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| − | '''Philip Klingensmith''' was a convert to the LDS Church from Indiana and helped to settle Southern Utah, where by 1855 he became a bishop for the ward in [[Cedar City, Utah]]. |
+ | '''Philip Klingensmith''' was a convert to the LDS Church from Indiana and helped to settle Southern Utah, where by 1855 he became a bishop for the ward in [[Cedar City, Utah]]. |
| − | In 1857 he was a participant in the Mountain Meadows massacre and by his own admission participated in the killing of members of the Arkansas wagon train. One of the surviving girls, he adopted into his own family, [[Priscilla Klingensmith (1855-1942)]]. |
+ | In 1857 he was a participant in the Mountain Meadows massacre and by his own admission participated in the killing of members of the Arkansas wagon train. One of the surviving girls, he adopted into his own family, [[Priscilla Klingensmith (1855-1942)]]. |
| − | Philip was so distraught about those events he turned state's evidence and testified against John D. Lee who was eventually convicted and executed for leading the massacre. In 1870 releasing a statement that became quite sensational in the whole affair. Because of this Philip and his family separated from the main church, first founding a small settlement [[Adventure, Utah]] (1860-1862) which was washed away in a flood and is now a ghost town. He moved to [[Lincoln County, Nevada]] and eventually to [[Kern County, California]]. |
+ | Philip was so distraught about those events he turned state's evidence and testified against John D. Lee who was eventually convicted and executed for leading the massacre. In 1870 releasing a statement that became quite sensational in the whole affair. Because of this Philip and his family separated from the main church, first founding a small settlement [[Adventure, Utah]] (1860-1862) which was washed away in a flood and is now a ghost town. He moved to [[Lincoln County, Nevada]] and eventually to [[Kern County, California]]. |
| − | Rumor has it that Philip was killed in Sonora, Mexico by people involved with wanting vengence for his breaking that Silence Oath. Others say Philip died later of Natural causes. |
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| − | Some of Philip's children may have dropped the 'Klingen' part of Klingensmith when Philip was excomunicated from the L.D.S. Church for giving state's evidence in his part and others of the Mountain Meadows Massacre September 11, 1857. |
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