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Beman (Beaman), Alvah

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22 May 1775

Noble, Reminiscences, [1]; New Marlborough, Berkshire Co., MA, Register of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1734–1918, p. 7, microfilm 1,902,903, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.New Marlborough, Berkshire Co., MA, Register of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1734–1918, p. 7, microfilm 1,902,903, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

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Noble, Joseph B., and Mary Adeline Beman Noble. Reminiscences, ca. 1836. CHL. MS 1031, fd. 1.

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

–15 Nov. 1837.

Backman, Profile, 6; Doxey, “Early Latter-day Saints in Livingston County, New York,” 76.

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Backman, Milton V., Jr., comp. A Profile of Latter-day Saints of Kirtland, Ohio, and Members of Zion’s Camp, 1830–1839: Vital Statistics and Sources. 2nd ed. Provo, UT: Department of Church History and Doctrine and Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1983.

Doxey, Cynthia. “The Early Latter-day Saints in Livingston County, New York.” In Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: New York–Pennsylvania, edited by Alexander L. Baugh and Andrew H. Hedges, 69–89. Provo, UT: Department of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University, 2002.

Farmer.

Noble, Reminiscences, [2].

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Noble, Joseph B., and Mary Adeline Beman Noble. Reminiscences, ca. 1836. CHL. MS 1031, fd. 1.

Born at New Marlboro, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of Reuben Beman and Mariam.

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Noble, Joseph B., and Mary Adeline Beman Noble. Reminiscences, ca. 1836. CHL. MS 1031, fd. 1.

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Married Sarah (Sally) Burt, 18 Aug. 1796.

Noble, Reminiscences, [1]; Backman, Profile, 6; Lyme, New London Co., CT, Registrar of Vital Statistics, Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1700–1921, p. 135, microfilm 1,311,111, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

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Noble, Joseph B., and Mary Adeline Beman Noble. Reminiscences, ca. 1836. CHL. MS 1031, fd. 1.

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Moved to what became Livonia, Ontario Co., New York, 1799.

Noble, Reminiscences, [1]; 1810 U.S. Census, Livonia, Ontario Co., NY, 185[A]; 1820 U.S. Census, Livonia, Ontario Co., NY, 56; 1830 U.S. Census, Livonia, Livingston Co., NY, 67.

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Noble, Joseph B., and Mary Adeline Beman Noble. Reminiscences, ca. 1836. CHL. MS 1031, fd. 1.

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Moved to Avon, Livingston Co., New York, 1831.

Noble, Reminiscences, [2]; Livingston Co., NY, Deed Records, 1820–1901, vol. 8, p. 593, 22 Jan. 1831, microfilm 510,038, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Livingston Co., NY, Deed Records, 1820–1901, vol. 9, p. 474, 6 Mar. 1831, microfilm 510,038, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Doxey, “Early Latter-day Saints in Livingston County, New York,” 76; JS History, vol. A-1, 447.

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Noble, Joseph B., and Mary Adeline Beman Noble. Reminiscences, ca. 1836. CHL. MS 1031, fd. 1.

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

JS History / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1838–1856. Vols. A-1–F-1 (original), A-2–E-2 (fair copy). Historian’s Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, boxes 1–7. The history for the period after 5 Aug. 1838 was composed after the death of Joseph Smith.

Among first to be acquainted with JS and his work at Palmyra, Wayne Co., New York.

Noble, Reminiscences, [2].

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Noble, Joseph B., and Mary Adeline Beman Noble. Reminiscences, ca. 1836. CHL. MS 1031, fd. 1.

Assisted JS in concealing Book of Mormon plates from Palmyra mob and in fashioning box to contain plates.

Noble, Reminiscences, [2]; Pratt, Autobiography, 117–118; Doxey, “Early Latter-day Saints in Livingston County, New York,” 71; “Mormonism,” Tiffany’s Monthly 5 (Aug. 1859): 167.

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Noble, Joseph B., and Mary Adeline Beman Noble. Reminiscences, ca. 1836. CHL. MS 1031, fd. 1.

Pratt, Parley P. The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt, One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Embracing His Life, Ministry and Travels, with Extracts, in Prose and Verse, from His Miscellaneous Writings. Edited by Parley P. Pratt Jr. New York: Russell Brothers, 1874.

“Mormonism,” Tiffany’s Monthly 5 (May 1859): 46–51; (July 1859): 119–121; (Aug. 1859): 163–170. Tiffany's Monthly. New York City. 1856–1859.

Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Doxey, “Early Latter-day Saints in Livingston County, New York,” 71–72, 75–76.

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Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, after Oct. 1835.

Doxey, “Early Latter-day Saints in Livingston County, New York,” 76; Livingston Co., NY, Deed Records, 1820–1901, vol. 20, p. 400–401, 1 Oct. 1835, microfilm 510,044, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

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U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Appointed to preside over elders quorum in Kirtland, 15 Jan. 1836.

Minute Book 1, 15 Jan. 1836.

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Minute Book 1 / “Conference A,” 1832–1837. CHL. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.

Died at Kirtland.

Backman, Profile, 6; Doxey, “Early Latter-day Saints in Livingston County, New York,” 76.

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