About William H. Dame
Lived 1819 – 1884 (aged 65). William H. Dame was an American politician.
Colonel William Horne Dame (July 1819 – August 1884) was an American politician and Mormon military commander. He was one of the perpetrators of the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
Biography William Horne Dame was born in July 1819 in Farmington, New Hampshire to Jeremiah and Susan Horne Dame. In 1841, he was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Dame served as mayor of Parowan, Utah. He was a colonel, and controlled the military in Iron County, Utah. along with John D. Lee. In 1854, Dame and Haight said that they received a patriarchal blessing to massacre the Native Americans as redemption of Zion. During the Mountain Meadows Massacre, he ordered the women to be stripped, which they were. Dame was acquitted of his charges.
Dame died of paralysis in August 1884, aged 65.
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American politician (1819-1884)
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William H. Dame was born on 15 July 1819.
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William H. Dame died on 16 August 1884.
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William H. Dame was a politician.
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William H. Dame was American.
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