- Gender
- Male
Jones, Dan
Biography
4 Aug. 1811–6 Jan. 1862. Steamboat owner and captain, farmer, mayor. Born in Flintshire, Wales. Son of Thomas Jones and Ruth. Married Jane Melling, 3 Jan. 1837, in Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales. Immigrated to U.S., ca. 1840. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by 1843. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spring 1843. Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge. Operated steamboat Maid of Iowa between Nauvoo and Montrose, Lee Co., Iowa Territory, 1843–1844. Served mission to Wales, 1844–1849. Migrated to Salt Lake Valley, 1849. Moved to Manti, Sanpete Co., Utah Territory, by 1850. Presided over Wales mission, 1852–1855. Moved to Provo, Utah Co., Utah Territory, by 1860. Died in Provo.
Links
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Introduction to Moffet Administrator of the Estate of JS and Moffet Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Ross
- JS’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- John Taylor, Martyrdom Account
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Letter from Dan Jones, 8 January 1844
- Letter from David S. Hollister, 8 January 1844
- Letter from David S. Hollister, 9 May 1844
- Letter from Erastus Derby, 9 October 1843
- License Record Book
- List of Witnesses, 26 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS and H. Smith for Treason ]
- Miscellaneous Notes [25–28 June 1844, 1843]
- Pay Order to Dan Jones for John Robinson, 23 September 1843