Shadrach ROUNDY Pioneer 24 Jul 1847

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Roundy, Shadrach (1788-1872), was born at Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont. Married Betsy Quimby, 1814. Family records show him in Spafford, Onondaga County, New York, between 1815 and 1831, and in Willoughby, Ohio, between 1834 and 1838. Converted to Mormonism, 1831. Member of Nauvoo, Illinois bishopric, and Legion, 1841; policeman, 1843. Bodyguard to Joseph Smith. Arrived in Salt Lake Valley, 1847. Member of Salt Lake high council, 1847-48. Bishop of the Salt Lake City 16th Ward, 1849-56. Died at Salt Lake City. [PJSv1]

Roundy, Shadrach (1788-1872), was born at Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont. Married Betsy Quimby, 1814. Family records show him in Spafford, Onondaga County, New York, between 1815 and 1831, and in Willoughby, Ohio, between 1834 and 1838. Converted to Mormonism, 1831. Member of Nauvoo, Illinois bishopric, and Nauvoo Legion, 1841; policeman, 1843. A bodyguard to Joseph Smith. Arrived in Salt Lake Valley, 1847. Member of Salt Lake high council, 1847-48. Bishop of the Salt Lake City 16th Ward, 1849-56. Died at Salt Lake City. [PJSv2]

Roundy, Shadrack. Son of Uriah Roundy and Lucretia Needham. Born 1 January 1788 in Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont. Married Betsy Quimby (born 1795 in Vermont) 22 June 1814. Ten children: Lauren Hotchkiss, Julia Rebecca, Lorenzo Wesley, Lauretta, Samantha, Jared Curtis, Almeda Sophia, William Felshaw, Nancy Jane, and Malinda. Moved to Onondaga County, New York, by 1815. Baptized 23 January 1831. Ordained elder 16 May 1832 by Orson Hyde and Samuel H. Smith. Moved to Kirtland by 1834. Worked on Kirtland Temple. Received blessing for working on Kirtland Temple 7 March 1835. Ordained seventy in Kirtland about March 1836. Moved to Far West, Missouri, by 1838. Present in Far West 26 April 1839, when members of Twelve Apostles left for missions to England. Expelled from Missouri 1839. Located temporarily in Warsaw, Illinois, 1839. Moved to Nauvoo about 1840. Appointed by revelation to assume bishopric under leadership of Vinson Knight 19 January 1841. Member of Nauvoo Legion 4 February 1841. Ordained high priest by 1842. Temporary member of Nauvoo high council 1842. Initiated into Masonry 1842. Nauvoo policeman 29 December 1843. Member of Nauvoo Mercantile and Mechanical Association 13 January 1845. Appointed by Brigham Young to organize company of one hundred to locate in California October 1845. Plan did not materialize. Bodyguard to Joseph Smith. Member of Council of Fifty. Received endowment 25 December 1845. Left Nauvoo for West 1846. Arrived in Salt Lake Valley July 1847. Member of Salt Lake high council 1847-48. Assisted in bringing poor emigrants from Midwest to Salt Lake Valley. Bishop of Salt Lake Sixteenth Ward 14 April 1849-56. Died in Salt Lake City, Utah, 4 July 1872. [Cook]

Roundy, Shadrick or Shadrach (1788-1872), was born on Jan. 1, 1788, in Rockingham, Vermont, to Uriah Roundy and Lucretia Needham. Married Betsy Quimby on June 22, 1814, and they had ten children. Baptized by McLellin on Jan. 30, 1832. Was ordained an elder by Orson Hyde and Samuel H. Smith on May 16, 1832. Was ordained a seventy and a high priest in Kirtland. Served as Joseph Smith’s bodyguard, as a member of the Nauvoo Legion, and as captain of the Nauvoo police force. Initiated into Masonry in 1842. Moved west in 1847. Assisted in bringing poor migrants from the Midwest to the Salt Lake Valley. Died in July 1872 in Salt Lake City. [McLellin]

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(Of Interest: Shadrach Roundy was 58 years of age and the oldest of the Original Pioneers, he eventually crossed the plains 5 times. 20 year old Horace ENSIGN the brother of our grandfather Martin Luther ENSIGN was also one of the original Pioneers of 24 Jul 1847.)