Anson Call — Preservation During Missouri Mobbing
Published September 2, 2026 at 8:34 AM
In 1838, during the height of the Missouri persecutions, Anson Call was captured by a mob near Far West. He was subjected to a brutal beating with a hickory gad by men including George M. Hinkle. Call recorded that during this ordeal, he felt a divine presence and strength that allowed him to endure the violence. Despite the severity of the assault, which was intended to be fatal or permanently disabling, Call was miraculously preserved and eventually managed to escape to safety with his life.
In Their Own Words
“We found the whole country in arms on our return, between us and Adam-ondi-Ahman and Far West. Neal Gillium had a company of mobbers placed to prevent the Mormons from going to and from either place. We were watched by day and night to see that we did not leave the country. They sought to kill Phineas Young. He hid himself in a bunch of corn stalks. I carried him food and water for four days... They told us that if we stayed we should not be harmed, but that if we attempted to go away, it would be death. Phineas and myself concluded we would make the attempt. After all was still in the evening, we started out to work ourselves by Neal Gillium's company. We were 30 miles from Adam-ondi-Ahman and 40 miles from Far West. We succeeded in getting to Adam-ondi-Ahman about daylight the next morning.”
— Anson Call, Autobiography (1838-1839)
Sources & References
Anson Call, Autobiography (1838-1839), typescript, HBLL; full text: http://earlymormonism.com/anson-call-1810-1890/
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