JOHN MANGUM, a MORMON SHOOTER AND CLUBBER, a private in the fourth
Washington platoon in Harrison Pearce's Company I in John D. Lee's 4 th
Battalion; Born 1814 Came to Utah October, 1852, Jacob Bigler company.
In September 1857, Mangum, like his brother James, was a private in the
fourth Washington platoon in Harrison Pearce's Company I in John D. Lee's
4 th Battalion. Mangum was among those recruited from Washington.
According to Lee, John Mangum helped quiet Indians during mid-week.
He was listed in Judge John Cradlebaugh's 1859 arrest warrant.
Married Mary Ann Adair in Mississippi (daughter of Samuel Adair), who was born 1817 Their children William, Laney and Martha, died, Francis, m James Mangum, Joseph Eslem, m Maria Lucinda Heath, John Wesley, m Martha Ann Smith, Lucinda, m James W Wilkin, Cyrus, m Unity Alexander, Harvey, twin of Cyrus, died, Abigail, m William Hamlin, Jr , Caroline, m James Wilkins, David Newton, m Elizabeth Thornton, Mary Ellen, m Ebenezer Cherry, Julia.
Married Ellen Bargeley 1852, Payson , Utah (daughter of George and Ellen Bargeley) Their children George, m Jane Hamlin, Ellen, died Family home St. George , Utah.
Married Ellen Bargeley 1852, Payson , Utah (daughter of George and Ellen Bargeley) Their children George, m Jane Hamlin, Ellen, died Family home St. George , Utah.
