Andrew Losee Lamoreaux
Taken from timeline of John McCord Lamoreaux
See timeline for detailed sources - akrc

On 17 Oct 1812, in Ontario, Canada, Andrew Losee Lamoreaux the son of John McCord Lamoreaux & Abigail Losee is born. 
	Edith I Lamoreaux gives us an insight into Andrew and David Lamoreaux in her “Life of David Burlock Lamoreaux”: “Two boys, David and Andrew Lamoreaux, sat on the rickety seat of an old delivery rig, discussing earnestly a new venture just come into their lives. David, the driver, slapped the lines vigorously on the back of old Toby, for promptness in delivery was a hobby of the father of these two. The discussion on the subject of religion was very exciting to these boys. ‘I’m sure,’ said Andrew, the older, ‘If we accept baptism with the rest of the family as father urges, we’ll be ostracized by all friends but I don’t care. I knew it was the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the same as existed in the earlier days, as we read of in the Bible, as I listened to those Elders preaching it. And I’m willing to risk everything in life for it!” David acquiesced assuringly. David was a quiet, retiring lad, always backward in self expression. He looked upon his older brother, more forceful, and already an eloquent leader and speaker, with real hero worship. Nothing would suit Andrew better than to shout from the house-tops that God had spoken again from Heaven, revealing to the boy prophet, Joseph Smith…
“…Parley P Pratt took the gospel of Jesus Christ as taught by Joseph Smith into Canada in the locality of Toronto, John McCord Lamoreaux opened the attic   of his big store as an assembly room [According to Parley’s journal, He was taken to a barn. This may be one in the same.]  in which these Elders could preach. The room was filled with listeners. The Lamoreaux family, eager and attentive, accepted the message as coming direct from Heaven. They were all baptized, among them being David Burlock Lamoreaux, our grandfather, and his older brother Andrew. As soon as John could sell his business, he, with his family, moved to Iowa,  [They went to Ohio first and then to Nauvoo & Missouri & then Iowa.] to be near the Prophet Joseph, [Joseph Smith was in Kirtland, Nauvoo & Missouri.] whose chief branch of the church was then at Kirtland Ohio. Not all the family remained faithful. Some, already married, drifted into nearby states, where their progeny still reside.”
“The Lamoreaux family, eager and attentive, accepted the message of the Elders: they were baptized, among them were David Burlock Lamoreaux, and his older brother, Andrew Lamoreaux.” Andrew Lamoreaux says he was baptized into the LDS Church in 1837.
As soon as John McCord Lamoreaux could sell out his business, he, with his family, moved to Kirtland. Names of our people in Ohio: John McCord & Abigail Losee Lamoreaux , his sons, David Lamoreaux  and Andrew Losse Lamoreaux, and Henry Earl Lamoreaux; daughter, Susan Lamoreaux & Jason (Jacinthe) Brunelle;  John’s brother, Joshua Lamoreaux &  wife Ann Cross;  his daughter, Deborah & her husband  John Leithead; John’s sisters Jerusha & Henry Earl, and Jemima & Archibald Wright. Their father Joshua  Lamoreaux died in 1834, two years before PP Pratt brought the gospel  to Canada.
 “Andrew, married Isabelle Locy,[sic] and David, with their families and the old father, were ever loyal to the church and to Joseph Smith.” Edith I Lamoreaux
On Feb 26, 1838 John Lamoreaux was ordained an Elder in Kirtland, Ohio. Andrew was an Elder before May. “The Elders met in the house of the Lord. …
According to B.H. Roberts in his A Comprehensive History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Andrew Losee Lamoreaux (1812-1855). Born at Pickering, York, Ontario, Canada. Baptized in Canada. Migrated to Kirtland where he lived briefly 1838. As elder signed Kirtland Camp Constitution and moved to MO 1838. Expelled. Moved to Nauvoo. Served Mission 1839. High Priest endowed in Nauvoo Temple Dec 1945. [This was Jan 1846.]  Served as President of French Mission 1853-1855. Died at St. Louis, St. Louis Co, MO, while returning from this mission.”
John McCord Lamoreaux, with family of 6, and his sons, Andrew with 7, Henry, and David Lamoreaux, bro-in-law Wm Earl with 11, & bro-in-law Wright & nephew in-law James Leithead were in the Kirtland Camp which left for Missouri in 1832. [History of the Church,] 
	From the Camp journal… Andrew was a tent overseer. On July 7, 1838, in Chester, Ohio, "The road between Chester & Aurora, through Russell & Bainbridge, in Geauga Co. was bad & somewhat hilly...  Andrew Lamoreaux's wagon broke down twice" [Joshua & Ann Lamoreaux stayed in Chester.] [ History of the Church, B. H. Roberts]
The Times & Seasons, says Andrew L Lamoreaux was on a mission in Ohio in July 1838 and writes of his ministry from July 1838 till 17 Dec 1840. On  Friday, 17 Aug 1838 in  Dayton, Ohio, "... several of the members of the camp were tried for breach of Constitution..." for their actions or their families actions. "There had been contention in the tent between [a women] and Andrew Lamoreaux, overseer of the tent, ... Andrew Lamoreaux having gone to Dayton to labor, taking his family with him, was not at the Council," John Lamoreaux was expelled from Kirtland Camp. Abigail L Lamoreaux died about this time. Also Andrew L Lamoreaux was Expelled from Far West, soon after arriving. [Doc. History of the Church] 
In the 1830’s and 1840’s John & Abigail Lamoreaux (& son A W) David B Lamoreaux, Andrew Losey Lamoreaux and wife, Isabell Wilson and child, Ann, five more un-named children, Henry E Lamoreaux, Sarah Lamoreaux, are listed as land owners in Missouri. [Mormon Land Ownership in Missouri ... 1831-1841, Wayne J Lewis 1981 (A Thesis)]
Andrew L Lamoreaux swore, "that in 1839 or '40, while President Joseph Smith, Elder Rigdon, Judge Higbee, Orrin P. Rockwell & Dr Robert D Foster were on their way to Washington, called at witness' house in Dayton, Ohio; that the evening was spent very agreeably, except some dis-satisfaction on the part of certain females with regard to the conduct of Dr Foster. ... about 8 o'clock, ...he came in &  interrupted President Smith ...the company were invited to Mr Brown's at the next door whither they all repaired. ... President Smith told him not to deny it, for he saw it himself, and was ashamed of it.  Foster confessed it was true and promised to reform." [Doc. History of the Church,]
In a Letter to George A. Smith by Erastus Snow quoted in Jensen's Biographical Encyclopedia, it states “... Joseph Smith, during his tour to Washington in 1839, stopped with [the Andrew L Lamoreaux Family] in Dayton, Ohio, and before leaving laid his hands on Elder Lamoreaux and blessed him, and prophesied upon his head, that he would go on a  mission to France, learn another tongue and do much good, but that he would not live to return to his family, as he would fall by the way as a martyr. The Prophet wept, as he blessed him & told him these things, adding that it was pressed upon him & he could not refrain from giving utterance to it, ..."
Andrew L Lamoreaux is listed as an agent for the “Times & Seasons” in 1840.  Henry Lamoreaux is also an agent.
“In 1841 at fall conference the Prophet called out a large number of Elders and sent them into different parts of the U. S. … Father Lamoreaux, and later with Andrew Lamoreaux a noted preacher but he could not sing, so I done the singing and he the preaching. Together we drew out the people. A large branch of the Church was raised up and organized in the vicinity of Trenton, Indiana with John Chaplan as President. When Elder Lamoreaux found I did not improve much in public speaking he sent me alone to fill an appointment in Trenton. [“Diary of Reddick N Allred”] 
Before 1843	“Elder Andrew Lamoreaux is requested to come to Nauvoo, to answer to certain charges that are preferred against him.”	“The charges preferred against Elder Andrew L Lamoreaux, in this paper, July 1st, has been withdrawn, he is restored to fellowship.” [Times & Season]
John McCord Lamoreaux, Andrew L Lamoreaux & David B Lamoreaux and Henry E Lamoreaux owned land in  Nauvoo. Ill, [Maps of Nauvoo]
In Jan. 1843 “Elder Lamoreaux requests a letter of recommendation from the conference to the church at Nauvoo, as he was under the necessity of returning home. Voted that he is in good standing and fellowship, that his request be granted.” [this is probably Andrew] “Elder [Andrew] Lamoreaux represented the Newtrenton Branch, as numbering 25 in good standing. …as well as at Lawrenceburg Miami town.” Feb 1, 1843 “Elder Andrew L Lamoreaux writes from Newtrenton, Franklin, Indiana …the work is rolling forth in the area…”[Times & Season]
In 1843 the revelations in D&C 129, 130 and 131 were received. In Nauvoo on 17 Dec 1843 Andrew Lamoreaux was ordained a High Priest. The Nauvoo 70’s Record lists the following Lamoreaux; Andrew Andrus Losey, Andrew, Andrew L., (3 of em), David, Henry, and John. [Early Church Records Index & Records of Kimball Erdman] Andrew is listed as 70s ordination in 1844, Quorum 10
Apr 15, 1844	A.L. Lamoreaux was called on a mission to Indiana. [Comp History of the Church] D&C 135 was received that year. June 27, Carthage, Ill. Joseph Smith & Hyrum Smith are martyred in the Carthage Jail.		 
Aug 25 , 1845 in Nauvoo, Ill., Andrew Lamoreaux's 6th child, William George is born.  
“At a conference held in Nauvoo April 6, 7, & 8th …in spite of the mobs …in July or later …Isaac Morley was advised by Brigham Young to move his family to Nauvoo for greater safety. “’The mob have burned all the houses on the south side of the brook, …the mob had threatened to return as soon as it was light the next day and burn everything south of Nauvoo.” In Nauvoo “there were three of four families living in many of the homes but there were not many complaints.”
On Dec 23, 1845, the prophet’s birthday, Andrew Losey Lamoreaux along with his father, John & Catherine Lamoreaux received their Endowments in the Nauvoo temple. They were in the “second company” of the day there were 18 people listed in the second company. There is also a first & third company mentioned that day. Isabella received hers 30 Jan 1846. There is also a note that says; Jan 21, 1846 Andrew L Lamoreaux seventy/High priest) received endowments at Nauvoo Temple. [Nauvoo Endowments Records] 
	It seems that in 1846 before all the saints left Nauvoo, Illinois, Andrew and David Lamoreaux rescued what they thought was the Nauvoo Temple bell. There are many accounts of the event. One says; "Andrew Lamoreaux and his brother David, who had been chosen to bring the bell to Utah,returned to Nauvoo 'one stormy night and gathered in secret and without horses pulled the wagon to the church and lowered the bell,'"  "After the Temple was burned by an angry mob, the bell was used to summon Protestant worshipers until two Mormons rescued it one night and carried it west." [Robert Anderson, Ogden Standard-Examiner] 
Another says during the Mormon exodus; "A minister, having it in mind for his own church, removed the bell one night David B Lamoreaux & his brother Andrew learned of the bell's  removal and decided to recover it & take it west with them. With the help of Daniel H Wells & others, they succeeded in locating the bell; & late one night they let it down from the new tower. They buried it in a boggy marsh with only a piece of chain above ground ... There it remained until David was ready to leave Nauvoo.  It made such a heavy load in his wagon that his family had to walk most of the way across the plains. [Nauvoo - Gateway to the West]
	Still another stated;  “David Lamoreaux took the assignment to rescue the bell. Under the cover of darkness he and his brother, Andrew, proceeded to get the bell down from the tower and hid it in a boggy marsh until it could be hauled across the frozen Mississippi River. “David Lamoreaux’s family walked most of the way across the barren plains in order to make room for the bell in their wagon. [Quig Nielson, “Rescue OF Nauvoo Bell Told,” ]
Also; David Burlock Lamoreaux ‘…and his brother [Andrew] carried the title "Spartan Band" and it was an incident connected with these men and the fall of Nauvoo that caused Mary Ann to walk all the way. When the city of Nauvoo was in flames and the refugees fled their beautiful Zion on the bend of the great Mississippi, the two Lamoreaux brothers climbed the bell tower of the deserted Nauvoo Temple and lowered the bell to a nearby marsh. Later, under cover of night, they loaded the bell into David's wagon. IT must ride to Zion! Its great weight replaced the combined weight of Mary Ann and the children and most of their possessions. Well, that was the way it was for the Lamoreauxs. [A book about Panguitch & Paragonah, Utah]
	In Sept. 1846, Cannons were made from steamboat shafts and were placed on the North of Mullholland St. in Nauvoo, Ill. ... under the command of “Capt Lamareux” probably Andrew.[B.H. Roberts, The Rise & Fall of Nauvoo] “David Burlock [Lamoreaux] had previously been appointed as the prophet Joseph's Smith's bodyguard. In the book entitled "'Rise and Fall of Nauvoo", there is reference made to an organization known as the Lamoreaux Company whose duty it was to protect the defenseless Saints from being fired upon by an infuriated mob, whose greatest delight seemed to be the persecution of these Saints. [Louesa Topham “David Burlock Lamoreaux, My Great Grandfather.”] 
Capt Lamoreaux Company fights mob in the streets of Nauvoo. 1846 Sep 10-13 "firing on both sides mob and Saints" Capt Lamareux's Co, called to help Gates & Cutler. David & Andrew are both listed as saving the bell. At least one of them was still in Nauvoo till the end. Daniel Wells helped… find his journal.
In 1848 Andrew L Lamoreaux crossed the plains with the 3rd division or Willard Richards Co. [Journal History 31 Dec 1848]  
“Andrew, …had the misfortune to lose his wife through death, being left with two small children, a girl named Ann, and a son named William. But undaunted, he came with the other pioneers to Utah in 1848.” [History of D B Lamoreaux, Edith Ivans Lamoreaux]
Apr 23, 1848 in Salt Lake City, Andrew Lamoreaux enrolled in Greater Salt Lake City as a High Priest. [Early Church Records Index]

On Wednesday, June 18, 1855, in St Louis, Missouri, Andrew L Lamoreaux died on his way back from a mission to France. He was President of French Mission & translated the D&C and Hymns into French while there. [Nauvoo Land Records]