| JOHN MANGUM, a MORMON SHOOTER AND CLUBBER, a private in the fourth Washington platoon in Harrison Pearce's Company I in John D. Lee's 4 th Battalion;
Born 1814 Came to Utah October, 1852, Jacob Bigler company. |
| In September 1857, Mangum, like his brother James, was a private in the fourth Washington platoon in Harrison Pearce's Company I in John D. Lee's 4 th Battalion. Mangum was among those recruited from Washington. According to Lee, John Mangum helped quiet Indians during mid-week. |
| He was listed in Judge John Cradlebaugh's 1859 arrest warrant. |
Married Mary Ann Adair in Mississippi (daughter of Samuel Adair), who was born 1817 Their children William, Laney and Martha, died, Francis, m James Mangum, Joseph Eslem, m Maria Lucinda Heath, John Wesley, m Martha Ann Smith, Lucinda, m James W Wilkin, Cyrus, m Unity Alexander, Harvey, twin of Cyrus, died, Abigail, m William Hamlin, Jr , Caroline, m James Wilkins, David Newton, m Elizabeth Thornton, Mary Ellen, m Ebenezer Cherry, Julia.
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Married Ellen Bargeley 1852, Payson , Utah (daughter of George and Ellen Bargeley) Their children George, m Jane Hamlin, Ellen, died Family home St. George , Utah. |
Married Ellen Bargeley 1852, Payson , Utah (daughter of George and Ellen Bargeley) Their children George, m Jane Hamlin, Ellen, died Family home St. George , Utah. |
| Information on the above Mormon Shooter and Clubber, was obtained from the following: Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, The 1857 Iron County Militia Project, Mountain Meadows Massacre Assassins, Lee and Shirts. |
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