Church discontinued polygamy "officially" in 1890?

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rcrocket wrote:
capt jack wrote:
rcrocket wrote:Woodruff and all later presidents of the church adhered to the 1890 Manifesto. Whether they cohab'd with existing plural wives is a different question.


What about the other members of the First Presidency? I can't remember which one it was, but I'm pretty sure at least one married a plural wife after the First and before the Second Manifesto.


Which one?


I'm going to have to look it up when I get home; I'm posting from work right now. I might be mistaken, but will check and get back in any case.
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Jason Bourne wrote:
Dr. Shades wrote:They continued to marry polygamous wives--and officiate at & solemnize polygamous marriages--after 1890.

Even Wilford Woodruff himself took another wife.



While the polygamous marriages did continue they were severly limited and sporadic after the manifesto. it was really the beginning of the end.


I agree. My own great grandfather took plural wives in Mexico after 1900, married by Ivins, but was also excommunicated for it.
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