Performed Plagues “When the Lord commanded Moses to tell Aaron to smite the waters of Egypt with his rod, he did so, and the waters were turned into blood; and when by the order of Moses, Aaron smote the dust with his rod, “the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of […]
Inspiring Stories One day while crossing a large prairie, six or eight miles from any house, we crossed a small stream. The ground was frozen deep on each side, and we sprung one of the axletrees of Brother Barnard’s carriage. Brother Barnard said we could not travel with it any farther. Brother Joseph looked at […]
William Clayton Joseph rode out today with Flora W[oodworth]. Orange Wight Now although in my 20th year [I] would not be 20 until 29 November, 1843, I concluded to look about and try to pick up one or more of the young ladies before they were all gone. So I commenced keeping company with Flora […]
Associated Locations: Austerfield, United Kingdom – Place of William Bradford’s birth Plymouth, Massachusetts Associated Dates: March 19, 1590 – William Bradford born November 11, 1620 – Mayflower compact signed April 1621 – William Braford elected Governor Providential Role in History Magnalia Christi Americana He was indeed a person of a well-tempered spirit, or else it […]
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William Taylor Never in all my life have I seen anything more beautiful than the striking example of brotherly love and devotion felt for each other by Joseph and Hyrum. I witnessed this many times. No matter how often, or when or where they met, it was always with the same expression of supreme joy. […]
Benjamin F. Johnson I was present when the Prophet gave his last charge to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. It was in Nauvoo early in 1844, in the meeting of a council of the Prophet’s most trusted friends, including the Twelve, but not all of the constituted authorities of the Church. The Prophet stood […]
Prophetic Statements Brigham Young The Scripture says that He, the Lord, came walking in the Temple, with His train; [Isaiah 6:1] I do not know who they were, unless His wives and children; but at any rate they filled the Temple, and how many there were who could not get into the Temple I cannot […]
Margaret Wilson was an teenage Scottish Covenanter martyr.  After refusing to swear an oath declaring James VII as head of the Church was murdered by drowning.  The remarkable story of this young women is told below. The following is an excerpt from The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution. On the […]
Heber C. Kimball recounts experience “Saturday evening,” says Heber C. Kimball, “it was agreed that I should go forward and baptize, the next morning, in the river Ribble, which runs through Preston. “By this time the adversary of souls began to rage, and he felt determined to destroy us before we had fully established the […]
Cain to rule over Satan Now as to whether or not those who in mortal life rebel and become sons of perdition will be able to exercise greater dominion than those who followed Lucifer, who became the devil and arch-enemy of Jesus Christ, might be a moot question. However, the Lord has made it definitely […]
Eliza Roxcy Snow was a plural wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Return to Plural Wives of Joseph Smith Born: January 21, 1804 Died: December 5, 1887, Salt Lake City, Utah Sealed (Joseph Smith): June 29, 1842 Full Name: Eliza Roxcy Snow Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and their Mothers There were illustrious names among those pioneer women — Eliza […]
Delcena Johnson (Sherman) was a plural wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Return to Plural Wives of Joseph Smith Born: November 19, 1806, Westfield, Vermont Died: October 21, 1854, Salt Lake City, Utah Sealed (Joseph Smith): Prior to July 1842 Married (Lyman Royal Sherman): January 16, 1829 Full Name: Delcena Johnson (Sherman) Wilford Woodruff “Elder Sherman sung in the gift of […]
Sarah Kingsley (Howe Cleveland) was a plural wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Return to Plural Wives of Joseph Smith Born: October 20, 1788, Becket, Massachusetts Died: April 20-21, 1856 Sealed (Joseph Smith): Unknown Married (John Howe): 1807 Married (John Cleveland): March 3, 1834, Clay County, Missouri. Full Name: Sarah Kingsley (Howe Cleveland) Anon. Biography, CHL. Possibly by August Cleveland Smith Brigham Young […]
Elizabeth Davis was a plural wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Return to Plural Wives of Joseph Smith Born: March 11, 1791 Died: December 14, 1892 Sealed (Joseph Smith): Unknown Married (Jabez Durfee): March 3, 1834, Clay County, Missouri. Married: June 28th, 1812 Full Name: Elizabeth Davis Smith Emily Partridge (plural wife of Joseph Smith) Mrs. Durfee invited my sister Eliza and […]
Marinda Nancy Johnson was a plural wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Return to Plural Wives of Joseph Smith Born: February 4, 1795, Bethel, Maine Died: December 14, 1892 Sealed (Joseph Smith): March 9, 1842 Married (Orson Hyde): 1834 Full Name: Marinda Nancy Johnson Hyde Smith Marinda Nancy Johnson (Hyde), 1877 To read more, visit the Autobiography of Marinda Nancy Johnson Hyde […]
Patty Bartlett was a plural wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Return to Plural Wives of Joseph Smith Born: February 4, 1795, Bethel, Maine Died: December 14, 1892 Married (David Sessions): June 28th, 1812 Sealed (Joseph Smith): March 9, 1842 Married (John Parry, for time): 1851 Full Name: Patty Bartlett (Sessions) Smith Life Sketch: Deseret Weekly, December 31, 1892 The following sketch […]
Mary Elizabeth Rollins was a plural wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Return to Plural Wives of Joseph Smith Born: April 9, 1818, Lima, New York Died: December 17, 1913, Minersville, UT Sealed (Joseph Smith): February, 1842 Married (Adam Lightner): August 11, 1845 Full Name: Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner Smith Mary Elizabeth Rollins “In 1834 he was […]
Sylvia Sessions (Lyon)Â was a plural wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Return to Plural Wives of Joseph Smith Born:Â July 31, 1818, Andover, Maine Died:Â Apr. 12, 1882, Bountiful, Davis County, Utah Married (Joseph Smith):Â Nov. 19, 1842 and approx. May 18, 1843 Married (Windsor Lyon):Â April 21, 1838 Married (Ezekiel Clark):Â Â January 1, 1850, Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa Full […]
