[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Accompanies Lydia on old folks' train excursion to Brigham City, leaving from Oregon Short Line depot at 8:00 a.m. with 1,148 people. (1)
-- Sep 6, 1905
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Leaves Moccasin, Arizona, travels to Rockville and marvels at scenery on way and grandeur of rugged cliffs around Rockville. (1)
-- Oct 16, 1905
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Attends meeting with students of Beaver branch of Brigham Young University. (1)
-- Oct 28, 1905
Apostles John W. Taylor and Matthias F. Cowley resigned from the Quorum of Twelve on disagreement over plural marriage. (2)
[Quorum of the Twelve] John W. Taylor and Matthias F. Cowley resign. (3)
-- Dec 23, 1905
Church dedicated Joseph Smith memorial cottage and monument in Vermont. (2)
-- 1905
Church Membership at end of year: 332,048
New Converts : 7,759
Percent Change from previous year: 2.39% (4)
-- During 1905 December
[Apostle John Henry Smith] With other members of Smith family visits church sites and old family homes in Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, and Ohio. (5)
-- During 1905
[General Religious History] Becoming a place of pilgrimage for neo-druids and other pagans, the Ancient Order of Druids organized the first recorded reconstructionist ceremony in Stonehenge. (6)
[Joseph Smith] April - John W. Taylor resigns from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles due to disagreements with church policy regarding polygamy. (7)
[Joseph Smith] October 28 - Matthias F. Cowley follows John W. Taylor and resigns from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles due to disagreements with church policy regarding polygamy. (7)
-- 1906 Summer
Joseph F. Smith became first Church president to visit Europe. (2)
-- Feb 6, 1906
[Quorum of the Twelve] Marriner W. Merrill dies. (3)
Footnotes:
1 - 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
2 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
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 - 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
5 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
6 - Wikipedia, Timeline of Religion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_religion#History_of_Religion
7 - Wikipedia, 20th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century_(Mormonism)
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
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