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MORGAN, Melissa
1798 - 1845 (47 years) 
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Name MORGAN, Melissa Birth 28 Oct 1798 Jefferson, Greene, New York, United States 
Gender Female Death 10 Dec 1845 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Burial 10 Dec 1845 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States WAC 21 Mar 1877 SGEOR _TAG Reviewed on FS Headstones 
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Father MORGAN, Nathaniel , b. 4 Jul 1772, Voluntown, New London, Connecticut, United States Voluntown, New London, Connecticut, United Statesd. 8 Mar 1842, Henderson, Jefferson, New York, United States (Age 69 years) Mother WHEELER, Mary , b. 4 Aug 1767, Rindge, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States Rindge, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United Statesd. 17 Oct 1837, Henderson, Jefferson, New York, United States (Age 70 years) Marriage Abt 1797 New London, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Family ID F10582 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family DODGE, Erastus , b. 10 May 1793, Jefferson, Greene, New York, United States Jefferson, Greene, New York, United Statesd. 8 Aug 1843, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States (Age 50 years) Marriage 16 Aug 1818 Jefferson, Greene, New York, United States 
Children10 sons and 3 daughters Family ID F10576 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Jan 2022
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Dodge, Erastus and Melissa Morgan
Erastus Dodge son of George and Sally Dodge, Melissa Morgan Dodge daughter of Nathaniel Morgan and Mary Wheeler. Source: George Arthur Dodge FamilyAt least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
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Notes - Husband died in Nauvoo,as did Melissa. Her minor children went to Utah in the Edward Hunter-Jacob Foutz Company of 1847.
MELISSA MORGAN was blind for a number of years. The Elders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints laid their hands upon her head and by the power of the Priesthood and faith she was instantly healed and was able to read the finest print. She, not being able to withstand the privations the Mormons were subject to, passed on leaving a family of little children. We are indebted to her for the baptisims she performed in the Nauvoo Temple for her deceased ancestors, the records of which have enabled us to carry our pedigree back on a great many lines. Dodge Genealogy pg. 115
Molissa Morgan Dodge and other members of her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints soon after it was organized. Her husband did not join right away as did the children. At the time this good mother heard the true gospen and accepted it, she had been blind for thirteen years. Through her great faith her sight was restored to her when she was administered to by the Prophet Joseph Smith's father Joseph Smith Sr., and another elder. After this miracle she was given a Bible, of fine print, anbd was able to read it with ease. She then asked for a hymn book which was given her and she sang in tongues and then talked in tongues, in which she told of things her family would do and of their journey to the west. It was some time after the above incident that one of Molissa's sons, Augustus erastus, was healed of a stiff arm by the administering of the Elders. When Augustus was a young boy his arm was hurt and left stiff. (Some said the joint water had been lost). His father, Erastus Dodge, had not joined the church, although most of his family had, and his faithful wife was laboring to help him see the truth. At the eime this miracle was performed there were some Elders in their neighborhood holding meetings and healing the sick and infirm. So Seth said to his wife, "Molissa, send Augustus up to your Elders and if they can straighten out that stiff arm, I will believe there is something to your religion." Molissa called to the older son, seth, and sent Augustus with him to the Elders. They soon returned and the boy was swinging his arm, it had been healed. The arm was always strong and well afterwards and the same boy, in later years, served his church and country as a member of the Mormon Battalion. It is very evident that Erastus by now was convinced of the divinity of Joseph Smith's teachings for he became a member of the church and his family was among the body of the Saints in all it's travels and persecutions from New York to Ohio, thence to Mis souri and back to Nauvoo, Illinois, where Erastus Dodge died on August 8, 1843, and his good wife Molissa Morgan followed him in death in two short years, she passed away December 10, 1845. Their deaths are both recorded as taking place in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, as is also that of their two youngest children.
Melissa Morgan Dodge wrote a letter dated June 23, 1838 to her brother, William Towner Morgan from Payson, Adams County, Illinois. She told of being driven from Missouri by a mob in February. She gave details about her family. The letter is now the property of the LDS Church Historical Department and was transcribed in BYU Studies 41.1 by Janiece Johnson and used as part of Ms Johnson's masters thesis, "Give Up All and Follow Your Lord" : Mormon Religiosity 1831-1843 BYU 2001.
- Husband died in Nauvoo,as did Melissa. Her minor children went to Utah in the Edward Hunter-Jacob Foutz Company of 1847.
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