My best for the kingdom
Subtitle: history and autobiography of John Lowe Butler, a Mormon frontiersman
By: William G. Hartley.
Publisher: Aspen Books
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Salt Lake City, Utah
Language: eng
Number of pages: 511
Subjects: Butler, John Lowe, 1808-1860.; Mormons -- Utah -- Biography.; Mormon Church -- History -- 19th century.; Frontier and pioneer life -- Utah.; Mormon pioneers -- Utah -- Biography.; Utah -- Biography.
First sentence: Early Mormonism badly needed "a few good men" who could handle dangerous, physically strenuous, confrontational, or volatile situations.  (from the preface)
Description: John Lowe Butler (1808-1861) was born in Kentucky to John and Charity Lowe Butler. In 1831 he married Caroline Skeen, whose family was originally from Tennessee. In 1835 he and Caroline were baptised into the LDS Church. They moved to Missouri where he was involved in the conflicts with non-Mormons. He was a member of the Danites and was a captain of militia. While living in Nauvoo he was a bodyguard to Joseph Smith. He and his family migrated west and settled in Utah County. He was married to eight women and was the father of fifteen children.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-498) and index.
Table of contents: label: Chapter One
title: Troubled Kentucky Boyhood
pagenum: 1; label: Chapter Two
title: Caroline Skeen of Tennessee
pagenum: 13; label: Chapter Three
title: Religious Conversion
pagenum: 19; label: Chapter Four
title: Norther Missouri Pioneers
pagenum: 33; label: Chapter Five
title: Danite and Milita Captain
pagenum: 41; label: Chapter Six
title: Election Fight at Gallatin
pagenum: 51; label: Chapter Seven
title: Losing a Civil War
pagenum: 63; label: Chapter Eight
title: Winter Exodus to Illinois
pagenum: 81; label: Chapter Nine
title: Illinois and Sioux Missions, 1839-1841
pagenum: 93; label: Chapter Ten
title: Nauvoo Family
pagenum: 105; label: Chapter Eleven
title: Ordained Bodyguard
pagenum: 119; label: Chapter Twelve
title: James Emmett's Expedition
pagenum: 135; label: Chapter Thirteen
title: With Emmett in the Wilderness
pagenum: 147; label: Chapter Fourteen
title: Camp Vermillion
pagenum: 163; label: Chapter Fifteen
title: Shutting Down Nauvoo
pagenum: 179; label: Chapter Sixteen
title: Retrieving the Emmett Company
pagenum: 187; label: Chapter Seventeen
title: North to the Niobrara
pagenum: 209; label: Chapter Eighteen
title: Winter at Fort Ponca
pagenum: 219; label: Chapter Nineteen
title: Kanesville Separations
pagenum: 231; label: Chapter Twenty
title: Trail Dust and Danes
pagenum: 241; label: Chapter Twenty-One
title: Pioneering on Indian Lands
pagenum: 255; label: Chapter Twenty-Two
title: Fort Saint Luke Residents
pagenum: 269; label: Chapter Twenty-Three
title: Bishop of New Spanish Fork
pagenum: 283; label: Chapter Twenty-Four
title: Reformation and Plural Wives
pagenum: 297; label: chapter Twenty-Five
title: War Clouds and the Indian Farm
pagenum: 309; label: Chapter Twenty-Six
title: Utah War Disruptions
pagenum: 325; label: Chapter Twenty-Seven
title: The Final Two Years
pagenum: 337; label: Chapter Twenty-Eight
title: Life Worn Out Early
pagenum: 347; label: Chapter Twenty-Nine
title: John Lowe Butler:  an Assessment
pagenum: 363; label: Appendix
title: John Lowe Butler Autobiography
pagenum: 369; label: Appendix
title: Notes
pagenum: 435; label: Appendix
title: Bibliography
pagenum: 485; label: Appendix
title: Index
pagenum: 501