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Episode 04 – Slide 119

FootnoteDencey’s account was recorded in a letter to the editor of the New Northwest, Portland, Oregon, Thurs., September 9, 1880. The letter is from Orrin Parsons Henry, Dencey’s son, and reads as follows: “We are in receipt of a letter from Mr. O. P. Henry, an...

Episode 04 – Slide 112

Footnotehttp://www.sidneyrigdon.com/dbroadhu/IL/mischig.htm Alvin Smith, Joseph’s oldest brother who died in 1823, also traveled west. Dr. John Stafford recalled that “A son, Alvin, went out West in search of wealth, but was unsuccessful and in a short time returned.”...