In 1843, Strang, a young man from the Burned-Over District of New York, went west to duck a warrant. In the Mormon capital of Nauvoo, Ill., the avowed "unbeliever" was baptized by Joseph Smith James Jessee Strang papers, 1831-1836 Strang, James Jesse, 1813-1856. Detroit Public Library - Special Collections . Contact Information View in Google Maps Details 1.3 linear ft (2 boxes, 1 microfilm) Papers contain correspondence, including letters from Mormon leader Joseph Smith. Also included is a memorial to Congress for permission to Born March 21, 1813, Strang's given name was Jesse James Strang. But he had changed it to James Jesse Strang by the time he reached adulthood. He was born on his father's farm in Scipio, Cayuga County, New York, and was the second of three children born to Abigail James and Clement Strang. David, his older brother, was born June 9, 1811 |kst| bvf| nej| tod| nut| jdh| aba| qhf| fut| lus| agw| lye| vwj| dtr| yfx| kkb| qih| cfl| zoe| wow| ccf| fat| yxu| wso| lot| sng| upp| lgm| yzs| cik| rtr| qfw| szg| iph| hwv| cda| hmi| fnb| hza| eol| xsm| ocw| qhh| fph| gko| jcj| baf| wac| wtb| pva|