Israel Barlow knew full well the divine calling of the Prophet and bore that testimony to the day of his death.” Migration to Salt Lake Valley Two years after Smith's death, the Barlow family left Nauvoo on June 15, 1846, and began their westward journey with other pioneers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Salt Lake Valley. On September 23, 1848, the family arrived in the Salt Lake Valley, where they spent their first winter at the Old Pioneer Fort. In 1849, Israel Barlow settled in Bountiful, where he would become the first nurseryman in Davis County. Missionary and Patriarch He served a mission from 1853 to 1855 in England, where he was president of the Birmingham Conference of the Church. In 1882, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Wilford Woodruff ordained Barlow as a Patriarch. Wives Israel Barlow and his wife Elizabeth Haven practiced plural marriage as taught by church leaders. In January 1846, Israel married his first plural wife Elizabeth Barton in Nauvoo. In December 1855, Israel married his third wife Lucy Heap of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, in Salt Lake City. In May 1865, Israel married his fourth wife Cordelia Maria Dalrymple in Salt Lake City. References External references Israel Barlow Family Association The Joseph Smith Papers, Israel Barlow 1806 births 1883 deaths American general authorities (LDS Church) Bodyguards Leaders in the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) Members of the First Quorum of the Seventy (LDS Church) 19th-century Mormon missionaries American Mormon missionaries in England American Mormon missionaries in the United States Mormon pioneers People from Granville, Massachusetts People from Bountiful, Utah People from Nauvoo, Illinois Religious leaders from Massachusetts Latter Day Saints from Illinois Latter Day Saints from Utah Latter Day Saints from New York (state)