15 Facts About Edward Partridge

Edward Partridge was the grandson of Massachusetts congressman Oliver Partridge.

Edward Partridge was a hatter, and owned his own store in upstate New York.

Early on, Edward Partridge was part of the Universal Restorationist movement but he later became a reformed Baptist, a religious group led by Sidney Rigdon.

Edward Partridge was sent to New York in 1830 by a group of Painesville citizens affiliated with the reformer baptist movement to investigate the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, traveling with Sidney Rigdon.

Edward Partridge was baptized a member of the Church of Christ in or near Seneca Lake, New York, on December 11,1830, and upon his return to Painesville discovered that his wife had become a convert.

Edward Partridge then became the first to hold the position of bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Edward Partridge is often considered to have been the first presiding bishop in the church, although the differentiation of the two distinct levels of bishop did not really occur until after Partridge's death.

Edward Partridge was present at the New Jerusalem Temple Lot dedication.

Edward Partridge was tarred and feathered by an anti-Mormon mob on July 20,1833, in front of the courthouse in Independence, Missouri, where he had been assigned to preside as bishop.

Edward Partridge served as bishop everywhere he lived in Missouri, holding the title even when he was away on a mission.

Edward Partridge was seen as the senior among the bishops of the church, who at that time numbered three.

Edward Partridge died on May 27,1840, in Nauvoo, Illinois, at the age of 46.

Edward Partridge expended much of his wealth in support of the movement before he died.

Partridge's daughter Caroline Ely Partridge married Amasa Lyman, and through this line he became a direct ancestor of James E Faust, who was a 20th- and 21st-century apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Edward Partridge's daughter Emily Partridge was a wife of Brigham Young.