WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PHOTO COLLECTION
Photo WCHS-04333
Photo of Mormon polygamist prisoners at the Utah Territorial Penitentiary in 1888 or 1889.
Seated on the top step (white beard) is George Q. Cannon of Salt Lake City
(a member of the Quorom of the Twelve Apostles)
Seated on the lower step is Joseph Heber Thurber of Koosharem, Sevier County
(serving a three-year term for polygamy)
Standing, left to right are:
Jens Christian Lauridsen Breinholt of Redmond, Sevier County
Archibald Todd Oldroyd of Glenwood, Sevier County
George C. Wood of Bountiful, Davis County (he was the longest-serving polygamist in prison at the time,
serving a 30-year term for polygamy)
James A. Doyle of Salt Lake City (an Irish guard)
Paul Poulson of Richfield, Sevier County (Bishop of one of the Richfield Wards)
Ole Pehrsson Borg of Richfield, Sevier County
For other similar prison photos, see WCHS-04329, WCHS-04330, WCHS-04331, WCHS-04332,
WCHS-04334, and WCHS-04335.
This photo and his original research was contributed by Kenneth L. Cannon II on September 29, 2020.
For background, see Ken Cannon's presentation at the
Utah State Historical Society's 68th Annual History Conference, September 2020
"For Conscience' Sake: The Prison Photographs of George Q. Cannon and His Fellow 'Cohabs'
and What They Mean" (Minutes 21:47 to 44:29)
For the presentation PowerPoint slides, click here.