Laban Morrill and Permelia Handmore Drury

Laban Morrill

Born

08 DEC 1814^[1] at Wheelock, Vt.

Resided

1860^[2] at Payson, Utah

Resided

1880^[3] at Circleville, Utah

Died

06 DEC 1900^[4] at Junction, Utah

Married

22 FEB 1844 at Navoo, Ill.

Father

Abner Morrill

Mother

Mary Carpenter

Also m.

(2) Esther Loraine Brown
(3) Lydia Ann Davis
(4) Mary Elizabeth Lemmon

Laban Morrill was an early Mormon settler of Utah. Brigham Young asked him to help colonize and build Johnson’s Fort. Over the years, Morrill was a resident of several of the nearby townships.

Laban Morrill was present at a meeting of the high council in Cedar City to discuss a wagon train of emmigrants passing through Utah on the way to California. The council favored attacking the emmigrants, though Laban Morrill was against it, and persuaded the group to wait until they could obtain the consent of Brigham Young. Ultimately, the attack took place without consent, and became known as the Mountain Meadow Massacre. Laban Morrill testified against John D. Lee, the only man tried and convicted of crimes. Much of what is known today about the massacre comes from the record of his testimony.

Permelia Handmore Drury

Born

20 AUG 1821^[5] at Wendell, Mass.

Died

06 SEP 1892^[6] at Junction, Utah