Transcript of a lecture by Reed Holmes on the Jaffa Colony
Review of To Brave a Dream - a short film on the Jaffa Colony
born 1811 Oxford Furnace, NJ
married ____________(divorced )
married L.I.L.
baptized 1840
died May 11, 1880
1840 ordained elder
Feb 13, 1841 left New York for England with Orson Hyde
1841 ordained high priest
1845 connected with William Smith
1846 associated with Strang
1856 removed from Strang presidency on charges of immorality
1861 organized "Church of the Messiah"
1866 led colony to Palestine
by 1870 returned to the United States
editor 1862-65 Sword of Truth and Harbinger of Peace
bibliography
Restoration Studies 2:42-60
Holmes, Reed
The Forerunners
Herald House: Independence, MO 1981 photo
