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Episode 03 – Slide 86

FootnoteIn his autobiographical sketch, in the 1843 Nauvoo Times and Seasons, Rigdon gave the editor the following information: “…in the month of August, A. D. 1824, after laboring among that people two years and six months, he [Pittsbirgh First Baptist Church pastor,...

Episode 03 – Slide 83

FootnoteSidney Rigdon’s Family: http://www.e-familytree.net/F222/F222987.htm Father: William Rigdon (farmer, 1743-1810) Mother: Nancy Gallegher Rigdon (1757-around 1819?) William’s will: He leaves wife, Nancy, one third of his personal estate and a life interest in...

Episode 03 – Slide 82

FootnoteCampbell’s Feb 1831 description of Rigdon: “…His instability I was induced to ascribe to a peculiar mental and corporeal malady, to which he has been subject for some years. Fits of melancholy succeeded by fits of enthusiasm accompanied by some kind of nervous...