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Leatham Launch Genealogy

In memory of those who gathered with the Saints in Nauvoo, Illinois.

Joseph Smith, Prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints


Moses Martin Sanders Family

Henry Zabriskie Family

Zarahemla Conference Minutes

The members of the High Council were each presented and accepted
by the conference, there being but nine, whereupon Elders John Killean,
Rufus Fisher and John Lowry, were unanimously accepted by the
conference as Bishop of this stake; and Joseph B. Noble and Joseph Mecham Jr. as bishop's counselors, who was unanimously elected.  Elder Zabriskie was presented and accepted by the conference, as president of the Quorum of Elders.  Elder Zabriskie nominated Charles Patten for counselor in place of John Killian chosen High Counselor, who was unanimously elected.  Elder Zabriskie then nominated Lewis D. Dalrymple for his other counselor, in place of Jonathan Allen rejected, (in consequence of his living at a remote distance, and was not expecting to move on) who was unanimously elected.  Adjourned till Monday 9th inst. at 10 o'clock a.m. in consequence of the funeral of Bro. Don Carlos Smith at Nauvoo.

Journal History, 

9 Aug 1841



"The name of our city (Nauvoo)
is of Hebrew origin,
and signifies a beautiful situation,
or place carrying with it,
also, the idea of rest;
and is truly descriptive of the most delightful location"



("A Proclamation of the First Presidency of the Church
of  the Saints Scattered Abroad,"  
15 Jan. 1841, History of the Church, 4:268  

                                                         The Ensign July 2001

Nauvoo Temple by Larry C. Winborg


Nauvoo Temple
by Larry C. Winborg



President Gordon B. Hinckley's tribute to the Pioneers
 "True to the Faith," Ensign, May 1997, 65



Seventies Hall, Nauvoo

Higbee Family




The Nauvoo home of
Joseph Bates Noble home:
Sold to Lucy Mack Smith when the church left Nauvoo


In all of Church history, perhaps nothing symbolizes the pragmatic nature of Latter-day Saint religion as does the city of Nauvoo. On the very hem of the western frontier, the Latter-day Saints drained the swamps, wrote an ambitious city charter, established a university, mounted a city militia, and built a temple.

To Nauvoo and its vicinity came the great majority of all Latter-day Saint converts for the next seven years, swelling the population to about 20,000 by 1846. At its height it rivaled Chicago as the largest city in the state. A vibrant, culturally eclectic place, it came to be known as "Nauvoo, the Beautiful."
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  (2000.)  Church History In The Fulness of Times.  Salt Lake City, Utah:  Author.