In early 1839, the family was forced to leave Missouri as a result of the Extermination order issued by Governor Lilburn Boggs.
Immediately after David's death all of the men in Far West were compelled to surrender their weapons and several members of a mob were looting houses in Far West, as a result of Missouri Executive Order 44.
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General John Bullock Clark had been appointed by Governor Boggs to enforce the extermination order.