ville5 wrote:Mormon leader Brigham Young had 55 wives.
Kane, Pa (Mckean county) was founded by Major General Thomas L. Kane. In 1846, then Colonel Kane aided the Mormons on their flight west from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Great Salt Lake. In 1858, Colonel Kane prevented the "Utah War" between 2500 US Army soldiers, under A.S. Johnston, and the Mormons, under Kane's personal friend, Brigham Young. Thomas L. Kane was offered the Utah Territorial Governorship, but insisted that the position go to Brigham Young. Kane was not a member of the LDS.
The General's wife and three of their four children became physicians in Kane. Their oldest son, Evan O'Neil Kane, M.D., demonstrated the efficacy of local anesthesia on two occasions by performing surgery on himself—once repairing an inguinal hernia, and once removing his own appendix. (via Wiki)