Joseph WARTHEN joined the LDS (Mormon) Church about the year 1831 in Ohio, although his exact baptism date, location, and circumstances are unknown. He met his wife, Lutitia SHEARER, in Pike County, Illinois and they were married there March 14, 1841. They moved to Nauvoo, Illinois where he owned a meat market and livery stable and was an ordinance worker in the Nauvoo Endowment House. He was also one of the guards of the city, and went into hiding from the mob after Joseph Smith was killed. Joseph and Lutitia came with pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley in 1850, and soon moved to Provo, where Joseph again owned a meat market and livery stable.
Family stories say that by 1852 Joseph was fed up with all the moves ordered by Brigham Young, who after they arrived in Utah had asked the Warthens to move to Provo, then asked them to move again, to southern Utah. Apparently words were exchanged between the two men. Joseph decided to relocate to California where his brother Albert (Alban Jr.) lived. Before he could get ready and depart, he was murdered by an unknown assailant in Provo April 28, 1852. There is a marker for him in the Springville Cemetery with his wife Lutitia, but he is not buried there; he was perhaps buried at the old "Temple Hill" Cemetery in Provo, where BYU's Maeser Building now stands.
Family stories say that by 1852 Joseph was fed up with all the moves ordered by Brigham Young, who after they arrived in Utah had asked the Warthens to move to Provo, then asked them to move again, to southern Utah. Apparently words were exchanged between the two men. Joseph decided to relocate to California where his brother Albert (Alban Jr.) lived. Before he could get ready and depart, he was murdered by an unknown assailant in Provo April 28, 1852. There is a marker for him in the Springville Cemetery with his wife Lutitia, but he is not buried there; he was perhaps buried at the old "Temple Hill" Cemetery in Provo, where BYU's Maeser Building now stands.
Joseph WARTHEN joined the LDS (Mormon) Church about the year 1831 in Ohio, although his exact baptism date, location, and circumstances are unknown. He met his wife, Lutitia SHEARER, in Pike County, Illinois and they were married there March 14, 1841. They moved to Nauvoo, Illinois where he owned a meat market and livery stable and was an ordinance worker in the Nauvoo Endowment House. He was also one of the guards of the city, and went into hiding from the mob after Joseph Smith was killed. Joseph and Lutitia came with pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley in 1850, and soon moved to Provo, where Joseph again owned a meat market and livery stable.
Family stories say that by 1852 Joseph was fed up with all the moves ordered by Brigham Young, who after they arrived in Utah had asked the Warthens to move to Provo, then asked them to move again, to southern Utah. Apparently words were exchanged between the two men. Joseph decided to relocate to California where his brother Albert (Alban Jr.) lived. Before he could get ready and depart, he was murdered by an unknown assailant in Provo April 28, 1852. There is a marker for him in the Springville Cemetery with his wife Lutitia, but he is not buried there; he was perhaps buried at the old "Temple Hill" Cemetery in Provo, where BYU's Maeser Building now stands.
Family stories say that by 1852 Joseph was fed up with all the moves ordered by Brigham Young, who after they arrived in Utah had asked the Warthens to move to Provo, then asked them to move again, to southern Utah. Apparently words were exchanged between the two men. Joseph decided to relocate to California where his brother Albert (Alban Jr.) lived. Before he could get ready and depart, he was murdered by an unknown assailant in Provo April 28, 1852. There is a marker for him in the Springville Cemetery with his wife Lutitia, but he is not buried there; he was perhaps buried at the old "Temple Hill" Cemetery in Provo, where BYU's Maeser Building now stands.
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