John Yeates Barlow (also known as John Yates Barlow) (March 4, 1874 – December 29, 1949) was a

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leader in

Short Creek, Arizona Colorado City is a town in Mohave County, Arizona, United States, and is located in a region known as the Arizona Strip. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 2,478, down from 4,821 in 2010. At least three Mormon fundamentalis ...

Childhood

Barlow was born in

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, Lincoln County,

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, to Israel Barlow and his English-born wife Hannah Yeates. His grandfather was

Israel Barlow Israel Barlow (September 13, 1806 – November 1, 1883) was one of the founders of Nauvoo, Illinois and a noted early member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Early life and conversion Israel Barlow was born in Granville, Massachu ...

. He grew up on his father's farm in

Davis County, Utah Davis County is a county in northern Utah, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 306,479, making it Utah's third-most populous county. Its county seat is Farmington, and its largest city is Layton. Davis County ...

Polygamous marriages

Barlow married for the first time in 1897. He took his first

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in 1902, the second in 1918, and the third in 1923 making a total of four wives (including his first legal wife). While serving as a

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for

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, Barlow defended his polygamous views and was dishonorably released. Later, LDS Church

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, the

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of the Northwest States

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during Barlow's service there, served as witness in the

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that resulted in Barlow's excommunication. As a member of the

Council of Friends The Council of Friends was an organization described by Joseph Smith in early 19th-century Mormon theology. He viewed the organisation as being part of a world government which would guide and direct the Kingdom of God (Zion) on earth during the ...

, Barlow was involved in the succession conflict following J. Leslie Broadbent's death.

Elden Kingston Charles Elden Kingston (October 10, 1909 – July 8, 1948 ) was the founder of the Davis County Cooperative Society in 1935. Elden Kingston was supported by his father Charles W. Kingston, his mother Vesta Minerva Kingston, and his siblings a ...

claimed that Broadbent had ordained him as Second Elder of the Council of Friends. Kingston, along with his father,

Charles W. Kingston Charles William Kingston (June 26, 1884 – November 29, 1975) was a member of the Latter Day Church of Christ and the Davis County Cooperative Society. Early life Kingston was born in Croyden, Utah Territory, the eldest son of Mary Priscilla L ...

, would separate from the main

Short Creek Community The Short Creek Community (now Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah), founded in 1913, began as a small ranching town in the Arizona Strip. In the 1930s it was settled by Mormon fundamentalists. History In May 1935, members of the Council of ...

and create the

Davis County Cooperative Society Paul Elden Kingston is an accountant and attorney who has served as the Trustee-in-Trust of the Davis County Cooperative Society (DCCS), a Mormon fundamentalist denomination, since 1987. The DCCS is a financial cooperative established by his uncle ...

and the

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. Due to Barlow's seniority in the Council of Friends and his assertion that he was Second Elder under Broadbent, he was mostly accepted by the Short Creek community. He led the community until his death.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barlow, John Y. 1874 births 1949 deaths 20th-century Mormon missionaries American Latter Day Saint leaders Mormon fundamentalist leaders American Mormon missionaries in the United States People from Lincoln County, Nevada People from Short Creek Community American people of English descent People from Davis County, Utah

Childhood

Polygamous marriages

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