Original sentence: , founder of the original Latter Day Saint church in 1830.Although the area had been ravaged by the Sioux uprising of 1862 and wasn't considered safe for settlement, the Cutlerites got along well with the local Native Americans and the town thrived for several years.Clitherall was founded in 1864 by members of the Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite), a small Latter Day Saint faction started in 1853 by Alpheus Cutler, a former associate of Joseph Smith, Jr.The Cutlerite remnant in Minnesota slowly dwindled over the following decades, being only briefly revived by an attempt by Clitherall resident Clyde Fletcher to found his own Cutlerite faction from 1953-69.The last known Cutlerite resident of Clitherall died during the 1990's, though the church still owns property in the area, including their old meetinghouse.This faction was headquartered in the old Cutlerite meetinghouse in town, but ceased to exist upon Fletcher's death, when his few remaining adherents chose to reunite with the mainline Indepdendence congregation.This group relocated to the area following Cutler's death in 1864, and included Cutler's widow, Lois.Ultimately the majority of Cutlerites chose to relocate to Independence, Missouri during the 1920's, where their church headquarters (and sole branch) is located today
Edited sentence: Even though the area had been ravished by the Sioux uprising of 1862 and wasn't considered safe for settlement, the Cutlerites got along well with the local Native Americans and the town thrived for a number of years.The town was founded in 1864 by a spliter group of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) led by Lois Cutler, widow of Alpheus Cutler of the Cutlerite sect