Daniel Webster Jones (Mormon)

Daniel Webster Jones was an American and Mormon pioneer. He was the leader of the group that colonized what eventually became Mesa, Arizona, made the first translation of selections of The Book of Mormon into Spanish, led the first Mormon missionary expedition into Mexico, dealt frequently with the American Indians, and was the leader of the group that heroically wintered at Devils Gate during the rescue of the stranded handcart companies in 1856.

Jones was bornAugust 1830 in Booneslick, Howard County, Missouri. Orphaned at the age of 12, he joined a group of volunteers to fight in the MexicanAmerican War in 1847. Following the war, he remained in Mexico for a number of years, learning Spanish, and while taking part in many ways in the wild, reckless life that was common in that land, still he longed for something. When a sheepherding expedition bound for California departed in 1850, he left with them.

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