith, his wife, as the president. (4)
[Joseph Smith] Joseph organizes the Relief Society of Nauvoo. (5)
[Joseph Smith] Organizes Female Relief Society. (6)
[Joseph Smith] Organizes the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo, with Emma Smith as president. (7)
[Lucy Mack Smith] The all-female Relief Society is organized with eighteen women. Emma is appointed president with counselors Elizabeth Ann Whitney and Sarah M. Cleveland, and with Eliza R. Snow as secretary. Membership reaches 1,142 by September 1842. (8)
[Lucy Mack Smith] Female Relief Society of Nauvoo organized with Emma as president. (9)
-- Mar 20, 1842
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith preached a sermon on death and resurrection, baptized a large number of individuals in the river, confirmed many of them in the grove near the temple, and then performed additional baptisms in the font of the temple. (4)
-- Mar 24, 1842
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith attended the Relief Society meeting to complete its organization. (4)
[Lucy Mack Smith] Lucy attends the second meeting of the Relief Society and is received as a member by vote. She participates in the next several meetings. (8)
-- Mar 27, 1842
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith witnessed the landing of Latter-day Saint immigrants from England on the steamboat Ariel, and performed ordinances for 107 individuals after speaking on baptism for the dead. (4)
Footnotes:
1 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
2 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Chronology of Church History, http://scriptures.lds.org/chchrono/contents
3 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
4 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
5 - More Good Foundation, Timeline, http://www.prophetjosephsmith.org/joseph_smith_timeline
6 - Joseph Smith Papers, Timeline of Events, http://josephsmithpapers.org/TimelineOfEvents.htm
7 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah
8 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
9 - Proctor, Scott Maurine Jensen, editors, History of Joseph Smith by His Mother: Revised and Enhanced
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
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