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Peter C. Klemgard

Leader of the armed party that captured the three dissenters in 1862, sentenced in March 1863 and pardoned.

On the roll
Klemgard, Peter C., in the 1861–62 roll of membership printed in 1886
June 1862
Taken at Kington Fort: printed as “Peter Klemgaard” in the Deseret News list of June 25, 1862, remanded to prison
Connected names on the roll
Jones, William J.; Banks, John; Cook, Richard

What the sources say

Led the armed party of about thirty that captured William Jones and his companions (Anderson, p. 99, as Klemgaard); named in the writs and the contempt citation (Anderson, pp. 101–8; Gems, p. 20); appointed to take charge of the firearms (Spirit Prevails, pp. 527–29). Sentenced in March 1863 and pardoned (Spirit Prevails, p. 7; Gems, p. 31).

Sources

  1. Anderson, C. LeRoy. Joseph Morris and the Saga of the Morrisites (Revisited). Logan: Utah State University Press, 2010. Pages cited: 99, 101, 105, 107–108, 137, 143.
  2. Morris, Joseph. The Spirit Prevails. San Francisco: George S. Dove and Company, 1886. Internet Archive. Pages cited: 6–7, 527–528.
  3. Eardley, John R. Gems of Inspiration. San Francisco: Joseph A. Dove, printer, 1899. Internet Archive. Pages cited: 20, 28, 31.
  4. Forscutt, Mark H. “Sketch of Joseph Morris.” Manuscript. Church History Library, MS 702. Cited by manuscript page. Pages cited: 53.
  5. Deseret News, June 25, 1862, p. 412.

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Rogers, Eric Paul, ed. “Peter C. Klemgard.” Morrisite.org. https://morrisite.org/person/peter-c-klemgard.html. Updated November 3, 2026.

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