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Joseph Bryant Hawkes

 LIFE SKETCH OF JOSEPH BRYANT HAWKES (HAWKS) Joseph Bryant Hawkes was born 24 May 1799 at Buxton, York, Maine the son of Joshua Hawkes and Lucy Bryant. At the age of 18 he left his father's house and went west to make a home for himself. He first settled in Lockport, New York, where he took up a farm, clearing off heavy timber. At age 21 he married Sophronia Alvord. They lived here in Lockport, New York for several years then sold out and went to Michigan. Here again in Pontiac, near Detroit, he took up a farm, clearing heavy timber from it. Here three children were born to them. In January 1833 they accepted the Gospel, stayed there until 1836 in the spring, sold out and moved to Missouri, settling at Far West, Caldwell County. In April 1837 his wife Saphronia died. Later he married Ann Northrop, a widow.  In the fall of 1838, after suffering much from persecusions and privations, they were driven out of Missouri with the Saints. It was a case of having to leave the state or ...
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Joseph Smith and the Three Witnesses

Edward Stevenson's Reminiscence of Joseph Smith and the Three Witnesses in Pontiac . Gary E Stevenson Recounting Edward Stevenson's Testimony of Joseph Smith in Pontiac
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Edward Stevenson

Biographical Timeline from Church History Biographical Database . Biography from Latter-Day Saints biographical encyclopedia .  Brief Wikipedia overview of early life, LDS church service, and writings . More complete MormonWiki overview  of Edward Stevenson. Walker Family Children's Collection of Family Stories - Edward Stevenson Edward Stevenson's account of the First Vision . Reminiscences of Joseph the Prophet And the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon  by Edward Stevenson. Deseret News December 18, 1881 article  by Edward Stevenson about Martin Harris. Edward Stevenson's fascinating account related to Martin Harris coming to Utah  - from Chapter 2 of Bountiful Harvest: Essays in Honor of S. Kent Brown - skip to page 66 (which shows as 54 at the top of the page). Edward Stevenson and the Gibraltar Mission . Another version of Edward Stevenson and the Gibraltar Mission. Mormon Visitation of 1832 from History of Oakland County Michigan  - starting on page ...
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Elijah Fordham

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Elijah Fordham carved the stone oxen in the original Nauvoo Temple Latter Day Light Overview of Elijah Fordham Elijah Fordham Raise up by Joseph Smith - Talking Scripture Brief History from MyFamilyOnline References from Wilford Woodruff Papers Wikipedia - Elijah Fordham Church History Database - Elijah Fordham Elijah Fordham - Life Overview by Wayne Goates
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Events & History from 1950 Onward

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President McKay at April 26, 1959 dedication of Detroit Stake Center Interesting Years for Pontiac Ward 1952-1990 Pontiac Ward - Detroit Stake Center 1958-1962 President Bithell Notes about Detroit Temple Pontiac from The Michigan Mormons 1831-1952 by  Hilda Faulkner Browne 1959 Pontiac Ward Building Dedication Program with President McKay
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Initial History of the Church in Pontiac 1830-1845

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  Initial History of the Church in Pontiac 1830-1845 Stephen Mack, an uncle of the Prophet Joseph Smith, was the founder of Pontiac. He was married to Temperance Bond and they had twelve children. Woodward Ave was laid out by him to move his products, mostly lumber, from his Pontiac businesses to the market place, Detroit on the river. He died in 1826. So his family and business travel past the future site of the Detroit Michigan Temple on Woodward Ave. Shortly after the Church was organized, one of his daughters, Almira Mack, traveled to Manchester, New York to visit her aunt, Lucy Mack Smith, mother of the prophet. She received the gospel as soon as she heard it and was baptized May 1830, at Palmyra, Wayne Co., New York by David Whitmer and confirmed by Joseph Smith. Almira Mack Covey was the first Michigan convert. Almira stayed with aunt Lucy until she returned in 1831 with Lucy, her cousin Hyrum Smith, brother of the prophet, Lyman Wight, John Murdock (Sallie Shipley...
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Nahum (Naham) Curtis

Nahum Curtis - Life Overview by Kelly Sanchez Ancestry - Nahum Curtis Biography Highland Township Historical Society - Nahum (Naham) Curtis History of Nahum Curtis from Curtis Family book by C Fern Burrell Nahum Curtis by Warren Curtis
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