Springfield Branch/Stake [IL]

congregation #480256

created 2012-10-02 by bplewe

official name: Springfield Stake (started: 5 Nov 1840, ended: between 25 May 1841 and 25 Jan 1842)

assertion #4003151 by mpra on 2017-07-12: confidence 100%.

official name: Springfield Branch (started: 25 Jan 1842)

assertion #4003152 by mpra on 2017-07-12: confidence 100%.

official name: Springfield Branch (ended: 5 Nov 1840)

assertion #3723599 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.

is a(n): branch (ended: 5 Nov 1840)

assertion #3724210 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.

is a(n): branch-stake (started: 5 Nov 1840, ended: between 25 May 1841 and 25 Jan 1842)

Single large congregation with a presidency and bishopric but no high council

assertion #4003149 by bplewe on 2019-10-03: confidence 100%.

is a(n): branch (started: 25 Jan 1842)

assertion #4003150 by mpra on 2017-07-12: confidence 100%.

started: between 15 Sep 1838 and Nov 1838 (source: T&S 1:5, 77)

assertion #3725067 by bplewe on 2017-07-12: confidence 100%.

ended: between 1844 and 1846

assertion #4003180 by mpra on 2017-07-12: confidence 100%.

ended: between 30 Mar 1845 and 1852

source unknown

assertion #3739067 by bplewe on 2017-07-12: confidence 100%.

description: Most of the early branch members were part of the 1838 Kirtland Camp, who decided to stop in Springfield for the winter, but did not leave. Joel H. Johnson of the presidency of the Seventy led them until he moved to Carthage in 1839. When it was organized as a stake in 1840, Edwin P. Merriam was called as president, and Abraham Palmer as bishop. No high council was ever called. After the call to disorganize the outlying stakes in May 1841, Merriam moved to Nauvoo, leaving the stake/branch in a somewhat disorganized state. After some internal strife, the members reorganized the branch in 1842 under the presidency of James Adams. The branch may have been organized again in 1844.

assertion #4003179 by mpra on 2017-07-12: confidence 100%.

religion: Early

assertion #4000688 by bplewe on 2017-04-08: confidence 100%.

location: 39°48'7"N, 89°38'51"W

assertion #3718912 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 70%.

located at: Illinois, United States

assertion #3712256 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.

incarnation of: Springfield Branch [IL]

entity #40797, assertion #4006262 by bplewe on 2019-10-01: confidence 100%.

in group: Ohio-Missouri Era

assertion #3725538 by bplewe on 2012-10-28: confidence 80%.

in group: Nauvoo Era

assertion #3725537 by bplewe on 2012-10-28: confidence 80%.