1. Hosea Stout was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement, a Mormon pioneer, soldier, chief of police, lawyer, missionary, and politician in Utah Territory.
16 Facts About Hosea Stout
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Hosea Stout was born in Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, into the large family of Joseph Hosea Stout and Ann Smith, both strict Quakers.
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In 1832, Hosea Stout enlisted with United States Mounted Ranger Battalion under Major Henry Dodge to fight in the Black Hawk War.
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Hosea Stout took a central role in the events of the 1838 Mormon War and fought in the Battle of Crooked River.
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Hosea Stout was further set apart as president of the eleventh Quorum of Seventies and made a member of the Council of Fifty, an organization created by Joseph Smith in preparation for the Second Coming of Christ.
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Samuel Smith's daughter and William Smith, who was the only surviving Smith brother, later alleged that Hosea Stout had poisoned Samuel under orders from Brigham Young and Willard Richards, members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
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However, Hosea Stout was never tried for this alleged crime and Smith's claims are disputed.
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An early Mormon pioneer, Stout arrived in the Salt Lake Valley as a member of Heber C Kimball's company in September 1848.
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Sometime after leaving Navuoo, Hosea Stout married additional wives, consistent with teachings and practices of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the time.
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In November 1856, Hosea Stout helped rescue a snowbound handcart company caught in Wyoming.
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Hosea Stout was arrested for the crime in 1871 and was incarcerated for six months at Fort Douglas before being released and acquitted.
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In 1877, Hosea Stout retired from public life due to poor health and died 11 years later near Salt Lake City.
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In Utah, Hosea Stout started a long career in both law and politics.
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Hosea Stout was elected to the Utah Territory's House of Representatives in 1849 and was a part of the delegation to create a constitution for the proposed State of Deseret.
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Hosea Stout served as the first Attorney General of Utah Territory, and in 1851, he was one of the first lawyers admitted to the bar of Utah.
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The Diary of Hosea Stout has become an invaluable resource for historians of the Latter Day Saints in the nineteenth century.