Wingfield W. Watson was a religious leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is a denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement with around three hundred members as of 1998...

 which was founded by Joseph Smith, Junior, and succeeded by James Jesse Strang He was a church records keeper. And some of his works have been compiled, showing the beliefs and actions of Strang followers on Beaver Island. As well as those in Vorre, Wisconsin the head of the Strangite movement. As of 1998 there were approximately 300 members of this Mormon branch.

Wingfield Watson was with James Strang when he was assassinated on Beaver Island

Beaver Island (Lake Michigan)

Beaver Island is the largest island in Lake Michigan and part of the Beaver Island archipelago. Once home to a unique American monarchy, the island is now a popular tourist and vacation destination....

 in Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

 and later died in Voree. The Church of Jesus Christ (Drewite)

Church of Jesus Christ (Drewite)

The Church of Jesus Christ is a schismatic organization in the Latter Day Saint movement which was organized in 1965 as a branch-off from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ....

had been meeting in an old farm house owned by Wingfield Watson.

External links

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)
• Articles about Wingfield Watson and James Strang, Wisconsin State Historical Society