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Elias Higbee

Elias Higbee
Church Recorder
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
October 1840 – December 1842
Called by Joseph Smith
Predecessor George W. Robinson
Successor Willard Richards
Church Historian
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
April 6, 1838 (1838-04-06) – October 1840
Called by Joseph Smith
Predecessor John Corrill
Successor Robert B. Thompson
Personal details
Born (1795-10-23)October 23, 1795
Galloway Township, New Jersey, United States
Died June 8, 1843(1843-06-08) (aged 47)
Nauvoo, Illinois, United States
Cause of death cholera
Resting place Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds
40°32′11″N 91°21′02″W / 40.5364°N 91.3506°W / 40.5364; -91.3506
Spouse(s) Sarah Elizabeth Ward
Children 12
Parents Isaac Higbee
Sophia Somers

Elias Higbee (October 23, 1795 – June 8, 1843) was an associate of Joseph Smith, a prominent Danite, and an official historian and recorder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Born in Galloway Township, New Jersey to Isaac Higbee and Sophia Somers, Higbee joined the Latter Day Saint church in 1832 in Ohio. He and his family joined the gathering of Latter Day Saints in Kirtland, Ohio, later that year. In 1833 the Higbees and other Latter Day Saints attempted to settle in Jackson County, Missouri, but were forced to return to Kirtland in 1835. They again tried to settle in Missouri in 1836, this time in Clay County. While in Missouri, Higbee was a Caldwell County judge and a leading officer of the county militia. Eventually, the events of the 1838 Mormon War again forced the Higbees to leave Missouri and by 1839 they had settled with the majority of Latter-Day Saints in Commerce, Illinois, which would later be renamed Nauvoo.

In 1838, Higbee became the official historian of the church, and in 1840 he became the church's recorder. In 1839 and 1840, Higbee traveled with Joseph Smith to Washington, D.C. to submit a petition for redress to U.S. President Martin Van Buren. On October 8, 1840, Higbee was appointed by Smith to the committee charged with organizing the construction of the Nauvoo Temple.


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