Thomas Brown's Child Healed of the Whooping Cough Through the Elders' Administration at Dover (1849)
Published October 4, 2026 at 6:32 AM
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Thomas Brown, a convert from Dover, reports that his child was healed of the whooping cough through the administration of the ordinances by the elders.
Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 11, No. 10, 15 May 1849, p. 156):
Brother Thomas Brown, of Dover, writes that his child was healed of the whooping cough, through the administration of the elders.
In Their Own Words
“One of his children, he states, was healed of the whooping-cough through the ordinances administered by the elders. — Millennial Star 11:10”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 15 May 1849 (Vol. 11, No. 10). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1849-05-15_11_10 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Complete account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 11, No. 10, 15 May 1849, p. 156 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1849-05-15_11_10
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