Titus Billings
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| Second Counselor to the Bishop of the Church | |
| August 1, 1837 – May 27, 1840 | |
| End reason | Honorably released at the death of Edward Partridge |
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March 25, 1793 Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States |
| Died | February 6, 1866 (aged 72) Provo, Utah Territory, United States |
| Resting place | Provo City Cemetery 40°13′30″N 111°38′40″W / 40.225°N 111.6444°W |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Ann Tuttle Diantha Morley |
| Children | 13 |
| Parents | Ebeneezer Billings Esther Joyce |
Titus Billings (March 25, 1793 – February 6, 1866) was an early convert to the Latter Day Saint movement. He served in several positions in the church and was a contemporary of Joseph Smith, and Brigham Young. Billings was a councilor in the first Bishopric of the Church to Edward Partridge. He participated in the Battle of Crooked River, and was a colonel in the Nauvoo Legion. He participated in the Mormon migration as a Captain of Fifty in the second company, and was a notable settler of Manti, Utah.
Billings was born in Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, on March 24, 1793. He was the son of Ebeneezer Billings and Ester Joyce. One notable ancestor is Sir Thomas Billing, Chief Justice of the Kings Bench in England.
On February 16, 1817, he married Diantha Morley. Diantha and her older brother Isaac Morley were members of Sidney Rigdon's congregation of Campbellites. This utopian group practiced communal principles, holding goods in common for the benefit of all of the members. They also held the belief, called Restorationism, that a purer form of Christianity should be restored using the early Christian church as a model. These beliefs would serve as a backdrop for Billings's membership in the "Church of Christ", as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was first called, including his future participation in the United Order.
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