Mormon History, February 1839

-- During February 1839
Young, Brigham: Located temporarily in Quincy, Illinois, February 1839. (1)

-- Mar 7, 1839
Lyman Wight: Excommunicated again 17 Mar. 1839 (2)

Thomas B Marsh: Excommunicated again 17 Mar. 1839 (2)

-- Mar 9, 1839
Higbee, Elias: On 9 March 1839, appointed member of committee to view Isaac Galland properties in Lee County, Iowa, and Commerce, Illinois. Subsequently settled in Nauvoo. (1)

-- Mar 15, 1839
Liberty, Missouri. Joseph Smith wrote a letter to Presendia Huntington Buell from Liberty Jail. (3)

Liberty, Missouri. While in prison, Joseph Smith predicted his own release in a letter and sent a petition to judges of the Missouri supreme court. (3)

-- (Sat) Mar 16, 1839
The Democrats' "Quincy Argus" publishes pro-Mormon editorial. (4)

-- Mar 17, 1839
Corrill, John: Excommunicated 17 March 1839. Published work against Church: A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints (Commonly Called Mormons) (St. (1)

Conference in Quincy. Teams and $50 are raised to move families from Far West to Quincy. Thomas B. Marsh, Sampson Avard, John Corrill, W. W. Phelps, Burr Riggs, and others are excommunicated. (5)

[Joseph Smith] Thomas B. Marsh is excommunicated from the church in absentia in Quincy, Illinois. (6)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Brigham Young presides at a conference at Quincy, Illinois. George Hinkle, Sampson Avard, John Corrill, Reed Peck, W. W. Phelps, Frederick G. Williams, Thomas B. Marsh, Burr Riggs, and others are excommunicated. (7)

Marsh, Thomas Baldwin: Excommunicated for apostasy 17 March 1839. Remained in Missouri eighteen years; taught biblical geography. After death of wife, traveled to Florence, Nebraska, and sought out Church leaders. (1)

-- (Mon) Mar 18, 1839
George A. Smith appointed to the 12, replacing Thomas B. Marsh, who had fallen; Wilford Woodruff also added to the 12. Both are ordained on April 26th. [Brigham Young]. (4)

Footnotes:
1 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
2 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 6, Biographical Sketches of General Officers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47
3 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
4 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
5 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
6 - Wikipedia, Joseph Smith Chronology, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_Joseph_Smith,_Jr.
7 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books

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