Tag: Helen Mar Kimball

  • Polygamy Procreation

    Polygamy Procreation

    But if one or either of the ten virgins, after she is espoused, shall be with another man, she has committed adultery, and shall be destroyed; for they are given unto him to multiply and replenish the earth, according to my commandment, and to fulfil the promise which was given by my Father before the foundation of the world, and for their exaltation in the eternal worlds, that they may bear the souls of men; for herein is the work of my Father continued, that he may be glorified.

    Joseph Smith, Doctrine & Covenants 132:63
    https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/132.p63#p63

    The youngest was Helen Mar Kimball, daughter of Joseph’s close friends Heber C. and Vilate Murray Kimball, who was sealed to Joseph several months before her 15th birthday.

    Plural Marriage in Kirtland and Nauvoo, Gospel Topic Essay
    https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics-essays/plural-marriage-in-kirtland-and-nauvoo?lang=eng
  • Sugarcoat

    Sugarcoat

    Excerpt from the LDS Gospel Topic Essay, Plural Marriage in Kirtland and Nauvoo: 1

    ‘Most of those sealed to Joseph Smith were between 20 and 40 years of age at the time of their sealing to him. The oldest, Fanny Young, was 56 years old. The youngest was Helen Mar Kimball, daughter of Joseph’s close friends Heber C. and Vilate Murray Kimball, who was sealed to Joseph several months before her 15th birthday.’

    Definition of sugarcoating: 2

    Definition of sugarcoating: to make (something difficult or distasteful) appear more pleasant or acceptable.

    References

    References
    1 Plural Marriage in Kirtland and Nauvoo, LDS Gospel Topic Essay – https://www.lds.org/topics/plural-marriage-in-kirtland-and-nauvoo?lang=eng
    2 Definition of sugarcoating, Dictionary.com – http://www.dictionary.com/browse/sugarcoat
  • Teen Brides of Early Mormon Prophets

    Teen Brides of Early Mormon Prophets

    Joseph Smith Jr.

    From the LDS Gospel Topic Essay, Plural Marriage in Kirtland and Nauvoo found on LDS.org.

    ‘The youngest [of Joseph’s brides] was Helen Mar Kimball, daughter of Joseph’s close friends Heber C. and Vilate Murray Kimball, who was sealed to Joseph several months before her 15th birthday.’

    Teen Brides of Joseph Smith Jr. – List of Joseph Smiths Wives – Wikipedia

    Fanny Alger—16  (JSJ—27 )
    Sarah Ann Whitney—17  (JSJ—36 )
    Flora Ann Woodworth—16  (JSJ—37 )
    Emily Dow Partridge—19  (JSJ—37 )
    Lucy Walker—17  (JSJ—37 )
    Sarah Lawrence—17  (JSJ—37 )
    Maria Lawrence—19  (JSJ—37 )
    Helen Mar Kimball—14  (JSJ—37 )
    Melissa Lott—19  (JSJ—37 )
    Nancy Mariah Winchester—14  (JSJ—37 )

    Brigham Young

    Teen Brides of Brigham Young – List of Brigham Young’s Wives – Wikipedia

    Miriam Angeline Works—18  (BY—23 )
    Harriet Elizabeth Cook —19  (BY—42 )
    Clarissa Caroline Decker —15  (BY—42 )
    Elizabeth Fairchild —16  (BY—43 )
    Diana Chase —17  (BY—43 )
    Emmeline Free —18  (BY—43 )
    Ellen Rockwood —16  (BY—44 )
    Mary Ann Turley —18  (BY—44 )
    Lucy Bigelow —16  (BY—45 )
    Mary Jane Bigelow —19  (BY—45 )

    Lorenzo Snow

    Teen Brides of Lorenzo Snow – Lorenzo Snow – Wikipedia

    Charlotte Squires—18  (LS—30 )
    Sarah Ann Prichard—18  (LS—31 )
    Eleanor Houtz—17  (LS—34 )
    Mary Elizabeth Houtz—17  (LS—43 )
    Phoebe Amelia Woodruff—16  (LS—44 )
    Sara Minnie Ephramina Jensen—16  (LS—57 )

    Wilford Woodruff

    Teen Brides of Wilford Woodruff – Wilford Woodruff – Wikipedia

    Sarah Elinor Brown—18  (WW—39 )
    Mary Caroline Barton—17  (WW—39 )
    Emma Smoot Smith—15  (WW—46 )
    Sarah Brown—19  (WW—46 )
    Sarah Delight Stocking—19  (WW—50 )

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    Nuptiality Measures for the White Population of the United States, 1850–1880 – Nuptiality Measures for the White Population of the United States, 1850–1880

    1850….Male 26.8—Female 23.1
    1860….Male 26.9—Female 22.8
    1870….Male 26.8—Female 23.2
    1880….Male 27.1—Female 23.4

    Crash Course:

    Year of Polygamy Podcast – The series follows the Mormon faith through the lens of “The Principle of Plural Marriage”.
    Joseph Smith’s Polygamy – Discusses Joseph Smith’s introduction of polygamy into early Mormon Church.
    Plural Marriage and Mormon Fundamentalism – D. Michael Quinn
    Polygamy – Mormon Think

  • Jeffs and Joseph

    Jeffs and Joseph

    Image: Polygamist FLDS Prophet Warren Jeffs.

    From the LDS church’s Gospel Topic Essay ‘Plural Marriage in Kirtland and Nauvoo’ [footnote]Plural Marriage in Kirtland and Nauvoo – LDS.org [/footnote]

    ‘Careful estimates put the number {of wives} between 30 and 40.’

    ‘The youngest was Helen Mar Kimball, daughter of Joseph’s close friends Heber C. and Vilate Murray Kimball, who was sealed to Joseph several months before her 15th birthday.’

    ‘Joseph Smith was sealed to a number of women who were already married.’

    ‘Several Latter-day Saints who had lived in Kirtland reported decades later that Joseph Smith had married Alger, who lived and worked in the Smith household…’ (Fanny Alger was ~16 at the time)

    Joseph Smith’s plural marriages:

    Wife Date Age Husband
    Emma Hale Jan 1827 22 –
    Fanny Alger 1833 16 –
    Lucinda Morgan Harris 1838 37 George W. Harris
    Louisa Beaman Apr 1841 26 –
    Zina Huntington Jacobs Oct 1841 20 Henry Jacobs
    Presendia Huntington Buell Dec 1841 31 Norman Buell
    Agnes Coolbrith Jan 1842 33 –
    Sylvia Sessions Lyon Feb 1842 23 Windsor Lyon
    Mary Rollins Lightner Feb 1842 23 Adam Lightner
    Patty Bartlett Sessions Mar 1842 47 David Sessions
    Marinda Johnson Hyde Apr 1842 27 Orson Hyde
    Elizabeth Davis Durfee Jun 1842 50 Jabez Durfee
    Sarah Kingsley Cleveland Jun 1842 53 John Cleveland
    Delcena Johnson Jul 1842 37 –
    Eliza R. Snow Jun 1842 38 –
    Sarah Ann Whitney Jul 1842 17 –
    Martha McBride Knight Aug 1842 37 –
    Ruth Vose Sayers Feb 1843 33 Edward Sayers
    Flora Ann Woodworth Spring 1843 16 –
    Emily Dow Partridge Mar 1843 19 –
    Eliza Maria Partridge Mar 1843 22 –
    Almera Johnson Apr 1843 30 –
    Lucy Walker May 1843 17 –
    Sarah Lawrence May 1843 17 –
    Maria Lawrence May 1843 19 –
    Helen Mar Kimball May 1843 14 –
    Hanna Ells Mid 1843 29 –
    Elvira Cowles Holmes Jun 1843 29 Jonathan Holmes
    Rhoda Richards Jun 1843 58 –
    Desdemona Fullmer Jul 1843 32 –
    Olive Frost Mid 1843 27 –
    Melissa Lott Sep 1843 19 –
    Nancy Winchester 1843 14 –
    Fanny Young Nov 1843 56 –

    Crash Course:

    Year of Polygamy Podcast – The series follows the Mormon faith through the lens of “The Principle of Plural Marriage”.

    Joseph Smith’s Polygamy – Discusses Joseph Smith’s introduction of polygamy into early Mormon Church.

    Plural Marriage and Mormon Fundamentalism – D. Michael Quinn

    The Wives of Joseph Smith