Thomas B. Marsh

Thomas B. Marsh
President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
April 25, 1835 (1835-04-25) – March 17, 1839 (1839-03-17)
SuccessorBrigham Young
End reasonExcommunication for apostasy
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
April 25, 1835 (1835-04-25) – March 17, 1839 (1839-03-17)
Called byThree Witnesses
End reasonExcommunication for apostasy
Latter Day Saint Apostle
April 25, 1835 (1835-04-25) – March 17, 1839 (1839-03-17)
Called byThree Witnesses
ReasonInitial organization of Quorum of the Twelve
End reasonExcommunication for apostasy[1]
Reorganization
at end of term
No apostles immediately ordained[2]
Personal details
BornThomas Baldwin Marsh
(1800-11-01)November 1, 1800[3]
Acton, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJanuary 1866 (aged 65)
Ogden, Utah Territory, U.S.
Resting placeOgden City Cemetery
41°13′59″N 111°57′43″W / 41.233°N 111.962°W / 41.233; -111.962 (Ogden City Cemetery)

Thomas Baldwin Marsh (November 1, 1800[3] – January 1866) was an early leader in the Latter-day Saint movement and an original member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, who served as the quorum's first president in the Church of the Latter Day Saints from 1835 to 1838. He withdrew from the church in 1838, was excommunicated from it in 1839, and remained disaffected for almost 19 years. Marsh was rebaptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in July 1857, but never again served in church leadership positions.

  1. ^ Marsh was rebaptized in 1857 but he was not reinstated to the apostleship.
  2. ^ The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles did not have twelve apostles again until April 8, 1841, when Lyman Wight was ordained. Between Marsh's excommunication and then, John E. Page, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, George A. Smith, and Willard Richards had been ordained and added to the Quorum to replace apostles who had been excommunicated or killed.
  3. ^ a b "Marsh, Thomas Baldwin", Joseph Smith Papers, josephsmithpapers.org.