The Roots of Mormon Polygamy
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| Brigham Young, successor of Joseph Smith, and a few of his wives |
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is famous nation-wide in the U.S.A. Brigham Young is a well-known university in Utah. It was founded by Brigham Young, the second president of the Mormons in 1875. It all sounds so legitimate and well-established in American society... until you delve into its dark history of false narrative, doctrinal heresy, based on total fiction, and sexual sin, leading to polygamy. Any serious Bible student, reading the Book of Mormon, will find it ridiculously unfounded. Any serious thinker will wonder how intelligent, educated human beings can fall for its claims. However, they do so, as a testimony to the power of religious fanaticism, provoked by smooth-tongued teachers. When you prod into its history, you begin to see its entangled deception that has lured millions. You see a dark teaching that is "a world of iniquity... that sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell". It is a misguided wisdom that "is earthly, sensual, demonic" (James 3:6 and 15)
It is extremely important to
know the roots of any spiritual tree. Jesus taught that if a tree is evil, it cannot produce good
fruit. He said, “Beware of false
prophets, who come to you dressed as sheep, but inside they are devouring wolves. You will fully
recognize them by their fruits. Do people pick grapes from thorns, or figs from
thistles?” (Mt.7:15-16)
John the Baptist said, “The axe is already laid to the root of the
trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and
thrown into the fire” (Mt.3:10). John is preaching repentance and
repentance is absolutely necessary, if there is to be entrance by faith into
the gospel. Bad fruit comes from bad roots and good fruit cannot be expected
until the old roots are dug up and abandoned. What is apparently “good fruit” is
a deception, unless repentance has taken place.
The Mormons, the second fastest
growing movement on earth, have been on a campaign for legitimacy among
evangelicals. This should not happen without a thorough renunciation of their
founder, Joseph Smith, and his teachings. Yesterday, I became aware of a
reopening of a Mormon museum, in which Smith’s polygamy is admitted. He had
over 30 wives and this fact is documented to the degree that the Mormon Church
can no longer hide it. However, polygamy, in Smith’s case, was preceded by
adultery, which was later justified as “polygamy”, which became, then, an
accepted practice by Mormons. The attempt to make polygamy a biblical doctrine
was only a cover-up for mass adultery. Joseph Smith had sexual relations with eleven
women, married at the same time to other men.
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| An early Mormon polygamist family |
Here is a little of the story,
beginning with a statement by Smith’s close companion and fellow founder of the
church He commented on Smith's relationship with an adopted daughter: Book
of Mormon witness, Oliver Cowdery, felt the relationship was something other
than a marriage. “He referred to it
as ‘A dirty, nasty, filthy
affair...’ To calm rumors regarding Fanny’s relationship
with Joseph, the church quickly adopted a “Chapter
of Rules for Marriage among the Saints”,
which declared, “Inasmuch as this church of Christ has been reproached
with...polygamy; we declare that we believe, that one man should have one
wife...” This “Article
on Marriage” was canonized and published in the Doctrine &
Covenants. In 1852, the doctrine of polygamy was publicly announced, thus
ending eighteen years of secret practice. “The
Article on Marriage” became obsolete
and was later removed.”
“Benjamin Johnson, a close
friend of Joseph Smith, described Fanny as, ‘varry nice and comly, [to whom] everyone
Seemed partial for the ameability of her character.’ She is generally
considered the first plural wife of Joseph Smith. Although undocumented,
the marriage of Fanny and Joseph most likely took place in Kirtland, Ohio
sometime in 1833. She would have been sixteen years old. At the time,
Fanny was living in the Smith home, perhaps helping Emma with house work and
the children. Ann Eliza Webb recalls, ‘Mrs. Smith had an adopted daughter, a very
pretty, pleasing young girl, about seventeen years old. She was extremely
fond of her; no mother could be more devoted, and their affection for each
other was a constant object of remark, so absorbing and genuine did it seem’”.
“Joseph
kept his marriage to Fanny out of the view of the public, and his wife
Emma. Chauncey Webb recounts Emma’s later discovery of the
relationship: ‘Emma was
furious, and drove the girl, who was unable to conceal the consequences of her
celestial relation with the prophet, out of her house’. Ann Eliza
again recalls: ‘...it
was felt that [Emma] certainly must have had some very good reason for her
action. By degrees it became whispered about that Joseph’s love for his adopted
daughter was by no means a paternal affection, and his wife, discovering the
fact, at once took measures to place the girl beyond his reach...Since Emma
refused decidedly to allow her to remain in her house...my mother offered to
take her until she could be sent to her relatives...’
Here is the documented list of Smith´s wives, including the women, who had other living husbands. Following this list is that of the 55 wives of Brigham Young, second president of the Mormons, and founder of Brigham Young University. These are indeed the evil roots of thorns and thistles of this movement, growing by leaps and bounds over the face of the earth. No serious and discerning Christian can ever, in the name of tolerance, accept such as brothers in Christ until serious and thorough repentance has taken place. Please see this link for further information on the Mormons:
Wife
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Date
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Age
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Husband*
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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
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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
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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
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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
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*
Living Husband at the time of
Marriage to Joseph Smith |
Chart of Brigham Young's Wives
No.
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Marriage
date and Young's age at marriage
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Photo
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Name,
lifespan, and age at marriage
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Wife's
status at marriage
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Notes
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1
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October 8, 1824(aged 23)
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Miriam Angeline Works
(1806–1832) (aged 18)
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first marriage
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2 children; died a few months
after she and Brigham Young were baptized
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2
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March 31, 1834(aged 32)
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Mary
Ann Angell(1808–1882) (aged 27)
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first marriage
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This was not a plural
marriage, as Young was a widower at the time; 6 children; mother of Brigham Young, Jr., John Willard Young and Joseph Angell Young.
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3
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June 14, 1842(aged 41)
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Lucy Ann Decker (1822–1890)
(aged 20)
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abandoned by non-Mormon
husband William Seeley (not divorced)
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First plural wife of Brigham
Young; 7 children
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4
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November 2,
1843(aged 42)
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Augusta Adams (1802–1886)
(aged 40)
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married to non-Mormon Henry
Cobb (divorced in 1847)
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Young later married her son's
ex-wife, Mary Van Cott Cobb (No. 51 below). Grandmother of architectHenry
Ives Cobb.
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5
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November 2,
1843(aged 42)
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Harriet Elizabeth Cook
(1824–1898) (aged 19)
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first marriage
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1 child
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6
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May 8, 1844(aged 42)
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Clarissa Caroline Decker
(1828–1889) (aged 15)
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first marriage
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5 children
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7
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September 1844 (aged 43)
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Emily Dow Partridge
(1824–1899) (aged 20).
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plural widow of Joseph Smith, Jr.
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Daughter of Edward
Partridge; sealed to Joseph Smith, Jr. for
eternity and Young for life; 7 children; mother of Don
Carlos Young.
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8
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September 10,
1844(aged 43)
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Clarissa Ross (1814–1857)
(aged 30)
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first marriage
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4 children; mother of Maria Young Dougall and Willard
Young
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9
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September 19,
1844(aged 43)
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Louisa Beaman (1815–1850)
(aged 29)
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plural widow of Joseph Smith, Jr.
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sealed to Joseph Smith, Jr.for eternity and Young for
life; 5 children
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10
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October 3, 1844(aged 43)
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Eliza
R. Snow(1804–1887) (aged 40)
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plural widow of Joseph Smith, Jr.
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sealed to Joseph Smith, Jr.for eternity and Young for
life
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11
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October 3, 1844(aged 43)
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Elizabeth Fairchild
(1828–1910) (aged 16)
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first marriage
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divorced 1855
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12
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October 8, 1844(aged 43)
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Clarissa Blake (1796–?) (aged
48)
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widow of -- Morse; married to
Mormon husband Lyman Homiston
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13
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October 9, 1844(aged 43)
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Rebecca Holman (1824–1849)
(aged 20)
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first marriage
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14
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October 10,
1844(aged 43)
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Diana Chase (1827–1886) (aged
17)
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first marriage
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divorced prior to 1849
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15
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October 31,
1844(aged 43)
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Susanne Snively (1815–1892)
(aged 29)
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first marriage
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one daughter
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16
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November 7,
1844(aged 43)
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Olive Grey Frost (1816–1845)
(aged 28)
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plural widow of Joseph Smith, Jr.
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sealed to Joseph Smith, Jr.for eternity and Young for
life
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17
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January 15,
1845(aged 43)
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Mary Ann Clark (1816–?) (aged
28)
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previously married to ——
Powers (unknown if she was widowed, divorced, or separated)
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divorced June 1851
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18
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January 16,
1845(aged 43)
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Margaret Pierce (1823–1907)
(aged 22)
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widow of Morris Whitesides
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sealed to Morris Whitesides
for eternity and Young for time; 1 child
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19
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January 16,
1845(aged 43)
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Mary Pierce (1821–1847) (aged
25)
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first marriage
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20
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April 30, 1845(aged 43)
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Emmeline Free (1826–1875)
(aged 18)
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first marriage
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10 children
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21
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May 22, 1845(aged 43)
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Mary Elizabeth Rollins
(1818–1910) (aged 26)
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married to non-Mormon Adam
Lightner and plural widow of Joseph Smith, Jr.
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sealed to Joseph Smith, Jr.for eternity and Young for
time; remained living with Lightner
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22
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January 14,
1846(aged 44)
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Margaret Alley (1825–1852)
(aged 20)
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first marriage
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2 children
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23
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January 15,
1846(aged 44)
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Olive Andrews (1818–?) (aged
27)
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posthumous plural wife ofJoseph Smith, Jr.
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sealed to Joseph Smith, Jr.for eternity and Young for
time
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24
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January 15,
1846(aged 44)
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Emily Haws (1823–?) (aged 22)
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widow of William Whitmarsh
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25
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January 21,
1846(aged 44)
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Martha Bowker (1822–1890)
(aged 23)
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first marriage
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one daughter
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26
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January 21,
1846(aged 44)
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Ellen Rockwood (1829–1866)
(aged 16)
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first marriage
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27
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January 28,
1846(aged 44)
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Jemima Angel (1803–1869)
(aged 42)
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divorced from Valentine Young
(no relation)
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28
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January 28,
1846(aged 44)
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Abigail Marks (1781–1846)
(aged 69)
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widow of Asa Works
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sealed to Works for eternity
and Young for time; Abigail Marks was the mother of Young's first wife,
Miriam Works
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29
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January 28,
1846(aged 44)
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Phebe Morton (1776–1854)
(aged 59)
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widow of James W. Angel
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sealed to Angel for eternity
and Young for time
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30
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January 28,
1846(aged 44)
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Cynthia Porter (1783–1861)
(aged 62)
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married to William Weston
(unknown if she was widowed, divorced, or separated)
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31
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January 31,
1846(aged 44)
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Mary Eliza Nelson (1812–1885)
(aged 33)
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widow of John
P. Greene
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sealed to John
P. Greene for
eternity and Young for time; divorced by 1850
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32
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January 31,
1846(aged 44)
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Rhoda Richards (1784–1879)
(aged 61)
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plural widow of Joseph Smith, Jr.
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sealed to Joseph Smith, Jr.for eternity and Young for
time
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33
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February 2,
1846(aged 44)
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Zina
Diantha Huntington (1821–1901)
(aged 25)
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married to Mormon Henry Bailey
Jacobs; plural widow of Joseph Smith, Jr.
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sealed to Joseph Smith, Jr.for eternity and Young for
time; not sealed to Jacobs; lived with Young; 1 child
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34
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February 3,
1846(aged 44)
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Amy Cecilia Cooper
(1804–1852) (aged 41)
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married to (non-Mormon?)
Joseph Aldrich; separated later and he remarried
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35
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February 3,
1846(aged 44)
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Mary Ellen de la Montaigne
(1803–1894) (aged 42)
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divorced from James Boyd
Woodward
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divorced 1846-12-13 and
re-married Woodward; both Woodward and de la Montaigne were adopted to
Brigham Young at Nauvoo
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36
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February 3,
1846(aged 44)
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Julia Foster (1811–1891)
(aged 36)
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widow of Mormon Jonathan
Hampton, who died in Nauvoo in 1844.
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Stayed in Illinois when
Brigham Young emigrated to Utah in 1847. Young sent for her in 1855, and she
came with her children and managed the Lion House.
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37
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February 3,
1846(aged 44)
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Abigail Harback (1790–1849)
(aged 55)
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previously married to John
Calvin Hall (unknown if she was widowed, divorced, or separated)
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38
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February 3,
1846(aged 44)
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Mary Ann Turley (1827–1904)
(aged 18)
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first marriage
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divorced 1851
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39
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February 6,
1846(aged 44)
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Naamah Carter (1821–1909)
(aged 24)
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divorced from John S. Twiss
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40
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February 6,
1846(aged 44)
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Nancy Cressy (1780–1872)
(aged 65)
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widow of Oliver Walker
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41
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February 10,
1846(aged 44)
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Jane Terry (1819–1847) (aged
26)
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widow of George W. Young (no
relation)
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requested on deathbed to be
sealed to Brigham Young; died four days after marriage
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42
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March 20, 1847(aged 45)
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Lucy Bigelow (1830–1905)
(aged 16)
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first marriage
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3 children
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43
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March 20, 1846(aged 44)
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Mary Jane Bigelow (1827–1868)
(aged 19)
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first marriage
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divorced 1851
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44
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April 18, 1848(aged 46)
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Sarah Malin (1804–1858) (aged
43)
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first marriage
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later divorced
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45
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October 3, 1852(aged 51)
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Eliza Burgess (1827–1915)
(aged 25)
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first marriage
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1 child
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46
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December 16,
1852(aged 51)
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Mary Oldfield (1793–1875)
(aged 59)
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widow of Eli Kelsey
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47
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before 1853 (aged 51)[6]
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Eliza Babcock (1828–1868)
(aged 24)[6]
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first marriage
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divorced 1853
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48
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June 10, 1855(aged 54)
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Catherine Reese (1804–1860)
(aged 51)
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widow of Zephaniah Clawson
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49
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March 14, 1856(aged 54)
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Harriet Barney (1830–1911)
(aged 25)
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divorced from W. H. H. Sagers
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1 child
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50
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January 24,
1863(aged 61)
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Amelia Folsom (1838–1910)
(aged 24)
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first marriage
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Rumoured to be Brigham's
favorite wife.[7]
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51
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Mary Van Cott (1844–1884)
(aged 23)
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divorced from James Thornton
Cobb (son of wife no. 4) [8]
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1 child
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52
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April 7, 1868(aged 66)
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Ann
Eliza Webb(1844–1917) (aged 24)
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divorced from James L. Dee
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divorced 1875; later became
an outspoken critic of polygamy
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53
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July 3, 1869(aged 68)
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Elizabeth Jones (1814–1895)
(aged 55)
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widow of David T. Lewis andDan Jones
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54
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May 8, 1870(aged 68)
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Lydia Farnsworth (1808–1897)
(aged 61)
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married to Elijah Mayhew
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Sealed to Brigham Young for
eternity but remained living with husband Mayhew
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55
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December 8,
1872(aged 71)
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Hannah Tapfield (1807–1886)
(aged 65)
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married to non-Mormon Thomas
O. King
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Sealed to Brigham Young for
eternity but remained living with husband King
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