b July 15, 1792 Kortright, Delaware Co, NY
m Dec 14, 1823 Julia Clapp(d April 30, 1831)
Feb 4, 1836 Amoranda Turner(d Aug 16, 1837)
May 3, 1838 Electa Allen(d Oct 16, 1845)
March 13, 1846 Sarah Zuflet
bap Nov 5, 1830
d Dec 23, 1871
Nov 1830 o elder
June 6, 1831 o high priest
1834 member Zion's Camp
July 7, 1834 appointed to Clay County High Council
Aug 1842 o bishop
Sept 24, 1847 arrived Salt Lake Valley
bibl RJS:80
LBE2:362-64photo
GMDA:250
papers at LDS Historical Department
Murdock, S Reed
John Murdock: His Life and His Legacy
Summerwood Publishers: Layton, UT
338p c2000
10890558-95-8
note see D&C 52:3a
Far West Record says o hp June 3
GMDA & LBE say o elder in 1831
John Murdock's journal
