On December 23, 1819, Samuel married his second wife, Mary Bracey Trueworthy. Mary was born November 20, 1782 at Biddeford, York, Maine. She bore two children; Hannah, born June 24, 1822; and Samuel, born June 24, 1824.
Sometime in 1838, missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints met with the Parker family. Samuel, his wife Mary Bracey Trueworthy, and daughter Mary Jane from his first marriage, all joined the Church.
They at once left Maine and traveled to join with the Saints in Missouri. The only thing we know about that experience is that Samuel signed one of several Mormon Redress Petitions that were delivered in person to the U.S. President Martin Van Buren by Joseph Smith and others in 1840.
Between December 23, 1839 through February 6, 1840 Joseph Smith and others tried to present the Latter-day Saint cause before the U.S. Congress. Instead of allowing the Latter-day Saints to present their petitions directly to Congress, the Senate voted to refer the matter to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Joseph recorded that besides the memorial signed by himself, Sidney Rigdon, and Elias Higbee, they presented 491 individual claims to Congress. Samuel Parker was one of those 491.
The Senate Judiciary Committee decided that the federal government could not intervene in a state's right "to redress the wrongs of its own citizens" (History of the Church 4:92)
Samuel and his family migrated from Missouri to Quincy, Adams County, Illinois.
Here on August 27, 1839 Mary Bracey Trueworthy Parker died from inflammation of the head. Samuel was now twice a widower. Mary Jane had already married Thomas Butterfield, and the other children have moved on, except Hannah, age 17. She would soon marry Richard Carter in November of 1840. After the death of Mary, Samuel and Hannah both moved to Nauvoo to be closer to the rest of the Saints.
Samuel was called on two separate missions while living in Nauvoo, the first on April 10, 1843 to York County, Maine. He was listed on the record as age 53 and a widower. He went on a second mission to Michigan in 1844.
While at Nauvoo, he worked on the Nauvoo Temple, for which we have a receipt for 46 days and 9 hours of labor signed by S.H. Goddard, time keeper, April 24, 1840.
Samuel did marry once again, Sarah Bedell (1799-1879). They had no children.
He had been once again exiled with the Saints and was at Council Bluffs preparing to travel west with the rest of the Saints when he passed from this earth.
The last record we have of Samuel is his death at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa on December 23, 1846.
Samuel lived and died on the covenant path.
Sometime in 1838, missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints met with the Parker family. Samuel, his wife Mary Bracey Trueworthy, and daughter Mary Jane from his first marriage, all joined the Church.
They at once left Maine and traveled to join with the Saints in Missouri. The only thing we know about that experience is that Samuel signed one of several Mormon Redress Petitions that were delivered in person to the U.S. President Martin Van Buren by Joseph Smith and others in 1840.
Between December 23, 1839 through February 6, 1840 Joseph Smith and others tried to present the Latter-day Saint cause before the U.S. Congress. Instead of allowing the Latter-day Saints to present their petitions directly to Congress, the Senate voted to refer the matter to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Joseph recorded that besides the memorial signed by himself, Sidney Rigdon, and Elias Higbee, they presented 491 individual claims to Congress. Samuel Parker was one of those 491.
The Senate Judiciary Committee decided that the federal government could not intervene in a state's right "to redress the wrongs of its own citizens" (History of the Church 4:92)
Samuel and his family migrated from Missouri to Quincy, Adams County, Illinois.
Here on August 27, 1839 Mary Bracey Trueworthy Parker died from inflammation of the head. Samuel was now twice a widower. Mary Jane had already married Thomas Butterfield, and the other children have moved on, except Hannah, age 17. She would soon marry Richard Carter in November of 1840. After the death of Mary, Samuel and Hannah both moved to Nauvoo to be closer to the rest of the Saints.
Samuel was called on two separate missions while living in Nauvoo, the first on April 10, 1843 to York County, Maine. He was listed on the record as age 53 and a widower. He went on a second mission to Michigan in 1844.
While at Nauvoo, he worked on the Nauvoo Temple, for which we have a receipt for 46 days and 9 hours of labor signed by S.H. Goddard, time keeper, April 24, 1840.
Samuel did marry once again, Sarah Bedell (1799-1879). They had no children.
He had been once again exiled with the Saints and was at Council Bluffs preparing to travel west with the rest of the Saints when he passed from this earth.
The last record we have of Samuel is his death at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa on December 23, 1846.
Samuel lived and died on the covenant path.
On December 23, 1819, Samuel married his second wife, Mary Bracey Trueworthy. Mary was born November 20, 1782 at Biddeford, York, Maine. She bore two children; Hannah, born June 24, 1822; and Samuel, born June 24, 1824.
Sometime in 1838, missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints met with the Parker family. Samuel, his wife Mary Bracey Trueworthy, and daughter Mary Jane from his first marriage, all joined the Church.
They at once left Maine and traveled to join with the Saints in Missouri. The only thing we know about that experience is that Samuel signed one of several Mormon Redress Petitions that were delivered in person to the U.S. President Martin Van Buren by Joseph Smith and others in 1840.
Between December 23, 1839 through February 6, 1840 Joseph Smith and others tried to present the Latter-day Saint cause before the U.S. Congress. Instead of allowing the Latter-day Saints to present their petitions directly to Congress, the Senate voted to refer the matter to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Joseph recorded that besides the memorial signed by himself, Sidney Rigdon, and Elias Higbee, they presented 491 individual claims to Congress. Samuel Parker was one of those 491.
The Senate Judiciary Committee decided that the federal government could not intervene in a state's right "to redress the wrongs of its own citizens" (History of the Church 4:92)
Samuel and his family migrated from Missouri to Quincy, Adams County, Illinois.
Here on August 27, 1839 Mary Bracey Trueworthy Parker died from inflammation of the head. Samuel was now twice a widower. Mary Jane had already married Thomas Butterfield, and the other children have moved on, except Hannah, age 17. She would soon marry Richard Carter in November of 1840. After the death of Mary, Samuel and Hannah both moved to Nauvoo to be closer to the rest of the Saints.
Samuel was called on two separate missions while living in Nauvoo, the first on April 10, 1843 to York County, Maine. He was listed on the record as age 53 and a widower. He went on a second mission to Michigan in 1844.
While at Nauvoo, he worked on the Nauvoo Temple, for which we have a receipt for 46 days and 9 hours of labor signed by S.H. Goddard, time keeper, April 24, 1840.
Samuel did marry once again, Sarah Bedell (1799-1879). They had no children.
He had been once again exiled with the Saints and was at Council Bluffs preparing to travel west with the rest of the Saints when he passed from this earth.
The last record we have of Samuel is his death at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa on December 23, 1846.
Samuel lived and died on the covenant path.
Sometime in 1838, missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints met with the Parker family. Samuel, his wife Mary Bracey Trueworthy, and daughter Mary Jane from his first marriage, all joined the Church.
They at once left Maine and traveled to join with the Saints in Missouri. The only thing we know about that experience is that Samuel signed one of several Mormon Redress Petitions that were delivered in person to the U.S. President Martin Van Buren by Joseph Smith and others in 1840.
Between December 23, 1839 through February 6, 1840 Joseph Smith and others tried to present the Latter-day Saint cause before the U.S. Congress. Instead of allowing the Latter-day Saints to present their petitions directly to Congress, the Senate voted to refer the matter to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Joseph recorded that besides the memorial signed by himself, Sidney Rigdon, and Elias Higbee, they presented 491 individual claims to Congress. Samuel Parker was one of those 491.
The Senate Judiciary Committee decided that the federal government could not intervene in a state's right "to redress the wrongs of its own citizens" (History of the Church 4:92)
Samuel and his family migrated from Missouri to Quincy, Adams County, Illinois.
Here on August 27, 1839 Mary Bracey Trueworthy Parker died from inflammation of the head. Samuel was now twice a widower. Mary Jane had already married Thomas Butterfield, and the other children have moved on, except Hannah, age 17. She would soon marry Richard Carter in November of 1840. After the death of Mary, Samuel and Hannah both moved to Nauvoo to be closer to the rest of the Saints.
Samuel was called on two separate missions while living in Nauvoo, the first on April 10, 1843 to York County, Maine. He was listed on the record as age 53 and a widower. He went on a second mission to Michigan in 1844.
While at Nauvoo, he worked on the Nauvoo Temple, for which we have a receipt for 46 days and 9 hours of labor signed by S.H. Goddard, time keeper, April 24, 1840.
Samuel did marry once again, Sarah Bedell (1799-1879). They had no children.
He had been once again exiled with the Saints and was at Council Bluffs preparing to travel west with the rest of the Saints when he passed from this earth.
The last record we have of Samuel is his death at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa on December 23, 1846.
Samuel lived and died on the covenant path.
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