| LC control no. | n 80165648 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lee, John D. (John Doyle), 1812-1877 |
| Variant(s) | Lee, John Doyle, 1812-1877 |
| Birth date | 18120912 |
| Death date | 18770323 |
| Place of birth | Kaskaskia, Ill. |
| Place of death | Mountain Meadow, Utah |
| Affiliation | Utah Territorial Legislature Mountain Meadows Massacre Lee's Ferry Council of Fifty Lonely Dell Ranch |
| Profession or occupation | farmer rancher ferry operator |
| Found in | His Journals of John D. Lee, 1846-47 and 1859, 1984. Wikipedia, website viewed 21 July 2011 (John D. Lee; John Doyle Lee; b. September 12, 1812 in Kaskaskia, Illinois territory; d. March 23, 1877, Mountain Meadows, Utah; Joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1838; mission to Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee; practiced plural marriage; farming and rancher in Utah; US Indian Agent in Iron County, Utah in 1856; member of the Utah Territorial Legislature, 1848; Member of the "Council of Fifty"; established a ferry crossing on the Colorado River called Lee's Ferry near his ranch which was named Lonely Dell Ranch; involved in the Mountain Meadows Massacre, September 1857) |
| Not found in | Pioneers and prominent men of Utah; L.D.S. biographical dictionary |
| Associated language | eng |
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