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The plural wives of Joseph Smith, Jr.

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Plural wives of Joseph Smith, Jr.

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Plural wives of Joseph Smith, Jr.

Summary: List of Joseph's plural wives, with links to critical claims related to specific plural wives of Joseph Smith, Jr.

Divine manifestations to plural wives, their families, and other members

Summary: Did those who entered into plural marriage do so simply because Joseph Smith (or another Church leader) "told them to"? Is this an example of "blind obedience"? No, they bore witness that only powerful revelatory experiences convinced them that the command was from God.


Specific wives
Doctrinal foundation of plural marriage
Introduction of plural marriage
Plural wives of Joseph Smith
Plural marriage in Utah
End of plural marriage

Fanny Alger

Summary: What do we know about Joseph Smith's first plural wife, Fanny Alger? Joseph met her in early 1833 when she stayed at the Smith home as a house-assistant of sorts to Emma (such work was common for young women at the time). There are no first-hand accounts of their relationship (from Joseph or Fanny), nor are there second-hand accounts (from Emma or Fanny's family). All that we do have is third hand accounts, most of them recorded many years after the events.



The age of Joseph Smith's wives.

Summary: How old were Joseph Smith's plural wives?

Joseph Smith's Polygamy: "An Overview of Joseph’s Plural Marriage to Fanny Alger", by Brian C. Hales

Summary: Researching the relationship between Joseph Smith and Fanny is difficult because of limitations in available documentation. Only nineteen manuscripts have been identified in the historical record discussing the occurrence either firsthand or secondhand. Unfortunately they contain contradictory and ambiguous statements.

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Louisa Beaman

  • Louisa Beaman
Life and Character
Youth
Revelations and the Church
Prophetic Statements
Society
Plural marriage (polygamy)
Death

Doctrinal foundation of plural marriage
Introduction of plural marriage
Plural wives of Joseph Smith
Plural marriage in Utah
End of plural marriage

Plural wives of Joseph Smith

Prescindia Lathrop Huntington Buell and her husband Norman joined the Church in 1836. By 1839, Norman had left the Church, and Prescindia noted that "the Lord gave me strength to Stand alone & keep the faith amid heavy persecution.” “[I]n 1841 I entered into the New Everlasting Covenant," said Prescindia, "[I] was sealed to Joseph Smith the Prophet and Seer, and to the best of my ability I have honored plural marriage, never speaking one word against the principle… Never in my life, in this kingdom, which is 44 years, have I doubted the truth of this great work.”

Children of Joseph Smith ruled out by DNA Evidence: Oliver Buell

Summary: Prescindia Lathrop Huntington Buell and her husband Norman joined the Church in 1836. By 1839, Norman had left the Church, and Prescindia noted that "the Lord gave me strength to Stand alone & keep the faith amid heavy persecution.



John Hyrum Buell, an unlikely child

Summary: The case of Oliver Buell is an interesting one, since author Fawn Brodie was insistent that he was Joseph's son. She based part of this argument on a photograph of Buell, which revealed a face which she claimed was "overwhelmingly on the side of Joseph's paternity." Oliver's potential relationship to Joseph, however, has been ruled out by DNA evidence.



Did Prescindia Buell not know who was the father of her son?

Summary: The case of Oliver Buell is an interesting one, since author Fawn Brodie was insistent that he was Joseph's son. She based part of this argument on a photograph of Buell, which revealed a face which she claimed was "overwhelmingly on the side of Joseph's paternity." Oliver's potential relationship to Joseph, however, has been ruled out by DNA evidence.



Joseph Smith's Polygamy: "Joseph Smith’s Pre-Nauvoo Reputation--Presendia Huntington Buell", by Brian C. Hales


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Joseph Smith's Polygamy: "Were There Other Polygamous Marriages Prior to Nauvoo?—Presendia Huntington Buell", by Brian C. Hales


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Joseph Smith's Polygamy: "After Louisa Beaman, Joseph Smith Seeks Almost Exclusively “Eternity Only” Sealings", by Brian C. Hales


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Sarah Kingsley Howe Cleveland

Agnes Moulton Coolbrith

  • Agnes Moulton Coolbrith

Elizabeth Davis Goldsmith Brackenbury Durfee

Esther Dutcher

Hannah S. Ells

  • Hannah S. Ells

Olive Grey Frost

Desdemona Catlin Wadsworth Fulmmer

  • Desdemona Catlin Wadsworth Fulmmer

Lucinda Pendleton Morgan Harris

  • Lucinda Pendleton Morgan Harris

Elvira Annie Cowles Holmes

Sarah Maryetta Kingsley Howe

  • Sarah Maryetta Kingsley Howe

Zina Huntington

Zina Diantha Huntington Jacobs

Marinda Nancy Johnson Hyde

Almera Johnson

Helen Mar Kimball

Helen Mar Kimball

Maria Lawrence

  • Maria Lawrence
    • Claimed mismanagement of the Lawrence estate—
      Brief Summary: Joseph Smith was appointed the guardian of two daughters, Maria and Sarah Lawrence, and their inheritance. He later married them in plural marriage. The evidence shows that Joseph Smith faithfully discharged his legal duties, despite the claims made by some nineteeth-century and modern critics. (Click here for full article)
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Sarah Lawrence

  • Sarah Lawrence
    • Claimed mismanagement of the Lawrence estate—
      Brief Summary: Joseph Smith was appointed the guardian of two daughters, Maria and Sarah Lawrence, and their inheritance. He later married them in plural marriage. The evidence shows that Joseph Smith faithfully discharged his legal duties, despite the claims made by some nineteeth-century and modern critics. (Click here for full article)
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Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner

Malissa Lott

Sylvia Sessions Lyon

Martha McBride

Emily Partridge

Emily Partridge

  • Eliza Partridge

Rhonda Richards

  • Rhonda Richards

Ruth Vose Sayers

Patty Bartlett Sessions

Delcena Diadamia Johnson Sherman

  • Delcena Diadamia Johnson Sherman

Mary Heron Snider

Eliza R. Snow

Eliza R. Snow

Lucy Walker

Sarah Ann Whitney

Sarah Ann Whitney

Nancy Maria Winchester


Flora Ann Woodworth

  • Flora Ann Woodworth

Fanny Young

  • Fanny Young
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