Motion from William Marks, 15 January 1842

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William Marks
15 Nov. 1792–22 May 1872. Farmer, printer, publisher, postmaster. Born at Rutland, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of Cornell (Cornwall) Marks and Sarah Goodrich. Married first Rosannah R. Robinson, 2 May 1813. Lived at Portage, Allegany Co., New York, where he...
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Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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William Marks
15 Nov. 1792–22 May 1872. Farmer, printer, publisher, postmaster. Born at Rutland, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of Cornell (Cornwall) Marks and Sarah Goodrich. Married first Rosannah R. Robinson, 2 May 1813. Lived at Portage, Allegany Co., New York, where he...
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James Sloan
28 Oct. 1792–24 Oct. 1886. City recorder, notary public, attorney, judge, farmer. Born in Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. Son of Alexander Sloan and Anne. Married Mary Magill. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ordained an elder, ...
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A motion <Resolved> <that> the Saxon [sexton] have two dollars for dig[g]ing a grave and and buriing [burying] a body and that no other porson have the privaledg so to do with out the <permission of the> saxon having notice and that the saxion keep a record of all that are buried

< moved>

</Carried,— 6/ /Entd./ Jany. 15th. 42.—> [p. [1]]

Resolved that the Saxon sexton have two dollars for digging a grave and buriing [burying] a body and that no other porson have the privaledg so to do with out the permission of the saxon and that the saxion keep a record of all that are buried

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/Carried,— 6/ /Entd./ Jany. 15th. 42.— [p. [1]]

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Motion from William Marks, 15 January 1842
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- James Sloan
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