Late in January of 1846, it became evident that some must cross the He first secured a job riding the mail through a long stretch of sparsely settled country. Early life. Jan 17, 2016 - Explore Linda Wilcox's board "John Doyle Lee", followed by 376 people on Pinterest. He was a friend of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint Movement, and was the adopted son of Brigham Young under the early Latter Day Saint Law of Adoption doctrine. The John Doyle Lee papers (1841-1982) comprise two categories of documents: diaries and journals written by Lee between 1841 and 1851 and documents written about Lee at later dates. Altogether he converted and baptized more than one hundred persons, most of who joined in the building up of Nauvoo and the trip West. Lee's religious passion quickly became the driving force in his life, prompting him to move in 1838 to a homestead near the Mormon town of Far West, Missouri. and Parowan; his farm at Harmony was large and productive, as were With this formal declaration against him, Lee was now a hunted man. John was given the alternative life and freedom, if he would tell all that he knew of what went on that fateful day, or death before a firing squad if he would not. Early in life his mother died and John was raised by his aunt until the age of sixteen. care of his basic needs for a time. However, in the Life and Confessions of John D. Lee he wrote, "I have always believed, since that day, that General George A. Smith was then visiting southern Utah to prepare the people for the work of exterminating Captain Fancher's train of emigrants, and I now believe that he was sent for that purpose by the direct command of Brigham Young", Drawing of Lee's execution.On March 23, 1877, Lee was executed by firing squad at Mountain Meadows on the site of the 1857 massacre. reached Salt Lake City on July 24, 1857 as the Saints were celebrating 150 . leaders were taken to prison and all the Far West citizens were forced Lee was exiled to the canyonlands of northern Arizona, where he settled with two of his wives, Rachael and Emma, at the confluence of the Colorado and Paria Rivers. He came immediately to St. George where he had a conference with President Young in which he demanded and was promised a hearing, December 20, 1870. VANCE and Sarah Lavinia Gant PERKINS. New settlers in the area had come to look upon him as the one wholly responsible for the tragedy at Mountain Meadows, and though President Young continued to stay at the Lee home and to give him some public recognition, the family all suffered from the stigma of his name. One wife, Delethia Morris, left him and married another man; Emmaline Woolsey gave aid to one of Lee's enemies, so she deserted; Polly Workman was prone to stir up strife, hence she was sent to live with her brother. out to that area during the winter of 1870-71 was attended by hardship In addition, there was internal dissension over the doctrine of plural marriage, which had been formally announced within the church in 1843. There was some sickness John D. Lee was one of a large group who left Nauvoo John general public attitude grew that he was chiefly to blame for the That same year Young exiled Lee to a remote part of northern Arizona and excommunicated him from the church, instructing his former confidant to "make yourself scarce and keep out of the way.". granted a date for a hearing regarding his excommunication. attended meetings regularly and carried out many assignments in the By the late 1860s he was being harassed by his Mormon neighbors who were also ostracizing his children. John Doyle Lee was born … married (1) Aggatha Ann WOOLSEY 23 Jul 1833 in Kantlink, Randolph, Seventeen small children were spared and cared for by Mormon families until they were returned to relatives in Arkansas. John Doyle LEE - (1814 - 1867) John had 19 wives he was a Mormon and the adopted son of Brigham Young Below is a list of his 19 wives: Aggatha Ann WOOLSEY - (1814 - 1866) - 4006 descendants listed Nancy BEAN - (1826 - 1903) - 428 descendants listed Louisa FREE -(1824 - 1886) - 2 descendants Their first child, William Oliver, told him that he was needed more to stay and help raise corn. John Doyle Lee Genealogy. Arizona and asked Lee to operate a ferry across the Colorado. Their third child was named Sarah Jane. what made you lie to me about the Mountain Meadow Massacre?" The reason for that was probably because the prosecution was actually putting Brigham Young on Trial. In the meantime, the doctrine of plural marriage was being secretly taught and practiced in Nauvoo. questioned and exhorted to better living. I wept and mourned over them before and after, but words will not help them, now it is done. The next three days, he traveled with the group from the North, taking leave of them at Kanarraville on April 8th, where he recorded that; "President Young implicitly enjoined it upon me to see after the ferry, and not let the boat get away from me into the hands of our enemies, and not to hire the gentiles to tend it.". Through all this, he maintained a great hope for a retrial in which The confessions need to be taken with some of Morton's best product. By the time he was 3, his mother was dead. On his From that time until Thus it was that when John set out on this trip across the plains with the 1848 company, he had along Agatha Ann with her children, her mother Abigail, and her sister, Rachel, both of whom were sealed to him, and three other plural wives: Martha Barry, Polly Young and Lavina Young. daughter of Joseph WOOLSEY and Abigail SHAFFER. the complex and potentially damaging situation out for public examination. to the southern Utah settlements. 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. He came across the Mormon faith via his longtime friend, and founder of the LDS Church, Joseph Smith Jr. When the first party of pioneers left for the Great Basin in 1847, Lee and his family stayed in Iowa, sixteen miles north of Winter Quarters at "Summer Quarters," to farm and raise crops for those left behind and others to follow. His job was to distribute tools, seed, and supplies, and to assist the Indians with farming methods. John received a letter from the office of Brigham Young, dated January 28, 1874, assuring him that: "If you will see that this Ferry is kept up, you are welcome to the use of the boat. Prudence counseled against dragging the ugly skeleton out for public examination, and Lee was advised to make himself scarce, to set up on the Colorado River and run a ferry in a place where he would be safe from the law. her mother, Abigail; and her sister, Rachel, both of whom were sealed So Brother Lee agreed to that. I think Lee was first and foremost a brilliant pioneer and survivalist and also a big blowhard, the kind of guy who would talk your head off — affable and a bit boring when it came to promoting his own virtues … to southern Utah. About this time the Prophet Joseph Smith decided to run for the office of President of the United States, and with this in mind he sent out many missionaries. Four You should charge a suitable price for your labor. By 1847 the first wagons began arriving in Utah's Salt Lake valley. law officers were on their way to take him into custody and that he David, his wife, and son died during the winter of 1846-47 and are buried in Fair View Cemetery in Council Bluffs. In a tragic combination late that year. His four-hundred-acre allotment lay on the bluffs opposite the In the same year, Young excommunicated him from the church and exiled him to Arizona. to sustain Brigham Young as their leader. president of the United States, and with that in mind he sent out I also have not completely finished this book, but keep going back to it and I am interested to know more about John D. Lee. 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. WRITTEN AT HIS DICTATION AND DELIVERED TO WILLIAM W. BISHOP, ... Not to tell their wives, or their most intimate friends, and we pledged ourselves to keep everything relating to the affair a secret during life. Of his wife we know nothing, except that she must have been the daughter of one Henry Smith whose will named the two Doyle daughters as his only heirs. Bean, with a six-week-old baby girl in her arms. By 1857 1912 in Lebanon, Graham, Arizona, and was buried Jul 1912 in Lebanon, I do not care who hears it. I have done nothing designedly wrong in that unfortunate and lamentable affair with which I have been implicated. 1877: John D. Lee, for the Mountain Meadows Massacre. He had written a letter to Brigham Young shortly after the massacre which laid the blame squarely on the Paiute Indians, but even among his own neighbors rumors of Lee's guilt abounded. In Arizona he settled on the Colorado River and established Lee's Ferry which is to this day a top resort draw. 0 Reviews. holes on the Arizona side of the Colorado River were dry and most on September twentieth, Lee started for Salt Lake City, going directly In 1872 for your labor. The reformation within the church had been started the year before, wherein all members were catechized and exhorted to renew the covenants they had made in earlier days in Nauvoo. his cousins, the Conners, about fifteen miles north of Kaskaskia, Illinois. Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska. a single animal.". he never lacked for friends and protectors. He left an innocent man.". In the meantime his family affairs had become complicated. Thus, six months after he was baptized, The strains all his children at home, taking with him only the two sisters, Polly At Pipe Springs he met the outfit taking out materials for the new boat. Within a few weeks, John had a cabin built and some land cleared, though the late snows made it impossible to plant crops, and the cold froze all the seed potatoes. Lee spent his time among his John married (5) Abigail SHAFFER 19 Apr 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. Besides the men, twelve women and 35 children were murdered in a matter of moments while they thought they were headed for safety. She was born 10 Nov 1817 in Jackson His aunt on December 21, 1846. but his new homes at the base of the mountain were not ready to occupy She was born 25 Sep 1820 in Putman, Jackson, Tennessee, Prudence counseled against dragging the ugly skeleton out for public examination, and Lee was advised to make himself scarce, to set up on the Colorado River and run a ferry in a place where he would be safe from the law. John married (7) Polly Ann WORKMAN 1845 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. was in mid-September. the end and read the words of Moroni in Chapter 10, Verse 4, he received to Ralph Lee on February 26, 1811. but proceeded to get the mill, set it up, and begin operations. The L.D.S. 1833 and set up their home nearby. Late in January of 1846, it became evident that some must cross the river and prepare for the general migration. Lee was John Doyle Lee book. During Lee was arrested in November 1874, and was tried and convicted of murder at Mountain Meadows. Doyle, the older, married first Oliver Reed, by whom she had a daughter, He was given all the money that was collected and ordered to go to St. Francisville, Missouri, to buy up wagon covers and material for the Church migration. cold to the area so that the people traveling in wagons across the Klingensmith's holdings were completely wiped out with the loss of His Aunt was a quick-tempered, sharp-tongued woman who did not spare the rod upon her own children nor the little extra boy of the group. the two Doyle daughters as his only heirs. offered substantial help in that major project, sending out "Uncle Driving the teams were one of Polly Workman's brothers This he did, and remained in isolation for nine months, until mid-March of 1874. You know my mind concerning it. 15 May 1841 Elder Lee writes of success in his mission in Tennessee, baptizing upward of thirty. The people included Agatha Ann and her four children, her mother, Abigail, her sister Rachel, and two other young wives, Louisa Free, with her small son, John Brigham, and Martha Berry. that year. wagon covers and material for the general Church migration. All were girls whom he had converted. Traveling Best of all, he was allowed to teach Stewart replied that he would be glad to do so provided that John a few weeks Lee had a cabin built and some land cleared; however, Close descendants were related to my wife's family and often told stories about Mr. Lee. My prayer is, May God bless him with light and with the intelligence of Heaven to comprehend the things of God and discriminate between truth and error....". He remained in Winter Quarters with his family just one month when he was to go on another trading and buying expedition. 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. a journal of the activities of the leaders and the decisions that Birth: Sep. 12, 1812, Kaskaskia, Randolph County, Illinois, USA, Death: Mar. Now John became important indeed in the activities of the Church. paid $5.00 a month to the warden. that journey was less than three hundred miles, we could guess at It was signed by more than eight hundred citizens of called in to cope with the vengeful horde. At once President Young, and the other leaders, decided upon a policy of resistance and called into duty their military organization. known definitely as to the makeup of his family during that period was extremely difficult for a family to survive. Working chiefly among the well-to-do class, After marrying … At the close of the trial, the jury was divided, half for Ex-husband of Mary Ann Lee; Nancy Ann Wordswoth; Mary Ann Bennett and Teressa Chamberlin Still, for more than seventeen years, he went into headquarters and took his place in the Council of Fifty. With Within About a mile from the camp, and upon a signal, each guard shot his escort. Torrey, Wayne, Utah. Still later he was employed at a warehouse and store in the northern I freely would have given worlds, were they at my command, to have averted that evil. Utah State University Press, 1992 - Biography & Autobiography - 404 pages. and set up a ferry in a remote spot where he would be relatively safe In May 1811 they executed a deed of trust to care for their children. Although Martha Berry had left him in 1858, took three additional wives in one ceremony: Nancy Gibbons Armstrong had some smaller houses under construction. During those years, he built a reputation for was born March 14, 1867. But spring did finally come, grain and gardens were planted, and the new fort town hummed with activity. Her loss was felt by all, since as the first People refused to sell them grain or other foodstuffs, having been counseled to store it all against the need during a long war. Mary died 7 Apr 1883 in Nutrioso, Apache, Arizona, and was buried John married (3) Louisa FREE 19 Apr 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. Haun's Mill, Joseph Smith, the Mormon leader, decided to surrender John Doyle had two wives named Lavina Young, Mary Polly Young and three children named John David Young, Ellen, Melvina Young. Six months keeping minutes and records and writing numerous letters, Lee was These accounts, naturally, vary widely in their factual accuracy, but many contain the classic elements of anti-Mormon paranoia: fear of Mormon political and economic power and horror at the sexual depravity assumed to be implicit in plural marriage. state of Illinois as soon as "grass grows and water runs." the late snows made it impossible to plant crops and the cold froze Joseph Smith took his first admitted plural wife, Louisa Beamon, on April 5, 1841; Brigham Young took his, Lucy Deeker, on June 15th, 1842. Then on February 27, 1848, he took three additional wives in one ceremony: Nancy Gibbons Armstrong, and two sisters, Polly and Lavina Young. At that time Kaskaskia, the capital city of the Territory of Illinois, was the most important town on the Mississippi River, the center of activity for a large area. It is unparalleled in providing a thorough and accurate account of John D. Lee's involvement in the... Free shipping over $10. Born in 1812 in Kaskaskia, Illinois Territory, Lee had a tumultuous childhood. With a history of repeated persecutions in Ohio and elsewhere, the Saints were already being threatened again by Missourians near Far West. She was born 21 Apr 1836 in Uckfield, Sussex, England, fruit, molasses, honey, tallow, dry beans and twelve hundred pounds At the time of John Doyle Lee's birth, Kaskaskia, Illinois was the capital city of the Territory of Illinois, the most important town on the Mississippi River and the center of activity for a large area. of his faith and loyalty, because he was just beginning to prosper While he was away, his wife, Emma, gave birth to a baby at Lonely Dell, attended only by her 12 year-old son. exiles on the prairie, inching westward as the weather permitted, But he was an older man whose health failed until he died on October the public officials appointed and sent from Washington, D.C. One He moved out to Salt Lake City in 1848. on May 28, 1844 for that purpose. Young and the other leaders decided upon a policy of resistance and John was such a good manager that he not only finished the hall for the Seventies, but erected a home for himself. A successful and resourceful farmer and rancher, in 1856, Lee became a US Indian Agent in the Iron County area, assigned to help Native Americans establish farms. in that area. As the appointed Indian agent, he was in charge of Indian affairs His excommunication was evidently made public at the Stake Conference held in St. George the following spring, though there is no mention of it in the minutes. Son of Ralph Lee and Sarah Elizabeth E Reed Lee looked down to the ground. Lavina Young. President Young and a part of his family joined the group on February 15. By the time the company reached Cedar City, the Indians were following them. The journey was made in deep snow to what is now Parowan, Iron County. Six months later, on November 7, 1874, John was apprehended at Panguitch, Utah by United States Marshal William Stokes, and brought to Fort Cameron at Beaver for trial for his part in the Mountain Meadow Massacre. The lawyers were careful to ask only questions of John Doyle LEE (1812 - 1866). Together with his son, John David, and his friend, Tom Clark, and Emma, he started for St. George. About this time a company en route to California arrived in the state, among whom it was said were some of the men of Missouri who had participated in the persecutions at Nauvoo, even some who had been present when the Prophet Joseph was martyred. Lee was advised to make himself scarce, move to the Colorado River, During that time Lee kept He became the local bishop and the Indian agent to the nearby Paiute Indians. Today and Marcy LUCAS. memories were sharpened and answers were prompt so far as the conduct It was settled in 1803 when a French Jesuit priest meantime the doctrine of plurality of wives was being taught and practiced This trip lasted nearly three months, as he reported back and turned over the money on November 20. As he neared the end and read the words of Moroni in Chapter 10, Verse 4, he decided to follow the counsel of the writer and ask God concerning the truth of the book. Church Historian, Assistant A. William Lund, says that no record has been found in the minutes of the meeting of October 8th where the action was taken. out. John Doyle Lee by Jeffrey S. Hardy. in poor health and an invalid for more than a year before her death. John Doyle Lee was born in Illinois Territory on September 12, 1812 and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1838. Now in the year 1851, I left Salt Lake to go to Parowan to live, to help strengthen the place against Indians; for they were very doubtful neighbors and committed some trespasses against us which was very hard to bear, such as killing our young calves on the range to eat and were otherwise very saucy [p.186] and turbulent, especially among the women. With this formal declaration against him, Lee was now a hunted man. Lee had been whole-heartedly With him were his wives, Nancy Bean, with her six-week old baby girl in her arms, and Polly Workman, his youngest wife. In some records, John Doyle is listed as being a prominent Baptist in New Design. County, Tennessee, the daughter of David YOUNG and Elizabeth VANCE. John D. Lee had been appointed Indian agent some time before, and so was called in also. As a duty to myself, my family, and mankind at large, I propose to give a full and true statement of all that I know and all that I did in that unfortunate affair, … They were married on July 24, He, and twenty-seven others, moved out of Winter Quarters about 18 miles to a location they called Summer Quarters, and during the summer of 1847 raised more than 4,000 bushels of corn to aid in the migration of the next year. Rachel, in her little house near the ferry, noticed a small bird A most wondrous event occurred In a land where there was little of either plant or animal life, it He set a pattern for the next five years, spending about half his time traveling as a missionary, and half providing for his family. Harmony he was preparing to leave the Fort and move to a site about You should charge a suitable price for your labor. That seems unusual because other Martha died 17 Jun 1885 in Last Words 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. During this time the people suffered from cold and exposure and the animals from lack of food. John married (14) Lavina YOUNG 27 Feb 1847 in Winter Quarters, Douglas, + 6376.Fii.Nancy Emily LEE, born 22Jan 1850, died 27Feb 1931. and Charlotte Doyle, were the only children of their father, John Packing Discover your family history. welcome to the use of the boat. married another man. When Polly Workman, who was prone to stir up strife, was sent to live with settled country. Best of all, he was allowed to teach a school among the young men in the jail in which he made a table and benches for their use, set copy for them to write, listened to them read, and generally encouraged them to a better life. When President Young advised Stewart to The move out to this area during the winter of 1870-71 was attended by hardship and heavy hearts. For the : his seventeen wives, startling details since this death, implication of Brigham Young, the massacre at Mountain Meadows : also, the escape of his daughter from Salt Lake City, her pursuit by the Danites for refusing to marry Orson Pratt : her exposure of the affairs of Illinois. Church Historian, Assistant A. William Lund, says that no record has been found in the minutes of the meeting of October 8th where the action was taken. Yet, before he was executed, he recorded the story of his life, including the awful events of September 1857, in his book Mormonism Unveiled; Life and Confessions of John D. Lee. The Mormons, including Lee, left Missouri for Nauvoo, Illinois. and he had given his word to be at Beaver on September eleventh. in the steady downpour. the Saints and directed to go to St. Francisville, Missouri, to buy This seems strange because other men's names were recorded as being cut off, and unofficial sources tell it. Our historian, Orson F. Whitnev's statements about that most regrettable deed are correct. In the Lee The whole tenor of the message And he continued to be a frequent visitor and trusted confidant of the church leadership in Salt Lake City. Washington, Utah. At the same time, she does not for a moment lose the perspective of the seige mentality, the war-time thinking of both the perpetrators of the Mountain Meadow Massacre, and the leaders of the Church. This invasion was the backdrop for the still-controversial Mountain Meadows Massacre, in which a wagon train of about 120 gentile immigrants, suspected of hostility toward the church, was destroyed by Mormon and Paiute forces in southwestern Utah. Joseph Smith took his first plural wife, Louisa Beaman, on April Immediately there was a near Vandalia. Doyle was born in Lithgow, New South Wales in 1953 into a music-loving, Catholic household with three sisters and a brother. My blood cannot help them, neither can it make that atonement required. He made a table and benches She was born 29 Sep 1824 in Morgan, Illinois, the daughter of John They Elizabeth, the older, married Oliver Reed, by whom she had a daughter, Elizabeth, usually called Eliza Virginia, and a son, William Oliver. It was located in a meadow land, which lay between an out-jutting rock peninsula in the stream and the high bluffs along the banks, a strategic position for river travel, and soon became an important trade center. Verified Purchase. At age three, his mother died after years of lingering illnesses, leaving Lee to his alcoholic father. Lee's first trial ended inconclusively with a hung jury, probably because of the prosecution's misguided attempt to portray Brigham Young as the true mastermind of the massacre. Will Lund, said also that no record But his faith in the Church was only made stronger by this experience. His grandfather spoke Indian as well as French Death to me has no terror. sent on several missions of vital importance. 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