Lilburn Boggs
Politician
1796 – 1860
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Who was Lilburn Boggs?
Lilburn Williams Boggs was the sixth Governor of Missouri from 1836 to 1840. He is now most widely remembered for his interactions with Joseph Smith and Porter Rockwell, and Missouri Executive Order 44, known by Mormons as the "Extermination Order", issued in response to the ongoing conflict between members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and other settlers of Missouri. Boggs was also a key player in the Honey War of 1837.
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- Born
- Dec 14, 1796
Lexington - Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Lexington
- Jefferson City
- Died
- Mar 14, 1860
Napa County
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on July 23, 2013
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