Elder Thomas Holt and companions' recovery from mob violence
Published October 6, 2026 at 5:49 AM
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Millennial Star Research
Elder Thomas Holt and three other unnamed Elders were cruelly beaten by a mob in Tennessee on September 2, 1888. The report states that all the Elders recovered from their injuries and continued preaching the Gospel in other parts of the state, feeling that the Lord had blessed them in their affliction.
In Their Own Words
“The Deseret News of Sept. 28th says: A letter from Elder Thomas Holt, one of the four Elders so cruelly beaten by a Tennessee mob on Sunday, Sept. 2nd, states that all the brethren have recovered from the effects of their treatment on that occasion. They feel that the Lord has blessed them greatly in their time of affliction, and all are again earnesly engaged in proclaiming the Gospel to those in that part of the State (outside of the county where they were mobbed) who will listen to their testimony. — Millennial Star 50:43”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 22 October 1888 (Vol. 50, No. 43). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1888-10-22_50_43 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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