George M. Hinkle
George M. Hinkle (1801–1861) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. Born in Jefferson County, Kentucky on November 13, 1801, Hinkle joined the early Latter Day Saint church in 1832. He sat on the church's High Council in Far West, Missouri and led the settlement of De Witt, Missouri. He was commissioned a colonel in the Missouri militia and was the commander of the militia in predominantly Mormon Caldwell County. During the Mormon War at the siege of Far West, Hinkle negotiated a peace between the Mormons and the Missouri militia which included the surrender of church leaders to church custody. Hinkle believed he was following instructions and saving the Latter Day Saints from being massacred, but he was later excommunicated and viewed by many as a traitor to the movement. Still a believer, he founded a Latter Day Saint denomination known as the Church of Jesus Christ, the Bride, the Lamb's Wife in 1840. He lived out his life in Iowa where he again was commissioned a colonel in the militia. He died in 1861 in the lead up to the Civil War.
ReferencesRichard P. Howard, The Church through the Years, Independence, MO: Herald House, 1992, p. 305.Lavina Fielding Anderson, Lucy's Book, Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2001, p. 826.
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