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John Doyle Lee (September 6, 1812 – March 23, 1877) was an American pioneer, and prominent early member of the Latter Day Saint Movement in Utah.Lee was later excommunicated from the Church and convicted of mass murder for his complicity in the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre.
Mormonism Unveiled; or The Life and Confessions of the Late Mormon Bishop, John D. Lee (Written by Himself) is a book by John D. Lee, first published in 1877, just after the author's execution for his complicity in the Mountain Meadows massacre. It was dictated to, and edited by, Lee's attorney, William W. Bishop. [1]
The first semi-official public statement by a church official concerning the massacre was by George Q. Cannon, then president of the LDS California Mission.In the October 13, 1857 edition of Cannon's San Francisco newspaper The Western Standard, Cannon responded to initial news reports of involvement by Mormons by charging the responsible journalists with writing "reckless and malignant ...
John Gano (1727–1804, US), founding pastor of the First Baptist Church in the City of New York, chaplain in the Continental Army, and alleged baptizer of General George Washington [103] John Gill (1697–1771, US), pastor and theologian [104] Benjamin Godwin (1785–1881, E), abolitionist leader in Bradford
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Hickman was baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1839 by John D. Lee. He later served as a personal bodyguard for Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. Hickman was reputedly a member of the Danites. In April 1854, Hickman was asked by Young to go to Green River and establish a ferry under church ownership. Hickman found the ...
Ann Lee (29 February 1736 – 8 September 1784), commonly known as Mother Ann Lee, was the founding leader of the Shakers, later changed to United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing following her death. She was born during a time of the Evangelical revival in England, and became a figure that greatly influenced religion at this ...
In particular, John D. Lee's 1877 "Confessions" states, speaking about the 1842–43 period: During the winter Joseph, the Prophet, set a man by the name of Udney Hay Jacob to select from the Old Bible scriptures as pertained to polygamy, or celestial marriage, to write it in pamphlet form, and to advocate that doctrine.