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Encyclopedia > Cornelius P. Lott
Cornelius Lott

Born September 22, 1798
New York, New York
Died July 6, 1850
Salt Lake City, Utah

Cornelius Peter Lott (1798 - 1850) was an early member of the Latter Day Saint movement, father of one of Joseph Smith's plural wives, a member of the Council of Fifty and a Danite leader.[1] September 22 is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1798 (MDCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... For the game, see: 1850 (board game) Year 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. ... The Latter Day Saint movement is a religious movement that can be said to have been founded primarily by Joseph Smith, Jr. ... Joseph Smith most commonly refers to Joseph Smith, Jr. ... The Council of Fifty (also known as the Living Constitution) was a theocratic Latter Day Saint organization established by Joseph Smith, Jr. ... The Danites were a fraternal organization founded by Latter Day Saints in June of 1838, at Far West in Caldwell County, Missouri. ...


Cornelius was born in New York City on September 22, 1798, and married Permelia Darrow[2] on April 27, 1823. Sometime before 1834, both joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and they moved to Kirtland, Ohio, in 1836.[3] Nickname: Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1625 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area  - City  468. ... September 22 is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1798 (MDCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1834 (MDCCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Kirtland is a city in Lake County, Ohio, USA. The population was 6,670 at the 2000 census. ... Year 1836 (MDCCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...


In 1838, the Lotts moved to Missouri and settled near Haun's Mill. During the 1838 July 4th celebrations in Far West, Missouri, the military band passed in review of three men acting as Generals: Jared Carter, Sampson Avard, and Cornelius.[4] A stone from Hauns Mill, at one time used as a memorial at the site of the massacre. ... | Jöns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... Far West, Missouri, was a Latter Day Saint (Mormon) settlement in Caldwell County, Missouri. ... Sampson Avard was the leader of a band of Mormon vigilantes called the Danites, which existed in Missouri during the period of the Mormon War. ...


During the Mormon War, Cornelius led a Danite raid against a farm near Adam-ondi-Ahman harboring weapons and ammunition for a Missouri mob.[5] The Mormon War is a name sometimes given to the 1838 conflict which occurred between Latter-day Saints (Mormons) and their neighbors in the northwestern region of the U.S. state of Missouri. ... Adam-ondi-Ahman is a historic site along the east bank of the Grand River in Daviess County, Missouri. ...


In the winter of 1838 - 1839, the Lotts were driven from Missouri with the rest of the Latter Day Saints. They settled in Pike County, Illinois, forty miles south of the main body of Saints in Nauvoo, in 1839, before moving to Joseph Smith's farm just southeast of Nauvoo. Missouri Executive Order 44[1] also known as The extermination order (alt. ... Pike County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Nauvoo (נאוו to be beautiful, Sephardi Hebrew Nåvu, Tiberian Hebrew Nâwû) is a city located in Hancock County, Illinois. ...


Once in Nauvoo, Cornelius took over management of Smith's farm and built an eight-room farmhouse on land he purchased adjacent to the farm.[6][3]


While in Nauvoo, Cornelius served as a Captain of Joseph Smith's bodyguard[3] and received his endowment with W.W. Phelps and Joseph Fielding.[7] Endowment may refer to many things: Finance Financial endowment; relating to funds or property donated to institutions or individuals. ... William Wine Phelps (also W.W. Phelps, and William W. Phelps) ( February 17, 1792– March 7, 1872) was an important early leader of the Latter Day Saint movement. ... Joseph Fielding (March 26, 1797—December 19, 1863) was an early leader of the Latter Day Saint movement. ...


In a light-hearted wrestling match with Joseph Smith, Smith could not throw Cornelius.


Cornelius practiced plural marriage and January 22, 1846, married Elizabeth Davis, Rebecca Fossett, and Charity Dickenson. Rebecca left before the birth of their child, whom he never met. Elizabeth left while the family was in Winter Quarters.[8] In 1848 he married Eleanor Wayman and Phebe Crosby Peck Knight, Hosea Stout's mother-in-law and widow of Joseph Knight.[6] Winter Quarters, Nebraska, was an encampment formed by approximately 3,500 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as they awaited better conditions for their trek westward during the winter of 1846-1847. ... Joseph Knight, Sr. ...


In late Spring 1848, he served as a captain in Heber C. Kimball's company, an early group crossing the plains. Later church president Joseph F. Smith despised Cornelius for humiliating Joseph's mother throughout the trek.[9] Joseph Fielding Smith, Sr. ... Mary Fielding Smith was the second wife of Hyrum Smith and the mother of Joseph F. Smith. ...


Once in the Salt Lake Valley, he lived in a two-room house at the southwest corner of Third South and State Street in Salt Lake City and managed a church farm in the Forest Dale area.[10]


On July 6, 1850, he died of either dysentary or fatigue. July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... For the game, see: 1850 (board game) Year 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Dysentery is a severe diarrhea illness often associated with blood in the feces. ...


References

  1. ^ Quinn, D. Michael. Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power Salt Lake City: Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, 1994, p. 482.
  2. ^ Some records indicate she was the granddaughter of Artemas Ward, but she was only the Revolutionary War general's first cousin, three times removed. She was the grandaughter of George Darrow, a captain in the Revolution. See "The Bloodied Mowhawk. http://www.fort-plank.com/Additional_Partisans_A_G.html. Accessed 12 May 2007.
  3. ^ a b c Compton, Todd. Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1998, pp. 596-598
  4. ^ "Order of the Day: Celebration of the 4th of July". Elders' Journal 1, no. 4 (Aug. 1838): 60–61
  5. ^ My Life's Review: Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Johnson, edited by the Johnson Family Organization (Provo: Grandin Book Company, 1997). Written 1884–1896 (p. 280, 356).
  6. ^ a b On the Mormon Frontier: The Diary of Hosea Stout, 1844–1861, edited by Juanita Brooks. 2 vols (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1964; reprint 1982), 1:66n
  7. ^ Wilford Woodruff's Journal, 9 vols., edited by Scott G. Kenney (Midvale: Signature Books, 1981–1984), 2:331.
  8. ^ Compton, Todd. Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1998, p. 264
  9. ^ "Cornelius P. Lott". www.saintswithouthalos.com. http://www.saintswithouthalos.com/b/lott_cp.phtml. Accessed 9 May 2007.
  10. ^ Lehi Centennial History, 1850–1950, Lehi Centennial Committee (Salt Lake City: Free Press Publishing Co., 1950), p. 276

 
 

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