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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
papers
- Maid of Iowa List of Debts, 12 May 1843
- Maid of Iowa List of Debts, 2–11 May 1844
- Agreement with Dan Jones and Levi Moffet, 12 May 1843
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Claim, circa August 1844 [ E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS ]
- 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 E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS
- Introduction to Moffet Administrator of the Estate of JS
- Introduction to Steamboat Maid of Iowa
- John Taylor, Martyrdom Account
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- 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
- Letter to Editor, 15 April 1843
- Letter to Editor, 15 April 1843, Initial Draft
- Letter to Editor, 15 April 1843, Second Draft
- Letter to Editor, 22–circa 27 April 1843, Copy of Initial Draft
- Letter to Editor, 22–circa 27 April 1843, Initial Draft
- License Record Book
- List of Witnesses, 26 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS and H. Smith for Treason ]
- Minutes, 19 April 1843
- Miscellaneous Notes [25–28 June 1844, 1843]
- Ordinance, 1 June 1843–A, as Recorded in Nauvoo City Council Minute Book
- Pay Order to Dan Jones for John Robinson, 23 September 1843
- Pay Order, 25 August 1844 [ E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS ]
- Pay Order, Taylor & Woodruff to Dan Jones for P. T. Rolfe and Others, 17 June 1843
- Pay Order, circa August 1844 [ E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS ]
- Schedule of Accounts, circa 14 January 1845 [ Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS ]
- Statement of Account from Maid of Iowa, May 1843–May 1844
- Statement of Account from Maid of Iowa, circa 12 May 1843
- Statement of Account from Maid of Iowa, December 1842–January 1843
- Statement of Account from Dan Jones & Company, circa 8 January 1844
- Statement of Account, Foster & Pickering to Maid of Iowa, 1 June 1843
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- Tithing Daybook B
- Gender
- Male