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Newsletter # 16, page 3, July 1993 William Allred Submitted by: Faun Patterson (William, William, Thomas) Following are excerpts from a history of William Allred (brother of Isaac and James) written by Wallace P. Allred. William Allred was born 19 Jan 1790, Franklin County, Georgia to William Allred and Elizabeth Thrasher. He married Sarah Warren, 5 March 1813 in Tennessee. After leaving Bedford County, TN, the three Allred brothers and their families settled on the Salt River in Monroe County, Missouri. They later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (commonly called Mormon Church or LDS Church) and a branch of the Church was organized and called the Salt River Branch. These families and all other members of the LDS Church were persecuted and driven from place to place because of their beliefs and suffered many hardships. William was a Captain in the Militia to try and keep peace and order, which made it necessary to be away from home, leaving Sarah to care for the family, the animals and to work in the fields. On one occasion, trouble was brewing in Diahman and mobs were gathering to attack Mormon settlements in the area. On Sunday, Sept. 9, 1838, Captain William Allred took a company of ten mounted men and went to intercept a team and wagon carrying guns and ammunition sent from Richmond to the mob in Davis County. They took the three men who were in charge and the supplies to Far West where the men were placed in custody. Captain Allred acted under the Civil Authorities in Caldwell who issued the writ for securing the arms and arresting the carriers. This was good news to the inhabitants but made William a marked man. In November 1838, the Diahman Saints were expelled from Davis County by General Wilson of the Missouri State Militia. Again they left their homes, their crops and herds to go to Far West, Caldwell County. In this action thirty lost their lives, with about one hundred missing and about sixty taken prisoner and delivered to Richmond Prison. Among those taken prisoners were many Church leaders, William Allred and Martin C. Allred, the son of James Allred. Sunday, November 11, 1838, the Prophet Joseph Smith wrote: "While in Richmond we were under the charge of Colonel Price of Charlton County, who allowed all manner of abuses to be heaped upon us. During this time my afflictions were great and our situation was truly painful." It was winter and the Saints had agreed to leave Far West and Diahman areas and try to recoup in Quincy, Illinois. The exodus began Feb 6th with William and his family a part of this with virtually all they possessed - to being again. From Quincy they went to Nauvoo where, for their protection, William was given a new field of labor in Pike County, Illinois. He was ordained a Bishop by Hyrum Smith to preside over the Saints in Pleasant Vale, a small community west of Pittsfield, Pike County, Ill. William was returning to his field of labor, after attending conferences in Nauvoo, when he was met by a mob and badly beaten. It is recorded that he died July 1841 in Quincy from injuries he suffered in that beating. He left eleven children ranging in age from twenty-six to one year and a wife expecting a child who died at birth in 1842. With the help of his brother, James, the family stayed together after the Nauvoo expulsion and most journeyed by wagon or cart to the Salt Lake Valley. He was a loving husband and father, a hard worker and a brave and noble man. My great grandfather was John Jones Allred, the second son of William. John Came west with David H. Cannon Company in 1861 and settled in Springdale, Washington County area. In 1868 his wife, Mary Bridgman, gave birth to my grandfather, Edward Warren Allred. |
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