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Sidney Rigdon (February 19, 1793 – July 14, 1876) was a leader during the early history of the Latter Day Saint movement . Biography. Early life. Rigdon was born in St. Clair Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, on February 19, 1793. [1] . He was the youngest of four children of William and Nancy Rigdon.
Sidney Rigdon honed his public-speaking skills as a minister of the First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh. Rigdon’s interest in reform eventually caused a rupture with the more conservative Baptist leadership of Pittsburgh, and he moved with his growing family to northeastern Ohio, where he became an influential preacher across several counties ...
Oct 20, 2021 · Sidney Rigdon was an influential leader in the early days of Mormonism and became a good friend of the Prophet Joseph Smith. He was a powerful orator and defender of the fledgling Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He eventually became disaffected and left the Church.
May 27, 2011 · Sidney Rigdon (1793-1876) was one of Joseph Smith's closest friends and advisers. He was also a renowned early convert to the Church, its most persuasive orator in the first decade, and First Counselor in the First Presidency from 1832 to 1844.
Oct 18, 2018 · Sidney Rigdon 1873, photograph by Irving Saunders, copy by studio of Alexander Fox and Charles W. Symons (Church History Library, Salt Lake City).
Sidney Rigdon was born in St. Clair, Pennsylvania, in 1793. He married Phebe Brooks in 1820. He was a former reformed Baptist preacher before joining The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Geauga County, Ohio, in November 1830.
Sidney Rigdon (born Feb. 19, 1793, Piny Fork, Pa., U.S.—died July 14, 1876, Friendship, N.Y.) was an American churchman, an early convert to Mormonism (1830) and first counselor to its founder, Joseph Smith.
