On October 30, 1838, a mob of around 240 local militiamen, including some Native Americans and non-Mormon settlers, attacked the small settlement of Haun's Mill, which was predominantly inhabited by Mormons. The militia members, who were part of a group known as the Missouri State Militia, were seeking revenge for perceived Mormon crimes in an eent that would be known as the Missouri Mormon War.
Those left behind to stand their ground suffered 11 wounded in addition to the 17 killed, which included two young boys.
George S. Richards, a fifteen-year-old convert to the Church, was living at Haun’s Mill in Missouri where several Mormon families had gathered in 1838. On 30 October 1838 young George was among those brutally murdered when a mob of anti-Mormons attacked the camp in the infamous Hauns Mill Massacre.
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