Historical Sketch of Sidney Rigdon, in:
Times and Seasons, Vol. IV (1843)
b Feb 19, 1793 St. Clair Township, Allegheny Co, PA
m June 12, 1820 Phebe Brook
bap Nov 14, 1830
d July 14, 1876
March 1819 licensed to preach by Regular Baptists - Pittsburgh, PA
1824-26 labored as a tanner
1826 minister Regular Baptists-Bainbridge, Ohio & then Mentor, Ohio
1828 withdrew from Baptists
1830 help found the Disciples of Christ
June 3, 1831 o high priest
March 18, 1833 ordained 1st counselor in the 1st Presidency
Oct 31, 1838-Feb 1839 imprisoned for treason with J Smith & others
Feb 1, 1841 elected to city council of Nauvoo
Aug 13, 1843 cut off - subsequently reinstated
Oct 1843 J Smith requests that Rigdon be dropped from presidency but conference upholds him
May 17, 1844 nominated for Vice-President
June 18, 1844 leaves Nauvoo for Pittsburgh
Aug 3, 1844 returns to Nauvoo
Aug 8, 1844 claims right to preside as guardian
Sept 8, 1844 excommunicated
April 1845 organized "The Church of Christ", Pittsburgh, PA
1863 organized "The Church of Jesus Christ of the Children of Zion"
bibl HC1:129-42, 638-41
TMD:72-84
BOM:233-38
RJS:51-53
SH 23(16):499obit
JH 3(1):3-20
LBE1:31-34photo
Rollmann, Hans
"The Early Baptist Career of Sidney Rigdon in Warren, Ohio"
BYU Studies 21(1):37-50
Gregory, Thomas J
"Sidney Rigdon: Post Nauvoo"
BYU Studies 21(1):51-67
McKiernan, F Mark
The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness: Sidney Rigdon,
Religious Reformer 1793-1876
Coronado Press 1971
McKiernan, F. Mark
"The Conversion of Sidney Rigdon to Mormonism"
Dialogue 4(2):71-78
Keller, Karl
" 'I Never Knew a Time When I Did Not Know Joseph Smith': a Son's Record of the Life and Tesimony of Sidney Rigdon"
Dialogue 1(4):15-42
Van Wagoner, Richard S
Sidney Ridgon: a Potrait of Religious Excess
Signature Books 1994
note served as scribe during Inpired Version "translation"
postmaster of Nauvoo
