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Excommunication -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Reuben Gardner Miller papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 418
Abstract

Diaries, correspondence, memoranda books, financial and genealogical records, biographical sketches, and miscellaneous papers. Diaries include mission labors in the Southern States for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Biographical sketches are about parents, relatives, and friends including Mary Jane Gardner Miller, James R. Miller, Frank J. Taylor, E. J. Winder, Robert Gardner, and Reuben Miller.

Dates: 1849-1953

David Milne letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319714]
Identifier: MSS SC 2146
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter addressed to Bro. Steele and signed by David Milne. Milne writes about ecclesiastical action taken against him by the Mormon Church, problems with various church members, and his feelings on the situation.

Dates: 1892

Minutes from excommunication of Orson Pratt

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6954
Scope and Contents

The Orson Pratt, Jr. excommunication minutes describe the court proceedings in the trial of Orson Pratt, Jr. His trial, held on September 18, 1864, was a public meeting held in the bowery in St. George, Utah, to determine whether Pratt should retain his membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a result of the trial, Pratt was excommunicated. The single leaf of paper holds roughly ninety-nine lines of handwritten material from the trial.

Dates: 1864

September Six collection

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230344134]
Identifier: MSS 170
Scope and Contents Photocopies of newspaper articles and clippings. The items relate to the "September Six," five of whom were excommunicated and one was disfellowshiped from the Mormon Church in September of 1993. Included in the list of those excommunicated are Paul Toscano, Lavina Anderson, and D. Michael Quinn. One of Lavina Anderson's letters is in the collection. Also included are items relating to the subsequent request of Steve Benson to have his name removed from membership in the Mormon Church...
Dates: 1993