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| William H. Dame |
| Biographical Sketch of William Horne Dame |
on 05 Jul 2010 by The Editors    |
| William Horne Dame, his personal and family background, and his involvement in the Mountain Meadows [...] |
| William Horne Dame (1819-1884)Biographical SketchWilliam Horne Dame was born July 15, 1819 in Farmington, New Hampshire to William and Jemima Dame. While in his early twenties he became acquainted with the Mormon message in 1841 and joined the Mormon church in 1842. He moved to Hancock County in western Illinois and eventually married Lovina Andrews. Dame worked on construction of [read more] |
| Samuel McMurdie |
| Biographical Sketch of Samuel McMurdie |
| on 18 Jun 2010 by The Editors |
| Samuel McMurdie, his person and family background, and his involvement in and statements about the M[...] |
| Samuel McMurdie (1830-1922)Biographical Sketch The McMurdie family name is of Scottish origin but Samuel McMurdie was born in 1830 in the London borough of Lambeth in England, not far from the River Thames. He was born to Robert McMurdie (1798-1890) and Mary Ann Bill McMurdie (1801-1861). He is among the relative handful of early southern Utah settlers born and raised in [read more] |
| Richard Harrison |
| Biographical sketch of Richard Harrison |
| on 16 Jun 2010 by The Editors |
| Richard Harrison, his personal and family background, and his involvement in the Mountain Meadows Ma[...] |
| Richard Harrison (1808-1882)Biographical Sketch Richard Harrison was a native of Worchestershire in the West Midlands, England who immigrated to the United States and was a pioneer in southern Utah.Harrison was born in 1808 at Dudley, Worcestershire, England, the son of William and Elizabeth Baker Harrison. In 1836, he married Mary Ann Whitaker (1811-1898). He joined the Mormon church in Liverpool in [read more] |
| Oscar Tyler |
| Biographical Sketch of Oscar Tyler |
| on 14 Jun 2010 by The Editors |
| Oscar Tyler, his personal and family background, and his involvement in the Mountain Meadows Massacr[...] |
| Oscar Tyler (1825-1871)Biographical Sketch Oscar Tyler was a native of Casey County in central Kentucky who moved to Texas; then the Iowa and Nebraska territories, and finally to frontier Utah where he pioneered in southern Utah. Tyler was born in Liberty, Casey County in central Kentucky. In the late 1830s they moved to Texas. In the 1840s he and several of his [read more] |
| Oscar Hamblin |
| Biographical Sketch of Oscar Hamblin |
| on 14 Jun 2010 by The Editors |
| Oscar Hamblin, his personal and family background, and his involvement in the Mountain Meadows Massa[...] |
| Oscar Hamblin (1833-1862)Biographical Sketch A native of rural Ross County in south-central Ohio, Oscar Hamblin was a westering New Englander whose family had pioneered in Ohio and Wisconsin before moving to western Illinois, then to frontier Utah where he pioneered in southern Utah. He was an American frontiersman and Indian interpreter.Hamblin was born in Bainbridge in rural Ross County in south-central Ohio, the eighth of [read more] |
| Alexander G. Ingram |
| Biographical Sketch of Alexander Graham Ingram |
| on 10 Jun 2010 by The Editors |
| Alexander G. Ingram, his personal and family background, and his involvement in the Mountain Meadows[...] |
| Alexander G. Ingram (1802 or 1822-?)Biographical Sketch Alexander G. Ingram was born in Scotland. His middle name may have been either Gordon or Graham. The 1860 census lists Alexander Ingram's age as 58, suggesting he was born around 1802. However, genealogical records list his date of birth as 1822. If the genealogical records are correct, he married Agnes Rankin, also [read more] |
 | John M. Macfarlane |
| Biographical Sketch of John Menzies Macfarlane | |
| on 09 Jun 2010 by The Editors | |
| John Menzies Macfarlane, his personal and family background, and his involvement in the Mountain Mea[...] | |
| John Menzies Macfarlane (1833-1892)Biographical Sketch John Menzies Macfarlane was born in October 1833 in Stirling, Stiflingshire, Scotland, the son of John Macfarlane and Annabella Sinclair. His brother Daniel Macfarlane was born in 1837. He was baptized into the Mormon Church in 1845. In 1852, he, his mother and his brother immigrated to American and crossed the plains in a wagon [read more] |
 | James Williamson |
| Biographical Sketch of James Williamson | |
| on 01 Jun 2010 by The Editors | |
| James Williamson, his personal and family background, and his involvement in the Mountain Meadows Ma[...] | |
| James Williamson (1811-1869)Biographical Sketch James Williamson was a Scottish Lowlander who immigrated to America and pioneered in southern Utah.Williamson was born in 1811 in Barony, Lanackshire in the Scottish Lowlands to James Williamson and Margaret Cummings. He was the fourth of five children. In 1838, he married Mary Rea/Ray (1813-1889) who was from neighboring Stirlingshire. Eventually, they had seven children, four of whom survived [read more] |
 | John Willden |
| Biographical Sketch of John Willden | |
| on 31 May 2010 by The Editors | |
| John Willden, his personal and family background, and his alleged involvement in the Mountain Meadow[...] | |
| John Willden (1839-1920) Biographical Sketch John Willden/Wilden was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England to Charles Willden and Eleanor Turner Willden. In 1845, Willden family members were baptized in the Mormon Church and attended the Mormons' Derbyshire conference.His family immigrated to the United States in 1849 and arrived in Utah in 1852. By late 1852, these working class emigrants from the West [read more] |
| Joseph H. Smith |
| Biographical Sketch of Joseph Hodgetts Smith |
| on 30 May 2010 by The Editors |
| Joseph H. Smith, his personal and family background, and his involvement in the Mountain Meadows Mas[...] |
| Joseph Hodgetts Smith (1819-1890)Biographical Sketch Joseph Hodgetts Smith was born in Dudley, Worchestershire, in the West Midlands region of England, the last of three sons born to John Smith (1785-1854) and Elizabeth Hodgetts (1769-1852). Little is known of his early life. In 1843, Smith married Eleanor Marie Stanford (1809-1896), in Staffordshire, near his homeland in Worchestershire in the West Midlands. [read more] |
| John Weston/Western |
| Biographical Sketch of John Weston/Western |
| on 29 May 2010 by The Editors |
| John Weston/Western, his personal and family background, and his involvment in the Mountain Meadows [...] |
| John Weston/Western (1807-1865)Biographical Sketch John Weston/Western was born in Devonshire, England in October 1807, the third of fourteen children born to John Western and Elizabeth Curham. Little is known of his early life. However, judging from his later life, he had work experience in the British iron works, he had a musical background, and he seems to have been a [read more] |
| Jabez Nowlin |
| Biographical Sketch of Jabez Townsend Nowlin |
| on 28 May 2010 by The Editors |
| Jabez T. Nowlin, his personal and family background, and his involvement in the Mountain Meadows Mas[...] |
| Jabez Townsend Nowlin (1821-1893)Biographical Sketch Jabez Townsend Nowlin was a native of rural Tennessee. From there he moved to western Illinois, then to the Iowa-Nebraska territories and finally to frontier Utah. He was an American frontiersman and pioneer in southern Utah. Nowlin was born in Bedford, Bedford County, Tennessee in 1821 to Peyton Wade Nowlin and Margaret Phagan. He was converted to the Mormon religion [read more] |
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