Editing Anointed Quorum

The '''Anointed Quorum''', also known as the '''Quorum of the Anointed''', or the '''Holy Order''', was a select body of men and women who [[Joseph Smith]] initiated into [[Mormon]] [[Temple (Latter Day Saints)|temple]] [[Ordinance (Latter Day Saints)|ordinances]] at [[Nauvoo, Illinois|Nauvoo]], [[Illinois]], which gave them special standing in the early [[Latter Day Saint movement]].  Beginning in May 1842, Smith gave this group, which ultimately numbered over sixty persons, their [[washing and anointing|washings and anointings]] and [[Endowment (Mormonism)|endowments]] in the upper floor of his [[Red Brick Store]] on Water Street, as well as in a few private residences in the city. Most couples, but not all, also received their [[Second Anointing]]. Members typically referred to their meetings, which were held usually every two weeks, as [[Prayer circle (Mormonism)|prayer circles]], because prayer played an important role in the group's religious activities.

Nearly all members of the Anointed Quorum were important leaders and their wives in the church or community, including the [[First Presidency]] and [[Quorum of the Twelve|Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]].  After [[Death of Joseph Smith|Smith's death]] in June 1844, members of the Anointed Quorum continued to meet under the direction of [[Brigham Young]], even admitting additional persons to the group. As the [[Nauvoo Temple]] neared completion during 1845, they prepared the building's upper floor for the administration of ordinances. Between December 1845 and February 1846, the Anointed Quorum extended the same rituals they had received from Smith to over 5,000 men and women living in the vicinity of Nauvoo.

After the Mormons left Nauvoo in 1846, the Anointed Quorum ceased to exist as an organized group. The Anointed Quorum dealt essentially with spiritual and [[wiktionary:sacerdotal|sacerdotal]] matters, but it was never an official administrative body of the church.

==Members==
The following individuals were members of the Anointed Quorum (spouses are listed together and [[plural marriage]] relationships are indicated):
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| || [[James Adams (lawyer)|James Adams]] || Lawyer and close friend of Joseph Smith.
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| || Harriet Denton Adams || Wife of James Adams
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| [[File:Babbitt.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Almon W. Babbitt]] || First [[Secretary of State (U.S. state government)|secretary]] and [[State treasurer|treasurer]] of the [[Territory of Utah]], and a member of the [[Council of Fifty]].
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| [[File:Louisa Beman.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Louisa Beaman]] || Plural wife of [[List of Joseph Smith's wives|Joseph Smith]]
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| [[File:John Milton Bernhisel.jpg|center|70px]] || [[John Milton Bernhisel]] || The original delegate of the [[Utah Territory]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]] (1851–1859, 1861–1863) and a member of the Council of Fifty.
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| [[File:Reynolds Cahoon.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Reynolds Cahoon]] || Member of the Presiding Bishopric and one of the inaugural members of the Council of Fifty.
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| [[File:Thirza Stiles Cahoon.jpg|center|70px]] || Thirza Stiles Cahoon || Wife of Reynolds Cahoon
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| [[File:William Clayton.jpg|center|70px]] || [[William Clayton (Mormon)|William Clayton]] || Member and Clerk of the Council of Fifty.
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| [[File:Margaret Moon Clayton.jpg|center|70px]] || Margaret Moon Clayton || Wife of William Clayton
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| [[File:Alpheus Cutler.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Alpheus Cutler]] || Member of the Council of Fifty. After the [[Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints)|succession crisis]], he became the [[Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite)#Presidents of the Cutlerite church|1st]] [[President of the Church|President]] of [[Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite)|The Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite)]].
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| [[File:Lois Lathrop Cutler.jpg|center|70px]] || Lois Lathrop Culter || Wife of Alpheus Cutler
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| [[File:Elizabeth Davis Brackenbury Durfee.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Elizabeth Davis Durfee]] || Plural wife of [[List of Joseph Smith's wives|Joseph Smith]]
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| || Harriet Page Wheeler Decker ||
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| [[File:Joseph Fielding.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Joseph Fielding]] || Member of the Council of Fifty, brother of [[Mary Fielding Smith|Mary Fielding]], the second wife of [[Hyrum Smith]], and an uncle of [[Joseph F. Smith]], the sixth [[President of the Church (LDS Church)|president of the church]].
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| [[File:Hannah Greenwood Fielding.jpg|70px]] || [[Hannah Greenwood Fielding]] || Wife of Joseph Fielding
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| || [[Olive Grey Frost]] || Plural wife of [[List of Joseph Smith's wives|Joseph Smith]]
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| || [[John P. Greene]] || Member of the Council of Fifty and the chief of police in [[Nauvoo, Illinois|Nauvoo]], [[Illinois]] in 1844.  Greene supervised the destruction of the press of the ''[[Nauvoo Expositor]]'' which set in motion a chain of events that eventually led to the [[death of Joseph Smith]].
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| || Charles Hyde ||
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| [[File:Orson Hyde.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Orson Hyde]] || A member and [[President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)|President]] of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)|Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]], and a member of the Council of Fifty.
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| [[File:Marinda Nancy Johnson Hyde.jpg|center|70px]] || Marinda Nancy Johnson Hyde || Wife of Orson Hyde and a plural wife of [[List of Joseph Smith's wives|Joseph Smith]]
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| [[File:Zina D. H. Young.JPG|center|70px]] || [[Zina D. H. Young|Zina Dianatha Huntington Jacobs]] || [[List of General Presidencies of the Relief Society|3rd General President]] of the [[Relief Society]]. Zina was a plural wife of [[List of Joseph Smith's wives|Joseph Smith]] and later [[List of Brigham Young's wives|Brigham Young]]
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| [[File:Heber Chase Kimball-2.png|center|70px]] || [[Heber C. Kimball]] || Member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)|Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]], First Counselor in the [[First Presidency (LDS Church)|First Presidency]], and a member of the Council of Fifty.
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| || Vilate Murray Kimball || Wife of Heber C. Kimball
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| [[File:Helen Mar Kimball.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Helen Mar Kimball]] || Plural wife of [[List of Joseph Smith's wives|Joseph Smith]]
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| || [[Joseph C. Kingsbury]] ||
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| [[File:Sarah Ann Whitney.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Sarah Ann Whitney|Sarah Ann Whitney Kingsbury]] || Wife of Joseph C. Kingsbury and a plural wife of [[List of Joseph Smith's wives|Joseph Smith]] and later [[Heber C. Kimball#Plural marriage|Heber C. Kimball]]
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| [[File:Mary-Elizabeth-Lightner.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner]] || Plural wife of [[List of Joseph Smith's wives|Joseph Smith]]
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| [[File:William-law-pic.jpg|center|70px]] || [[William Law (Latter Day Saints)|William Law]] || Second Counselor in the [[First Presidency#The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|First Presidency]] to Joseph Smith.  After his excommunication for apostasy, Law published the [[Nauvoo Expositor]], the destruction of which set in motion a chain of events that eventually led to the [[death of Joseph Smith]].

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| || Jane Silverthorne Law || Wife of William Law
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| <!-- [[WP:NFCC]] violation: [[File:Cornelius P. Lott.JPG|70px]] --> || [[Cornelius P. Lott]] || A member of the [[Council of Fifty]] and a [[Danite]] leader.<ref>Quinn, D. Michael. ''Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power'' Salt Lake City: Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, 1994, p. 482.</ref>
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| || Permelia Darrow Lott || Wife of Cornelius P. Lott
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| [[File:Amasamlyman.png|center|70px]] || [[Amasa Lyman]] || Member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)|Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]], counselor in the [[First Presidency]], and a member of the Council of Fifty.
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| || Mary L. Tanner Lyman || Wife of Amasa M. Lyman
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| [[File:William Marks (Mormon).jpg|center|70px]] || [[William Marks (Latter Day Saints)|William Marks]] || First counselor in the [[First Presidency (Community of Christ)|First Presidency]] of the [[Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]] and a member of the Council of Fifty.
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| || Rosannah Robinson Marks || Wife of William Marks
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| || [[George Miller (Latter Day Saints)|George Miller]] || [[Presiding Bishop (LDS Church)|Second Bishop of the Church]] and member of the Council of Fifty.
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| || Mary Catherine Fry Miller || Wife of George Miller
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| || Ruth Moon || Plural wife of [[William Clayton (Mormon)|William Clayton]]
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| [[File:Isaac Morley.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Isaac Morley]] || First Counselor to the [[Presiding Bishop (LDS Church)|Bishop of the Church]] and member of the Council of Fifty.
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| || Lucy Gunn Morley || Wife of Isaac Morley
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| || Fanny Young Murray ||
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| || Joseph B. Noble ||
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| || Mary A. Beaman Noble || Wife of Joseph B. Noble.
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|  <!-- [[WP:NFCC]] violation: [[File:John E. Page.JPG|70px]] --> || [[John E. Page]] || Member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)|Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]], and a member of the Council of Fifty.
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| || Mary Judd Page || Wife of John E. Page
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| [[File:OrsonPratt.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Orson Pratt]] || An original member of the [[Quorum of Twelve Apostles]], member of the Council of Fifty and [[Church Historian and Recorder|Official church historian]].
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| [[File:Parley P Pratt.gif|center|70px]] || [[Parley P. Pratt]] || An original member of the [[Quorum of Twelve Apostles]], member of the Council of Fifty.
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| [[File:Mary Ann Frost Stearns Pratt.jpg|center|70px]]|| [[Mary Ann Frost Stearns Pratt|Mary A. F. Pratt]] || Wife of Parley P. Pratt and a plural wife of [[List of Joseph Smith's wives|Joseph Smith]]
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| [[File:William W. Phelps.jpg|center|70px]] || [[W. W. Phelps (Mormon)|W. W. Phelps]] || A church printer, editor, and songwriter, scribe to Joseph Smith, and a member of the Council of Fifty.
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| || Sally Waterman Phelps || Wife of W. W. Phelps
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| [[File:Levi Richards.JPG|center|70px]] || [[Levi Richards]] || Served as a physician for Joseph Smith and a member of the Council of Fifty.
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| [[File:WillardRichards.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Willard Richards]] || Second Counselor in the [[First Presidency (LDS Church)|First Presidency]], member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)|Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]], [[Church Historian and Recorder|Official church historian]], and a member of the Council of Fifty.
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| || Jennetta Richards Richards || Wife of Willard Richards
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| [[File:Rigdon.gif|center|70px]] || [[Sidney Rigdon]] || Counselor in the [[First Presidency]] of [[Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)|Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]] and a member of the Council of Fifty. After the [[Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints)|Succession Crisis]] he became [[President of the Church|President]] of the [[Church of Jesus Christ of the Children of Zion]].
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| [[File:Lucy A. Decker.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Lucy Decker Seely]] || Plural wife of  [[Brigham Young]]
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| [[File:Sylvia Porter Sessions Lyon Clark.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Sylvia P. Sessions]] || Plural wife of [[List of Joseph Smith's wives|Joseph Smith]]
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| [[File:Agnes Moulton Coolbrith.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Agnes Coolbrith Smith]] || Plural wife of [[List of Joseph Smith's wives|Joseph Smith]]
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| [[File:GeorgeAlbertSmith.jpg|center|70px]] || [[George A. Smith]] || First Counselor in the [[First Presidency (LDS Church)|First Presidency]], member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)|Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]], [[Church Historian and Recorder|Official church historian]], and a member of the Council of Fifty.
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| [[File:Bathsheba W. Smith.JPG|center|70px]] || [[Bathsheba W. Smith]] || [[List of General Presidencies of the Relief Society|4th General President]] of the [[Relief Society]] and wife of George A. Smith.
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| [[File:Hyrum Smith ca 1880-1920.png|center|70px]] || [[Hyrum Smith]] || Brother of Joseph Smith, [[Assistant President of the Church]], [[Presiding Patriarch]], [[Apostle (Latter Day Saints)|Apostle]], Counselor in the [[First Presidency]], and a member of the Council of Fifty.
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| [[File:Mary Fielding Smith.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Mary Fielding Smith]] || Wife of Hyrum Smith
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| [[File:John Smith (uncle of Joseph Smith).jpg|center|70px]] || [[John Smith (uncle of Joseph Smith)|John Smith]] || Uncle of Joseph Smith, [[Presiding Patriarch#Chronology of the Presiding Patriarchs of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|4th]] [[Presiding Patriarch]], Assistant Counselor in the [[First Presidency (LDS Church)|First Presidency]], and a member of the Council of Fifty.
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| || Clarissa Lyman Smith || Wife of John Smith
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| [[File:Lucy Mack Smith2.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Lucy Mack Smith]] || Mother of Joseph Smith and author of ''[[The History of Joseph Smith by His Mother|Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith, the Prophet, and His Progenitors for Many Generations]].''
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| [[File:Joseph Smith, Jr. portrait owned by Joseph Smith III.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Joseph Smith]] || Founder of the [[Latter Day Saint movement]].
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| [[File:EmmaSmith.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Emma Hale Smith]] || Wife of [[List of Joseph Smith's wives|Joseph Smith]] and 1st President of [[Relief Society|the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo]].
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| [[File:Samuel H. Smith.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Samuel H. Smith (Latter Day Saints)|Samuel H. Smith]] || One of the younger brothers of Joseph Smith, and one of the [[Eight Witnesses]].
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| [[File:Williamsmith.gif|center|70px]] || [[William Smith (Latter Day Saints)|William Smith]] || One of the younger brothers of Joseph Smith, member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve#Members of the original quorum.2C prior to 1844|Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]], [[Presiding Patriarch#Chronology of the Presiding Patriarchs of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|3rd]] [[Presiding Patriarch]] ([[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS Church]]), and a member of the Council of Fifty. After the [[Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints)|Succession Crisis]] he became Petitioner for [[Presiding Patriarch|Patriarchate]] ([[Community of Christ|RLDS Church]]).
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| [[File:Eliza R. Snow.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Eliza R. Snow]] || [[List of General Presidencies of the Relief Society|2nd General President]] of the [[Relief Society]].  Plural wife of [[List of Joseph Smith's wives|Joseph Smith]] and [[List of Brigham Young's wives|Brigham Young]]
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| [[File:Orson Spencer.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Orson Spencer]] || Member of the Council of Fifty and 1st President of the [[University of Utah]]
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| || Catherine Curtis Spencer || Wife of Orson Spencer
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| [[File:John Taylor seated in chair.jpg|center|70px]] || [[John Taylor (Latter Day Saints)|John Taylor]] || [[List of presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|3rd]] [[President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]
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| || Leonora Cannon Taylor || Wife of John Taylor
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| || [[Mercy Fielding Thompson]] ||
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| [[File:Newel K. Whitney.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Newel K. Whitney]] || [[Presiding Bishop (LDS Church)|First Bishop of the Church]] and a member of the Council of Fifty.
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| || Elizabeth Ann Smith Whitney || Wife of Newel K. Whitney.
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| [[File:Lymanwight8.gif|center|70px]] || [[Lyman Wight]] || Member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve]] and a member of the Council of Fifty. After the [[Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints)|Succession Crisis]] he became [[President of the Church|President]] of the [[Church of Christ (Wightite)|Church of Christ]](Wightite)<ref>{{Citation|title=The Historical magazine, and notes and queries concerning the antiquities, history, and biography of America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y3sFAAAAQAAJ&q=Wightite&pg=PA85|volume=3|year=1959|publisher= C. Benjamin Richardson: Trübner & co.|location= London|page=12| access-date = July 26, 2010}}</ref> 
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| [[File:Wilford Woodruff 1889.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Wilford Woodruff]] || [[List of presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|4th]] [[President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]
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| [[File:Phoebe Whittemore Carter.jpg|center|70px]] || Phoebe Carter Woodruff || First [[Wilford Woodruff#Marriage and family|wife of Wilford Woodruff]].
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| || Lucien Woodworth ||
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| || Phebe Watrous Woodworth || Wife of Lucien Woodworth
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| [[File:Brigham Young by Charles William Carter.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Brigham Young]] || [[List of presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|2nd]] [[President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]
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| [[File:Mary Ann Angell Young2.jpg|center|70px]] || Mary Ann Angell Young || Wife of [[List of Brigham Young's wives|Brigham Young]]
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| [[File:Joseph Young.jpg|center|70px]] || [[Joseph Young]] || Brother of Brigham Young, one of the First Seven Presidents of the [[First Quorum of the Seventy]], and a member of the Council of Fifty.
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| || Jane A. Bicknell Young || Wife of Joseph Young
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==See also==
{{Portal|Latter Day Saint movement}}
*[[Council of Fifty]]
*[[Council of Friends]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

*{{cite journal
 | last = Anderson
 | first = Devery S.
 | title = The Anointed Quorum in Nauvoo, 1842-45 
 | url = http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol29/iss2/1/ 
 | volume = 29
 | issue = 2
 | journal = [[Journal of Mormon History]]
 | pages = 137–157
 | date = Fall 2003
 }}.
*{{cite book
 |editor1-last  = Anderson
 |editor1-first = Devery
 |editor2-last  = Bergera
 |editor2-first = James
 |year          = 2006
 |title         = Joseph Smith's Quorum of the Anointed, 1842-1945
 |publisher     = Signature Books
 |place         = Salt Lake City
 |isbn          = 1-56085-186-4
 |oclc          = 57965858
 |url           = http://signaturebooks.com/2010/02/quorum-of-the-anointed/
 |url-status       = dead
 |archive-url    = https://archive.today/20130202091515/http://signaturebooks.com/2010/02/quorum-of-the-anointed/
 |archive-date   = 2013-02-02
}}.

==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Members of the Anointed Quorum}}

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