Moses Thatcher
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| Quorum of the Twelve Apostles | |
| April 9, 1879 – April 6, 1896 | |
| End reason | Dropped from the Quorum by a vote of the church |
| LDS Church Apostle | |
| April 9, 1879 – August 21, 1909 | |
| Reason | Deaths of Brigham Young and Orson Hyde |
| Reorganization at end of term |
No apostles ordained |
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Moses Thatcher February 2, 1842 Sangamon County, Illinois, United States |
| Died | August 21, 1909 (aged 67) Logan, Utah, United States |
Moses Thatcher (February 2, 1842 – August 21, 1909) was an apostle and a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was one of only a few members of the Quorum of the Twelve to be dropped from the Quorum but to remain in good standing in the church and retain the priesthood office of apostle.
Thatcher was born in Sangamon County, Illinois, to Hezekiah Thatcher and Alena Kitchen. The Thatcher family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1843, and moved to Macedonia, Illinois, and later to Nauvoo. Together, with the main body of the church, they began their trek westward in 1846 and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in September 1847.
Hezekiah and Alena, with seven of their eight living children (including Thatcher), departed for California in 1849, seeking to acquire wealth through the Gold Rush. They returned to Utah Territory in 1857. Thatcher was called to serve a mission for the church at age 15, from which he returned in 1858. In 1859, the family settled in Cache Valley, where Thatcher helped Hezekiah locate canal and mill sites.
From 1860 to 1861, Thatcher studied at the University of Deseret. From 1866 to 1868, he served a second mission, this one to the United Kingdom and France. He later served as the church's first mission president in Mexico.
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