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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lavender; line-height: normal; padding: 0.2em;">Second Counselor to the <a href="/wiki/Presiding_Bishop#Latter_Day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Presiding Bishop">Bishop of the Church</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">August 1, 1837<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1837-08-01</span>)</span> – May 27, 1840<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1840-05-27</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Called by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Partridge" title="Edward Partridge">Edward Partridge</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">End reason</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Honorably released at the death of <a href="/wiki/Edward_Partridge" title="Edward Partridge">Edward Partridge</a></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lavender;">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1793-03-25</span>)</span>March 25, 1793<br /><a href="/wiki/Greenfield,_Massachusetts" title="Greenfield, Massachusetts">Greenfield, Massachusetts</a>, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">February 6, 1866<span style="display:none">(1866-02-06)</span> (aged 72)<br /><a href="/wiki/Provo,_Utah" title="Provo, Utah">Provo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah_Territory" title="Utah Territory">Utah Territory</a>, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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served in several positions in the church and was a contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith" title="Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young" title="Brigham Young">Brigham Young</a>. Billings was a counselor in the <a href="/wiki/Presiding_Bishop#Latter_Day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Presiding Bishop">first Bishopric</a> of the Church to <a href="/wiki/Edward_Partridge" title="Edward Partridge">Edward Partridge</a>. He participated in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Crooked_River" title="Battle of Crooked River">Battle of Crooked River</a> and was a colonel in the <a href="/wiki/Nauvoo_Legion" title="Nauvoo Legion">Nauvoo Legion</a>. He participated in the <a href="/wiki/Mormon_migration" class="mw-redirect" title="Mormon migration">Mormon migration</a> as a Captain of Fifty in the second company and was a notable settler of <a href="/wiki/Manti,_Utah" title="Manti, Utah">Manti, Utah</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Titus_Billings&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Billings was born in <a href="/wiki/Greenfield,_Massachusetts" title="Greenfield, Massachusetts">Greenfield, Massachusetts</a>, on March 25, 1793.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the son of Ebeneezer Billings and Ester Joyce.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of Billings's notable ancestors is Sir <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Billing" title="Thomas Billing">Thomas Billing</a>, Chief Justice of the Kings Bench in England. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cambellite_commune">Cambellite commune</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Titus_Billings&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cambellite commune"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Titus_and_Diantha_Morley_Billings.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Titus_and_Diantha_Morley_Billings.jpg/220px-Titus_and_Diantha_Morley_Billings.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Titus_and_Diantha_Morley_Billings.jpg/330px-Titus_and_Diantha_Morley_Billings.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Titus_and_Diantha_Morley_Billings.jpg/440px-Titus_and_Diantha_Morley_Billings.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption>Titus and Diantha Morley Billings.</figcaption></figure> <p>On February 16, 1817, he married Diantha Morley. Diantha and her older brother <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Morley" title="Isaac Morley">Isaac Morley</a> were members of <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Rigdon" title="Sidney Rigdon">Sidney Rigdon's</a> congregation of <a href="/wiki/Campbellites" class="mw-redirect" title="Campbellites">Campbellites</a>. This utopian group practiced communal principles, holding <a href="/wiki/Common_ownership" title="Common ownership">goods in common</a> for the benefit of all of the members. They also held the belief, called <a href="/wiki/Christian_primitivism" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian primitivism">Restorationism</a>, that a purer form of <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> should be restored using the early Christian church as a model. These beliefs would serve as a backdrop for Billings's membership in the "<a href="/wiki/Church_of_Christ_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)">Church of Christ</a>", as <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints</a> was first called, including his future participation in the <a href="/wiki/United_Order" title="United Order">United Order</a>. </p><p>When Sidney Rigdon joined the fledgling Church of Christ he held a two-hour sermon explaining to his congregation why he was making the commitment. The next morning, November 15, 1830, he was baptized.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon calling for more converts, Billings stepped forward and was the second person baptized in <a href="/wiki/Kirtland,_Ohio" title="Kirtland, Ohio">Kirtland, Ohio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_church_membership">Early church membership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Titus_Billings&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early church membership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 1831, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith" title="Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith</a>, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, said he had received a revelation directing the Saints to impart of their land and money to the church.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 1831, Billings was commanded to sell the Morley Family farm and holdings in preparation to move to <a href="/wiki/Independence,_Missouri" title="Independence, Missouri">Independence, Missouri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 10, 1832, he was ordained an elder by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_B._Marsh" title="Thomas B. Marsh">Thomas B. Marsh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While en route to <a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Missouri" title="Jackson County, Missouri">Jackson County, Missouri</a>, he met with Joseph Smith on the <i>Charleston</i>, a steam packet in <a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a>. The Billings family arrived in <a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Missouri" title="Clay County, Missouri">Clay County, Missouri</a>, in May.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While in Missouri, Billings participated in the <a href="/wiki/United_Order" title="United Order">United Order</a> covenant which was made with <a href="/wiki/Edward_Partridge" title="Edward Partridge">Edward Partridge</a>, the first bishop of the Church. However, the United Order was short-lived, and anti-Mormon pressure at the time caused Billings to lose much of his property. While storing hay on a rented farm owned by then <a href="/wiki/Governor_Boggs" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor Boggs">Governor Boggs</a>, a mob burned 24 tons of the hay and later forced Billings out of Clay County.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 1835, Titus and Diantha Billings were called to return to Kirtland, Ohio to help finish the <a href="/wiki/Kirtland_Temple" title="Kirtland Temple">Kirtland Temple</a>. Titus was a stonemason, carpenter, and musician, while Diantha designed the original <a href="/wiki/Temple_garment" title="Temple garment">temple garments</a>. In March, upon the temple’s completion, Diantha sang at the dedication services and Titus became a member of the School of the Prophets. The Billings family moved back to Missouri in 1837, and Titus was sustained as Second Counselor to Bishop Edward Partridge at the General Conference of the church in <a href="/wiki/Far_West,_Missouri" title="Far West, Missouri">Far West</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on August 1, 1837.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served in this calling until the death of Bishop Partridge in 1840. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mob_persecution">Mob persecution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Titus_Billings&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Mob persecution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On October 25, 1838, Billings participated in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Crooked_River" title="Battle of Crooked River">Battle of Crooked River</a>, and as part of the aftermath was forced to flee from his home to the <a href="/wiki/Des_Moines_River" title="Des Moines River">Des Moines River</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> While fleeing the mob he suffered from lack of food for several days<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and frostbite on his feet. As a result of the battle, Governor Boggs signed the infamous <a href="/wiki/Mormon_Extermination_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Mormon Extermination Order">Extermination Order</a>. Billings signed a petition documenting the losses of property during this time which were never recovered. Escaping the mobs, he and his family moved to what became known as Morleytown or Yelrome, which is near modern-day <a href="/wiki/Lima,_Illinois" title="Lima, Illinois">Lima, Illinois</a>, and is a short distance from <a href="/wiki/Nauvoo,_Illinois" title="Nauvoo, Illinois">Nauvoo, Illinois</a>. </p><p>In February 1841, the <a href="/wiki/Nauvoo_Legion" title="Nauvoo Legion">Nauvoo Legion</a> was organized and Billings was made a captain. By September, Billings was promoted to the rank of colonel in the legion.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 22, 1842, Billings was called on a mission to the <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> states. Luman Andros Shurtliff was his companion. They returned in June 1843 after suffering much and having only small successes.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 1846, Isaac Morley's cooper shop was burned and the Billings family and all of the residents of Morleytown moved to Nauvoo. During this time Billings worked daily on the <a href="/wiki/Nauvoo_Temple" title="Nauvoo Temple">Nauvoo Temple</a> until its completion. However, due to mob pressure, their stay was short-lived, and after the death of Joseph Smith the Billings family and the Saints moved out of Nauvoo. </p><p>In 1848, Billings was appointed as a Captain of Fifty in <a href="/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball" title="Heber C. Kimball">Heber C. Kimball’s</a> company of pioneers.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company arrived in the <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_Valley" title="Salt Lake Valley">Salt Lake Valley</a> in the winter of 1848. In February 1849, Billings was called to the Greater Salt Lake City Stake <a href="/wiki/High_council_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="High council (Latter Day Saints)">High Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Utah_settlement">Utah settlement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Titus_Billings&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Utah settlement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After <a href="/wiki/Ute_people" title="Ute people">Ute</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Walkara" title="Walkara">Walkara</a> invited church president <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young" title="Brigham Young">Brigham Young</a> to send colonists to the Sanpitch (now Sanpete) Valley in central Utah, Young dispatched Isaac Morley and other settlers, including the Titus Billings family, to what is now the town of <a href="/wiki/Manti,_Utah" title="Manti, Utah">Manti, Utah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Manti was incorporated by the legislature in Salt Lake City, and the area was surveyed in 1851. Upon completion of the survey, the settlers left their temporary shelters at Temple Hill and moved to their city lots. Billings and Jezreel Shomaker built the first houses, and were followed by others before the next winter.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Billings home still stands today. Billings lived in Manti and was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Stake_Presidency" class="mw-redirect" title="Stake Presidency">stake presidency</a> there in 1851. </p><p>Initially the native tribes of the area were friendly towards the settlers while still at war with one another. When one tribe had a victory over another, often the women and children of the opposing tribe were taken as slaves. Upon seeing the cruel treatment of the newly enslaved children, the pioneers would sometimes purchase the children from their captors to liberate them. Titus Billings purchased a young native girl and gave her to Diantha to raise as a daughter. Diantha named the girl Rose Billings. After a few years the pioneers were able to convince the tribes that the Great Spirit was displeased with them for their cruelty to prisoners, and the practice gradually died out.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Polygamy">Polygamy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Titus_Billings&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Polygamy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 20, 1854, Titus married Mary Ann Tuttle as his second wife under the practice of polygamy. Mary Ann was the divorced ex-plural wife of Howard Egan. She bore four children with Titus before they too divorced. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Titus_Billings&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Titus_and_Diantha_Morley_Billings_gravestone_in_Provo_Utah_Cemetery.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Titus_and_Diantha_Morley_Billings_gravestone_in_Provo_Utah_Cemetery.jpg/220px-Titus_and_Diantha_Morley_Billings_gravestone_in_Provo_Utah_Cemetery.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Titus_and_Diantha_Morley_Billings_gravestone_in_Provo_Utah_Cemetery.jpg/330px-Titus_and_Diantha_Morley_Billings_gravestone_in_Provo_Utah_Cemetery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Titus_and_Diantha_Morley_Billings_gravestone_in_Provo_Utah_Cemetery.jpg/440px-Titus_and_Diantha_Morley_Billings_gravestone_in_Provo_Utah_Cemetery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Billings' grave in Provo, Utah</figcaption></figure> <p>In his later years, Billings moved to <a href="/wiki/Provo,_Utah" title="Provo, Utah">Provo, Utah</a>, and died there on February 6, 1866<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at the age of 72. He is buried in the Provo Cemetery with his first wife Diantha.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Progeny">Progeny</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Titus_Billings&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Progeny"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Children from Diantha Morley Billings: </p> <ul><li>Samuel Dwight Billings</li> <li>Thomas Billings</li> <li>Ebenezer Billings</li> <li>Emily Billings</li> <li>Martha Billings</li> <li>Alfred Nelson Billings</li> <li>George Pierce Billings</li> <li>Eunice Billings</li> <li>Titus Billings (Jr.)</li></ul> <p>Children from Mary Ann Tuttle: </p> <ul><li>Emily Billings</li> <li>Titus Billings (Jr.)</li> <li>Theresa Billings</li> <li>Alonzo Billings</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Titus_Billings&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-:1-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:1_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/titus-billings">"Titus Billings – Biography"</a>. <i>www.josephsmithpapers.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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