Background
Bent was born in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
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Samuel Bent
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Within a few days he was serving as a missionary in Michigan. In 1836 he moved to Liberty, Missouri. He was one of the main targets of the mobs in that place that caused the Latter Day Saints to relocate to Caldwell County, Missouri where Bent was a key figure in the founding of Far West, Missouri.
In 1846 he was appointed as president of the Latter Day Saints in Garden Grove, Iowa, an office he filled until his death.
Membership
Bent was a member of Zion"s Camp, and spent time between Michigan and Kirtland, Ohio for the next few years. After going to Nauvoo, Illinois at the time the Latter Day Saints were driven out of Missouri, Bent served as a colonel in the Nauvoo Legion and as a member of the Council of Fifty.
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Religion
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints