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As a result of the Mountain Meadows tragedy, the Harmony Ward minute book contained the following conceming John D. Lee:
March 5, 1864: Bishop Lunt was present. John D. Lee tendered his resignation as President of the Branch [Harmony] because of much dissatisfaction among the people toward him. Elder James H. Imlay was selected and set apart to succeed him as (Eiranch) President. Bishop Henry Lunt set Mr. Imlay apart.I5 Three days before Henry was in Harmony his third wife, Ann Gower Lunt, had her first child, a girl, bom March 3, 1864. They named her Jane Gower Lunt. Later in the year on November 8, 1864, Mary Ann, Henry's second wife, had her fourth child which was a boy. They named him Randle Wilson Lunt. Living in the tiny settlement of H m o n y was not easy. John D. Lee wrote about an experience which had a great effect on him, It was after a raging winter storm had damaged his adobe house, "Bishop Lunt, Brother Higbee and Brother Haight carne during the storm and were afraid to stay ovemight-went to Kanarra, but the prospect was not much better. Another night of gloom and darkness." The storm which Lee wrote about continued and two of his children were killed when a section of wall crashed through the upstairs floor where they were asleep in their beds.16 The Church was anxious to see the "Cotton Mission" succeed. They started producing cotton, but problems caused delays. Despite the fact that cotton and other desirables were produced, the colony was not on a sure economic footing. It was clear that the mission would not be a success until a factory was constnicted which could produce quaiity cotton goods. Some cotton was made up into clothing i the region, some was sold i Salt Lake City in exchange for grain n n and supplies, some was fieighted to the Missoun River, but the bulk of it could not be disposed of because of the lack of a factory There was a small cotton mil1 in Parowan which was built at the specific request of Brigharn Young. By September it was reported to be maktng thnty-five pounds of s e ~ c e a b i yam per day. The following e
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| Title | Henry Lunt: biography and history of the development of Southern Utah and settling of Colonia Pacheco, Mexico |
| Creator | Jones, Evelyn K. |
| Subject | Lunt, Henry, 1824-1902; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Biography of Henry Lunt, including the early settlement of Cedar City, Utah and establishment of the Iron Works. |
| Source | Henry Lunt |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1996 |
| Type | Image; Still image |
| Format | image/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Contributors | Researched by: Jones, York F., 1925- |
| Publisher | Published by the author: Jones, Evelyn K. |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lunt.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 1072.cpd |
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