Mormon History, 1843

-- During 1843
Luke S Johnson: Methodist Episcopal minister by 1843 (1)

Lyman Wight: Armed himself to resist arrest for extradition to Missouri 1843 (1)

Newel K Whitney: Declared in contempt of court 1843, excused by Nauvoo Chief Justice Joseph Smith Jr. upon payment of court costs (1)

Oliver Cowdery: Chairman of Tiffin, Ohio's fire department 1843 (1)

Orson Hyde: ! mission 1843 (1)

Parley P Pratt: Armed himself to avoid arrest 1843 (1)

Parley P Pratt: Mason 1843, Nauvoo lodge (1)

William Law: Committed adultery in violation of Illinois law 1843 (1)

William Law: Unsuccessful candidate for Nauvoo City Council and for alderman 1843 (1)

William Smith: Delegate to Whig convention but withdrew legislative candidacy 1843 (1)

William Smith: Fined by Nauvoo municipal court for non-attendance at city council 1843 (1)

Zebedee Coltrin: Among "ten of the best mounted men" (including several other Danites) in Relief Expedition to rescue Joseph Smith Jr. from arrest 1843 (1)

Zebedee Coltrin: Mission 1843 (1)

Zera Pulsipher: Mason 1843, Nauvoo's lodge (1)

George Miller: Mission to Mississippi and Alabama with Peter Haws September-October 1843. (2)

George Miller: Returned to pinery November-December 1843. (2)

Heber Chase Kimball: Mission to eastern states July-October 1843. (2)

[Homosexuality] Joseph Smith preaches that God destroyed Sodom "for rejecting the prophets". The traditional Christian tradition had been, and remains to this day (even among most Latter-day Saints) that Sodom was destroyed for homosexual behavior. (3)

John Edward Page: Conflict with other members of Twelve 1843. (2)

John Edward Page: Edited and published The Gospel Light in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia 1843-44. (2)


Footnotes:
1 - 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, http://amzn.to/origins-power
2 - 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, http://amzn.to/RevelationsofJosephSmith
3 - LDS Gay History Timeline [Unabridged], http://mormoninthecloset.blogspot.com/2008/11/lds-gay-history-timeline-unabridged.html


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