William Miller was born Feb. 8, 1814, at Avon, New York. He started for Kirtland, Ohio, Oct. 12, 1834; remained there three weeks conversing with the Prophet Joseph Smith and…
This pioneer story originally appeared in the Nov/Dec 1980 issue of Pioneer Magazine Colonel Chester Loveland was raised on a farm in Ohio, and his educational advantages were only such…
He discovered that the Mormons were a religious people, however, at that time he cared nothing for religion. “The Methodists and the Presbyterians had been trying to convert me to their faith. I came to the conclusion that religion of every kind was a hoax, and that none was right, and that all preachers of religion were hypocrites, and were preaching for money and popularity.”