William H. Dame
{{short description|American politician (1819–1884)}}
{{Infobox Latter Day Saint biography
| image = William H. Dame.jpg
| birth_name = William Horne Dame
| birth_date = July 1819
| death_date = August 1884 (aged 65)
|battles=Mountain Meadows Massacre|battles_label=Commanded|rank=Colonel|occupation={{hlist|Military commander|politician}}|parents=Jeremiah Dame (father){{br}}Susan Horne Dame (mother)|birth_place=Farmington, New Hampshire}}
Colonel William Horne Dame (July 1819 – August 1884) was an American politician and Mormon military commander. He was one of the perpetrators of the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
Biography
William Horne Dame was born in July 1819 in Farmington, New Hampshire to Jeremiah and Susan Horne Dame. In 1841, he was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.{{Cite web |title=Dame, William Horne, 1819-1884 {{!}} BYU Library - Special Collections |url=http://archives.lib.byu.edu/agents/people/5670 |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=archives.lib.byu.edu}}
Dame served as mayor of Parowan, Utah. He was a colonel, and controlled the military in Iron County, Utah. He was also a stake president of Parowan, Utah for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, alongside Isaac C. Haight. They were also both commanders of the Nauvoo Legion{{Cite news |date=24 September 1872 |title=Mountain Meadow Massacre |url=http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/corinne,5359 |work=Corrine Journal Reporter}} along with John D. Lee.{{Cite book |last1=Walker |first1=Ronald W. |title=Massacre at Mountain Meadows: an American tragedy |last2=Turley |first2=Richard E. |last3=Leonard |first3=Glen M. |date=2008 |publisher=Oxford Univ. Press |isbn=978-0-19-516034-5 |location=New York, NY}} In 1854, Dame and Haight said that they received a patriarchal blessing to massacre the Native Americans as redemption of Zion.{{Cite book |last=Griffiths |first=Leonard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iaAuEAAAQBAJ&q=William+H.+Dame |title=The First 9 11 in America: September 11, 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre (A Senseless, Sad Tragedy) |date=2020-05-20 |publisher=Christian Faith Publishing, Inc. |isbn=978-1-0980-1601-2 |language=en}} During the Mountain Meadows Massacre, he ordered the women to be stripped, which they were.{{Cite news |date=12 August 1847 |title=Mormon Agency in Last Year's Massacre at Mountain Meadows. |url=http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/dbroadhu/CA/misccal1.htm#101057 |work=Evening Bulletin}} Dame was acquitted of his charges.
Dame served as a member of the territorial council for the 4th and 6th Utah Territorial Legislature in 1854 and 1856.{{Cite news |date=3 August 1954 |title=Regular Ticket |url=https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=2580618 |work=Discrete News}}
Dame died of paralysis in August 1884, aged 65.
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External links
- [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11535950/william-horne-dame Find a Grave]
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Category:Converts to Mormonism
Category:Members of the Utah Territorial Legislature
Category:Mountain Meadows Massacre
Category:Latter Day Saints from New Hampshire