| Jane Parish Lindsay Biography Notes & References | |
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| Note 1 | |
| The date of this interview has not been recorded, but must have taken place sometime between the ordination of John Dunn Lindsay as Bishop of the Byron Ward, Big Horn Stake, Wyoming, May 18, 1919, and the death of Jane Parish Lindsay, November 26, 1919. She clearly records her | |
| Note 2 | |
| The following is first-person, as dictated by Jane Parrish Lindsay. | |
| Note 3 | |
| "William T. Head, an officer in Captain Lawn's
company, and tarrying in Carthage, testified that he saw a certain man raise a large knife
to strike off the head of Joseph, when, all at once, and in the midst of a clear day, with
no cloud in sight, 'a terrible clap of thunder rolled heavily, and forked lightnings
flashed in the face of the murderers, and perfectly paralyzed a number of them. 'The ruffian, who had raised his knife and had sworn with a dreadful oath to take the head off Joseph, stood perfectly paralyzed, his arm uplifted with the knife suspended in air, and could not move a limb. His comrades carried him off, and all fled in terror from the scene.' These particulars, and many others, were related to me by brother Beckwith previous to his death, and afterwards by his widow and father-in-law, and others who were conversant with them, and are believed to be correct. - Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt |
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| Note 4 | |
| "David Ephraim Lindsay, a member of Big Horn Stake
High Council, is a son of Ephraim Lindsay and Jane Parish and was born November 20, 1845 ,
at Nauvoo, Hancock county, Illinois. He became a member of the Church in May, 1853, being
baptized by William Meirs. In March, 1886, he was ordained an Elder by Oliver Nichols. In
1881 he was ordained a High Priest and set apart as second counselor in the Bennington
Ward Bishopric, Bear Lake Stake. He went east in 1886* and brought a company of emigrants, being captain of the company. Elder Lindsay married Charlotte Ann Dunn, September 7, 1874, who has borne him eleven children, nine of whom are now living. His chief work has been lumbering and mining. He came to Utah in 1852 and has successfully lived in Box Elder and davis counties, Utah, Bear Lake county, Idaho, and in 1900 he went to the Big Horn valley, Wyoming, being among those who pioneered that section of the country." - Andrew Jenson, Latter-Day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, (*) - The original text records 1885, which is obviously incorrect. |
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| Note 5 | |
| John Dunn Lindsay, Bishop of the Byron Ward, Big Horn
Stake, Wyoming, from 1919 to 1924, was born February 18, 1885, in Bennington, Bear Lake
county, Idaho, the son of David Lindsay and Charlotte A. Dunn. He was baptized June 1,
1893, and ordained a High Priest and Bishop May 18, 1919, by Orson F. Whitney. - Andrew Jenson, Latter-Day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, |
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| End of first-person material. | |
