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Personal data Willard Richards 

• He was born on June 24, 1804 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.Sources 1, 2
• He died on March 11, 1854 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, he was 49 years old.Sources 1, 2

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• He is buried on March 12, 1854 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA.Sources 1, 2
• A child of Joseph Richards and Rhoda Howe

Household of Willard Richards

(1) He is married to Jeannetta Richards.

They got married on September 24, 1838, he was 34 years old.

Child(ren):

1. John Heber Richards  1839-1839
2. Heber John Richards  1840-1919
3. Rhoda Ann Jennetta Richards  1843-1882 

(2) He is married to Sarah Longstroth.

They got married on January 18, 1845, he was 40 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Willard Brigham Richards  1847-1942 
2. Joseph Smith Richards  1848-1914
3. Sarah Ellen Richards  1850-1915 
4. Pauline Richards  1853-1947 

(3) He is married to Amelia Elizabeth Peirson.

They got married on December 22, 1845 at Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, he was 41 years old.

(4) He is married to Mary Thompson.

They got married on January 27, 1846 at Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA, he was 41 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Phoebe Amelia Richards  1851-1943

(5) He is married to Nanny Longstroth.

They got married on June 25, 1846 at Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, he was 42 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Alice Ann Richards  1849-1940
2. Mary Asenath Richards  1850-1915 
3. Stephen Longstroth Richards  1853-1922 

(6) He is married to Susanna Bayliss.

They got married on December 22, 1847 at winter quarters, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten, he was 43 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Mary Ann Richards  1851-1942 

(7) He is married to Rhoda Harriet Foss.

They got married on November 30, 1851, he was 47 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Calvin Willard Richards  1852-1926

Notes about Willard Richards

Potential FatherWillard RichardsB: Birth 24 Jun 1804 • Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United StatesD: Death 11 Mar 1854 • Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Dr. Willard Richards Headstone Zoomwillard richardsWillard Richards Headstone Close6279203_120887890477-1200px-WillardRichardsGraveBackRichard Coat of ArmsWillard Richards HeadstoneEarly LDS Church LeadersWillard Richards [2]Willard Richards (1804-1854)Spouse & ChildrenJennetta Richards 1817-1845Heber John Richards 1840-1919Rhoda Ann Jennetta Richards 1843-1882Spouse & ChildrenSarah Longstroth 1826-1858Willard Brigham Richards 1847-1942Joseph Smith Richards 1848-1914Sarah Ellen Richards 1850-1915Pauline Richards 1853-1947Spouse & ChildrenNanny Lynn Longstroth 1828-1911Alice Ann RICHARDS 1849-1940Mary Asenath Richards 1850-1915Stephen Longstroth RICHARDS 1853-1922Spouse & ChildrenAmelia Elizabeth Pierson 1825-1851Baby Richards 1851-1851SpouseMary Thompson 1827-1905Spouse & ChildrenSusannah Bayliss 1812-1891Mary Ann Richards 1851-1942Spouse & ChildrenRhoda Harriet Foss 1830-1881Calvin Willard Richards 1852-1926This information is from Kevins Stoddard Family Tree 2017, created by kevstod.Name: Willard RichardsGender: MaleRelationship to Primary Person: Self (Head)Father: Joseph RichardsMother: Rhoda HoweBirth Date: 24 Jun 1804Birth Place: Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USAMarriage Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USADeath Date: 11 Mar 1854Death Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USABurial Date: 12 Mar 1854Burial Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USAResidences: near Chaidgley, Lancashire, England; 1839 Manchester, Lancashire, England; 1840 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA; 1843 Salt Lake County, Utah, USA; 1850LDS Church Ordinance Data: Baptism Date: December 31, 1836 Kirtland, Geauga, OH, USA Officiator: Brigham Young Ordained Elder Date: March 6, 1837 Kirtland, Geauga, OH, USA Officiator: Alva Beaman Ordained High Priest Date: 1838 Preston, Lancashire, ENG Ordained Apostle Date: April 14, 1840LDS Temple Ordinance Data: Endowment Date: May 4, 1842 Endowment Date: December 10, 1845 Temple: Nauvoo, Hancock, IL, USA Sealed to Parents Date: May 6, 1932 Temple: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, USA Sealed to Spouse Number 1 Date: January 22, 1846Vocations: Practiced medicine in Massachusetts before 1835 Postmaster; 1850Comments: Willard was called to fill a vacancy in the Quorum of the Twelve.2. Willard was present at the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. Comments: #21. Willard served as first counselor to Joseph Fielding over the English mission. 2. Willard is mentioned on the Continuing Church Record at Nauvoo. 3. Willard served a mision to the Eastern States in 1837. 4. Willard went to England with Heber C. Kimball and Orson Hyde. Comments: #31. In 1850, Willard had a household of 5, a real wealth of $2000, and a personal wealth of $0. Comments: #41. Willard was a member of the Nauvoo City Council. 2. Willard was a member of the Council of Fifty March 11, 1844. 3. Willard was initiated into Masonry April 7, 1842. Comments: #51. Willard served as a scribe to Joseph Smith 1841-1844. Comments: #61. Willard went on a business mission to the East with Brigham Young, 1837. British Mission beginning in 1837. Preaching. Ordained first counselor to the mission president, Joseph Fielding, 1838. General conference at Preston, 1840. Comments: #71. Willard served as the second counselor to President Brigham Young from 1847 to 1854. From the religious teachings of his parents, he was the subject of religious impressions from his early childhood, although careless and indifferent in his external deportment. At the age of ten years he removed with his father's family to Richmond, Massachusetts, where he witnessed several sectarian "revivals" and offered himself to the Congregational church at that place at the age of seventeen, having previously passed the painful ordeal of conviction and conversion, even to the belief that he had committed the unpardonable sin. But the total disregard of that church to his request for admission led him to a more thorough investigation of the principles of religion, when he became convinced that the sects were all wrong and that God had no church on the earth, but that He would soon have a church whose creed would be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. From that time he kept himself aloof from sectarian influence, boldly declaring his belief to all who wished to learn his views, until the summer of 1835, when while in the practice of medicine, near Boston, the Book of Mormon, which President Brigham Young had left with his counsin Lucius Parker, at Southborough, accidentally or providentially fell in his way. This was the first he had seen or heard of the Latter-day Saints, except the scurrillous records of the public prints, which amounted to nothing more than that "a boy named Jo Smith, some where out west, had found a Gold bible." He opened the book, without regard to place, and totally ignorant of its design or contents, and before reading half a page, declared that, "God or the devil has had a hand in that book, for man never wrote it." He read it twice through in about ten days; and so firm was his conviction of the truth, that he immediately commenced settling his accounts, selling his medicine, and freeing himself from every incumbrance, that he might go to Kirtland, Ohio, seven hundred miles west, the nearest point he could hear of a Saint, and give the work a thorough investigation; firmly believing, that if the doctrine was true, God had some greater work for him to do than peddle pills. But no sooner did he commence a settlement, than he was smitten with the palsy, from which he suffered exceedingly, and was prevented executing his design, until October, 1836, when he arrived at Kirtland, in company with his brother (Doctor Levi Richards, who attended him as physician), where he was most cordially and hospitably received and entertained by his cousin, Brigham Young, with whom he tarried, and gave the work an unceasing and untiring investigation. After his baptism in 1837 he left Kirtland on a mission to the Eastern States, from which he returned June 11th. On the day following he was blessed and set apart by the Prophet Joseph Smith to accompany Heber C. Kimball, Orson Hyde and others on a mission to England. They started on the 13th. Having arrived safely in England, and the gospel door having been successfully opened in Preston, Doctor Richards was sent to Bedford, and surrounding country, where he labored with much success, notwithstanding bitter opposition. He returned to Preston, in February 1838, and on April 1st attended a general conference where he was appointed first counselor to Joseph Fielding, who was appointed to preside over the mission after Elders Kimball and Hyde returned to America. During 1839 he continued his missionary labors in Manchester, Bolton, Salford, Burslem, Preston and other places. After the arrival of the Apostles from America, Doctor Richards was ordained one of the Twelve Apostles, April 14, 1840 to which high and holy position he had been called by direct revelation, and after the publication of the "Millennial Star" was commenced, he assisted Parley P. Pratt, in its editorial department, and also performed the general duties of presiding over the mission. In February 1841, he removed his family from Preston to Manchester, and in the following April left England with others of the Twelve to return to Nauvoo, where he arrived August 16th. Agreeable to the council of the Twelve, he located at Warsaw, Hancock county, Illinois for a short time. He was elected a member of the city council of Nauvoo October 30, 1841, and removed to that city in December following. Two days later (December 13th) he was appointed recorder for the Temple, private secretary to Joseph Smith and general church clerk. He commenced his labors in Joseph's new office, in the brick store. Comments: #81. Willard, was appointed in 1841, to act as secretary to the Prophet Joseph Smith, and was with him in the Carthage Jail at the time of the martyrdom of the Prophet and his brother Hyrum, June 27, 1844. Dr. Richards was selected as second counselor to President Brigham Young at the reorganization of the First Presidency December 27, 1847, and after establishment of a local government in the Great Basin, he served as secretary of the Provisional Government of the State of Deseret, and of the Territory of Utah. He was a historian and recorder of the Church. Comments: #91. Willard came to Utah July 24, 1847 with the Brigham Young company. Comments: #101. Willard traveled as a missionary companion to Brigham Young in New York and the Eastern States. He filled a mission to Great Britain in 1837 to 1841. After returning to America he filled a number of other missions, labored as church Historian, took an active part in the building up of Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, was in Carthage Jail when the Prophet Jospeh Smith and his brother Hyrum were martyred, was a very active figure in the exodus of the Saints from Nauvoo to Salt Lake Valley, acted as second counselor to Brigham Young from 1847 until his death. Willard filled an important mission to England and raised up abranch of the Church in Bedford. He acted as counselor to President Joseph Fielding. Willard Richards left Nauvoo, illinois, July 1, 1842, for NewEngland. Willard was appointed on a special mission to locate a setlement of the Saints at Warsaw, Illinois.Household Members: Name RelationWillard Richards Self (Head)Jennetta Richards SpouseHeber John Richards ChildHeber John Richards ChildRhoda Ann Jeanetta Richards ChildNaney Longstroth SpouseAlice Ann Richards ChildMary Assena Richards ChildStephen Longstroth Richards ChildSarah Longstroth SpouseCalvin Willard Richards Child

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