David Rice Atchison

David Rice Atchison (1807-1886) was born 11 Aug. 1807 in Frogtown near Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky. He was the son of William Atchison and Catherine Allen. He warned Wilford Woodruff and the rest of Zion's Camp against returning to Liberty, Clay Co., Missouri in 1834. He died 26 Jan. 1886 in Gower, Clinton Co., Missouri.

Footnotes

David Rice Atchison (K4JG-CP6), "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 4 Feb. 2022). David Rice Atchison, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/david-rice-atchison, accessed 4 Feb. 2022). David Rice Atchison, The Joseph Smith Papers (https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/david-rice-atchison, accessed 11 Jan. 2022).

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    off from their peeled fingers while they were swaring that they could not go to fight "Joe Smith but what thare must be a Hail storm sent or some other Damned damned thin[g] kicked up to stop them["] and after the mob had had spent that Dreary night in the midst of the pelting storm, all their amunictian wet many of their Horses gone they were willing to return home & as soon as Arangements could be made this forlorn hope took the back tract to Jackson County & other places to Joined the ...