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Moses Thatcher


Information regarding Moses Thatcher

  • Apostle number:  36
  • Quorum of the Twelve number:  29
  • Date of birth:  February 2, 1842
  • Place of birth:  Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
  • Date of apostolic ordination:  April 9, 1879
  • Age when ordained apostle:  37 years 2 months
  • End of apostolic service:  April 6, 1896
  • Total apostolic years:  30 years 4 months
  • Date called into the Quorum of the Twelve:  April 9, 1879
  • Tenure in the Quorum of the Twelve:  16 years 11 months
  • Date of death:  August 21, 1909
  • Age at death:  67 years 6 months
  • Place of death:  Logan, Cache County, Utah
  • Remarks He served as a member of the Council of Fifty; he was dropped from the Quorum of the Twelve in 1896 but he was not excommunicated from the Church.  He maintained the priesthood office of Apostle during the rest of his life but he was not reinstated into the Quorum.

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