his heart and not mutilate his body. With a history of repeated persecutions in Ohio and elsewhere, the Saints were already being threatened again by Missourians near Far West. The next season, John and a few other families moved south to Ash Creek and built a small enclosure of houses, but in early 1854 they pulled on still further to a large plain east of the present town of Harmony. what made you lie to me about the Mountain Meadow Massacre?" Nancy and generally encouraged them to a better life. He was justly punished. D., a seven-year-old orphan, was then sent to live with his Aunt Only after fasting and prayer and a special President Young then suggested that Lee buy a half interest in the mill, sell out his property at Harmony, and move out to the new settlement. a job carrying the mail on horseback through a long stretch of sparsely in poor health and an invalid for more than a year before her death. This selection from the writings of John Doyle Lee include his autobiography, his confession (regarding the Mountain Meadows Massacre), letters, poems, last words for his families, as well as related historical documents regarding his arrest, trials and execution. the English in a stroke of military genius by the American general, but proceeded to get the mill, set it up, and begin operations. Uncle upbraided him and told him that he never wanted to see him again. Lee returned to Salt Lake in July 1851 to move his family south to the place he planned to call his home, a place called Harmony. may be found in future years to shed light upon the tragic period Within By this time also, matters at Salt Lake City had reached a climax in relation to the public officials appointed at Washington, D.C. One after another had returned to report that the Mormons were in a state of rebellion and that they acknowledged no authority except that of Brigham Young. It is a most remarkable But life here was one continual struggle with the elements, in a land where there was little of either plant or animal life, it was difficult for man to survive. had some smaller houses under construction. Also, the Catholic religion was more prominent in the area since it is an area that was originally settled by the French. Traveling and English and had often been employed as an interpreter. 1912 in Lebanon, Graham, Arizona, and was buried Jul 1912 in Lebanon, illness during which she asked her sister Rachel to take charge of As soon as possible they were on their way, arriving in Parowan in early November. the fruits of his two years of hard labor there, and now he was asked that the Mormon leaders had agreed that the Saints would leave the had four wagons and a number of cattle. with the 1848 company, he took with him Aggatha Ann with her children; They were from the Santa Clara and Rio Virgin country, and wished to hold a council with me upon the subject of forming a settlement in their country. The strains and privations of frontier life, his long absences on trips for the church, and the natural jealousy common to women, resulted in some friction in his household. he recorded that: "President Young implicitly enjoined it upon of the people sent to establish colonies were forced to return because During those years, he built a reputation for As for the night. His pattern was born March 14, 1867. This time he had four wagons and a number of cattle. This seems strange because other men's names were recorded as being cut off, and unofficial sources tell it. of a wide, desolate area. Today his published writings have brought him before the world in his true light as a man of great ability and integrity, and above all, a deep and true loyalty to his Church. move south. Mary died 7 Apr 1883 in Nutrioso, Apache, Arizona, and was buried See more ideas about Doyle, John, Lee. arriving in late August at Winter Quarters. He received a manifestation, which converted him instantly. disapproval. such a good manager that he not only finished the hall for the Seventies from the law. In 1870, one Utah newspaper publicly castigated Brigham Young for covering up the massacre. all the seed potatoes. On June he brought back his two wagonloads of food. to remain and cultivate the land or work for supplies to feed the From that time until A short visiting authorities in his home in the south and traveled as a member by severe flooding. As part of the work of building up the Kingdom of God, Lee eventually married eighteen more women and fathered sixty children. he was away in Arizona, his wife Emma had given birth to a baby at Since the journey was to be in mid-winter, he left most of his wives and all of his children at home, and took with him only Polly and Lavina, each of whom would bear him a child in about three months. After the trip which had lasted nearly three months, he reported back I bid you all an affectionate farewell. Lee remained active in Mormonism and local government for several years. JOHN D. LEE was executed on Mountain Meadows, Washington County, Utah Territory, at the scene of the massacre, on the 28d day of March, 1877. Within a few days of this disaster, John was warned that officers were on their way to take him into custody and advised to cross the river into Indian Lands in Arizona. John was a member of the Council of Fifty, which directed the general policies; he attended their meetings regularly and carried out many assignments in the public interest. When the Lees arrived in Nauvoo in the fall of 1843, he decided that he should spend his time working in that city. One wife, Delethia Morris, left him and … Many of the gentiles were hostile on purely religious grounds, but they also resented the political and economic power which the cohesive Mormon community had acquired. in his diary: "It was only another evidence of the high minded By the late 1860s he was being harassed by his Mormon neighbors who were also ostracizing his children. For the next decade, Lee played an important role in expanding the Mormon refuge in the West. settlement where hunger stalked in nearly every family. During that summer a condition of civil war prevailed Within Bean became a member of my family February 4, 1844. On his and two other young wives, Martha Berry and Louisa Free with her small were in peril from lack of food. miles to a location they called Summer Quarters. His grandfather spoke Indian as well as French. his crime. They were little George A. Each of his children took half their DNA from their mother and him. Four the daughter of David YOUNG and Elizabeth VANCE. The John Doyle Lee book. the one wholly responsible for the tragedy at Mountain Meadows. he and twenty-seven others moved out of Winter Quarters about eighteen Ex-husband of Mary Ann Lee; Nancy Ann Wordswoth; Mary Ann Bennett and Teressa Chamberlin was plagued by the difficulties which attended overloaded wagons pulled shovel snow during the winter. President Young ordered him then to be in charge of the cattle and of adjusting to a new language and a family of children. Utah State Penitentiary. out. well as Brigham Young made it possible for Lee to be taught that principle Together with his son, John David, and his friend, Tom Clark. But spring finally came. Though somewhat biased because John D. Lee's descendants (son) sold a home to my wife's family, it was her first home. / - John Doyle LEE-- Sarah Elizabeth DOYLE (? her brother. This was the real reason for his returning, the whole tenor of the message was so favorable that John was overjoyed. all his children at home, taking with him only the two sisters, Polly Of these, Mary Ann Williams left him to marry his oldest son, John Alma; Teressa Morse, a middle-aged woman who had refused to go with her husband, Soloman Chamberlain, and Ann Gordge was an emigrant girl from Australia, whose first child was born March 14, 1867. With daughter of Joseph WOOLSEY and Abigail SHAFFER. land, raise crops, build homes, and accumulate some few comforts. The attackers, promising safe conduct, persuaded the emigrants to lay down their arms. Illinois. As a result, the United States Army sent troops into Utah raising fears of persecution once again. One month after his return, he sent out three more teams under the direction of John Laub, for the settlement was large and hunger stalked in nearly every home. The story is covered in “A Murder in Mansfield,” premiering on Investigation Discovery on November 17, 2018. She was born 9 Aug 1824 in Fayetteville, St. Clair, Illinois, the itself. John D. Lee, who was working closely with both, wrote: "Nancy Bean became a member of my family February 4, 1844.

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