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Odel, Jacob, married McLellin’s second cousin, Lucinda White. Located in Macoupin County, Illinois, May 15, 1833. [McLellin]

Odel, Lucinda White, was McLellin’s second cousin. Located in Macoupin County, Illinois, May 15, 1833. [McLellin]

Olived, John W. (no information) [PJSv2]

Olney, Oliver (1796-?), born at Eastford, Windham County, Connecticut; residing at Shalersville, Portage County, Ohio, in 1830. Married Else Johnson, 1820. President of the teachers quorum in Kirtland, 1836-38. Excommunicated at Nauvoo for claiming to be a prophet, 1842. Published an expose on polygamy in St. Louis, 1845. Died in Iowa. By 1850 Olney children were living with their maternal grandfather, John Johnson, in Hiram, Portage County, Ohio, indicating Oliver’s possible death before that time. [PJSv2]

Olney, Oliver (1796-c.1843), born at Eastford, Windham County, Connecticut; residing at Shalersville, Portage County, Ohio, in 1830. Married Else Johnson, 1820. President of the teachers quorum in Kirtland, 1836-1838. Excommunicated at Nauvoo for claiming to be a prophet, 1842. Published an expose on polygamy in St. Louis, 1845. By 1850 Olney children were living with their maternal grandfather, John Johnson, in Hiram, Portage County, Ohio, indicating Olney’s possible death prior to that time. [PJSv1]

Orton, Amos (1792-1847), was born in 1792 in Tyringham, Massachusetts. Moved to New York by 1830. Accompanied Joseph Smith and others to Michigan in Oct. 1834. Sent with J. P. Green on a mission to the Senecas in May 1835. Was ordained a seventy in Kirtland in 1836. Married a woman named Elizabeth, who died in 1837. Married Dorcas Sekins (Seekings) on Aug. 23, 1837. Served a mission with Brigham Young to the Indians. Served a mission to New York. Excommunicated in 1838. Died in 1847. [McLellin]

Orton, Amos R. (1792-1847), born at Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Living in Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York, in 1830. He was a member of the seventies quorum at Kirtland, Ohio, and worked on the temple. His wife, Elizabeth, died in 1837. Excommunicated from the Church, 1838. [PJSv1]

Orton, Amos R. (1792-1847), born at Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Living in Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York, in 1830. Member of the seventies quorum at Kirtland, Ohio, and worked on the temple. Wife Elizabeth died, 1837. Excommunicated from the Church, 1838. [PJSv2]

Orton, Roger (1799-1851), born in 1799 in New York. Brother of Amos Orton. Married Clarissa Bicknell around 1822. Was baptized in the early 1830s. Marched in Zion’s Camp in 1834. Accompanied Joseph Smith and others to Michigan in Oct. 1834. As an elder, transported the Twelve to Fairport, Ohio, in May 1835. Served on Kirtland High Council in 1835. Saw an angel during the 1836 Kirtland Temple dedication. Became one of the seven presidents of the Seventy in 1845. Died in Lee County, Iowa, in 1851. [McLellin]

Orton, Roger (1799-1851), born in New York. Brother of Amos R. Orton. Married Clarissa Bicknell about 1822. Joined the Church in the early 1830s. Participant in Zion’s Camp, 1834. Appointed to the high council at Kirtland, Ohio, 1835. Excommunicated in 1837. In 1850 living in Lee County, Iowa, where he died. [PJSv2]

Osburn was a Baptist priest. McLellin heard him preach near Bluffdale, Illinois, Apr. 6, 1833. [McLellin]

Osburn, Mr., hosted McLellin near Carrollton, Illinois, Mar. 22, 1833. He had been a Methodist preacher. [McLellin]

OSBURN, Mrs., a Reformed Methodist and sister of a D. Francis who lived in Independence, Missouri. Hosted McLellin near Carrollton, Illinois. [McLellin]

Ousley, Electa Rockwell. See Rockwell, Electa

 

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