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Biographical History
Baldwin Harvey Watts (1835-1928) was a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and polygamist living in Kanosh, Utah.
Baldwin Harvey Watts was born on April 10, 1835, in Raymond, Mississippi, to Robert Harrison Watts and Elizabeth Heath. In 1842 he moved with his parent to Nauvoo, Illinois. They joined the exodus of the Saints in 1846 and eventually arrived in Utah in 1850, where they located on the Weber River south of Ogden.
In 1855, Watts was called with 26 other men to establish Fort Lemhi on the Salmon River in present-day Idaho. That fall he married Barbara Jane Levi, and together they had seven children, four of whom lived to adulthood. Watts returned to Fort Lemhi in 1857 and was present when the fort was attacked by a local band of Native Americans. Upon his safe return, Watts and his wife moved from Ogden to Springville, where they lived until July 1865, when they returned to Ogden.
In November 1867, Watts moved south to Kanosh. On April 6, 1874, he was called on a mission to England. On April 10, 1876, he married his second wife, Emma Whedon, at Salt Lake City, Utah, with whom he had seven children. Watts was imprisoned for polygamy from 1888 to 1889.
Baldwin Harvey Watts died on December 2, 1928, in Kanosh, Utah.
Citation:
Find-a-Grave, via WWW, July 31, 2018 (Baldwin Harvey Watts; b. Apr. 10, 1835, in Raymond, Miss.; parents: Robert Harrison Watts and Elizabeth Heath; 1842, moved with his parents to Nauvoo, Ill.; joined the exodus of the Saints in 1846; eventually arrived in Utah in 1850; settled on the Weber River south of Ogden; 1855, called with 26 other men to establish Fort Lemhi on the Salmon River in present-day Idaho; fall 1855, m. Barbara Jane Levi, seven children (four of whom lived to adulthood); returned to Fort Lemhi in 1857; present when fort was attacked by a local band of Native Americans; after return, moved from Ogden to Springville, Utah; returned to Ogden, July 1865; Nov. 1867, moved to Kanosh, Utah; April 6, 1874, called on mission to England; April 10, 1876, he married his second wife, Emma Whedon, at Salt Lake City, Utah, seven children; imprisoned for polygamy, 1888-1889; d. Dec. 2, 1928, in Kanosh, Utah)
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Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230232347]
Identifier: MSS 486
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diary and prison records. Watts kept the diary while serving on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Bristol, England, area in 1875. Also included are records relating to Watts' incarceration in the Utah prison for polygamy in 1888. Watts compiled a list of 668 men imprisoned for polygamy from 1884 to 1889. He included the date of sentencing, the length of the sentence, and the age of the prisoners. He also lists each man's home town. Also...
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1875-1889
