Samuel W. Richards
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Samuel Whitney Richards was a religious and political leader in 19th-century Utah Territory and in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Samuel W. Richards
Nauvoo, Illinois
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Nauvoo is a small city in Hancock County, Illinois, United States, on the Mississippi River near Fort Madison, Iowa. The population of Nauvoo was 950 at the 2020 census. Nauvoo attracts visitors for i
Samuel W. Richards
…age 18 he worked on building a railroad in the vicinity of Richmond, having learned the carpenter's trade from his father. He moved with his family to Nauvoo, Illinois which is where he met his first wife, Mary Haskin Parker. Richards worked on the building of the Nauvoo Temple, especially in joining. After ordinance…
The rebuilt Nauvoo Illinois Temple, completed in 2002
1859 painting by Johann Schroder of Nauvoo from a vantage point of eastern bluffs on the opposite side of the Mississippi River
Engraving of Nauvoo, c. 1855
The J. Browning house and gunsmith