Thompson, Robert B.

LDS. English-born American, 1811–1841. He was originally a Methodist preacher. After he emigrated to Canada in 1834 he heard the Latter-day Saint missionaries, accepted their message, and was baptized by Parley P. Pratt in 1836. Shortly thereafter he was ordained an elder by John Taylor. He married Mercy Rachel Fielding and was General Church Recorder from 1840 until his death the following year. He was a close friend and companion of Hyrum and Don Carlos Smith, and his early death deprived Joseph Smith of one of his most talented clerks.

See, the Mighty Angel Flying, 330 (Text)