Talk:William Clayton (Latter Day Saint)

Odometer
Invented the odometer? What yr? I've seen Samuel McKeen (Mabou, NS) cred with it 31 March 1854. Trekphiler 05:24, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * prototype during the trek west in 1847. History of the Odometer    WBardwin 03:42, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Plural marriage
An anonymous user completely removed the plural marriage section of this article for no stated reason. Please do not make major changes without a valid reason. The deleted section of this article was quoted on HBO's Big Love on 2-22-2009. -porky (talk) 07:50, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Name Change
I'd like to change the name of this article to William Clayton (Latter Day Saints) to be in line with Wikipedia convention. Any thoughts before I do so? Epachamo (talk) 03:46, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Epachamo I'd be fine with that change. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 18:39, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Epachamo I actually think I prefer (Latter Day Saint). Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 19:16, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I decided to be bold and move the page. When I moved the page I noticed that it had been moved before, in 2007 to (Latter Days Saints), but was moved back to (Mormon). The user who moved it back said ""Latter Day Saints" is only used if the person was never associated with the LDS Church--"Mormon" for LDS Church memebers". I don't think this argument is supported by the Manual of Style on the Latter Day Saint movement though. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 19:22, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
 * @Rachel Helps (BYU) Fully concur on the change. Thanks for being bold. Epachamo (talk) 12:46, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

more information about Ehat's notes going into the Mormon underground
The Seventh East Press did an article called "Restricted Church Document Stolen" in the Jan 18th, 1982 issue details how Ehat's notes came to be widely circulated. I think it is too much detail for this page, but I'm happy to add more info. A PDF of the article is here. Be advised that information about how Ehat accessed the material contradicts information in The Tanners on Trial. According to Tanners on Trial, Ehat did not have permission from the historical department to "examine the diaries." I believe The Tanners on Trial is more accurate and that Ehat was trying to protect his source (Dean Jessee) in giving information to Seventh East Press, since he admitted to doing so in The Tanners on Trial. The part about who helped to circulate copies is probably accurate though. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 19:15, 10 November 2021 (UTC)