I'm also a bit of genealogy buff and it is very interesting for me to see how deep my own Mormon roots are. My namesake is Isaac Nathaniel Workman (1862-1925). He is my great-great grandfather:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43774244/isaac-nathaniel-workman
He is the son of Jacob Lindsay Workman and Rebecca Willard Turner. Rebecca was the third (polygamous) wife of Jacob:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52155/jacob-lindsay-workman
I found this little gem buried at the bottom of the story at the link above:
"When the Mormons left Nauvoo Jacob was a captain of ten in Lorenzo Snow's company. Somewhere along the way one of his sons became ill, laid down by the roadside and was left behind. When it was discovered that the boy was missing John Doyle Lee unhitched a team and gave him a horse to ride in his search. He found he boy lying in the open prairie, returned the horse and wept with joy."
So it would seem that Jacob probably knew John D. Lee quite well. As it turns out my wife (Cynthia) is a direct descendant of John D. Lee, (through Samuel G. Lee - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21607363/samuel-gully-lee). So I guess me and my wife's descendants were friends long before we ever came along.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43774244/isaac-nathaniel-workman
He is the son of Jacob Lindsay Workman and Rebecca Willard Turner. Rebecca was the third (polygamous) wife of Jacob:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52155/jacob-lindsay-workman
I found this little gem buried at the bottom of the story at the link above:
"When the Mormons left Nauvoo Jacob was a captain of ten in Lorenzo Snow's company. Somewhere along the way one of his sons became ill, laid down by the roadside and was left behind. When it was discovered that the boy was missing John Doyle Lee unhitched a team and gave him a horse to ride in his search. He found he boy lying in the open prairie, returned the horse and wept with joy."
So it would seem that Jacob probably knew John D. Lee quite well. As it turns out my wife (Cynthia) is a direct descendant of John D. Lee, (through Samuel G. Lee - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21607363/samuel-gully-lee). So I guess me and my wife's descendants were friends long before we ever came along.