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John Jacobs, his personal and family background, and his involvement in the Mountain Meadows Massacre<br>John Jacobs (1825-19 )<br>Biographical Sketch<br><br>John Jacobs was born in 1825, in Byglandsfjord, Berjnisley, Norway, the son of Sven Jacobsen and Johanna Johnsen.<br>In the 1840s, he accepted the message of the Mormon missionaries and decided to immigrate to American to Utah Territory. He and his mother traveled to Utah in 1849. By 1851, Jacobs had settled in Lehi. Two years later, he moved to the new settlement of Cedar City in southern Utah. He married Elizabeth Coleman, the daughter of Prime Coleman and Sarah Thornton. Between 1856 and 1869, they had ten children, six of whom survived to marriageable age.<br>In 1857, Jacobs, 31, was a private in one of the militia platoons in Cedar City. He was one of those in the ad hoc detachments formed in Cedar City that rode to the Mountain Meadows during the week of September 7. According to John D. Lee, Jacobs was at the fateful militia council on Thursday evening, September 10, at the Meadows. He was not listed in Judge Cradlebaugh's arrest warrant, perhaps because he had already left southern Utah.<br>In 1858, the Jacobs family moved back to Lehi. Jacobs was an Indian war veteran, participating in the Black Hawk War in the mid-1860s. In 1867, Jacob married Harriet Austin, the daughter of John Austinand Emma Grace. They had eleven children but many of them did not survive to adulthood.<br>References: FamilySearch.org; Fieldings, ed., The Tribune Reports of the Trials of John D. Lee; Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 956-957; Heart Throbs of the West, 10:458; 11:423; Lee, Mormonism Unveiled; Lee Trial transcripts; 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! | |||
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Revision as of 10:24, 9 June 2011
John Jacobs, his personal and family background, and his involvement in the Mountain Meadows Massacre
John Jacobs (1825-19 )
Biographical Sketch
John Jacobs was born in 1825, in Byglandsfjord, Berjnisley, Norway, the son of Sven Jacobsen and Johanna Johnsen.
In the 1840s, he accepted the message of the Mormon missionaries and decided to immigrate to American to Utah Territory. He and his mother traveled to Utah in 1849. By 1851, Jacobs had settled in Lehi. Two years later, he moved to the new settlement of Cedar City in southern Utah. He married Elizabeth Coleman, the daughter of Prime Coleman and Sarah Thornton. Between 1856 and 1869, they had ten children, six of whom survived to marriageable age.
In 1857, Jacobs, 31, was a private in one of the militia platoons in Cedar City. He was one of those in the ad hoc detachments formed in Cedar City that rode to the Mountain Meadows during the week of September 7. According to John D. Lee, Jacobs was at the fateful militia council on Thursday evening, September 10, at the Meadows. He was not listed in Judge Cradlebaugh's arrest warrant, perhaps because he had already left southern Utah.
In 1858, the Jacobs family moved back to Lehi. Jacobs was an Indian war veteran, participating in the Black Hawk War in the mid-1860s. In 1867, Jacob married Harriet Austin, the daughter of John Austinand Emma Grace. They had eleven children but many of them did not survive to adulthood.
References: FamilySearch.org; Fieldings, ed., The Tribune Reports of the Trials of John D. Lee; Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 956-957; Heart Throbs of the West, 10:458; 11:423; Lee, Mormonism Unveiled; Lee Trial transcripts; Walker, et al, Massacre at Mountain Meadows, Appendix C.
Further information and confirmation needed.
Please comment below or contact editor@1857ironcountymilitia.com.Thank you!
