Alexander William Doniphan, the Forgotten Man from Missouri

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Gregory P. Maynard
Brigham Young University - Provo
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ALEXANDER WILLIAM DONIPHAN THE FORGOTTEN
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PREFACE
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1 ANCESTRY AND EDUCATION 1
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THE DAWN OF SUCCESS 9
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liberty
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the mormons
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legislator
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courtship marriage
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conclusion
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family tragedy
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politicking
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senatorial candidate
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kansas
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SUMMARY AND 118
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doniphan
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richmond missouri law 116
donipha statue
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PREFACE
few men on the missouri frontier Iiinn the nineteenth century
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exemplified the quality of character integrity as well as did
alexander william doniphan whether in his capacity as lawyer
a
soldier legislator or friend he remained steadfast to his beliefs
and principles though often in the minority
military
several books have been written about doniphans
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experiences during the mexican war but surprisingly this is the only
part of his life which so far has been reported in great detail the
other aspects of his career have been treated only in a sketchy manner
it
is therefore the purpose of this paper to present in greater detail
those segments of ddoonniipphhaannst career which have been neglected for the
most part while the author realizes his limited ability at the present
justice history
time to do complete to the of alexander ddoonniipphhaafltayr
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first
this paper will bring together and integrate for the time the
little life personal
the facts about his
commonly known and known
letters newspapers journals ppuubblliec public addresses
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have been searched carefully in an effort to extract the facts and
character traits which best portrayed the man
although the major contribution of this paper wmiillll be the
synthesis of the life and career of doniphan aspects of his life
two
will be presented in much greater detail than heretofore reported
latterday
these areas will deal with doniphans relationship with the latter day
saints or mormons in the late 1830s and his activities during the civil
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war his biographers to date have totally neglected these areas
two
which play such a vital role in the uaunnnvvveeeaiilliiliinnnggg of the character of this
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man
although this biographer may be sympathetic with his subject
every effort has been made to present a balanced interpretation of the
facts as they are
known
deep appreciation is extended to dr thomas alexander dr
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eugene campbell aaannnddddadrrr alma burton for their helpful instruction
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in the preparation of this thesis to mr william eldridge judge
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elliott
kenneth dr robert J mathews and dr martin mayes for unself-
ishly sharing their owwnn research to make this thesis possible to mr
aaannndddmamrrrsss john dittmore who graciously provided me with room and board
during three weeks in missouri to mr russell dye mrs clara
my
chenault miss louise darneal mrs charles calvert and mrs charles
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hough for contributing to research to mr and mrs don bishop
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porter
mr parley neiley mr larry and mr don howard for aiding
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typist suffering
in the research to deborah maynard wife and for
my
through this tedious project
appreciation is also expressed to the following contributed
who
in locating information historical department of the LDS church
salt lake city the brigham young university library the william jewell
college library the kansas city library the department of history of
the rreeoorrggaanniizzeeddcchhuurrcchh of jesus christ of llaatttteerrday saints the state
day
historical society of missouri the missouri historical society the
utah state historical society the western historical manuscript
collection state historical society manuscripts and the office of
secretary state
of missouri
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doniphan
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CHAPTER 1
ANCESTRY AND EARLY YEARS
progenitors
by family tradition the name of doniphan is a corruption of
the spanish name don alfonso iepphhaann young cavalier by that name
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served under ferdinand and isabella at the battle of grenada in january
1492 for his gallantry on the field in defeating the moors he was
protestant
knighted however when he joined the movement he was
forced to leave spain because ooofdfttthhheee inquisition traveling by way of
holland and england he settled in scotland about 1674 sir alexander
virginia
doniphan descendant of alfonso iepphhaann emigrated to he
a don
settled
married margaret mott a scottish heiress and they in richmond
county virginia two of their six children were direct progenitors of
alexander william doniphan the subject of this study his great grand
fathers anne
father his side being mott doniphan married
on who
anderson their son alexander married and had a son named joseph
joseph married anne smith whose father was william smith in 1773
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william had married elizabeth doniphan the daughter of alexander
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doniphan and mary waugh alexander was mott ddoonniipphhaannst brother
while the early family history is very sketchy some facts are
about the life of alexander william doniphans father joseph
known
price sydneysmith ccclllaaaggreeettttttttpprriiccee
montgomery smith the sydney smith and
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ggeenneeaallogy strasburg publishing 47100
shenandoah house 1927 papp 47 100
see
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