[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] Sept 1 We were Met by a Committee from Jackson County Missouri. We Met the Mayor & Committee on the Temple Block and the Quire Sang there but it was so Crouded we went into the Tabernacle near by the Temple Block & we sang there. The Mayor had lost one Arm in the Armey. But the one arm left he kindly gave to me while I was with Him [ ].
One vary Stricking incident was worthy of record. I went through Jackson County with Harry Brown in 1834 on a Mission to the Southern States. At that time we had to keep secreted so the people would not know that we were in the County as our lives would be sacrafized if they knew that two Mormon Missionaries were in the County. Now the Mayor of the City of Independance Comes & greets us with the warmest reception. How Great the Contrast. We give God the praise.
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
Mercer, Joseph Wayne (1845-1906) — of Independence, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Platte County, Mo., February 25, 1845. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Missouri state treasurer, 1875-77; mayor of Independence, Mo., 1891. Wounded during the Civil War, and lost his right arm. Died in Independence, Jackson County, Mo., March 13, 1906 (age 61 years, 16 days). Interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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