Dame, William Horne, 1819-1884
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William Horne Dame (1819-1884) is best known as a Mormon Church leader and colonel in the Utah Militia in Parowan, Utah at the time of the Mountain Meadows Massacre in 1857. He later served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to England.
From the description of William Dame diary, 1860-1861. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367731518
Mormon pioneer and politician who served as president of the Parowan Stake and as a colonel in the Utah Militia.
From the description of Certificates and a letter, 1856-1858. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367408272
From the guide to the William Horne Dame certificates and a letter, 1856-1858, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)
Dame was a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to England.
From the description of Diary, 1860-1861. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 54427209
Following the instructions and appointment given him by the Utah Territorial government as published in the Deseret News (Salt Lake City) volume 7, no. 6. William H. Dame organized the Iron County Military District, an area embracing Beaver, Iron, and Washington Counties in Southern utah. This document is the Roster of that intial organization and it contains the names and platoons of the some 450 men, ages about 16 to 60, where assigned, and who their officers were. The companies were organized on 6 June 1857. This is the most comprehensive list of militia members in southern Utah prior to the massacre at Mountain Meadows on 11 September 1857. Another listing was made in October 1857 and it is housed in the Utah Territorial Militia Collection of the Utha State Archives in Salt Lake City. There are differences in the two lists.
From the description of Utah Territorial Militia (Nauvoo Legion), Iron County Militia Roster, 1857 June. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 51601301
Mormon pioneer and politician, who served as president of the Parowan Stake and as a colonel in the Utah Militia.
From the description of Papers, 1854-1878. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367407810
Pioneer to Parowan, Utah.
From the description of Papers. (Southern Utah University). WorldCat record id: 122645904
Mormon Church leader and colonel in the Utah Militia in Parowan, Utah.
From the description of Diaries, 1854-1858. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122630869
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- Religion
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- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Courts
- Government, Law and Politics
- Mormon Church
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- Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
- Mormon missionaries
- Mormons
- Mormons
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- Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857
- Territorial Government
- Utah Expedition, 1857-1858
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- Beaver County (Utah) (as recorded)
- Parowan (Utah) (as recorded)
- Parowan (Utah) (as recorded)
- Iron County (Utah) (as recorded)
- Iron County (Utah) (as recorded)
- Cedar City (Utah) (as recorded)
- Utah--Parowan (as recorded)
- Utah (as recorded)
- Parowan (Utah) (as recorded)
- Utah--Parowan (as recorded)
- Iron County (Utah) (as recorded)
- England (as recorded)
- Utah--Iron County (as recorded)
- Iron County (Utah) (as recorded)
- Iron County (Utah) (as recorded)
- Parowan (Utah) (as recorded)
- Iron County (Utah) (as recorded)
- Parowan (Utah) (as recorded)
- Utah (as recorded)
- Iron County (Utah) (as recorded)
- Parowan (Utah) (as recorded)
- England (as recorded)
- Utah--Parowan (as recorded)
- Utah--Iron County (as recorded)
- New Harmony (Utah) (as recorded)
- Parowan (Utah) (as recorded)
- England (as recorded)
- Washington County (Utah) (as recorded)
- England (as recorded)
- Iron County (Utah) (as recorded)
