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Show HISTORY OF SANPETE COUNTY. 63 September 20. John D. Lee was convicted of murder degree for connection with the Mountain Meadow massacre. October 10. Judge Jacob Boreman sentenced John D. Lee to be shot on Friday, January 26, 1877. November. At the general election held this year, in the first Hon. George Q. Cannon received 1,921 and Hon. R. N. Raskin 10 votes, in Sanpete county, for Delegate to Congress. 1877. March Meadow. 23. April 20. April 21. John D. Lee was executed at Mountain Ground was broken for the Manti temple. The site for the Manti temple was dedi- cated. July Peterson 4. Sanpete Stake was organized, with Canute Henry Beal and John B. Maiben president, counsellors. July 10. Mayfield was organized as a ward, with Ole C. Olsen bishop. August 20. President Brigham Young died at his residence in Salt Lake City. September. Joseph S. McMillan and wife opened a Presbyterian mission school in Manti. October. Miss M. Fishback of Illinois took charge of a Presbyterian mission school opened in Ephraim by J. S. McMillan. 1878. June 22. Eleven persons were drowned in Funk's Lake. November 15. Hon. James A. Allred was appointed Probate Judge of Sanpete county. November 16. Orson Hyde died at Spring City. November. Hon. George Q. Cannon was the only |
