Thomas Baldwin Marsh
Thomas Baldwin Marsh (1800-1866) was born 1 Nov. 1800 in Acton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He was the son of James Marsh and Molly Law. He married Elizabeth Godkin on 1 Nov. 1820. He was baptized 3 Sep. 1830. He was as an Apostle in the 1830s and served alongside Wilford Woodruff. He died Jan. 1866 in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah Territory.
Footnotes
Thomas Baldwin Marsh (KWJR-T83), "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 6 Feb. 2022). Thomas Baldwin Marsh, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/thomas-baldwin-marsh, accessed 9 Feb. 2022). Thomas Baldwin Marsh, The Joseph Smith Papers (https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/thomas-baldwin-marsh, accessed 17 Jan. 2022).
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Excerpt:August 29, 1836 ~ Monday Aug 29 Walked to Br Smiths & was in company with Elders Smoot & Cathcart at night we were unexpectedly called upon to go to Joseph Chumbley to have an interview with President Thomas B Marsh who came in company with councellor Groves by order of the High Council of Zion to visit the Church in the South to loan ^Borrow^ monies to purchase lands in Zion We had a spiritual interview ...Dates:August 29, 1836 August 30, 1836 August 31, 1836 September 1, 1836 September 2, 1836 -
Excerpt:for ministers of the gospel from their quorums to fill the vacances for preaching in this regions of country. Wharefore it was motioned & seconded & carried that Presidents Marsh & Patten write to the said Presidents for six faithful labourers to be sent from their quorums into this part of the country. And further resolved that whareas Elders Woodruff & others are about to leave this region of country for Kirtland & Zion President Marsh & Patten write also to the Presidency of the High Priest hood ...Dates:September 3, 1836 -
Excerpt:Further resolved by the conference that the church Purchase Books to Keep a general record of the church. Also that Brother Johnston F. Lane be chosen & appointed clerk & ordained to the office of an Elder to Keep the general church record of the Tennessee conference accordingly Johnston F Lane was ordained to the Office of an Elder Also Benjamin Clapp & Randolph Alexander ware each ordained to the office of an Elder the above were ordai ned under the hands of President D. W. Patten ...Dates:September 4, 1836 -
Excerpt:As Elder W. Woodruff is about to leave for Kirtland and has been labouring for the last year & a half with the churches included in the Tennessee confer ence & stands in need of clothing & money to return to Kirtland Presidents Patten & Marsh called a contribution of the church & congregation in the time of the aforementioned conference to supply Elder Woodruffs necessities the list of the contr ibution taken down is as follows Brothers Henry Thomas $5.00 five dollars Benjamin ...Dates:September 5, 1836 -
Excerpt:A true copy of a Bill from President Thomas B Marsh and counsellor Elisha H Groves Receieved Sept 5th AD 1836 of Willford Woodruff fifty Dollars for the purpose of entering land within the state of Missouri Thomas B. Marsh Elisha H Groves September 6, 1836 ~ Tuesday Sept 6th Spent the day at Brother Thomas'es in writing in the evening I rode in company with Elder Benjamin Clapp on the road to Paducah to visitDates:September 6, 1836 September 7, 1836 September 8, 1836 September 9, 1836 -
Excerpt:October 1, 1838 ~ Monday Oct 1st It is unusally warm for the season. I conveyed Sister Rhoda Scamans home in a waggon we are still waiting in great anxiety for the camp to arive. O how slow they moove 10 miles October 2, 1838 ~ Tuesday 2nd Elder Townsend has this morning started for the east to look up the camp of the saints to see whare they are & what they are about that they do not get along [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to MrDates:October 1, 1838 October 2, 1838 October 3, 1838 October 4, 1838 -
Excerpt:September 11, 1836 ~ Sunday Sept. ^11th^ Sunday rode to Br Camps Preached at his house & communed with the Saints Spent the night at Clapps ^4. m[iles]^ September 12, 1836 ~ Monday Walked to Br Lanes & spent the day in writing. 4 September 13, 1836 ~ Tuesday 13 Spent the day at Br Lanes in writing September 14, 1836 ~ Wednesday 14th Spent the day at Br Lanes in writings felt some ...Dates:September 11, 1836 September 12, 1836 September 13, 1836 September 14, 1836 September 15, 1836 September 16, 1836 September 17, 1836 September 18, 1836 September 19, 1836 -
Excerpt:their Oxen, their Horses their Tents their armour and moove towards Zion as the children of Israel accordi- ng to the command of God as follows Arose in the morning at Br Camps & breakfasted at his house after which we repaired to the bank of a stream whare Prayers were offer'd up unto God when President Marsh led a young man into the waters of baptism & he was confirmed upon the bank of the stream under the hands of Presidents Marsh Patten & -
Excerpt:How blind and infatuated are the minds of men, when once turned from Rigteousness to wickedness? They did not understand, that by taking upon them the name of Latter day Saints, did not do away that of the Church of Christ. Neither did they consider, that the ancient church, was the Church of Christ, and that they were Saints. And again, it appears that they did not consider the Prophesy, of Daniel, which saith; ^says^ "The saints shall take the Kingom" &c "Again, "the Kingdom, and the greatness of the Kingdom, under the whole Heaven, was given ... -
Excerpt:5th, and after lbouring dilegently three days in succession, it was unanim- ously agreed upon, that the town pPlatt, with 4 ^four^ eighties adjacent to the platt, should be at the disposal of the Bishop and his council the High Council, the two presidents, and the two apostles. During this labour the two presidents acknoledged they were wrong, and they to all appearance willingly suffered themselves to be corrected by the Council. In the begining of May following, the Council again met, and resolved to to have the above m^n^amed property transfered into the hands of the bishop ...