12 Facts About Shadrach Roundy

Shadrach Roundy was an early Latter Day Saint leader born in Rockingham, Vermont.

Shadrach Roundy was one of the three men who, on July 23,1847, were the first Mormon pioneers recorded to plow soil in what became Utah.

Shadrach Roundy is mentioned in Doctrine and Covenants 124:141 and was a bodyguard of Joseph Smith.

Shadrach Roundy was a bishop in Winter Quarters, Nebraska, a member of the first High Council organized in the Salt Lake Valley, again a bishop in Salt Lake City, a senator in the first legislature of the provisional State of Deseret.

Shadrach Roundy played a very important part in the removal of the Latter Day Saints from Missouri.

Shadrach Roundy was a member of the Nauvoo Police force beginning in 1843.

Shadrach Roundy was one of twelve men on the Board of Control for the Nauvoo Agricultural and Mechanical Association.

Once, while a group of men led by William Law tried to enter the Smith home Shadrach Roundy held them back with his cane.

Shadrach Roundy helped prepare the Red Brick Store for some of the first endowments performed in Nauvoo.

Shortly before the exodus from Nauvoo, Shadrach Roundy was assigned to explore California as an option for settlement in the West opposed to the Great Basin.

Shadrach Roundy was bishop of the 16th Ward in Salt Lake City from 1849 until 1856.

Shadrach Roundy is the 3rd great-grandfather of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City cast member Whitney Rose.