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Richard Cook (1822–1874)

Bishop of the LDS South Weber Ward when Joseph Morris arrived, then a member of Morris’s presidency and, after 1862, a Morrisite leader in Nevada.

On the roll
Cook, Richard, in the 1861–62 roll of membership printed in 1886
Born
December 1822, England (Family Tree)
Died
1874, Nevada (Family Tree)
June 1862
Taken at Kington Fort: printed as “Richard Cook” in the Deseret News list of June 25, 1862, fined $50, 30 days for contempt; bail $1,500
Later path
Stayed with a Morrisite group. In a Morrisite presidency with John Parson and John Livingstone that did missionary work and baptized in Nevada; met with six apostles in Neils Morrison's house in Nevada, winter 1864 (Anderson, pp. 178, 180).
Family Tree
FamilySearch K27B-RHG, Richard Cook (1822–1874). Family Tree notes he was in the Morrisite First Presidency; Morris's host at South Weber (The Spirit Prevails, 1886). Identified by editor (FamilySearch search).
Connected names on the roll
Cook, John; Banks, John; Parson, John

What the sources say

Bishop of the LDS South Weber Ward when Morris arrived, and the first to hear his claims there (Anderson, pp. 52, 62); then in Morris's presidency. Named in the May 1862 writ and contempt citation (Anderson, pp. 101–8; Gems, p. 20); called out by Burton at the surrender (Gems, p. 28). After the war a leader with John Parson in Nevada (Anderson, pp. 178, 180). Summoned before the Farmington court-martial in 1861 for refusing militia training (Forscutt, Sketch, MS p. 28). Revelations concerning him: Spirit Prevails, pp. 37, 39, 93, 364–67, 459–61; appointment, Spirit Prevails, p. 77. On February 11, 1861, he was among the South Weber followers of Morris cut off from the LDS Church on the motion of the apostle John Taylor, seconded by Wilford Woodruff (Woodruff, journal, February 11, 1861, as “Richard Cook”).

Sources

  1. Anderson, C. LeRoy. Joseph Morris and the Saga of the Morrisites (Revisited). Logan: Utah State University Press, 2010. Pages cited: 62, 65–67, 69, 71, 86, 101, 105, 107–108, 115, 137, 143, 178, 180.
  2. Morris, Joseph. The Spirit Prevails. San Francisco: George S. Dove and Company, 1886. Internet Archive. Pages cited: 4, 6–7, 37, 39, 47, 49, 51, 55, 61, 65–66, 76–77, 79, 93–94, 104, 242, 326, 364–367, 429, 459, 485, 489, 502, 537, 542, 675.
  3. Eardley, John R. Gems of Inspiration. San Francisco: Joseph A. Dove, printer, 1899. Internet Archive. Pages cited: 16, 20, 28.
  4. Forscutt, Mark H. “Sketch of Joseph Morris.” Manuscript. Church History Library, MS 702. Cited by manuscript page. Pages cited: 15, 28, 46, 53, 54.
  5. Watson, Kirk, ed. The Morrisites: Writings and Revelations. Independently published, 2026. Pages cited: 56.
  6. Woodruff, Wilford. Journal. Wilford Woodruff Papers
  7. Deseret News, June 25, 1862, p. 412.
  8. FamilySearch Family Tree, K27B-RHG. Consulted November 3, 2026.

Cite this page

Rogers, Eric Paul, ed. “Richard Cook (1822–1874).” Morrisite.org. https://morrisite.org/person/richard-cook.html. Updated November 3, 2026.

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