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Position:Home>Genealogy> Mormons hotly pursued my ancestors when they refused polygamy?Question: Mormons hotly pursued my ancestors when they refused polygamy!? does anyone know about Hannah Coburn and her involvement with the Mormons!.!.!. I am trying to back up some family lore!.!.!. =) Supposedly, she fled the mormons in Salt Lake City Utah shortly after Brigham Young declared polygamy!. As, the story goes, she and her family were hotly pursued to the state border by zealous mormons!. I would love to substantiate this story!.!.!. =)Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I actually just read an entry on a website that relates to this!. Basically, no one ever left the Mormons!. In 1855, some people did, including 100 polygamist wives (possibly your ancestor!?)!. http://www!.americanheritage!.com/blog/ A little more is found here: http://www!.millardcounty!.com/massacre!.ht!.!.!. "Another complication was created by the involvement of soldiers and Mormon women through the winter!. When the soldiers left for California in the spring, nearly 100 Mormon women, anxious to escape polygamy, left with them!. To inform the public of the Mormon side of this confrontation, Brigham Young had many affidavits created, charging the soldiers and non-Mormon public officials with drunkenness, gambling, sexual abuses and other irregularities!." http://books!.google!.com/books!?id=lRrWqLh!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com At this point I observed a secret Mormon meeting was called, and my conclusion was that they were forming a treaty!. However, this was not the case!. Their plan was to form a club called "Danites!." Those were of the rough class of people; those who, through good fortune, rather than good management, escaped from the law of justice and found protection in the Mormon church!. Of what the ceremony of initiating members consisted, I am not able to say, as this was a profound secret!. This club formed their own laws and customs, and each officer and member was apprised of each one's success or defeat!. The mission of Danites is to rob, murder and steal, or do any wicked act, especially to those who leave the church!. Nothing is considered too hostile for one who leaves the Mormon church!. "Better not to have known the way, than after they have known it to depart from it!." This is their maxim, and general principle throughout the church; and this principle is just as unalterable as the laws of the Medes and Persians -- among the Mormons!. From Emily M Coburn Austin http://www!.olivercowdery!.com/smithhome/1!.!.!. You can read further stories http://books!.google!.com/books!?ct=result&!.!.!. and look for CoburnsWww@QuestionHome@Com |