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Gideon Hayden Carter

Birth: 1798
Benson, Rutland County, Vermont, USA
Death: 25 Oct 1838 (aged 39–40)
Ray County, Missouri, USA
Burial: Far West Cemetery

Caldwell County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 9280152 View Source

Son of Gideon Carter and Johanah Sims. Born 1798 in Benson, Vermont. Residing in Amherst, Ohio, 1831. Baptized 25 October 1831 by Joseph Smith at Orange, Ohio. Ordained priest by Oliver Cowdery 25 October 1831. Married Hilda Burwell. Six known children: Moses, Gideon, Philo, Ervin, Rosella, and Matilda. Ordained elder 25 January 1832. Appointed by revelation to preach with Sylvester Smith 25 January 1832 at Amherst Conference; with Smith traveled to Vermont, leaving Kirtland 5 April 1832 and returning August 1832. Married Charlotte Woods (born 1814 in New York) about 1835. Charter member of and owned stock in Kirtland Safety Society January 1837. Served on Kirtland high council 1837. Moved to Far West, Missouri 1838. Killed at Battle of Crooked River in Ray County, Missouri, 25 October 1838. Proxy sealing to Charlotte Woods in Nauvoo Temple 30 January 1846. (Cook, The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 154)

Buried: Far West Burying Ground

Son of Gideon Carter and Johanah Sims. Born 1798 in Benson, Vermont. Residing in Amherst, Ohio, 1831. Baptized 25 October 1831 by Joseph Smith at Orange, Ohio. Ordained priest by Oliver Cowdery 25 October 1831. Married Hilda Burwell. Six known children: Moses, Gideon, Philo, Ervin, Rosella, and Matilda. Ordained elder 25 January 1832. Appointed by revelation to preach with Sylvester Smith 25 January 1832 at Amherst Conference; with Smith traveled to Vermont, leaving Kirtland 5 April 1832 and returning August 1832. Married Charlotte Woods (born 1814 in New York) about 1835. Charter member of and owned stock in Kirtland Safety Society January 1837. Served on Kirtland high council 1837. Moved to Far West, Missouri 1838. Killed at Battle of Crooked River in Ray County, Missouri, 25 October 1838. Proxy sealing to Charlotte Woods in Nauvoo Temple 30 January 1846. (Cook, The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 154)

Buried: Far West Burying Ground

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1814–1899

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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9280152/gideon_hayden-carter: accessed ), memorial page for Gideon Hayden Carter (1798–25 Oct 1838), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9280152, citing Far West Cemetery, Caldwell County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Grave Digger (contributor 47810671).

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