Jacob Hamblin

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Jacob Hamblin (April 6, 1819 – August 31, 1886) was a Western pioneer. A member of the Hamblin family, he was the descendant of James, native of Reading, Berkshire, who immigrated to Massachusetts in 1639, and a distant relative of Abraham Lincoln's first vice-president, Hannibal Hamlin.

Hamblin was born in the U.S. state of Ohio. He and his wife converted to Mormonism in 1842, and moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. After the Mormon migration to Utah, he settled in Tooele, and became well known for creating good relations between the white settlers & Indians. He was later called by Brigham Young on several missions to the Indians.

He is the subject of numerous biographies.