Commander-in Chief of the territorial militia, the Nauvoo Legion
Wells coordinated the efforts to convict Lee in the second trial
More on the "Shooter and Clubber" Daniel H. Wells
Born 1814 Trenton, New York
Married Eliza Rebecca Robison 1837; later practiced plural marriage
Baptized 1846
Mormon Shooter and Clubber
Ordained an Apostle 1857; never sustained to Quorum of the Twelve
Second Counselor to Brigham Young 1857-1877
Counselor to the Twelve Apostles, 1877-1891
Died 1891 Salt Lake City, Utah
General Daniel H. Wells
Daniel H. Wells was a "Jack Mormon" in the original sense of the word, and a Mormon Shooter and Clubber.
Daniel Hanmer Wells was born October 27, 1814 in Trenton, New York to Daniel Wells and his wife Catherine Chapin. He married Eliza Rebecca Robison March 12, 1837 in Commerce (later Nauvoo), Illinois. Later he would practice plural marriage.Though not yet a member of the Church, he was in Commerce to greet the struggling refugees from the horrors of the Missouri Persecutions. His efforts brought comfort to many and he remained with the Saints for years. This was the original meaning of the epithet, "Jack Mormon," a non-member who supported and helped the Saints and Daniel fit the description well.
When, after the martyrdom of the Prophet, the mobs raged about Nauvoo, Daniel defended the city. Indeed he fought valiantly in the last battle of Nauvoo, serving as a leader of the defenders as they provided cover for the straggling evacuees. He was not baptized until August 9, 1846 but proceeded at that time to move west with the Saints.
Well respected for his many years of integrity, he was elected Attorney General of Deseret in 1849. Later when Jedediah M. Grant died at the age of forty, Daniel was ordained an Apostle and set apart as Second Counselor to President Brigham Young. Though an Apostle, President Wells was never sustained as a member of the Twelve. When President Young died in 1877, he was sustained as a Counselor to the Twelve Apostles. (doesn't sound like much of a Jack Mormon)
President Wells died in Salt Lake City on March 24, 1891 in Salt Lake City at the age of seventy-six.
