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 1 Collection or Record:
Collins Rowe Hakes letter
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336254]
Identifier: MSS 466
Scope and Contents
Typewritten letter addressed "to whom it may concern: and especially my own family." The item was written in Mesa, Arizona, and dated 24 April 1916. It was copied by S. C. Richardson on 1 June 1931. Hakes heard of the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857 before he moved to Parowan, Utah, in 1858. He writes with the intention of showing that Brigham Young, second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had nothing to do with the massacre. He quotes Young as saying to...
Dates:
1916