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John Rowe Moyle (22 February 1808, Wendron, Cornwall, England – 15 January 1889, Alpine, Utah Territory)〔〕 was a Mormon pioneer and a settler of Alpine, Utah. He was a master stonemason for the Salt Lake Temple, and was the carver of the inscription "Holiness to the Lord" on the temple's east side.〔〕 ==Biography== Moyle was born in Cornwall, England, to James and Elizabeth Rowe Moyle.〔〔〔〕〔Some sources give the name of John Rowe Moyle's father as Stephen. See: ; 〕 In his youth he worked in the tin mines of Cornwall, and later became a stonemason, learning the trade from his father.〔 He and his family converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in 1851. Moyle travelled to Utah Territory with the first handcart company in 1856, settling in Alpine two years later.〔〔 Both a farmer and a stonemason, Moyle travelled nearly 22 miles from Alpine to Salt Lake City every Monday morning to work on the temple, returning home on Friday to do the work of his farm over the weekend.〔 Moyle installed the Temple's circular staircase and carved the inscription "Holiness to the Lord" on the east side of the Temple.〔〔 In 1863, Moyle built a chapel in Alpine. He also built an Indian fort to protect his family during the invasion of Salt Lake City by federal troops. Moyle suffered a compound fracture of the leg when he was kicked by a cow, necessitating the leg's amputation by his family and friends. Moyle subsequently carved a wooden leg for himself so that he could continue travelling to Salt Lake City and working on the temple.〔〔〔 Moyle was married to Phillippa Beer, who was born in Devonshire, England,〔 and (polygamously) to Mary Ann Williams.〔〔 Moyle's son, James Moyle, became foreman of the builders and stone-cutters on the Temple Block in 1875 and general superintendent of the temple in 1886. Moyle was the grandfather of James Henry Moyle, a prominent Utah politician, and the great-grandfather of Henry D. Moyle, an apostle of the LDS Church.〔〔Uchtdorf erroneously refers to Henry D. Moyle as John Rowe Moyle's "grandson".〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Rowe Moyle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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