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

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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  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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  The Nahum Curtis story Nahum CURTIS  HUSBAND: [F68a]. Nahum CURTIS Nahum was born 7 JUL 1784 at New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts, son of Moses CURTIS [F136a] and Mary MECHAM [F137a]. He married Millicent WAITE [F69a] on 29 OCT 1809 at New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts. About 1815 they moved to Erie County, Pennsylvania and several of the children were born there. Sometime around 1822 they moved west to Michigan. They settled on the shores of beautiful Sylvan Lake, in Oakland County, which was near Pontiac. They did considerable fishing on the lake. Even in winter they would chop a hole in the ice, and at night build a fire beside the hole to attract the fish, by which they caught a great many. Once the sons Joseph and Moses pestered their father for permission to go hunting. At last he allowed them to go, and take and old flint-lock musket without any flint, just for relief from their pleadings. Moses took the gun and Joseph carried a lig...