Out of Polygamist Mormonism

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I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to parents who are Polygamist Mormons. My father had four wives and 31 children. I was the 27th of the 31 children. My mother was my father’s third wife. She had seven children, of which I was the youngest. They belong to a group of Polygamists that live in a town on the border of Utah and Arizona called Colorado City, Arizona called the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints or the FLDS Church which is currently lead by Warren Jeffs. Mormonism from my mother’s side of the family dates back to the days of Joseph Smith Jr., the founder of the Mormon faith. The first convert to Mormonism in my family was William Moore Allred. He was baptized moments before his father, Isaac Allred was. Isaac Allred was a member of the churches first high council when the revelation on plural marriage, or polygamy was introduced to the council for approval by Hyrum Smith, Joseph Smith Jr's brother. Isaac's brother James was at some of the meetings held in Nauvoo when polygamy was first taught. He also is believed to have taken part in the burial of Joseph Smith Jr. after he was shot in Carthage Jail. William Moore Allred had Byron Harvey Allred Sr. who was born in Winter Quarters before crossing the plains to Utah. Byron Harvey Jr. had Owen Allred and Rhea Allred who is my grandmother. The Polygamist group that lives in Bluffdale, Utah down by the Utah State Pen., is lead by Owen Allred. Grandmother’s other brother was Dr. Rulon Allred who was shot and killed in his doctors office by members of the Lebaron clan. My family’s history is very deeply rooted in the history of the Mormon faith.

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