Emma smith bidamon biography of william
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Emma Hale Smith is sometimes viewed only as “Joseph Smith’s wife, Emma.” Stories are told of her wrestles with polygamy or her decision to remain in Nauvoo. There’s even a new argument that she may have possessed a Joseph Smith daguerreotype. But Emma is more than a story. In this interview, Jenny Reeder shares insights from her Emma Smith biography, First: The Life and Faith of Emma Smith.
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How did Jenny Reeder become interested in Emma Hale Smith?
I am the nineteenth-century women’s history specialist at the Church History Department for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I came to history in a roundabout way: I thought I wanted to be a high school English teacher. Student teaching changed those plans.
After following a kind bishop’s suggestion to study communication and an MA at Arizona State in human communication, I got a temporary job as a research assistant for Carol Cornwall Madsen in her work on Emmeline B. Wel
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Emma Hale Smith, Wife of Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr., and First President of the Relief Society
Emma met Joseph Smith for the first time in 1825. Joseph was smitten with her, which wasn’t surprising since she had grown up to be a tall, attractive woman with a dark complexion, brown eyes, and black hair. She possessed a singular regal beauty of form and of character. Joseph boarded with Emma’s family for two years and twice asked her father for permission to marry her, but was refused.
Finally on 18 January 1827, Emma and Joseph were married without her father’s permission. After their marriage, the Hale family told them that they were always welcome in their home. On 15 June 1828, Emma gave birth to their first child; unfortunately, the little boy only lived a few hours. Emma nearly
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Emma Smith
Wife of Joseph Smith Jr. and Latter Day Saint leader (1804–1879)
For other people named Emma Smith, see Emma Smith (disambiguation).
| Emma Hale Smith Bidamon | |
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Emma Hale Smith circa 1845 with David Hyrum Smith[1]: 56 | |
| March 17, 1842 (1842-03-17) – 1844 | |
| Called by | Joseph Smith |
| Successor | Eliza R. Snow |
| Born | Emma Hale (1804-07-10)July 10, 1804 Harmony Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | April 30, 1879(1879-04-30) (aged 74) Nauvoo House, Nauvoo, Illinois, U.S. |
| Resting place | Smith Family Cemetery, Nauvoo 40°32′26″N91°23′31″W / 40.5406°N 91.3920°W / 40.5406; -91.3920 (Smith Family Cemetery) |
| Notable works | A Collection of Sacred Hymns Latter Day Saints' urval of Hymns |
| Spouse(s) | Joseph Smith (m. 1827; died 1844) |
| Children | 11 (see Children of Joseph Smith) |
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