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Source: Church History Vol. 2 Chapter 20 Page: 431 (~1840)

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431 if they did not clear out. We carried the wounded man in our wagon till he was out of reach of the mob.

"PETER WIMMER.

"SUSAN WIMMER.

"ELLEN WIMMER.

"Sworn to before William Oglesby, J. P."

-Millennial Star, vol. 17, p. 629.

"Illinois, Columbus, Adams County, March 11,1840.

"I, John Smith, certify that I was a resident in the State of Missouri in 1838, when I was driven from my house and a pre�mption right, and forbid to stay in the State, threatening me if I did not go forthwith. I took my family and pursued my journey one hundred miles. In consequence of cold, snow, water, and ice, at the inclement season in which I was driven, I fell sick, and for four weeks I was unable to travel, during which time I was threatened daily; yet I was so sick it was considered by many that I could not live, and was compelled to start when I was not able to sit up through the day. I landed in Illinois. The long and fatiguing journey, lying out in the cold open air, proved too much for my companion; it threw her into a violent fever, with which she died. Many others in company took sick and died with the same hard fare.

"JOHN SMITH.

"Sworn to before William Oglesby, J. P."

-Millennial Star, vol. 17, p. 629.

"Illinois, Adams County, March 16,1840.

"I, Smith Humphrey, certify that I was a citizen of Missouri in eighteen hundred and thirty eight; and sometime in the month of October of the same year I was fallen upon by a mob commanded by Hyrum Standley. He took my goods out of my house; and said Standley set fire to my house and burnt it before my eyes, and ordered me to leave the place forthwith. I removed from De Witt to Caldwell County, where I was again assailed by Governor Boggs' exterminating militia. They took me prisoner, and robbed my wagon of four hundred dollars in cash, and one thousand dollars worth of goods, and drove me out of the State.

"SMITH HUMPHREY.

"Sworn to before C. M. Woods, Clerk of Circuit Court."

-Millennial Star, vol. 17, p. 630.

(page 431)

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