Jesse Carter Little, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jesse Carter Little

Mormon pioneer and a member of the presiding bishopric of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Date of Birth: 26-Sep-1815

Place of Birth: Belmont, Maine, United States

Date of Death: 26-Dec-1893

Profession: priest

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Jesse Carter Little

  • Jesse Carter Little (September 26, 1815 – December 26, 1893) was a Mormon pioneer and a member of the presiding bishopric of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Little was born in Belmont, Maine.
  • In 1845, Little was taught by Latter Day Saint missionary(Latter Day Saints Eli P.
  • Maginn; he was baptized into the LDS Church and in 1846 was made a president of the church's missions in the eastern United States. In 1846, Little met with United States President James K.
  • Polk and former Post Master General, Amos Kendall asking for help for the emigrating members of the LDS church to the west.
  • During this time, Little was advised by Thomas L.
  • Kane, a Pennsylvania lawyer.
  • When help was not forthcoming, Little wrote a letter to Polk saying he would go across the trackless ocean for help if none was provided by the United States.
  • This resulted in a call for a battalion of Mormons for the war against Mexico.
  • Once he was promised this help, Little traveled from Washington, D.C., to Nauvoo, Illinois, and from there to Omaha, Nebraska.
  • While Little was traveling to the Mormon camp, Colonel Kearney, commander of Fort Leavenworth, was authorized to create the battalion and sent Captain James Allen to recruit the Mormon Battalion.
  • Little was the liaison for the LDS Church with Kane when he became involved in assisting the church in its relations with the U.S.
  • government. In 1847, Little served as adjutant to Brigham Young who led a company of Mormon pioneers from Winter Quarters, Nebraska, to the Salt Lake Valley.
  • Shortly after arriving in Salt Lake City, Little returned to the eastern United States and continued to act as a mission president.
  • Little's tenure as mission president ended in 1852, and he moved to Utah Territory. Little was educated at Ipswich Academy in New Hampshire and served as a school teacher for a year near Peterborough, New Hampshire.
  • He was a farmer, blacksmith and sleigh and wagon builder.
  • He worked as a clerk in a dry good store in Boston and later, he and Leonard Hardy, had a store in Peterborough.
  • In Salt Lake City he served as an attorney, sexton, marshal, tax appraiser, military officer and fire chief.
  • In 1880, he entered into an agreement with Samuel Brannan to colonize and portion of Northern Mexico.
  • This effort failed.
  • "In Zion's Cause the Life of Jesse Carter Little"On October 6, 1856, Little became the second counselor to the presiding bishop of the LDS Church, Edward Hunter.
  • Little acted in this capacity until his resignation in the summer of 1874; he was eventually replaced in the presiding bishopric by Robert T.
  • Burton. Little moved to Morgan County, Utah, and lived in Littleton, a town that was named after him which he had helped establish.
  • He died in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, and was buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery. Like many early members of the LDS Church, Little practiced plural marriage.
  • He had three wives and 27 children.

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