LDS History, 1891

-- 1891
Church Membership at end of year: 195,445
New Converts : 7,182
Percent Change from previous year: 3.81% (1)

[Utah Statehood] Permanent formation of national parties occurred in Utah in 1891. On May 29 the officers of the People's party met in Salt Lake City and voted to disband the party and advised the members to join one of the two major national political parties. On July 6 the Democrats held their convention and nominated a slate of candidates for Salt Lake County offices. On July 8 the Republicans met and nominated their first county ticket. The two parties met several times during July to effect their organization and to field legislative candidates for the August 3 election. Democrats and Liberals won most of the offices. The Liberal party did not disband until December 18, 1893. (2)

-- Feb 5, 1892
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Goes to Washington, D.C., to try to defeat the Democratic Party-sponsored "Home Rule" bill and promote statehood. (3)

-- Mar 17, 1892
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Attends jubilee celebration commemorating fiftieth anniversary of female Relief Society. 6 April Participates in hosanna shout at Salt Lake tabernacle. (4)

-- Oct 29, 1892
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Attends Democratic rally and listens to speech of Apostle Moses Thatcher. (4)

-- 1892
Church Membership at end of year: 200,961
New Converts : 5,516
Percent Change from previous year: 2.82% (1)

[Deseret] B'Nai Israel Temple dedicated in Salt Lake City. (5)

The Legislative Assembly changes the University of Deseret's name to the University of Utah. (5)

[Lucy Mack Smith] William Smith testifies on behalf of the RLDS church in the Temple Lot suit. (6)

-- Jan 4, 1893
U.S. president Benjamin Harrison granted amnesty to polygamists. (7)

-- Apr 6, 1893
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Attends dedication of Salt Lake temple. (4)

Salt Lake Temple, forty years in construction, dedicated by President Wilford Woodruff. [See Temples: Latter-day Saint Temples.] (8)

Dedication of Salt Lake Temple. (7)

Footnotes:
1 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
2 - Thatcher, Linda, History to Go, Statehood Chronology, http://www.onlineutah.com/statehoodchronology.shtml
3 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
4 - Larsen, Stan (editor), A Ministry of Meetings:The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, Significant Mormon Diaries Series No. 6, A Rudger Clawson Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City 1993
5 - History to Go, Statehood, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/statehood.html
6 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
7 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
8 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Oct 06, 1890

-- Oct 06, 1890
[U.S. Religious History] Polygamy was outlawed by the Mormon Church. (1)

-- Oct 6, 1890
[Wilford Woodruff] Members of the Church attending general conference unanimously sustain the revelation President Woodruff received regarding plural marriage. (2)

-- Oct 09, 1890
[U.S. Religious History] Aimee Semple McPherson, founder of the Four Square Gospel Church, was born. (1)

-- 1890
Church Membership at end of year: 188,263
New Converts : 5,119
Percent Change from previous year: 2.80% (3)

[Deseret] Half of Salt Lake City's 45,000 residents are non-Mormons as the flood of twenty million immigrants coming to the United States--in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries--find its way to Utah. (4)

[Deseret] LDS Church President Wilford Woodruff issues the Manifesto ending church-sanctioned polygamy. (4)

The Liberal Party wins the Salt Lake City, Utah elections, taking control of that city in addition to Ogden, Utah. (5)

-- During 1890-1935
[Periodicals] Salt Lake City, Beobacher; Local German groups (GERMAN News Paper) (6)

-- During 1891 March
Relief Society became a charter organization of the National Council of Women. (7)

-- May 20, 1891
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Helps organize the Republican Party of Utah, followed by dubs in other cities. (8)

-- During 1891 June
The People's Party disbands and members of the church join one of the two national parties as the effort continues to achieve statehood. With three effective parties in the territory, The Deseret News calls the Liberal Party the "bastard party" even though it is able to take a third of the seats in the state legislature. (5)

-- During 1891 September
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Sent to Arizona to perform marriages and to meet with Arizona Republican leaders. (8)

-- Nov 10, 1891
[U.S. Religious History] The first Woman's Christian Temperance Union meeting was held in Boston. (1)

Footnotes:
1 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://bit.ly/Fwgbe
2 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah
3 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
4 - History to Go, Statehood, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/statehood.html
5 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
6 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.4, Appendix 3: Church Periodicals
7 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
8 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, May 19, 1890

-- May 19, 1890
The Supreme Court upholds the Edmunds-Tucker Act in The Late Corporation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints v. United States (1)

-- Sep 24, 1890
President Wilford Woodruff received the vision which led to his issuance of the "Manifesto" stating Plural Marriage officially discontinued in the Church. (2)

President Woodruff records the 1890 Manifesto. (1)

-- Sep 24, 1890; October 6
[Joseph F. Smith] Manifesto received; Official Declaration 1 accepted by the Church. (3)

-- Sep 24, 1890
[Utah Statehood] LDS President Wilford Woodruff drafted the text of a momentous announcement. After conferring with other church leaders, he issued what has since been called the Woodruff Manifesto to the Associated Press on September 25. Woodruff's key sentence stated: "I now publicly declare that my advice to the Latter-day Saints is to refrain from contracting any marriage forbidden by the law of the land." It was published in many newspapers across the country, and, though some doubted its authenticity or sincerity, it signaled a major shift of direction in church doctrine and practice and cleared the path toward statehood. (4)

[Wilford Woodruff] Having received a revelation from the Lord, issues a declaration stating that the Latter-day Saints should cease the practice of entering into plural marriage. (5)

-- Sep 25, 1890
President Wilford Woodruff issues the 1890 Manifesto ending the official practice of polygamy. (1)

[U.S. Religious History] Mormon President Wilford Woodruff issued a Manifesto in which the practice of polygamy was renounced. (6)

-- Oct 1, 1890
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Votes to endorse church president Wilford Woodruffs manifesto banning plural marriages. (7)

-- Oct 6, 1890
"Manifesto" accepted in General Conference. (2)

The Saints sustained President Wilford Woodruff's Manifesto stopping the performance of new plural marriages. (8)

Manifesto sustained in general conference, ending the practice of plural marriage (see OD-1). (9)

At a General Conference, President Lorenzo Snow submits the manifesto for a vote; it is approved unanimously. (1)

Footnotes:
1 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
2 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
3 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah
4 - Thatcher, Linda, History to Go, Statehood Chronology, http://www.onlineutah.com/statehoodchronology.shtml
5 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah
6 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://bit.ly/Fwgbe
7 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
8 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
9 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Chronology of Church History, http://scriptures.lds.org/chchrono/contents
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Apr 7, 1889

-- Apr 7, 1889
[Wilford Woodruff] Sustained as President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (1)

-- Oct 7, 1889
Marriner W. Merrill, Anthon H. Lund, and Abraham H. Cannon are ordained apostles and members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. (2)

[Quorum of the Twelve] Marriner W. Merrill, Anthon H. Lund, and Abraham H. Cannon ordained. (3)

-- During 1889 October
Young Woman's Journal began publication. (4)

-- During 1889 November
Endowment House razed. (4)

-- Dec 21, 1889
[Lucy Mack Smith] William Smith marries Rosanna/Rosa Jewitt Surprise. (According to some sources, the marriage year is 1891.) (5)

-- 1889
Church Membership at end of year: 183,144
New Converts : 2,850
Percent Change from previous year: 1.58% (6)

[David O McKay] Sustained as secretary of the Huntsville Ward Sunday School. (7)

[Deseret] Butch Cassidy is involved with his first robbery, the Telluride, Colorado bank for $10,000 (8)

The Liberal Party is elected to run Ogden, Utah. (2)

Two years after the death of John Taylor, the First Presidency is reorganized with Wilford Woodruff as president. (2)

-- During 1889-1929
[Periodicals] Young Woman's Journal, The; Susa Young Gates Salt Lake City, Utah (Periodical) (9)

-- May 06, 1890
[U.S. Religious History] The Mormon Church officially renounced polygamy. (10)

Footnotes:
1 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah
2 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
3 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
4 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
5 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
6 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
7 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O McKay, Salt Lake City, Utah
8 - Legends of America, Old West Timeline, http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WE-TimeLine2.html
9 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.4, Appendix 3: Church Periodicals
10 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://bit.ly/Fwgbe
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, May 21, 1888

-- May 21, 1888
Manti Utah Temple; Location: Manti, Utah, USA; Announcement: 25 June 1875; Dedication: 21 May 1888 by Lorenzo Snow; Rededication: 14 June 1985 by Gordon B. Hinckley; Style: Castellated Gothic/French Renaissance - designed by William H. Folsom; Notes: Wilford Woodruff performed a private dedication on May 17, 1888. (1)

-- May 27, 1888
[Quorum of the Twelve] Erastus Snow dies. (2)

-- 1888
Church Membership at end of year: 180,294
New Converts : 7,265
Percent Change from previous year: 4.20% (3)

-- During ca. 1888-91
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Works as abstractor of about 8,000 pages of Box Elder County real estate records covering previous nineteen years. (4)

-- Jan 19, 1889
[U.S. Religious History] The Salvation Army split; one group renounced allegiance to founder William Booth while another, lead by Booth's son Ballington and his wife Maud, incorporated itself as a separate organization in America in 1896. (5)

-- Feb 17, 1889
[U.S. Religious History] The famous American evangelist Billy Sunday held his first public crusade in Chicago. Over the course of his career as a popular religious speaker, at least 100 million Americans are estimated to have attended his sermons. (5)

-- Apr 6, 1889
First Relief Society conference. (6)

-- Apr 7, 1889 - 2 September 1898
[1st Presidency Changes] Wilford Woodruff George Q. Cannon Joseph F. Smith First Presidency reorganized after death of John Taylor (7)

-- Apr 7, 1889
Wilford Woodruff sustained President of Church. (8)

Wilford Woodruff sustained as president of the Church. (6)

Wilford Woodruff sustained as President of the Church. (9)

[Joseph F. Smith] Sustained as Second Counselor to President Wilford Woodruff. (10)

[Quorum of the Twelve] The First Presidency is reorganized with Wilford Woodruff President, George Q. Cannon First Counselor, and Joseph F. Smith Second Counselor. Lorenzo Snow becomes President of the Quorum. (2)

Footnotes:
1 - Wikipedia, List of Temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_temples_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints#List_of_temples
2 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
3 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
4 - Larsen, Stan (editor), A Ministry of Meetings:The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, Significant Mormon Diaries Series No. 6, A Rudger Clawson Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City 1993
5 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://bit.ly/Fwgbe
6 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
7 - Wikipedia, First Presidency (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)#Chronology_of_the_First_Presidency
8 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
9 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Chronology of Church History, http://scriptures.lds.org/chchrono/contents
10 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, 1887

-- During 1887
[David O McKay] Receives patriarchal blessing from John Smith. (1)

[Deseret] Congress denies women in Utah right to vote. (2)

[Deseret] Edmunds-Tucker Act is passed by Congress. (2)

The Edmunds-Tucker Act abolishes women's suffrage, and seizes control of the church and its assets. (3)

[Utah Statehood] Although the Edmunds-Tucker bill was passed by the U.S. Senate on January 12, 1886, it was stalled by Democrats in the House as various amendments to it were considered. When finally approved by both houses in February 1887 and sent to President Cleveland, he allowed it to become law without his signature. Among other things, this act provided that LDS church property in excess of $50,000 would be forfeited to the United States and abolished woman suffrage in the territory. This discouraging news seemed to galvanize Mormons in Utah to continue their pursuit of statehood, but with a somewhat different proposal. On June 30, 1887, another constitutional convention met in Salt Lake City and by July 7 had hammered out a constitution that declared bigamy and polygamy "incompatible with a republican form of government" and made both activities misdemeanors. On August 1 the new constitution was ratified by Utah voters. Many doubted the sincerity of its provisions aga
inst polygamy, and
newspapers across the country editorialized against statehood based on such flimsy evidence of a turnaround of affairs in Utah. The new constitution was not automatically set aside by Congress, which held hearings on it in 1888, but ultimately it too failed to achieve the desired result for Utah. With the Mormon hierarchy determined to retain polygamy as a tenet and a practice, some members of Congress began agitating for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would ban the practice. (4)

-- Jan 8, 1888
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Moves to Brigham City, Utah. (5)

-- Jan 25, 1888
David Whitmer, the last of the Three Witnesses, died in Richmond, Missouri. (6)

-- Feb 5, 1888
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] sustained as president of Box Elder Stake at quarterly stake conference. (5)

-- Feb 12, 1888
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Ordained a high priest and set apart as Box Elder stake president by Lorenzo Snow. (5)

-- Apr 6, 1888
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Speaks at general conference on polygamy. (5)

-- May 1, 1888
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Moves Josephine to Manassa, Colorado. (7)

-- May 17, 1888
Manti Temple dedicated in a private session. It was publicly dedicated 21-23 May. (6)

[Wilford Woodruff] Dedicates the Manti Utah Temple. (8)

Footnotes:
1 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O McKay, Salt Lake City, Utah
2 - History to Go, Statehood, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/statehood.html
3 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
4 - Thatcher, Linda, History to Go, Statehood Chronology, http://www.onlineutah.com/statehoodchronology.shtml
5 - Larsen, Stan (editor), A Ministry of Meetings:The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, Significant Mormon Diaries Series No. 6, A Rudger Clawson Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City 1993
6 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
7 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
8 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Jul 25, 1887

-- Jul 25, 1887
Church President John Taylor dies in Kaysville Utah on this day 1887 aged 78. He served for more than 48 years as a General Authority in the Church (1)

John Taylor passes away, leaving Wilford Woodruff to assume control of the church. (2)

[John Taylor] At age 78, dies in the Thomas Roueché home in Kaysville, Utah. During his administration, Church membership reached over 150,000. (3)

[Joseph F. Smith] Death of President John Taylor, Kaysville, Utah. (4)

[Quorum of the Twelve] John Taylor dies. (5)

[Wilford Woodruff] Becomes the senior Apostle and the presiding leader of the Church at the death of President John Taylor. (6)

-- Jul 30, 1887
Federal government disenfranchised the Church, and confiscated Church property. (7)

The attorney general of the United State files suit and seizes all assets of the church and the Perpetual Emigration Fund. (2)

-- During 1887 November
The Church began renting Temple Square and other confiscated property from the government. (7)

-- Dec 12, 1887
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Pardoned by U.S. president Grover Cleveland and released from prison. (8)

-- Dec 20, 1887
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Receives second anointing. (8)

-- Dec 23, 1887
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Called as president of Box Elder Stake by Wilford Woodruff. (8)

-- 1887
Church Membership at end of year: 173,029
New Converts : 6,376
Percent Change from previous year: 3.83% (9)

Footnotes:
1 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, United Kingdom, "On This Day," https://www.lds.org.uk/show_oda.php
2 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
3 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor, Salt Lake City, Utah
4 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah
5 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
6 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah
7 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
8 - Larsen, Stan (editor), A Ministry of Meetings:The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, Significant Mormon Diaries Series No. 6, A Rudger Clawson Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City 1993
9 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/