FootnoteCabin image: http://www.palmyrainn.com/images/log-cabin.jpg Smith family financial situation: In 1823, work on a frame house at the Smith family farm was halted by the unexpected death of Smith’s eldest son, Alvin. Smith subsequently failed to make payments on...
FootnoteRigdon’s financial situation after lost pages: The financial situation of the Rigdon family in Mentor, Ohio,1828 is described in Rigdon’s autobiography (anonymously written in the 3rd person) and published in May, 1843, in Vol. IV, No. 19, of the Times and...
FootnoteRigdon’s pre-1827 and 1828 theology is summarized here: http://sidneyrigdon.com/criddle/rigdon1.htm#22 Samuel F. Whitney: “I heard Sidney Rigdon preach… in 1827 or ’28. He said how desirable it would be to know who built the forts and mounds … Soon it would...
