Biography
Edward Partridge was born 27 August 1793 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States to William Partridge (1753-1836) and Jemima Bidwell (1765-1842) and died 27 May 1840 Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, United States of unspecified causes. He married Lydia Clisbee (1793-1878) 22 August 1819 in Painesville, Lake County, Ohio.
First Lamanite Mission
One of the earliest missionary expeditions of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the First Lamanite Mission commenced in October 1830 in New York with the call of Oliver Cowdery (1806-1850), "second elder" in the Church; Peter Whitmer (1809-1836); Parley P. Pratt (1807-1857); and Ziba Peterson (1810-1849) (D&C 28:8;32:1-3). It initiated the long continuing Church practice of taking the gospel to Native Americans. The Book of Mormon, in part a record of American Indian origins, prophesies that the Lamanites will assist in building the millennial New Jerusalem (3 Ne. 20-21), to be located in the Western Hemisphere (Ether 13:3-6; cf. D&C 28:9). They traveled over a thousand miles in mid-winter weather to indian territory located west of Independence, Missouri.
While not having any notable success with these indeginous people, the missionaries did have some remarkable success with several white settlements along the way, particularly around northeastern Ohio resulting in over 130 converts that included some future leaders of the church and the relocation of the church from New York to Kirtland, Ohio in early 1831.[1][2]
It was while engaged in the ministry in Ohio, that Edward met Parley P. Pratt and Ziba Peterson on their way to the Lamanites, beyond the borders of Missouri. He read the Book of Mormon and was converted. In December, 1830, with Sidney Rigdon (1793-1876) he visited Joseph Smith (1805-1844) where each of them received a revelation for their guidance.
Bishop Partridge, with seven others, including the Prophet, were present at the dedication of the site of the future Temple in Independence, Missouri. He was present at the dedication of the Kirtland Temple and at subsequent ceremonies in that sacred edifice. He was imprisoned in Far West and sufferred many persecutions as did most. He left with the Saints to Nauvoo and died there years later.
At one time he was surrounded out in the woods by a mob that then ordered him to flee the county to which he replied, "I answered that if I must suffer for my religion it was no more than others had done before me; that I was not conscious of having injured any one in the county, therefore I would not consent to leave it." The mob then began to strip him, beat him, then tar and feather him.
Marriage and Family
- Eliza Maria Partridge (1820-1886) - Plural wife of first Mormon Leader Joseph Smith and then of LDS Apostle Amasa Lyman.
- Harriet Pamela Partridge (1822-1840)
- Emily Dow Partridge (1824-1899) - Plural wife of first Mormon Leader Joseph Smith and then of Brigham Young
- Clisbee Partridge (1826-1829)
- Caroline Ely Partridge (1827-1908) - Plural wife of Amasa Mason Lyman (1813-1877) - Veteran of Zion's Camp (1834) and future LDS Church apostle.
- Lydia Partridge (1830-1875)
- Edward Partridge (1833-1900)
Children
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| William Partridge (1788-1866) | |||
| Oliver Partridge (1789-1872) | |||
| Emily Partridge (1791-1885) | |||
| Edward Partridge (1793-1840) | 27 August 1793 Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | 27 May 1840 Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, United States | Lydia Clisbee (1793-1878) |
| Mercy Partridge (1795-1872) | |||
| Maria Partridge (1797-1866) | |||
| Pamela Partridge (1799-1841) | |||
| Samuel Partridge (1801-1880) | |||
| John Partridge (1803-1870) | |||
| George Washington Partridge (1805-1858) | |||
| Cotton Mather Partridge (1808-1856) | |||
| James Harvey Partridge (1810-1895) | |||
External Links
- Saints Ch 16 - History of the LDS Church - 1833 Bishop Partridge is tarred and featherd by the Mob Terror in Jackson County, Missouri.
References
- Edward Partridge - Wikipedia