Mark Hill Forscutt

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Mark Hill Forscutt (19 June 1834 – 18 October 1903) was an English

Forscutt was born in

Forscutt was married in March 1860 to fellow Latter-day Saint Elizabeth Unsworth. On their marriage day, Forscutt and his wife began their emigration to

In 1865, Forscutt joined the RLDS Church in Salt Lake City. He soon left the territory. Forscutt became a close personal friend of Joseph Smith III. Forscutt later served as a full-time missionary for the RLDS Church in England and the Society Islands. He was a copyist in the process that led to the publication of the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible in 1866. Forscutt composed a number of hymns and was the editor of Saints' Harmony, an RLDS Church hymnal published in 1889.

Forscutt was a preacher in the RLDS Church until his death. On 2 May 1879, Forscutt preached the sermon at the funeral of

Mark and Elizabeth Forscutt were the parents of three children Amy Forscutt Parr, Ruby Forscutt Faunce, and Mark Zenas Forscutt. They divorced in 1867.

See also

• Kirtland Temple Suit

Notes

References

• Eric Paul Rogers, "Mark Hill Forscutt: Mormon Missionary, Morrisite Apostle, RLDS Minister." John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 21 (2001): 61–90.
• Wayne Ham, "The Musical Legacy of Mark Hill Forscutt", Restoration Studies 4:156–161.