Enoch Reese (May 25, 1813 – July 20, 1876) was an early leader in
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), a member of the
Utah Territorial Legislature
The Utah State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. It is a bicameral body, comprising the Utah House of Representatives, with 75 state representatives, and the Utah Senate, with 29 state senators. There are no term ...
, and an early settler of
Nevada.
Reese was serving as president of the
Buffalo, New York branch of the LDS Church in 1843. In 1848 he was a captain of fifty in one of the
Mormon pioneer companies.
In 1850, Reese staked out claims for land in
Spanish Fork, Utah Territory. Enoch and his brother John Reese opened a store in
Salt Lake City about 1850.
In 1851 Reese settled in the Carson Valley, then a part of
Utah Territory, along with his brother John. They established a sawmill and gristmill called
Mormon Station en route to the California mines, it being the first permanent nonnative settlement in present-day Nevada. From Carson County, he was elected to the Utah Territorial Legislature.
''Deseret News'', Aug. 16, 1901
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In 1857 Reese was in the hand-cart company of missionaries
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headed east from Salt Lake City bound for missions in Europe.
In the 1860s he was a member of the Utah Territorial Legislature from Salt Lake County. He also was a member of the Salt Lake City Council for a time.
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External links
Historical Marker database entry
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1813 births
Converts to Mormonism
American leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mormon pioneers
Members of the Utah Territorial Legislature
19th-century American politicians
1876 deaths
People from Spanish Fork, Utah
American Mormon missionaries in the United Kingdom
19th-century Mormon missionaries
Latter Day Saints from New York (state)
Latter Day Saints from Utah
Latter Day Saints from Nevada