Monroe, James M., d.1851.

James M. Monroe, school teacher, was made a elder of the Mormon Church in 1842 and killed by Howard Egan in 1855.

James M. Monroe was baptized inot the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on October 3, 1841. He spent much of the next year serving on a mission in Utica, New York, before settling in Nauvoo, Illinois. He established a school in Nauvoo in August 1842, and counted the children of Joseph Smith and John Taylor among his pupils. In 1844 Monroe was made regent of the University of Nauvoo and appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Seventies' Library and Institute Association. Monroe lived for a time in the home of Howard Egan, who was a close friend of Joseph Smith. While Egan was away on one of his extended mining trips, Monroe began a relationship with one of Egan's three wives which resulted in the birth of illegitimate son. When Egan returned and discovered the situation, he confronted Monroe and shot him, a crime for which he was eventually acquitted. Monroe died of his injuries on September 21, 1851.

Conducted school in Nauvoo for children of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and others.