1810 fell into a cauldron of boiling water; took 9
months before his life was considered out of danger
1812 fell from the great beam of the family barn,
landing face first on the floor
1812 broke his arm when he fell down the stairs when
playing at home
1812 broke his other arm falling off uncle’s porch
1813 escaped being gored by a bull that wanted the
pumpkin he took from it to give to his cow
1814 broke his leg in a sawmill accident; leg got
caught between headlock and fender post
1814 kicked in the abdomen by an ox
1814 saved from suffocation after wagonload of hay
he stacked incorrectly overturned on top of him
1815 uninjured when a horse bolted down a hill and
flipped the wagon he was riding in
1816 fell 15’ from a tree, landed flat on his back,
knocked unconscious; cousin told family he was dead
1819 rescued after drowning in 30 feet of water and
“suffered much in being restored to life”
1820 almost froze to death in a blizzard; saved by
passerby who found him in a hollow tree
1821 split open his foot with an ax “nearly clear
through,” crippling him for nine months
1822 bitten by a rabid dog but the bite did not
break through his skin
1823 thrown 16 feet over runaway horse’s head; broke
left leg in 2 places; dislocated both ankles
1827 almost crushed when helping to de-ice wheels
1831 almost crushed when helping to de-ice wheels of
sawmill
1831 suffered a severe bout of pneumonia
1833 dragged headfirst between a team of horses for
more than 300 feet with his sleigh on top of him
1834 a rifle accidentally discharged and the ball
passed within a few inches of his body
1834 a heavily-loaded musket pointed at his chest
was accidentally discharged, but misfired
1835 preserved from a mob of about fifty people, a
black bear and a large pack of wolves
1835 rescued by divine intervention after wandering
for 5 hours in a tremendous storm
1837 left unhurt when a tornado removed the building
he was standing in
1839 thrown from the axletree of a wagon, head and
shoulder were dragged on the ground for ½ mile
1839 contracted malaria but left for England to
serve his mission with members of Quorum of Twelve
1841 survived shipwreck on Lake Michigan
1842 bedridden for 40 days with bilious fever and
struggled between life and death
1843 survived train crash; passenger cars smashed,
baggage cars caught fire, engineer killed
1844 had to help ship captain extinguish fire on
board the ship he was traveling on
1845 inspired to disembark one steamer and take
passage on another (the first later sank)
1846 hit in the head by mob throwing rocks at him
while baptizing new convert; later baptized some of mob
1846 crushed by falling tree; broke breast bone and
three ribs, caused severe internal injuries
1848 survived shipwreck on Lake Michigan
1848 inspired to move carriage and family from
spot near tree; 30 minutes later whirlwind uprooted tree
1856 poisoned by infected animal; lost senses; was
restored to health by priesthood blessing
1859 severe lung fever “nearly blew out the lamp of
life” “spirit fluttering between life and death”
1860 thrown from mule, head and shoulders hit ground
and he was dragged behind the mule
1864 stung by a scorpion and felt the “shock through
[his] whole system”
1872 dragged by runaway horse, but narrowly avoided
being run over by the wagon
1873 mild stroke “it seemed to be paralysis and
death”
1874 trying to prevent his son’s fall, fell 10 feet
from a ladder and landed on his shoulder and hip
1879 severe bout of bilious colic; attacks took his
breath away, didn’t think he’d live through one more
1881 thrown with 3 others from wagon; landed on
hands and knees and saved another passenger
1886 mild heart attack or stroke; couldn’t see or
speak for about 30 minutes; blessing restored him
1893 most severe bout of bilious colic “lay at
the point of death”
1898 died from infection caused by botched medical
procedure