born July 9, 1808 Mason Co, KY
married Dec 21, 1837 Elizabeth Jane Thornton(died 1873)
baptized member Christian Church, Liberty, MO
died Aug 8, 1887
educated graduated Augusta College 1827
military 1846-47 colonel of Missouri Mounted Volunteers - Mexican War
General in Missouri militia
1830 moved to Lexington, MO
1833 moved to Liberty, MO
1836, 1840 & 1854 elected to Missouri state legislature
1836 refused orders to execute Joseph Smith
& other church leaders
bibliography
They Made a Difference::118-26
Saints Herald 34(35):554-55obituary
Saints Herald 98(8):173-74,(9):204-05, 209
Dictionary of American Biography volume 3:365-66
Who Was Who in America:222
Launius, Roger D
Alexander William Doniphan: Portrait of a Missouri Moderate.
University of Missouri Press, 1997
316 pages
0826211321
note: sponsered bill that organized Caldwell County
Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography - includes portrait
