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James Adams (1783-1843) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn., January
24, 1783.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; one
of the first nine men to receive the "Endowment" ordinance from
Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church; participated in a
long-running newspaper battle with Abraham
Lincoln, over the transfer of a city lot; probate judge in
Illinois; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1834.
Mormon. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of cholera,
in Nauvoo, Hancock
County, Ill., August
11, 1843 (age 60 years, 199
days).
Interment at Old
Nauvoo Burial Grounds, Nauvoo, Ill.
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Cecil Landau Heftel (b. 1924) —
also known as Cecil Heftel —
of Hawaii.
Born in Illinois, 1924.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Hawaii, 1970; U.S.
Representative from Hawaii 1st District, 1977-86; candidate in
primary for Governor of
Hawaii, 1986.
Mormon. Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 1998.
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David Matthew Kennedy (1905-1996) —
also known as David M. Kennedy —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Randolph, Rich
County, Utah, July 21,
1905.
Son of George Kennedy and Katherine Kennedy.
Economist;
banker;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1969-71; U.S. Ambassador to , 1971-73.
Mormon. Member, American
Economic Association; Pi Gamma
Mu.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, May 1,
1996 (age 90 years, 285
days).
Interment at Randolph
Cemetery, Randolph, Utah.
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John Doyle Lee (1812-1877) —
also known as John D. Lee —
Born in Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill., September
12, 1812.
Member of Utah
territorial House of Representatives, 1858.
Mormon.
Involved in the Mountain Meadows massacre on September 11, 1857, when
a Mormon militia and/or Paiute Indian tribesmen (accounts differ)
slaughtered about 120 settlers who had been traveling through Utah by
wagon train; indicted
for murder
almost twenty years later, and tried in
1875; the first trial ended in a hung jury; retried
in 1876; convicted
and sentenced to
death; released for a time in order to settle his business
affairs; executed
by firing squad, at Mountain Meadows, Washington
County, Utah, March 23,
1877 (age 64 years, 192
days).
Interment at Panguitch
Cemetery, Panguitch, Utah.
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Calvin Crane Pendleton (1811-1873) —
also known as Calvin C. Pendleton —
of Nauvoo, Hancock
County, Ill.; Parowan, Iron
County, Utah.
Born in Hope, Knox
County, Maine, August
25, 1811.
Son of Job Pendleton (1782-1847) and Betsey (Crane) Pendleton
(1790-1859).
Physician;
probate judge in Utah, 1853-55; member of Utah
territorial legislature, 1854; Iron
County Recorder, 1855-65.
Mormon.
Died in Parowan, Iron
County, Utah, April 21,
1873 (age 61 years, 239
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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