Agnes Moulton Coolbrith was a plural wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Return to Plural Wives of Joseph Smith Born: July 9, 1808, Scarborough, Cumberland Co., Maine Died: December 26, 1876, Oakland, Alameda Co., California Married (Don Carlos Smith): July 30, 1835, Kirtland Married (Joseph Smith): January 6, 1842 Married (William Pickett): 1846 Full Name: Agnes Moulton Coolbrith Smith Accounts Brigham Young “I was taken in […]
Lucy Walker was a plural wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Born: April 30, 1826, Peacham, Vermont Died: October 5, 1910, Salt Lake City Married (Joseph Smith): May 1, 1843, Nauvoo Illinois at Red Brick Store Married (Heber C. Kimball): February 8, 1845 Full Name: Lucy Walker Kimball Smith Lucy Walker Kimball Autobiography Below is an excerpt of the Lucy Walker […]
Presendia Lathrop Huntington (Buell) was a plural wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Return to Plural Wives of Joseph Smith Born: December 7, 1810, Watertown, N.Y. Died: February 1, 1892, Salt Lake City Married (Joseph Smith): December 11, 1841 Married (Norman Buell): January 6, 1827 Full Name: Presendia Lathrop Huntington Buell Kimball Smith 1881 Autobiographical Sketch “I was […]
Zina Diantha Huntington was a plural wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Return to Plural Wives of Joseph Smith Born: January 31, 1821, Watertown, New York Died: August 28, 1901 (aged 80), Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Sealed (Joseph Smith): October 27, 1841 Full Name: Zina Diantha Huntington Jacobs Young Smith Taken from the Nauvoo Diary of Zina Diantha Huntington (Jacobs) To […]
Louisa Beaman was a plural wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Return to Plural Wives of Joseph Smith Born: February 7, 1815, Livonia, New York Died: Utah, 1850 Sealed (Joseph Smith): April 5, 1841 Full Name: Louisa Beaman Smith Franklin D. Richards (Apostle) “. . . he [Joseph B. Noble] performed the first sealing ceremony in this Dispensation […]
Lucinda Pendleton Morgan Harris was a plural wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith, being sealed to him in 1846 after his death in 1844. Return to Plural Wives of Joseph Smith Born: September 27, 1801 Died: Memphis, Tennessee, 1856 Sealed (Joseph Smith): January 22, 1846 (ceremony repeated in the Salt Lake Temple in 1899) Married (William Morgan): 1819 Married (George […]
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Fanny Alger was a plural wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Return to Plural Wives of Joseph Smith Born: September 20, 1816 Died: November 29, 1889 Sealed (Joseph Smith): Unknown Full Name: Fanny Alger Smith Statements from Early Brethren in the Church Benjamin F. Johnson And now as to your question, “How early did the Prophet Joseph practice polygamy?”. […]
Administration of President Grant — 1918-1945 President Heber J. Grant By virtue of his position as president of the council of apostles, Heber J. Grant became the presiding officer of the Church at the death of President Smith. Heeding the instruction of President Wilford Woodruff—which was given by revelation, and was followed by Presidents Snow and Smith—that […]
Administration of President Smith — 1901-1918 The Presidency Re-organized At the regular weekly meeting of the apostles, held in the Salt Lake Temple, October 17, 1901, the First Presidency was re-organized. Joseph F. Smith, the senior apostle, was sustained as President of the Church, and he selected John R. Winder and Anthon H. Lund as […]
Administration of President Snow — 1898-1901 The Presidency Re-organized Eleven days after the death of President Wilford Woodruff, the apostles met in council and reorganized the First Presidency. Lorenzo Snow, then in his 85th year, was sustained as President of the Church, and selected the same counselors who had served with President Woodruff. The reason […]
Administration of President Taylor — 1880-1887 The Year of Jubilee April 6, 1880, was just fifty years from the day of the organization of the Church. On this date and the three succeeding days, the fiftieth annual conference of the Church was held in the tabernacle, Salt Lake City. Preliminary meetings were also held on […]
Ancestry of Joseph Smith Joseph Smith was born in Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont, December 23, 1805. He was the third son and fourth child of Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith, who had a family of ten children. His parents were of sturdy New England stock, honest, godfearing, industrious, but poor in worldly substance. Joseph Smith […]
Samuel Rutherford Born Born circa 1600 Nisbet, Roxburghshire Died Died 30 March 1661 London Mr. Samuel Rutherford a gentleman by extraction, having spent sometime at the grammar-school, went to the university of Edinburgh, where he was so much admired for his pregnancy of parts, and deservedly looked upon as one from whom some great things […]
He was first ordained minister at Cramond, but was afterwards transported to Stirling, where he continued until his death. He was a faithful contender against the lordly encroachments of prelacy. In the year 1584, when there was an express charge given by the king to the ministers, either to acknowledge Mr. Patrick Adamson as arch-bishop […]
Elder Parley P. Pratt (April 12, 1807 – May 13, 1857) was an early apostle, missionary and important leader during the early days of the Church. Following Elder Pratt’s death, President John Taylor wrote that he had a “true and living faith in God and his religion—an honesty of purpose, an inflexible will, and an unflagging, indefatigable […]
Zelph was a white Lamanite, warrior and chieftain under the great prophet Onandagus. He was killed in battle by the arrow, which was found among his ribs, during the last great struggle of the Lamanites and Nephites. His skeleton (and the arrowhead by which he died) were found in a mound on the banks of the Mississippi […]
Associated Locations: Charles City County, Virginia Associated Dates: April 5, 1726 – Born Christ-like Character Sketch Character Sketch from Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, B.J. Lossing, the 1848 original. Benjamin Harrison was born in Berkley, in Virginia, but the exact time of his birth is not certainly known. His ancestors were among […]
Christ-like Character Traits Good Worker I knew all of the Smith family well. They have all worked for me many a day. They were very good people. Young Joe (as we called him then) has worked for me, and he was a good worker. . . They were the best family in the neighborhood in […]
Associated Locations: Florence, Republic of Florence, in present-day Italy Associated Dates: March 9, 1454 – Born Amerigo Vespucci is one of the eminent spirits who appeared to President Wilford Woodruff in the St. George Temple (Latter-day Saint, LDS) on August 21, 1877. This interesting story is detailed in the Eminent Spirits Appear to Wilford Woodruff wiki. Amerigo Vespucci is one […]
