| LC control no. | no2006052670 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Avard, Sampson, 1800-1869 |
| Located | Saint Peter Port, Guernsey Georgetown, Washington, D.C. Beaver, Pa. Kirtland, Ohio Toronto, Ont. Far West, Mo. Edwardsville, Ill. |
| Birth date | 18001027 |
| Death date | 18690415 |
| Place of birth | Saint Peter Port, Guernsey |
| Place of death | Edwardsville, Ill. |
| Field of activity | Medicine |
| Profession or occupation | Physicians |
| Found in | Joseph Smith Papers Digital Library Collection, 2004 (Avard, Sampson, 1803-1869) Mormon Biographical Registers, via WWW, May 4, 2006 (Avard, Sampson, (1803-1869), physician; b. Great Britain; joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1835; moved to Kirtland, Ohio, 1836; gave testimony against Joseph Smith at the 1838 Richmond hearing was a key factor in the Prophet's imprisonment; 1850 he was a practising physician in Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, where he died) Mormon historical studies, 2004: vol. 5, no. 2, page 37 (Sampson Avard) page 38 (b. 27 October 1800; St. Peter on the Isle of Guernsey; emigrated to the United States around 1830 and settled in Georgetown in the District of Columbia; moved to Beaver, Beaver County, Pennsylvania in 1835 and set up medical practice) page 39 (baptized a Mormon by Orson Pratt in November, 1835; moved to Kirtland in 1837; moved to Toronto, Canada) page 42 (arrived in Far West, Missouri in May, 1838) Wikipedia, website viewed 9 September, 2013 (Sampson Avard; October 23, 1800-April 15, 1969; leader of Mormon vigilantes called the Danites; born at St. Peter, Guernsey, Channel Island; Campbellite; baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; practicing medicine in Edwardsville, Illinois where he died in 1869) Joseph Smith Papers, website viewed 9 September 2013 (Arard, Sampson; 23 Oct 1800-15 Apr 1869; born at St. Peter, Isle of Guernsey, Channel Islands, Great Britain; migrated to U.S. by 1830; moved to Edwardsville, Illinois 1845 and died at Edwardsville) |
| Associated language | eng |
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