Joseph Smith’s Wives
If this was ordained of God then why did Smith and the Church lie about it?
Part 1, listed here, contains the list of wives and dates they married Smith. Part 2 contains the references and notes for each wife.
| Wife# | Marriage date to Smith | Wife’s name &
age
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Husband’s name | ||
| 1 | January 27,1827
|
Emma Hale(22)
|
single | ||
| April 1830 –
Book of Mormon published. Jacob 2:23-24, 27 clearly states that man shall only have one wife.
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| Church demands one wife system.February 9, 1831 –
D&C 42:22 given to Smith as a revelation from God; |
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| 2 | 1833 | Fanny Alger(16)
|
single | ||
| Church denies practice of polygamy.September 24, 1834 –
This text is part of D&C 101 from 1834 – 1876. Also see: History of the Church 2:247-248 |
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| No fellowship with polygamists.May 1837 –
Vol. 3, No. 8 Kirtland, Ohio, May, 1837. Messenger & Advocate, 3:511 (October 1836-Sept. 1837) |
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| 3 | 1838(33) | Lucinda PendletonMorgan Harris
(37)
|
GeorgeWashington
Harris |
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| Smith denies marriage to Alger.April 11, 1838
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| Church denies practicing polygamy.May 1838
History of the Church 3:28 |
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| 4 | February 11,1841 | HannahAnn
Dubois (Smith) (32-33) |
PhiloDibble | ||
| 5 | April 5, 1841 | Louisa Beaman (26) | single | ||
| 6 | Oct. 27, 1841 | Zina DianthaHuntington
(Jacobs) (20)
|
HenryBailey
Jacobs |
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| 7 | Dec. 11, 1841 | Presendia Lathrop Huntington (Buell)(31)
|
Norman Buell | ||
| 8 | Jan. 6, 1842 | Agnes MoultonCoolbirth
(33)
|
widowed | ||
| 9 | Jan. 17, 1842 or late Feb. | Mary ElizabethRollins Lightner (23)
|
Adam Lightner | ||
| 10 | February 8,1842
|
Sylvia PorterSessions Lyon
(23)
|
WindsorLyon | ||
| 11 | March 9,1842
|
Patty BarlettSessions (47)
|
DavidSessions | ||
| 12 | April 1842 | Marinda NancyJohnson Hyde
(26)
|
Orson Hyde | ||
| 13 | Before June1842 | SarahBapson
(48-51)
|
??? | ||
| 14 | 1842 | SarahScott
Mulholland [26]
|
widowed | ||
| 15 | 1842 | Mary Houston(Hustin)
(24)
|
single | ||
| 16 | June 1842 | ElizabethDavis
Bracken-bury Durfee (50-51)
|
JabezDurfee | ||
| 17 | Late 1842 | Sally (Sarah) A.Fuller
(27) |
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| 18 | June 29, 1842 | SarahMaryetta
Kingsley Howe Cleveland (53-54) |
JohnCleveland | ||
| 19 | Bef.July 1842
|
Delcena JohnsonSherman
(37-38)
|
widowed | ||
| 20 | June 29,1842 | ElizaRoxcy
Snow (38)
|
single | ||
| 21 | July 27,1842 | SarahAnn
Whitney (17) |
single | ||
| Church denies teaching polygamy.August 1842 –
Millennial Star, Vol. 3, No. 4, pg. 73
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| 22 | August1842 | MarthaMcBride
Knight (37) |
widowed | ||
| 23 | 1842 | MarthaM.
Kimball
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| Church denies practicing polygamy.September 1842 –
Times and Seasons 4:143, 909
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| 24 | 1842/1843 | MaryHeron
(Snider) (38-39) |
JohnSnider | ||
| 25 | February1843 | Ruth VoseSayers
(33) |
EdwardSayers
[non-LDS] |
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| 26 | May1843 | Flora AnnWoodworth
(16) |
single | ||
| 27 | March 4,1843 | EmilyDow
Partridge (19)
|
single | ||
| 28 | March 8,1843 | ElizaMaria
Partridge (22) |
single | ||
| 29 | April1843 | AlmeraWoodard
Johnson (30)
|
single | ||
| 30 | April27,
1843 |
MargaretMoon
(23)
|
WilliamClayton | ||
| 31 | May1,
1843 |
LucyWalker
(17)
|
single | ||
| 32 | May1,
1843 |
SarahLawrence
(17)
|
single | ||
| 33 | May1843 | MariaLawrence
(19)
|
single | ||
| 34 | May1843 | HelenMar
Kimball (14)
|
single | ||
| 35 | Mid1843 | HannahElls
(29-30) |
single | ||
| 36 | June1,
1843 |
ElviraAnnie
Cowles Holmes (29)
|
JonathanHolmes | ||
| Revelation from God to practice polygamy – it becomes mandatory for salvation.July 12, 1843 –
D&C 132:4, 6 |
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| 37 | June12,
1843 |
RhodaRichards
(58)
|
single | ||
| 38 | July1843 | DesdemonaWadsworth
Fullmer (32)
|
single | ||
| 39 | Mid 1843/ orApril
12, 1843 |
OliveGrey
Frost (27)
|
single | ||
| 40 | August1843 | CatherineP.
Smith |
???? | ||
| 41 | Sept.20,
1843 |
MelissaLott
(19)
|
single | ||
| 42 | 1842 or1843 | NancyMaria
Winchester (14)
|
single | ||
| 43 | November2,
1843 |
FannyYoung
Carr Murray (56)
|
widowed | ||
| Mormon elder ex-communicated for preaching polygamy.Thursday, February 1, 1844 –
Times & Seasons, vol. 5 (January 1844-January 1, 1845): pg. 423 |
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| 44 | 1832/1833
Or 1841- 1843 |
ViennaJacques
(born 1787)
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| 45 | 1841/-1843 | Mrs.Tailor | |||
| 46 | Before1844?? | OliveAndrews
(26)
|
single | ||
| 47 | 1844 | LydiaKenyon
(Carter) (38-39) |
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| 48 | 1/17/1844 or
Before 1844 |
JaneTippets
(Tibbets) (39)
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| Polygamy mandatory for salvation.Wednesday, February 21, 1844
TPJS, pg. 332
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| 49 | 1/27/1846/
Before 1844?? |
Sophiaor Aphia
Woodman (48)
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| 50 | 1840,1844
or 1845 |
Clarissa ReedHancock
(30-31) |
LeviHancock | ||
| 51 | January1846 | CordeliaCalista
Morley (23) |
FrederickW.
Cox |
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| 52 | January1846 | Elizabeth Davis(55) | CorneliusP.
Lott |
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| 53 | January19,
1846 |
PhebeWatrous
(41) |
LucianWoodworth | ||
| 54 | February6,
1846 |
MaryAnn
Frost Stearns Pratt (35) |
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| 55 | January20,
1846
|
Sally(Sarah)
Ann Fuller |
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| 56 | January19,
1852 |
AmandaMelissa
Barnes (43)
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| 57 | November29,
1855 |
RachelIvins
(34)
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| 58 | Spring1843 | AlmiraBarton | |||