Joseph Smith's Polygamy

A short biographical sketch. The post Bio 15: Helen Mar Kimball appeared first on Joseph Smith's Polygamy.

A short biographical sketch. The post Bio 14: Hannah Ells appeared first on Joseph Smith's Polygamy.

A short biographical sketch. The post Bio 13: Flora Ann Woodworth appeared first on Joseph Smith's Polygamy.

A short biographical sketch. The post Bio 12: Fanny Young appeared first on Joseph Smith's Polygamy.

A short biographical sketch. The post Bio 11: Fanny Alger appeared first on Joseph Smith's Polygamy.

A short biographical sketch. The post Bio 10: Esther Dutcher appeared first on Joseph Smith's Polygamy.

A short biographical sketch. The post Bio 09: Emily Dow Partridge appeared first on Joseph Smith's Polygamy.

A short biographical sketch. The post Bio 08: Elvira Annie Cowles appeared first on Joseph Smith's Polygamy.

A short biographical sketch. The post Bio 07: Elizabeth Davis Durfee appeared first on Joseph Smith's Polygamy.

A short biographical sketch. The post Bio 06: Eliza R. Snow appeared first on Joseph Smith's Polygamy.

A short biographical sketch. The post Bio 05: Eliza Partridge appeared first on Joseph Smith's Polygamy.

A short biographical sketch. The post Bio 04: Desdemona Fullmer appeared first on Joseph Smith's Polygamy.

A short biographical sketch. The post Bio 03: Delcina Didamia Johnson appeared first on Joseph Smith's Polygamy.

A short biographical sketch. The post Bio 02: Almera Woodard Johnson appeared first on Joseph Smith's Polygamy.

A short biographical sketch. The post Bio 01: Agnes Moulton Coolbrith appeared first on Joseph Smith's Polygamy.

I was grateful to have the opportunity to speak at the 2015 FairMormon conference in Provo, Utah. My assigned topic was Joseph Smith’s practice of polygamy, but I wanted to talk […] The post Presentations 1: 2015 FairMormon Conference (Laura Harris Hales) appeared first on Joseph Smith's Polygamy.

In 1841 in Nauvoo, Illinois, Joseph Smith began to secretly teach that Old Testament polygamy as practiced by Abraham, Jacob, and Moses was to be restored. It appears he first […] The post Episode 22 (Polygamists): Early Nauvoo Polgamists’ Stories of Faith appeared first on Joseph Smith's Polygamy.

A common question regarding the men and women who entered into plural marriages during Joseph Smith’s lifetime is “Why did they do it?” Many authors have suggested that the Latter-day Saints […] The post Episode 21 (Polygamists): Members’ Reactions appeared first on Joseph Smith's Polygamy.

(Nauvoo Polygamy–1841) Joseph and Emma Smith lived an outwardly monogamous lifestyle the final six months of his life.  However, the secret plural marriage teachings had started a process that would […] The post Episode 20 (History): Polygamy Leads to the Martyrdom appeared first on Joseph Smith's Polygamy.

(Nauvoo Polygamy–1843) By mid-1843, Joseph Smith’s practice of polygamy was becoming one of Nauvoo’s worst kept secrets. One wonders how Emma Smith, his legal wife, could not have known what […] The post Episode 19 (History): Emma Smith Struggles appeared first on Joseph Smith's Polygamy.