Remembering the Wives

of

Joseph Smith 

 

 
 
 
 
   

MISSION and PURPOSE

Acknowledge and remember these largely forgotten women



 

 

BIOGRAPHIES
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Wife

Date

Age

Husband*

Emma Hale
Fanny Alger
Lucinda Morgan Harris
Louisa Beaman
Zina Huntington Jacobs
Presendia Huntington Buell
Agnes Coolbrith
Sylvia Sessions Lyon
Mary Rollins Lightner
Patty Bartlett Sessions
Marinda Johnson Hyde
Elizabeth Davis Durfee
Sarah Kingsley Cleveland
Delcena Johnson
Eliza R. Snow
Sarah Ann Whitney
Martha McBride Knight
Ruth Vose Sayers
Flora Ann Woodworth
Emily Dow Partridge
Eliza Maria Partridge
Almera Johnson
Lucy Walker
Sarah Lawrence
Maria Lawrence
Helen Mar Kimball
Hanna Ells
Elvira Cowles Holmes
Rhoda Richards
Desdemona Fullmer
Olive Frost
Melissa Lott
Nancy Winchester
Fanny Young

Jan 1827
1833
1838
Apr 1841
Oct 1841
Dec 1841
Jan 1842
Feb 1842
Feb 1842
Mar 1842
Apr 1842
Jun 1842
Jun 1842
Jul 1842
Jun 1842
Jul 1842
Aug 1842
Feb 1843
Spring 1843
Mar 1843
Mar 1843
Apr 1843
May 1843
May 1843
May 1843
May 1843
Mid 1843
Jun 1843
Jun 1843
Jul 1843
Mid 1843
Sep 1843
1843
Nov 1843

22
16
37
26
20
31
33
23
23
47
27
50
53
37
38
17
37
33
16
19
22
30
17
17
19
14
29
29
58
32
27
19
14
56

NONE
NONE
George W. Harris
NONE
Henry Jacobs
Norman Buell
NONE
Windsor Lyon
Adam Lightner
David Sessions
Orson Hyde
Jabez Durfee
John Cleveland
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
Edward Sayers
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
Jonathan Holmes
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE

* Living Husband at the time of
   Marriage to Joseph Smith

 

 

References


 
 
 


              BIBLIOGRAPHY
 
 
 

WWW.FAMILYSEARCH.ORG  (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City)

MORMON POLYGAMY: A HISTORY  (Van Wagoner, Signature Books, Salt Lake City, 1989)* 

MORMON ENIGMA: EMMA HALE SMITH  (Newell & Avery, University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago, 1994)* 

IN SACRED LONELINESS: THE PLURAL WIVES OF JOSEPH SMITH  (Compton, Signature Books, Salt Lake City, 1997)* 

DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS  (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City)


* Available at the Deseret Book special order desk: (800) 453-4532


 
 
 


ETCETERA
 
 

1.  PDF version of Remembering the Wives of Joseph Smith  

2.  What do Latter-day Saint churches believe and teach about polygamy today?

3.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints praises the "balanced analysis" in the book: "In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith".

4.  Did Joseph Smith have children by his plural wives?  DNA research may be providing answers.

5.  Why Did Joseph Smith Practice Polygamy?  Apostle John A. Widtsoe discusses some common misconceptions.

6.  Who created this website, and why?   Excerpts from readers emails and responses.

7.  Was it common in the 1800's for teenage girls to marry?  U.S. Census Data and social research explain marriage patterns of the last 200 years

 
 
 
 
 

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