Ancestry/Genealogy

kestrel91316

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7. One of my g-g-g-grandfathers was head of the (ahem) "enforcement arm" of the early Mormon church,

Mon Mar 26, 2012, 02:48 PM

Mar 2012

aka the Danites. In addition to ridding the church of dissenters and men who didn't like to be cuckolded by Joe Smith and Brigham Young, he appears to have been directly involved in carrying out the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

To his credit, he eventually turned on the church and was excommunicated along with my g-g-grandfather (his son-in-law).

Oh and another g-g-g-grandfather and g-g-grandfather were involved in beating the cr-p out of some guy, why I have no idea. One was arrested but not charged. The other fled and apparently stayed out of that county for years. It didn't stop him from being an itinerant preacher and shoolteacher, though.

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