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Lee, John D. (John Doyle), 1812-1877

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1812 - 1877

Biographical History

John D. Lee (1812-1877) was a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and colonizer. He was executed for his participation in the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

Citation:
His Journals of John D. Lee, 1846-47 and 1859, 1984.

Wikipedia, website viewed 21 July 2011 (John D. Lee; John Doyle Lee; b. September 12, 1812 in Kaskaskia, Illinois territory; d. March 23, 1877, Mountain Meadows, Utah; Joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1838; mission to Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee; practiced plural marriage; farming and rancher in Utah; US Indian Agent in Iron County, Utah in 1856; member of the Utah Territorial Legislature, 1848; Member of the "Council of Fifty"; established a ferry crossing on the Colorado River called Lee's Ferry near his ranch which was named Lonely Dell Ranch; involved in the Mountain Meadows Massacre, September 1857)

Pioneers and prominent men of Utah; L.D.S. biographical dictionary

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Stewart L. Udall research on the Mountain Meadows Massacre

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6936
Abstract

Research papers of Stewart L. Udall regarding the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

Dates: 1950-2003
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Stewart L. Udall research on the Mountain Meadows Massacre

Utah's black Friday : history of the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230240787]
Identifier: MSS SC 402
Scope and Contents

Unpublished typewritten booklength history of the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

Dates: 1969
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Utah's black Friday : history of the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857

Mary Ann Hoopes Yearsley papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230240241]
Identifier: MSS SC 391
Scope and Contents

Materials include papers related primarily to Yearsley. Includes a holograph journal of a visit to her home state of Pennsylvania in 1872 and a printed life sketch compiled by James D. Cummings, a grandson, in 1914. Also includes her husband, David Dutton Yearsley's, missionary recommend signed by John D. Lee and Joseph Young, Nauvoo, Illinois, 1844. Dated 1844-1914.

Dates: 1844-1914
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mary Ann Hoopes Yearsley papers

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