Ep 198 – Higbee Dissent
Naked Mormonism Podcast
Bryce Blankenagel
4.7 • 680 Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2020
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
On this episode, the Fosters, the Higbees, and the Laws in May of 1844 continue at the forefront of our examination. This week we focus in on the Higbee brothers, Chauncey and Francis (Frank). The Higbee families joined the church in 1832 during the Kirtland era before moving to Jackson County, Missouri to join the Mormon settlement there. They were forcefully removed from the county with the rest of the Mormons in late 1833 through early 1834. Francis helps with the Kirtland Temple construction then returns to Missouri to rejoin the rest of the Higbee families. When Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and the Quorum of Apostles are removed from the Kirtland leadership, Francis and Chauncey join their families in defending the Mormon settlements during the 1838 Missouri-Mormon conflict. Francis Higbee even joins the Danites (Joseph’s underground enforcement squad). Francis and two of his uncles are arraigned in the November Court of Inquiry when the Mormon settlements surrendered. The Higbees were released and helped the Mormons resettle in Illinois after the Extermination Order by Governor Lilburn Boggs. Francis and Chauncey both team up with John C. Bennett during his public defection and expose publishing efforts. Both Francis and Chauncey would remain on the blacklist of dissenters from that time forward. Both deal with public character assassination by the prophet and his cronies. Both deal with the fallout of polygamy and the clandestine leadership keeping it under wraps. Both join hands with the Fosters and Laws in May of 1844.
Links:
JS Nauvoo Journal
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/journal-december-1842-june-1844-book-4-1-march-22-june-1844/1#full-transcript
Chauncey Higbee
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/chauncey-lawson-higbee
Francis Higbee
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/francis-marion-higbee
Council of Fifty Minutes
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/council-of-fifty-minutes-march-1844-january-1846-volume-1-10-march-1844-1-march-1845/98#full-transcript
JS Discourse 24 March 1844
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/discourse-24-march-1844-a-as-reported-by-wilford-woodruff/1
1842 Chauncy Higbee excommunication minutes
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/testimony-against-chauncey-l-higbee-25-may-1844/2#facts
Nauvoo Neighbor 1 May 1844
http://boap.org/LDS/Nauvoo-Neighbor/1844/5-1-1844.pdf
Elias Higbee
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/elias-higbee
Isaac Higbee
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/isaac-higbee
Missouri-Mormon War Court of Inquiry minutes
https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/archives/resources/findingaids/miscMormRecs/doc/Pages_97to109.pdf
Buckeye Laments by Gary Bergera
https://mormonpolygamydocuments.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/JS0170.pdf
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, listeners, before we get into the episode today, I just want to let you know that we are going to postpone our upcoming event on Bicycle Day, April 19th, 2020, in downtown Salt Lake City, in light of the COVID-19, known as the coronavirus outbreak. |
| 0:14.8 | If you want more information and details on that, listen to the show after the main segment. |
| 0:20.9 | Let's go ahead and get into it. |
| 0:22.7 | I am Ryan McKnight. |
| 0:24.0 | I'm Kara Santa Maria. |
| 0:25.5 | I am Christopher Smith. |
| 0:27.0 | Hi, I'm Andrew Torres. |
| 0:28.5 | This is Naked Mormonism. |
| 0:31.6 | The Serial Mormon History Podcast. |
| 0:44.6 | The Fosters, the Higbees, and the Laws in May of 1844. |
| 0:50.9 | Listener, do you know why we're talking about these people? |
| 0:57.8 | Last week, we discussed the Fosters, how Charles and Robert had become affiliated with the church, |
| 1:02.8 | their leadership positions, and of course how Robert came into increasing degrees of conflict with the prophet in very public fora, both at the pulpit and in the Navu courtroom. |
| 1:10.5 | Today we're going to tackle the Higbee brothers, Francis and Chauncey. |
| 1:15.9 | Now, there were many Higbies associated with Mormonism from the Curtland era of the church. |
| 1:22.4 | The whole family of parents Elias and Sarah and children, Francis Marion, Chauncey Lawson, Andrew Jackson, |
| 1:30.2 | and DeWitt Clinton joined the church in 1832. Francis at this time was 12 years old and |
| 1:37.8 | Chauncey was 11. Notably, these weren't the only Higbees to convert to the church in 1832 |
| 1:43.8 | as Elias's brothers, |
| 1:46.1 | Isaac and John and sisters Mary Higby and Mary Denham had all joined the church around the |
| 1:52.5 | same time as well. The Higby family was actually quite large, and they brought many people |
| 1:57.9 | into the church when it was in its infant stages in Kirtland. |
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