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'''Swen Jacobs, his personal and family background, and his involvement of the Mountain Meadows Massacre'''
Swen Jacobs, his personal and family background, and his involvement of the Mountain Meadows Massacre.<br>Swen Jacobs (1823-1890)<br>Biographical Sketch<br><br>Svend Svendson (Swen Jacobs or Swen Johnson Jacobs) emigrated from Norway to the United States. He was 26 years old when he immigrated to Utah in 1849. (Heart Throbs of the West, 10:458; 11:423.) In the 1850s he was a pioneer in southern Utah.<br>In 1857, Swen Jacobs, 33, was an private in one of the platoons in the Iron County militia. He was not listed in the 1859 federal arrest warrant. However, John D. Lee identifies him as present at the massacre.<br>References: Carter, Heart Throbs of the West, 10:458; 11:423; Lee, Mormonism Unveiled; Lee Trial transcripts; Shirts and Shirts, A Trial Furnace: Southern Utah's Iron Mission, ; Walker, et al, Massacre at Mountain Meadows, Appendix C.&nbsp;<br>Further information and confirmation needed.<br>Please comment below or contact editor@1857ironcountymilitia.com.Thank you!
 
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'''Swen Jacobs
 
1823-1890'''
 
 
==Biographical Sketch==
===Early Life in Norway===
Svend Svendson (Swen Jacobs or Swen Johnson Jacobs) emigrated from Norway to the United States.  
 
===Immigration to America and onto Utah===
He was 26 years old when he immigrated to Utah in 1849. (Heart Throbs of the West, 10:458; 11:423.) In the 1850s he was a pioneer in southern Utah.
 
===In the Iron Military District: Private Swen Jacobs, Company E, Isaac Haight's 2nd Battalion===
In 1857, Swen Jacobs, 33, was an private in one of the platoons in the Iron County militia. He was not listed in the 1859 federal arrest warrant. However, John D. Lee identifies him as present at the massacre.
 
===Later Life===
 
==References==
Carter, ''Heart Throbs of the West,'' 10:458; 11:423; Lee, ''Mormonism Unveiled,'' ; Lee Trial transcripts; Shirts and Shirts, ''A Trial Furnace,'' ; Walker, et al, ''Massacre at Mountain Meadows,'' Appendix C.
 
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Swen Jacobs, his personal and family background, and his involvement of the Mountain Meadows Massacre


Swen Jacobs

1823-1890


Biographical Sketch

Early Life in Norway

Svend Svendson (Swen Jacobs or Swen Johnson Jacobs) emigrated from Norway to the United States.

Immigration to America and onto Utah

He was 26 years old when he immigrated to Utah in 1849. (Heart Throbs of the West, 10:458; 11:423.) In the 1850s he was a pioneer in southern Utah.

In the Iron Military District: Private Swen Jacobs, Company E, Isaac Haight's 2nd Battalion

In 1857, Swen Jacobs, 33, was an private in one of the platoons in the Iron County militia. He was not listed in the 1859 federal arrest warrant. However, John D. Lee identifies him as present at the massacre.

Later Life

References

Carter, Heart Throbs of the West, 10:458; 11:423; Lee, Mormonism Unveiled, ; Lee Trial transcripts; Shirts and Shirts, A Trial Furnace, ; Walker, et al, Massacre at Mountain Meadows, Appendix C.

Further information and confirmation needed. Please comment below or contact editor@1857ironcountymilitia.com.