Was Joseph found guilty of being a "con man" in 1826? 349-350; cited in ibid)
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*Smith and 19-year-old Emily Dow Partridge
\nSmith secretly took Emily as another of his wives in Nauvoo on 4 March 1843, with Elder Heber C. Kimball officiating the ceremony.
\nEmily later reported in sworn testimony that she had honeymoon sex with Smith the next night:
\n“Emily D. Partridge Smith testified that she \'roomed\' with Joseph the night following her marriage to him and said that she had \'carnal intercourse\' with him.
\n(“Temple Lot” case, complete transcript, pp. [It] doesn\'t mean however, that he wasn\'t a lecherous scumbag who would stop at nothing to bed any young woman who captured his fancy.
\n\"More on sexual maturity among women.
\n\"As closely as I can tell from investigating the median age of menarche (first menses) in Joseph Smith\'s time, it is possible that one or two of the girls he married and/or had relations with might not have been sexually mature. I subscribe myself your most obedient, and affectionate, companion and friend. If she don't, don't fail to come tonight. Smith secretly took Emily as another of his wives in Nauvoo on 4 March 1843, with Elder Heber C. Kimball officiating the ceremony. (16.5 years-12.8 years = 3.7 years) (12.8 years-3.7 years = 9.1 years). . Emma discovered the sexual affair between Smith and Fanny and exploded in anger. Born into a poor farming family, he was the fifth child of 11 — nine of whom survived childhood. Therein lies the true pathology of Mormonism.\"
\n(\"Joseph Smith, Menses, Pedophilia, Etc.,\" by \"TLC,\" on \"Recovery from Mormonism\" bulletin board, 9 August 2003, at: http://www.exmormon.org/mormon/mormon253.htm)
\nDeconstructor concurs with the above assessment, declaring its findings to be \"absolutely correct.\"
\n(\"TLC Is Absolutely Correct; Here\'s a Repost on This Subject,\" by \"Deconstructor,\" on \"Recovery from Mormonism\" bulletin board, 9 August 2003, at: http://www.exmormon.org/mormon/mormon253.htm)
\n\n
Don Bagley
\nRe: History, not Mystery: Joseph Smith was a Pedophile
\nThat\'s a lot of light on the subject, Steve. Joseph Smith’s thirty-eight and one-half years were marked by the highest of spiritual peaks and the depths of tribulation, sorrow, and betrayal such as few mortals have experienced. She had witnessed the sufferings of others, who were older and who better understood the step they were taking, and to see her child, who had yet seen her fifteenth summer, following the same thorny path, in her mind she saw the misery which was as sure to come as the sun was to rise and set; but it was hidden from me.". More recent figures indicate that it now occurs on average at 12.8 years of age. W hen Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon church, received a revelation in about 1831 in which he was commanded by God to break the law and take multiple wives, he … 1, p. 697; S. Easton, “Marriages in Nauvoo Region 1839-45;” “Civil Marriages in Nauvoo 1839-45.” Lyndon Cook, “Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46; Mormon Manuscripts to 1846;” cited in ibid). . 349-350; cited in ibid) Sure, a very few did but it was far from the norm. . “'Only be careful to escape observation, as much as possible. The first trait [was] \'Amativeness-11, L[arge]. 'Fertility Transition in the Connecticut Valley:1740-1850m' 'Population Studies' 32, March 1978, 27-41.: Table 6, p. 34. Most of the change is attributed to better health and nutrition. . Whatever biology might have to say, according to the morals of his time, several of Joseph Smith\'s wives were still inappropriately young for him.
\"It is a pure myth that 19th-century American girls married at age 12-14.
\n\"For example, Laura Ingalls Wilder, from \'Little House on the Prairie\' fame, was born in 1867, which puts her later than Joseph Smith but still in the 1800s. In fact, if God led Joseph to find the seer stone, then God is complicit in the bilking money from Smith's neighbors. Well known to biological anthropologists as the \"secular trend,\" this crash in the age of sexual maturity has proceeded at the rate of four months per decade and, in most populations, continues. _____. Credit: Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Because his family could not afford the luxury of public education, Joseph received only three years of … He didn't have sex with them (also shown false)? On 23 March 1844, William Law filed suit against Smith for committing adultery with Smith's foster daughter and plural wife: “William Law file[d] a formal complaint with the Hancock County [Illinois] circuit court charging Smith was living 'in an open state of adultery' with Maria Lawrence, Smith's foster daughter and polygamous wife. However, all accounts consider Smith to be a diviner (self confessed or not). The same pattern was true for . Helen's mother was none too pleased with the marriage, as Helen explains: "None but God and his angels could see my mother's bleeding heart. In fact, Smith had secretly married both Maria, age 19, and her sister Sarah, age 17, on 11 May 1843 and was serving as executor of their $8,000 estate. . 6, p. 223; Lucy Walker Smith Kimball, in “Temple Lot” case, full transcript, p. 461, LDS archives; Helen Kimball Whitney, “Woman's Exponent,” 15 February 1886, p. 138; cited in ibid) Smith informed her (using a line he also employed with Emma and others) that he was ordered to do so by a sword-wielding angel who was threatening to kill him if he disobeyed: “Already married, 19 year-old Zina remained conflicted with Smith's polygamy proposal 'until a day in October, apparently, when Joseph sent [her older brother] Dimick to her with a message: an angel with a drawn sword had stood over Smith and told him that if he did not establish polygamy, he would lose “his position and his life.” Zina, faced with the responsibility for his position as prophet, and even perhaps his life, finally acquiesced.' You\'ll find that one of the Smith girls was 19. "Joseph Smith was not the first--nor will he be the last--to prey upon young girls for sexual gratification. We don\'t know if the teenaged girls he married and/or had sex with were sexually mature or not.
\n\"But regardless of whether they were sexually mature or not, something in us is sickened by the thoughts of them being coerced into any kind of relationship with this lecher who was pretending to use God as his motivator.
\n\"Joseph Smith was not the first--nor will he be the last--to prey upon young girls for sexual gratification. _____, Smith married Lucy on 1 May 1843, in the Smith's store, Nauvoo, officiated by William Clayton, (FamilySearch.com record for Joseph Smith, Jr.; cited in ibid) Whatever God requires is right, no matter what it is, although we may not see the reason thereof till long after the events transpire. Founded in 1830 by the then twenty-four year old Joseph Smith, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (as it is formally named) has emerged from relative insularity during the mid-twentieth century to become a world-wide movement now numbering nine million members. "[My father] left me to reflect upon it for the next 24 hours. “Treasure Seeking,” Church History Topics. “Joseph Smith’s 1826 Trial,” Church History Topics. . All of the research I\'ve been able to find . I do it in my own name and in the name of my wife, your mother, and in the name of my holy progenitors, by the right of birth which is of priesthood, vested in my by revelation and commandment and promise of the living God, obtained by the Holy Melchizedek Jethro and others of the Holy Fathers, commanding in the name of the Lord all those powers to concentrate in you and through to your posterity forever.
\n“\'All these things I do in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ that through this order he may be glorified and that through the power of anointing David may reign King over Israel, which shall hereafter be revealed. . She tells of hearing of the marriage of a 13-year-old girl, and being shocked. . American women began to marry in their late teens; around different parts of the United States the average age of marriage varied from 19 to 23.
\n\"In the United States the average age of menarche (first menstruation) dropped from 16.5 in 1840 to 12.9 in 1950. .
\n“\'Only be careful to escape observation, as much as possible. American women began to marry in their late teens; around different parts of the United States the average age of marriage varied from 19 to 23. "After Emma related what she had witnessed, Smith, according to McLellin, 'confessed humbly and begged forgiveness. The next day, Smith came by to explain to Helen the “Law of Celestial Marriage,” and, having done that, to take her as his latest bride. Fanny Brewer, a Mormon visitor to Kirtland in 1837, observed 'much excitement against the Prophet . . Smith was raised to the third degree of master mason “on sight” by Grand Master Jonas of the Grand Lodge of Illinois. The younger age of brides in the 19th century (which is shown false)? That he used God to be with young teen women. The Smith boys\' first wives were in their 20s. I cannot write them on paper. I know that my response would be visceral and swift.
\n\"Makes you wonder what kind of men Smith had around him that they would so willingly hand over their young daughters to him. They were secretly married within days “, (Todd Compton, “In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith,” pp. . We don\'t know if he had sex with pre-pubescent children, therefore we don\'t know if he was truly a pedophile. In History of the Church Vol. After swearing her to secrecy, wrote George W. Robinson, Smith announced his 'affection for her for several years, and wished that she should be his . Book of Mormon Central, “Did a “Magic World View” Influence the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon? ", ("Joseph Smith, Menses, Pedophilia, Etc.," by "TLC," on "Recovery from Mormonism" bulletin board, 9 August 2003, at: http://www.exmormon.org/mormon/mormon253.htm), Deconstructor concurs with the above assessment, declaring its findings to be "absolutely correct. 1978. As a baseline (and as known in Mormon circles of his day), Smith was legendary for his sexual attraction to women. That's a lot of light on the subject, Steve. 6, p. 223; Lucy Walker Smith Kimball, in “Temple Lot“ case, full transcript, p. 461, LDS archives; Helen Kimball Whitney, “Woman's Exponent," 15 February 1886, p. 138, cited in ibid) The wild enthusiasm and the many denominations present confused Smith and he was uncertain of what to believe and how to worship. . . . He lived in the state of New York in the United States and he wished to join a church, but upon visiting the ones that were in his area, he found great confusion among all religions. . He didn\'t have sex with them (also shown false)?
\n\"Recovery from Mormonism - www.exmormon.org\"
\n', created = 1611137812, expire = 1611224212, headers = '', serialized = 0 WHERE cid = '2:625d7f098a1bc01ca7630e82bcc4f844' in /home/exmormon/public_html/d6/drupal/includes/cache.inc on line 112. Laura herself became engaged at 17--but her parents asked her to wait until she was 18 to marry. I subscribe myself your most obedient, and affectionate, companion and friend. Photographs of the Restoration. While it's easy to throw that word around in light of today's problems with child abusing priests in the Catholic clergy, the fact remains that 'pedophilia' is defined as '[t]he act or fantasy on the part of an adult of engaging in sexual activity with a child or children.'. These two witnesses, taken together, make a good case for Nancy as a plural spouse of Joseph. . Smith pressured Helen to marry him, giving her only 24 hours to give him answer. Joseph Smith: Nineteenth Century Con Man? Joseph said the whiteness of his robe “was beyond anything earthly I had ever seen; nor do I believe that any earthly thing could be made to appear so exceedingly white and brilliant…His whole person was glorious beyond description, and his countenance truly like lightening” (Joseph Smith—History 1: 31,32). . . Joseph Smith, originally Joseph Smith, Jr., (born December 23, 1805, Sharon, Vermont, U.S.—died June 27, 1844, Carthage, Illinois), American prophet and founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. . However, he admitted to perpetrating various gold digging, divining and necromancy activities. Her psychological sexual maturity was not competent for procreation. . . In our efforts to sort through the wasteland that is Mormon history (fact vs. fiction), it's worthwhile . Joseph Smith had mixed success with personal finances, which is not what one would expect if someone really could divine for buried treasure! 6, p. 223; Lucy Walker Smith Kimball, in “Temple Lot” case, full transcript, p. 461, LDS archives; Helen Kimball Whitney, “Woman\'s Exponent,” 15 February 1886, p. 138; cited in ibid)\n_____\n
*Smith and 17-year-old Sarah Lawrence
\nSmith married Sarah the same day he married Sarah Lawrence\'s sister Maria, 11 May 1843.
\n(FamilySearch.com record for Joseph Smith Jr., “Historical Record,” vol. Helen was the youngest of Smith's brides--and according to Helen, he had sex with her. "It is a pure myth that 19th-century American girls married at age 12-14. In this revelation, the Lord reveals a plural marriage ceremony, which would later be altered and become the sealing ceremony in the temple . Smith invited Nancy Rigdon, 19-year-old daughter of his close friend and counselor, Sidney Rigdon, to meet him at the home of Orson Hyde. The age of menarche is dropping in virtually all areas of the world. . _____. For Hingham, Smith reports an age at first marriage of 23.7 at the end of the 18th century (1972: Table 3, p. 177). 6:, p. 225; cited in ibid)
\n_____
*Smith and 17-year-old Lucy Walker
\nSmith married Lucy on 1 May 1843, in the Smith\'s store, Nauvoo, officiated by William Clayton
\n(FamilySearch.com record for Joseph Smith, Jr.; cited in ibid)
\n_____
*Smith and 19-year-old Maria Lawrence
\nSmith married Maria on 11 May 1843.
\n(“Historical Record,” vol. reported that when the pregnancy became evident, Emma Smith drove Fanny from her home. . Patriotic, conservative, influential, and vas… “'If you both agree to covenant and do this, then I give you Sarah Ann Whitney, my daughter, to Joseph Smith to be his wife, to observe all the rights between you both that belong to that condition. In any event, it does make it clear that Joseph Smith was treading a very fine fine when it came to the sexual maturity of the girls he courted and/or married.
\n\"There is a lot of research in this arena because of the alarming shift in menarchal age from the 1800s to present day where the median onset of menarche has now dropped to age 12:
\n\"\' . . . Read in scriptures: https://bit.ly/2LrLsYc. The vast majority of women married after the age of 20. 1, p. 697; S. Easton, “Marriages in Nauvoo Region 1839-45;” “Civil Marriages in Nauvoo 1839-45.” Lyndon Cook, “Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46; Mormon Manuscripts to 1846;” cited in ibid).
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*Smith and 16-year-old Flora Ann Woodworth
\nSmith married Flora in April 1843 (exact date unknown).
\n(Elder William Clayton affidavit, in “Historical Record,” vol. . Members’ Reactions; Stories of Faith; Biographies of Joseph… Re: History, not Mystery: Joseph Smith was a Pedophile . The rest of them, and their sisters-in-law, were in their early 20s when they married. . . 5, p. 53), acknowledged the lore of Smith's attraction to females, as described in 'The Wasp,” a … I cannot write them on paper. Helen wrote about how her marriage to Smith was orchestrated by her father: "Having a great desire to be connected with the Prophet, Joseph, he (my father) offered me to him; this I afterwards learned from the Prophet's own mouth. We don't know if he had sex with pre-pubescent children, therefore we don't know if he was truly a pedophile. .Smith received and recorded [this] revelation on polygamy, which remains in LDS church archives. In any event, it does make it clear that Joseph Smith was treading a very fine fine when it came to the sexual maturity of the girls he courted and/or married. Smith married Flora in April 1843 (exact date unknown). .\'
\n\"\'Boys and girls now experience puberty at younger ages than previous generations. Joseph Smith—History 1:25. by LDS Scripture of the Day | posted in: Pearl of Great Price | 0 . Helen later confessed to a close friend in Nauvoo: "I would never have been sealed to Joseph had I known it was anything more than ceremony. . I thought of the love and tenderness that he felt for his only daughter and I knew that he would not cast me off, and this was the only convincing proof that I had of its being right.”. _____. Smith married Melissa in Nauvoo on 20 September 1843, with Hyrum Smith officiating: “Melissa testified that her marriage to Smith included sex.”, (FamilySearch.com record for Joseph Smith Jr.; and Affidavit of Melissa Willes, 3 Auust 1893; cited in ibid) They find him distraught because Smith, according to Pratt\'s wife, had tried to seduce Pratt\'s wife Sarah.”
\nNot only did Smith have a reputation as a ladies\' man, he also had a record of defending friends of his who were sleeping around.
\nAccording to the “Minutes of the High Council of the Church of Jesus Christ of Nauvoo Illinois” (6 February 1841), Smith directed “the Nauvoo high council not to excommunicate Theodore Turley for \'sleeping with two females,\' requiring him only to confess \'that he had acted unwisely, unjustly, imprudently, and unbecoming.\'”
\nEventually, Smith\'s sexual excess caught up with him in court. It was in the hearts of some who knew him to be his brothers and sisters for eternity, and in … His grandfather, Asael Smith, lost most of his property in Topsfield, Massachusetts, during the economic … I've hated Joseph Smith for many years, and now I know I was too kind. _____, --More Data from Joseph Smith's Time Linking Him to Sexual Abuse of Young Girls. . . Burn this letter as soon as you read it; keep [it] all locked up in your breasts, my life depends upon it. [8] If they want to provide evidence of their validity, they would demonstrate they still work (under scientifically controlled conditions). http://www.i4m.com/think/history/joseph_smith_sex.htm. "In fact, look up the marriage ages in the Smith family before polygamy. And that in no way justifies his actions. She tells of hearing of the marriage of a 13-year-old girl, and being shocked. . “I close my letter, I think Emma won't come tonight. . 1, p. 697; “ Marriages in Nauvoo Region 1839-45;\" and Compton, “In Sacred Lonliness,” p. 606; cited in ibid)
\n_____
*Smith and 19-year-old Melissa Lott
\nSmith married Melissa in Nauvoo on 20 September 1843, with Hyrum Smith officiating:
\n“Melissa testified that her marriage to Smith included sex.”
\n(FamilySearch.com record for Joseph Smith Jr.; and Affidavit of Melissa Willes, 3 Auust 1893; cited in ibid)
\n_____
*Smith and 14-year-old Helen Mar Kimball
\nAs part of Smith\'s brimming quiver of teenager brides, in May 1843, in Smith\'s Nauvoo store, he married an underage 14-year-old female named Helen Mar Kimball. Three years later, when provoked by the prophet, Cowdery countered by calling the Fanny Alger episode 'a dirty, nasty, filthy affair.'. .
\n“\' . the rest of American society at the time. The statistics are very clear [on] the notion that the age of sexual maturity among women has changed or is still changing. Joseph Smith–History (abbreviated JS–H) is a book in the Pearl of Great Price that contains an excerpt of the autobiographical record of some of the early events in Joseph Smith's life. And a gap of 15 to 20 years or more between partners was very unusual, not typical. K. Whitney, the thing that my servant Joseph Smith has made known unto you and your family [his plural marriage to Sarah Ann Whitney], and which you have agreed upon is right in mine eyes and shall be rewarded upon your heads with honor and immortality and eternal life to all your house both old and young because of the lineage of my priesthood, saith the Lord. John Philip Walker, ed., Dale Morgan on Early Mormonism: Correspondence and a New History (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1986), 373, n. 44. Don Bagley He told me one day of a certain girl and remarked that she had given him more pleasure than any girl he had ever enjoyed. . . . Puberty [is] the point of time at which the sexual development is completed. . . . Re: History, not Mystery: Joseph Smith was a Pedophile “I was called of my Heavenly Father to lay the foundation of this great work and kingdom in this dispensation, and testify of His revealed will to scattered Israel.” . indicates that the average age of menarche in the mid-1800s was 17.
\n\"What that might tell us about a girl who was 14 or 15 back then is hard to determine because of the nature of averages. . . Joseph Smith tells of his ancestry, family members, and their early abodes—An unusual excitement about religion prevails in western New York—He determines to seek wisdom as directed by James—The Father and the Son appear, and Joseph is called to his prophetic ministry. 6, pp. [involving] an unlawful intercourse between himself and a young orphan girl residing in his family and under his protection.". The statistics are very clear [on] the notion that the age of sexual maturity among women has changed or is still changing. “Fanny left Kirtland in September 1836 with her family. BYU Studies Quarterly 59, no. . But when no treasure had been found and no one was any longer willing to pay for his services, he moved on. . Some apologists claim that Smith's confession is a forgery. (16.5 years-12.8 years = 3.7 years) (12.8 years-3.7 years = 9.1 years)
\n\"The fact is Helen Mar Kimball\'s sexual development was still far from complete. Extreme susceptibility; passionately fond of the company of the other sex.\' The official \'History of the Church\' still publishes this chart, along with the caution that such a high score indicates \'extreme liability to perversion\' in the trait.”
\nPerversion is right.
\nSmith\'s moves to seduce other men\'s wives were so brazen and notorious that they led one distraught husband--Orson Pratt--to attempt suicide in Nauvoo on 15 July 1842:
\n“Thousands of Nauvoo Mormons search[ed] for Orson Pratt after discovering a suicide note. "The psychological sexual maturity of Helen Mar Kimball in today’s average age of menarche (first menstruation) would put her psychological age of sexual maturity at the time of the marriage of Joseph Smith at 9.1 years old. In 1829 and 1830, Joseph Smith’s understanding of the priesthood as shown in the Doctrine and Covenants was about Church administration and priesthood authority and offices, McBride continued. Upon her arrival Smith greeted her, ushered her into a private room, then locked the door. I was skeptical--one minute [I] believed, then doubted. "William Law apparently hoped that disclosing Smith's relationship with the young girls might lead him to abandon polygamy but Smith immediately excommunicated Law, had himself appointed the girls' legal guardian and rejected the charge in front of a church congregation on 26 May 1844, denying that he had more than one wife.”(Joseph Smith, “History of the Church,” vol. Very informative and well-documented-thank you. Smith “came to know [her] in Kirtland during early 1833 when she, at the age of 16, stayed at his home as a housemaid. In some developing countries age at menarche appears to be decreasing even faster. Smith came from an unremarkable New England family. . . Smith married Nancy in Nauvoo on 28 July 1843: “According to Mormon Church Historian Andrew Jenson, Nancy married Joseph sometime before his death in June of 1844. Though there is no exacT date for her marriage to the prophet, the best hypothosis is that the ceremony took place in 1843.”, (Andrew Jenson, “LDS Biographical Encyclopedia” [1951], vol. [involving] an unlawful intercourse between himself and a young orphan girl residing in his family and under his protection.\"
\nEmma discovered the sexual affair between Smith and Fanny and exploded in anger. 6, p. 403; and Richard S. Van Wagoner, “Mormon Polygamy: A History,” p. 66), (all preceding and subsequent citations and quotes are found in “Joseph Smith's Polygamy Chronology,” at: http://www.i4m.com/think/polygamy/JS_Polygamy_Timeline.htm) . To set the stage, he first quotes from Smith's Mormon scriptural justification for polygamous sex as a general principle required for Mormon exaltation (the same scriptures, by the way, faithfully cited and espoused by Warren Jeffs, as well): "And I will bless Joseph Smith and multiply him and give unto him an hundredfold in this world, of fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, houses and lands, wives and children, and crowns of eternal lives in the eternal worlds. Address of the Prophet–His Testimony Against the Dissenters at Nauvoo. They find him distraught because Smith, according to Pratt's wife, had tried to seduce Pratt's wife Sarah.”. . . This is still the case is the rural Utah polygamist communities. . On 19 August 1842, he wrote the following love letter to Sarah, laying out his plans to meet up with her: “To arrange [a] night liason with [his] plural wife--Newell K. Whitney's daughter Sarah Ann--Smith writes: ' . In 1840, the average young woman in Europe and the United States menstruated for the first time at the age of 17; her modern counterpart reaches the age of menstruation at about 12. . This page was last edited on 17 March 2019, at 02:22. . even things which might be considered abominable to all who understand the order of heaven only in part, but which in reality were right because God gave and sanctioned by special revelation.\' This is his first written statement of theocratic ethics.”
\n(“Official History of the Church,” vol. Joseph Smith used the same seer stone as one aids to his "translation" of the Book of Mormon. . Take a look at and pay attention to the age at marriage. Joseph Smith and the criminal justice system, Revealed: the stone that 'translated' the Book of Mormon. . .
\n\"What one of us as fathers here today would hesitate for a second to deck [someone] like [Joseph Smith] if he so much as glanced in any of our daughters\' directions? "Whatever the average age of menarche might have been in the mid-19th-century, the average age of marriage was around 20 for women and 22 for men. . (Joseph Smith's close confidant and LDS Church First Councilor, William Law, interview in 'Salt Lake Tribune,' 31 July 1887), "'When Heber C. Kimball asked Sister Eliza R. Snow the question if she was not a virgin although married to Joseph Smith, she replied, "I thought you knew Joseph Smith better than that."' What Is Joseph Smith—History? Helen was under the unfortunate misimpression that her marriage to Smith was merely “dynastic.” She was to discover soon enough, however, that it was sexual. Early years. . On April 6, 1830, Joseph Smith organized The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and became its first president. He told me one day of a certain girl and remarked that she had given him more pleasure than any girl he had ever enjoyed. She also notes that the girl\'s mother \'takes in laundry\' and is sloppy and unkempt--implying that \"nice\" people don\'t marry off their teenaged daughters. . A noticeably pregnant Fanny eventually was kicked out of the house by Emma, as reported thusly:
\n“Former Mormon apostle William McLellin later wrote that Emma Smith substantiated the Smith-Alger affair. 16 was comparatively rare but not unheard of. I told him it was horrible to talk like this.\' (Joseph Smith\'s close confidant and LDS Church First Councilor, William Law, interview in \'Salt Lake Tribune,\' 31 July 1887)
\n\"\'When Heber C. Kimball asked Sister Eliza R. Snow the question if she was not a virgin although married to Joseph Smith, she replied, \"I thought you knew Joseph Smith better than that.\"\'
\n(Stake President Angus M. Cannon, statement of interview with Joseph III, 23, LDS archives)\"
\"Short Bios of Smith\'s wives:
\nhttp://www.wivesofjosephsmith.org
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