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<br>James Mangum (1820-1888)<br>Biographical Sketch<br><br>James Mangum was a native of rural Alabama with American forebears in Virginia. During his lifetime he moved west to frontier Utah.<br>Mangum was born in St. Clair County, Alabama. His earliest American forebears were from Boydton, Mecklenburg County in south-central Virginia, close to the border with North Carolina. His parents moved from Mecklenburg County to Warren County in southwest Ohio before moving south to St. Clair County, Alabama where Mangum was born.<br>Around 1844, Mangum married Eliza Jane Clark (1827-1862), a native of Green County, Alabama. Mangum and his wife as well as his mother and many of his siblings joined the Mormons and immigrated to Utah. Mangum arrived in 1847. In the early years, he plied his trade as a millwright, operating saw and grist mills on Mill Creek in Great Salt Lake City and later at Provo and Payson. By the early 1850s, he and his family had settled in Payson in central Utah.<br>In 1857, many in the Mangum clan joined other Southerners in Washington County in southern Utah where they intended to found a Cotton Mission in Utah's "Dixie".<br>In September 1857, Mangum, 37, was a private in the fourth Washington platoon in Harrison Pearce’sCompany I in John D. Lee’s 4th Battalion. Mangum was among those recruited from Washington to muster to Mountain Meadows. William Young and John D. Lee later stated that Mangum was present at Mountain Meadows. His exact role in the massacre is unknown. He was listed in the Judge John Cradlebaugh's 1859 arrest warrant.<br>In 1859, he married Rebecca Frances Mangum (1843-1928), a Mississippi native (and possibly his niece, a daughter of his brother John Mangum III). In 1861, he married Mary Ann Smith (1844-1912), who was born in Hancock County, Illinois but whose forebears were from Tennessee and Georgia. They remained in Washington through the 1860s. Evidently, they relocated to Kane County, Utah during the 1870s. Later, Mangum moved to Apache County, Arizona where he died in 1888. He was survived by his second and third wives and numerous children. <br>References: Alder and Brooks, The History of Washington County; Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 1021; Lee,Mormonism Unveiled; Lee Trial transcripts; New.FamilySearch.org; Walker, et al, Massacre at Mountain Meadows, Appendix C.<br>Further information and confirmation needed.<br>Please comment below or contact editor@1857ironcountymilitia.com.Thank you!<div><br></div> | |||
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Revision as of 10:34, 9 June 2011
James Mangum, his personal and family background, and his involvement in the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
James Mangum (1820-1888)
Biographical Sketch
James Mangum was a native of rural Alabama with American forebears in Virginia. During his lifetime he moved west to frontier Utah.
Mangum was born in St. Clair County, Alabama. His earliest American forebears were from Boydton, Mecklenburg County in south-central Virginia, close to the border with North Carolina. His parents moved from Mecklenburg County to Warren County in southwest Ohio before moving south to St. Clair County, Alabama where Mangum was born.
Around 1844, Mangum married Eliza Jane Clark (1827-1862), a native of Green County, Alabama. Mangum and his wife as well as his mother and many of his siblings joined the Mormons and immigrated to Utah. Mangum arrived in 1847. In the early years, he plied his trade as a millwright, operating saw and grist mills on Mill Creek in Great Salt Lake City and later at Provo and Payson. By the early 1850s, he and his family had settled in Payson in central Utah.
In 1857, many in the Mangum clan joined other Southerners in Washington County in southern Utah where they intended to found a Cotton Mission in Utah's "Dixie".
In September 1857, Mangum, 37, was a private in the fourth Washington platoon in Harrison Pearce’sCompany I in John D. Lee’s 4th Battalion. Mangum was among those recruited from Washington to muster to Mountain Meadows. William Young and John D. Lee later stated that Mangum was present at Mountain Meadows. His exact role in the massacre is unknown. He was listed in the Judge John Cradlebaugh's 1859 arrest warrant.
In 1859, he married Rebecca Frances Mangum (1843-1928), a Mississippi native (and possibly his niece, a daughter of his brother John Mangum III). In 1861, he married Mary Ann Smith (1844-1912), who was born in Hancock County, Illinois but whose forebears were from Tennessee and Georgia. They remained in Washington through the 1860s. Evidently, they relocated to Kane County, Utah during the 1870s. Later, Mangum moved to Apache County, Arizona where he died in 1888. He was survived by his second and third wives and numerous children.
References: Alder and Brooks, The History of Washington County; Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 1021; Lee,Mormonism Unveiled; Lee Trial transcripts; New.FamilySearch.org; Walker, et al, Massacre at Mountain Meadows, Appendix C.
Further information and confirmation needed.
Please comment below or contact editor@1857ironcountymilitia.com.Thank you!
