After being baptized, let Joseph Smith live on his farm, where the church was then headquartered
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Ezra Thayre
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Member of Zion's camp; served several missions; called in section 33 and served; called in section 52 and didn't serve; call revoked in section 56; called again in section 75 and served
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Oliver Cowdery
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B o M scribe; one of the three witnesses; 2nd elder of the church; Assistant Church President; with Joseph at Priesthood restorations; drafted D&C 20 and D&C 134; had a vision of plates and restoration; excommunicated and repabtized
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Section 57
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Joseph asked when the 2nd coming was (twice), and where the temple was to be built; God answered only the latter, and said at Independence Missouri, by the courthouse
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Frederick G. Williams
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Had land, and was told to retain it for the church
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Philo Dibble
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Saw the stars fall as Joseph Smith had prophesied
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Martyrdom of Joseph Smith
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June 27, 1844
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Joseph Smith
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First prophet of the restoration; translated BoM; died June 27, 1844
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First commandment to new church
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Listen to Joseph
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Newel Knight
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Led the Colesville saints; was healed of an evil spirit by Joseph prior to his baptism;
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Newel K. Whitney
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Second bishop of the church; Presiding bishop after Joseph's death; Cool experience meeting Joseph; store-owner
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Algernon Sidney Gilbert
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Requested section 53; agent/storekeeper in Zion; called as missionary, but afraid to serve; said he would rather die; involved at McIlwaine's Bend in seciton 61
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Aaronic Priesthood Restoration
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May 15, 1829
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Hyrum Smith
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One of 8 witnesses; Patriarch; assistant president of the Church; always faithful; died with Joseph
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Ezra Booth
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First to print an anti-Mormon publication; joined church because of a miracle
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Sidney Rigdon
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Reformed preacher; Scribe for the JST; Tarred and feathered; first counselor in first presidency; Church "guardian"; called in Section 35 to baptize, be a scribe, serve a mission, and show that JS and the Bible were congruent
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Melchizedek Priesthood Restoration
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May-June 1829
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E. D. Howe
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Published first anti-Mormon book
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Organization of the church
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April 6, 1830
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The first vision
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Spring 1820
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W. W. Phelps
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Church Publisher/writer/poet/author; apostatized and returned; wrote "praise to the man"; Involved at McIlwaine's Bend
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William McLellin
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Got married on his mission; got his questions perfectly answered, in order, by Joseph Smith; became member of the 12; apostatized; asked to personally flog Joseph Smith while he was in prison.
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Alice/Elsa Johnson
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Wife of John Johnson; miraculously healed by Joseph Smith, causing the conversion of Ezra Booth
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Isaac Morley
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Had land, and was told to sell it for the church
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John Whitmer
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One of 8 witnesses; Presided over the church in Missouri; Excommunicated in 1838 and never returned
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Orson Hyde
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Member of the original 12; Member of Sidney Rigdon's congregation; Went apostate, but came back; dedicated Jerusalem
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Polly Knight
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Knewel Knight's mother; refused to die before standing in Zion