List of Latter Day Saint Martyrs
Death date | Location | Name | Church | Cause of death | Age at death |
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January 7, 1832 | Pomfret, Vermont | Joseph B. Brackenbury (missionary) | Church of Christ | Poisoning | 43 |
October 25, 1838 | Battle of Crooked River, Missouri | Gideon Carter | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Killed in battle | |
October 25, 1838 | Battle of Crooked River, Missouri | Patrick O'Banion | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Killed in battle by John Lockhart | |
October 25, 1838 | Battle of Crooked River, Missouri | David W. Patten (apostle) | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Killed in battle | 39 |
October 30, 1838 | Haun's Mill, Missouri | Hiram Abbott | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Massacre | |
October 30, 1838 | Haun's Mill, Missouri | Elias Benner | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Massacre | |
October 30, 1838 | Haun's Mill, Missouri | John Byers | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints |
Massacre |
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October 30, 1838 | Haun's Mill, Missouri | Alexander Campbell | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Massacre | |
October 30, 1838 | Haun's Mill, Missouri | Simon Cox | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Massacre | |
October 30, 1838 | Haun's Mill, Missouri | Josiah Fuller | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Massacre | |
October 30, 1838 | Haun's Mill, Missouri | Austin Hammer | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Massacre | |
October 30, 1838 | Haun's Mill, Missouri | John Lee | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Massacre | |
October 30, 1838 | Haun's Mill, Missouri | Benjamin Lewis | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Massacre | |
October 30, 1838 | Haun's Mill, Missouri | Thomas McBride | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Massacre; shot by Jacob Rogers; body hacked apart with a corn knife | 78 |
November 1838 | Haun's Mill, Missouri | Charles Merrick | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Massacre; died about 4 weeks afterward from wounds | 9 |
October 30, 1838 | Haun's Mill, Missouri | Levi Newton Merrick | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Massacre | 30 |
October 30, 1838 | Haun's Mill, Missouri | William Napier | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Massacre | |
October 30, 1838 | Haun's Mill, Missouri | George S. Richards | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Massacre | |
October 30, 1838 | Haun's Mill, Missouri | Sardius Smith | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Massacre; top of skull blown off from musket shot by William Reynolds | 10 |
October 30, 1838 | Haun's Mill, Missouri | Warren Smith | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Massacre | |
October 30, 1838 | Haun's Mill, Missouri | John York | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Massacre | |
May 27, 1840 | Nauvoo, Illinois | Edward Partridge (bishop) | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Persecution | 46 |
June 27, 1844 | Carthage Jail, Illinois | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Mob assassination | 38 |
June 27, 1844 | Carthage Jail, Illinois | Hyrum Smith | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Mob assassination | |
July 30, 1844 | Nauvoo, Illinois | Samuel Harrison Smith (one of Eight Witnesses) | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Possibly from internal injuries sustained while fleeing a mob on horseback on the day his brothers were murdered | 36 |
July 9, 1856 | St. James Township, Beaver Island, Michigan | James Strang (president of the church) | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) | Shot on June 16, 1856 by Thomas Bedford, a member who Strang had had flogged for adultery; Strang died in Voree, Wisconsin | 43 |
May 13, 1857 | near Van Buren, Arkansas | Parley P. Pratt (apostle) | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Shot and stabbed by Hector McLean, the ex-husband of one of Pratt's plural wives | 50 |
July 21, 1879 | Varnell, Georgia | Joseph Standing (missionary) | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Mob murder | 24 |
August 10, 1884 | Cane Creek, Tennessee | William S. Berry (missionary) | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Mob assassination | 46 |
August 10, 1884 | Cane Creek, Tennessee | John H. Gibbs (missionary) | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Mob assassination | 32 |
August 10, 1884 | Cane Creek, Tennessee | W. Martin Conder | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Mob assassination | 20 |
August 10, 1884 | Cane Creek, Tennessee | John Riley Hutson | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Mob assassination | 27 |
May 4, 1912 | Diaz, Galeana, Chihuahua, Mexico | James D. Harvey | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Shot and killed | 49 |
August 27, 1912 | Colonia Pacheco, Mexico | Joshua Stevens | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Killed by Mexican rebels | |
1915 | San Marcos, Hidalgo, Mexico | Rafael Monroy (branch president) | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Execution by Liberation Army of the South | |
1915 | San Marcos, Hidalgo, Mexico | Vicente Morales | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Execution by Liberation Army of the South | |
October 27, 1942 | Plötzensee Prison, Germany | Helmuth Hübener | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Executed for anti-Nazi activities | 17 |
August 20, 1972 | Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico | Joel LeBaron (president of the church) | Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times | Shot and killed by Daniel Jordan on the orders of Ervil LeBaron, Joel's brother and a rival fundamentalist Mormon leader | 49 |
October 1974 | Austin, Texas | Gary Darley (missionary) | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Murder by Robert Elmer Kleason; presumably dismembered with chainsaw | 20 |
October 1974 | Austin, Texas | Mark Fischer (missionary) | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Murder by Robert Elmer Kleason; presumably dismembered with chainsaw | 19 |
May 10, 1977 | Murray, Utah | Rulon C. Allred (head of church) | Apostolic United Brethren | Shot and killed by Rena Chynoweth and another woman on orders of Ervil LeBaron, a rival fundamentalist Mormon | 71 |
December 15, 1979 | North Charleston, South Carolina | Elizabeth King (missionary) | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Found beaten and shot to death in a car in a parking lot | 66 |
December 15, 1979 | North Charleston, South Carolina | Ruth Teuscher (missionary) | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Found beaten and shot to death in a car in a parking lot | 65 |
February 1987 | Lisbon, Portugal | Roger Hunt (missionary) | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Shot and killed by a security guard who thought he had stolen a car | 19 |
May 24, 1989 | La Paz, Bolivia | Todd Ray Wilson (missionary) | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Assassination in terrorist attack by Zarate Willka Armed Forces of Liberation | 20 |
May 24, 1989 | La Paz, Bolivia | Jeffrey Brent Ball (missionary) | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Assassination in terrorist attack by Zarate Willka Armed Forces of Liberation | 20 |
May 27, 1990 | Dublin, Ireland | Gale Stanley Critchfield (missionary) | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Stabbed to death | 20 |
August 22, 1990 | Huancayo, Peru | Manuel Antonio Hidalgo (missionary) | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Assassination in terrorist attack by Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement | 22 |
August 22, 1990 | Huancayo, Peru | Cristian Andreani Ugarte (missionary) | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Assassination in terrorist attack by Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement | 21 |
March 6, 1991 | Tarma, Peru | Oscar Zapata (missionary) | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Shot and killed after getting off a bus | 20 |
October 17, 1998 | Ufa, Russia | José Manuel Mackintosh (missionary) | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Stabbed outside the lobby of a building where he and his companion had been visiting Church members | 20 |
January 2, 2006 | Chesapeake, Virginia | Morgan W. Young (missionary) | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Fatal shooting | 21 |
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