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* '''Mountain Meadows Massacre (1857)'''
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'''Philip Klingensmith''' was a convert to the LDS Church from Indiana and helped to settle Southern Utah, where by 1855 he became a bishop for the ward in [[Cedar City, Utah]].
In 1857 he was a participant in the Mountain Meadows massacre and by his own admission participated in the killing of members of the Arkansas wagon train. One of the surviving girls, he adopted into his own family, [[Priscilla Klingensmith (1855-1942)]].
Philip was so distraught about those events he turned state's evidence and testified against John D. Lee who was eventually convicted and executed for leading the massacre. In 1870 releasing a statement that became quite sensational in the whole affair. Because of this Philip and his family separated from the main church, first founding a small settlement [[Adventure, Utah]] (1860-1862) which was washed away in a flood and is now a ghost town. He moved to [[Lincoln County, Nevada]] and eventually to [[Kern County, California]].
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|children-g1=Sarah Ann Klingensmith (1842-1899) + Mary Klingensmith 1844-1845) + Moroni K. Klingensmith (1845-1867) + Hannah Henry Klingensmith (1847-1911) + Nancy Anne Klingensmith (1849-1938) + Keziah Klingensmith (1851-1871) + Lavina Klingensmith (1853-1940) + Donna Isura Klingensmith (1855-1856) + Donna Klingensmith (1856-1878) + John Henry Klingensmith (1858-1908) + Phillip Klingensmith (1858-1928) + Eliza Adelia Klingensmith (1860-1891) + Margaret Alice Klingensmith (1860-1941) + Melissa Mariah Klingensmith (1862-1867) + Ellen Adelia Klingensmith (1867-1928) + Helen Amelia Klingensmith (1867-1936)
|children-g2=Eliza Klingesmith (1855-1855) + Priscilla Klingensmith (1855-1942) + Mary Alice Klingensmith (1857-1937) + Betsey Ann Klingensmith (1859-1926) + Margaret Jane Klingensmith (1863-1936) + William Cattle Klingensmith (1865-1866)
|children-g3=Alfred Klingensmith (1858-1943) + Margaret Alice Klingensmith (1860-1941) + Elizabeth Klingensmith (1863-1951) + John Henry Klingensmith (1867-1874)
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* [[Klingensmith in Washington County, Utah]]
* [[Klingensmith in Kern County, California]]
* [https://www.geni.com/people/Philip-Klingensmith/6000000001687363136 Philip Klingensmith Jr] - Geni.com
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