Mormon History, 1847

(Jesse Knight) Jesse's father died crossing the plains in . Brigham Young appointed a family to care for one of Lydia's wagons and ox teams, but when they arrived in Utah the family insisted that President Young had given them the wagon and oxen. Despite pleas to the Church president, the property was never returned, and Jesse remained disaffected from the Church for nearly forty years as a result. 1847

[source: Van Wagoner, Richard and Walker, Steven C., A Book of Mormons, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]

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