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Vinson Knight

14 March 1804—31 July 1842

Born at Norwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; son of Rispah (Rizpah) Lee and Rudolphus Knight. Married Martha McBride, 1826. Baptized, 1834. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio, by June 1835. Lived at Adam-ondi-Ahman, Daviess County, Missouri; appointed acting bishop, 1838. Appointed bishop at Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock County, Illinois, May 1839; appointed bishop of Lower Ward at Commerce, October 1839. Appointed presiding bishop of the church, January 19, 1841. Died at Nauvoo. 1 (See Document 1.2, first mentioned here)

Footnotes

  1. 1 See “People of the Time,” database, The Joseph Smith Papers (https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/reference/people, accessed Apr. 2014), Vinson Knight. “Vinson Knight, 1804–1842,” Individual Record, Family Tree database (Ancestor ID: LLQF-6V6), FamilySearch, accessed 21 Nov. 2023, familysearch.org.