Biografie von Joseph KIRCHBAUM (c.1831-1926)

Birth place: Germany

Death place: Nauvoo, IL

Addresses: Nauvoo, IL

Profession: Amateur artist, drawing specialist

Comments: Came to Nauvoo soon after the Mormon exodus in 1846 and is said to have made several drawings of the Temple before its destruction in 1848. His earliest dated drawings, however, were done in the 1860's (his drawings were still owned by the family in 1947).

Sources: G&W; Arrington, Nauvoo Temple," Chap. 8. "