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7 Sept. 18071

Alexander McRae, Salt Lake City, UT, to “My Dear Sister,” 7 Sept. 1880, in Alexander McRae, Copybooks, p. 60, CHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

McRae, Alexander. Letterpress Copybooks, 1880–1891. CHL. MS 8353.

–20 June 1891.2

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, Office of Vital Statistics, Death Records of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1848–Sept. 1950, p. 26, microfilm 26,554, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Tailor, sheriff, prison warden.3

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, Office of Vital Statistics, Death Records of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1848–Sept. 1950, p. 26, microfilm 26,554, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; 1850 U.S. Census, District 21, Pottawattamie Co., IA, 79; “Legislative Election,” Deseret News, 25 Jan. 1860, 373.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.

Born in Anson Co., North Carolina.4

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, Office of Vital Statistics, Death Records of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1848–Sept. 1950, p. 26, microfilm 26,554, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Son of John B. McRae and Mary.5

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, Office of Vital Statistics, Death Records of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1848–Sept. 1950, p. 26, microfilm 26,554, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Moved to South Carolina; to Iredell Co., North Carolina; and back to South Carolina.6

“Alexander McRae,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:620.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Jenson, Andrew. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4 vols. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901–1936.

Enlisted in U.S. Army, Mar. 1829, and served five years.7

“Alexander McRae,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:620.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Jenson, Andrew. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4 vols. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901–1936.

Moved to Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky, 1834.8

“Alexander McRae,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:620.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Jenson, Andrew. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4 vols. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901–1936.

Married first Eunice Fitzgerald, 2 Oct. 1834, in New Castle, Henry Co., Kentucky.9

“Alexander McRae,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:620.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Jenson, Andrew. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4 vols. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901–1936.

Moved to Ripley Co., Indiana, before June 1837.10

“Alexander McRae,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:620.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Jenson, Andrew. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4 vols. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901–1936.

Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1837.11

Alexander McRae, Salt Lake City, UT, to “Dear Bro,” 5 June. 1880, in Alexander McRae, Copybooks, pp. 36–37, CHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

McRae, Alexander. Letterpress Copybooks, 1880–1891. CHL. MS 8353.

Moved to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, Sept. 1837.12

“Alexander McRae,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:620.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Jenson, Andrew. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4 vols. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901–1936.

Participated in conflict between Missourians and Latter-day Saints, Oct. 1838.13

John Cleminson, Testimony, Richmond, MO, Nov. 1838, p. [52], State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes [Mo. 5th Jud. Cir. 1838], Eugene Morrow Violette Collection, State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia.

Comprehensive Works Cited

State of Missouri v. Joseph Smith et al. for Treason and Other Crimes (Mo. 5th Jud. Cir. 1838). Eugene Morrow Violette Collection, 1806–1921 (C 1033). The State Historical Society of Missouri Manuscript Collection, Columbia.

With JS in jail at Liberty, Clay Co., Missouri, 1 Dec. 1838–Apr. 1839.14

Sidney Rigson to JS and Others, Liberty, MO, 10 Apr. 1839, in JS Letterbook 2, pp. 4–5; JS History, vol. C-1, 858; “Incidents,” Deseret News, 9 Nov. 1854, 1; Littlefield, Reminiscences of Latter-day Saints, 79.

Comprehensive Works Cited

JS Letterbook 2 / Smith, Joseph. “Copies of Letters, &c. &c.,” 1839–1843. Joseph Smith Collection, 1827–1846. CHL. MS 155, box 2, fd. 2.

JS History / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1838–1856. Vols. A-1–F-1 (original), A-2–E-2 (fair copy). Historian’s Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, boxes 1–7. The history for the period after 5 Aug. 1838 was composed after the death of Joseph Smith.

Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.

Littlefield, Lyman Omer. Reminiscences of Latter-day Saints: Giving an Account of Much Individual Suffering Endured for Religious Conscience. Logan, UT: Utah Journal Co., 1888.

Moved to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, 1839.15

“Alexander McRae,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:620.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Jenson, Andrew. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4 vols. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901–1936.

Ordained a seventy, 1839, at Quincy.16

“Alexander McRae,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:620.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Jenson, Andrew. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4 vols. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901–1936.

Moved back to Ripley Co.17

“Alexander McRae,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:620.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Jenson, Andrew. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4 vols. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901–1936.

Appointed aide-de-camp in Nauvoo Legion, 20 Feb. 1841.18

Nauvoo Legion Minute Book, 20 Feb. 1841, 6.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Nauvoo Legion Minute Book, 1843–1844. Nauvoo Legion, Records, 1841–1845. CHL. MS 3430, fd. 1.

Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, before 1842.19

“Alexander McRae,” in Platt, Lyman, Nauvoo, Illinois Tax Index, 1842 [database online], Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, 1999, in Ancestry.com (accessed 4 Feb. 2014).

Comprehensive Works Cited

Ancestry.com. http://ancestry.com.

Served mission to North Carolina, 1844.20

Alexander McRae, Salt Lake City, UT, to “Dear Bro.,” 29 Mar. 1880, in Alexander McRae, Copybooks, p. 6, CHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

McRae, Alexander. Letterpress Copybooks, 1880–1891. CHL. MS 8353.

Returned to Indiana after death of JS.21

“Alexander McRae,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:620.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Jenson, Andrew. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4 vols. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901–1936.

Moved back to Nauvoo, spring 1845.22

“Alexander McRae,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:620.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Jenson, Andrew. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4 vols. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901–1936.

Moved to Winter Quarters, unorganized U.S. territory (later in Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska), by May 1847.23

Littlefield, Reminiscences of Latter-day Saints, 190.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Littlefield, Lyman Omer. Reminiscences of Latter-day Saints: Giving an Account of Much Individual Suffering Endured for Religious Conscience. Logan, UT: Utah Journal Co., 1888.

Moved to Kanesville (later Council Bluffs), Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, by Sept. 1850.24

1850 U.S. Census, District 21, Pottawattamie Co., IA, 79; Hyde, Kanesville Advertisements, 66.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Hyde, Myrtle Stevens, comp. Kanesville Advertisements. Ogden, UT: By the author, 1993.

Elected sheriff of Pottawattamie Co.25

1850 U.S. Census, District 21, Pottawattamie Co., IA, 79.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Moved to Salt Lake City, 1852.26

“Alexander McRae,” Church History Biographical Database, https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/individual/alexander-mcrae-1807?lang=eng (accessed 3 Aug. 2022).

Comprehensive Works Cited

Pioneer Database, 1847–1868. Compiled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/overlandtravel.

Married second Caroline Amelia Webb, 1856, in Salt Lake City.27

Obituary for Caroline Amelia Webb, Deseret Evening News, 21 Sept. 1895, 448.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.

Served mission to southern states, 1869–1870.28

“Alexander McRae,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:620.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Jenson, Andrew. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4 vols. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901–1936.

Died in Salt Lake City.29

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, Office of Vital Statistics, Death Records of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1848–Sept. 1950, p. 26, microfilm 26,554, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

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  • History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
  • History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
  • John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
  • Affidavit from Caleb Baldwin and Others, 7 July 1843
  • Agreement with Amos Rees and Alexander Doniphan, 28 November 1838
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  • Docket Entry, Motion, 11 April 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
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  • Docket Entry, Removal Orders, 11 April 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson ]
  • History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
  • History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
  • History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
  • History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
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  • Indictment, circa 10 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
  • Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson ]
  • Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
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  • Introduction to State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot
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  • Letter from Don Carlos and Agnes Coolbrith Smith, 11 April 1839
  • Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 10 April 1839
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  • Letter to Edward Partridge and the Church, circa 22 March 1839, as Published in Times and Seasons
  • Letter to Edward Partridge and the Church, circa 22 March 1839
  • Letter to Emma Smith, 1 December 1838
  • Letter to Isaac Galland, 22 March 1839
  • Letter to the Church and Edward Partridge, 20 March 1839, as Published in Times and Seasons
  • Letter to the Church and Edward Partridge, 20 March 1839
  • Letterbook 2
  • List of Nauvoo Bonds and Deeds, 1842–1846
  • List of Officers, circa November 1841
  • List of Property in Nauvoo Fourth Ward, 1842
  • List of Property in Nauvoo Third Ward, 1842
  • List of Property in the City of Nauvoo, 1841
  • List of Taxable Lots in Nauvoo First Ward
  • List of Taxable Lots in Nauvoo Fourth Ward, Second Copy
  • List of Taxable Lots in Nauvoo, Illinois
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  • Minutes, 1 October 1842–12 October 1844
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  • Minutes, 16 June 1842
  • Minutes, 2 June 1842
  • Minutes, 2 March 1841
  • Minutes, 20 February 1841
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  • Minutes, 24 April 1839
  • Minutes, 5 April 1844–A
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