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How many wives did Joseph Smith have?
Joseph Smith did not record any information about his plural marriages. Most of the information about Smith’s polygamous marriages comes from his close friends and the women he married...
Who was Joseph Smith’s first polygamous wife?
Although the specific date is unknown, historians believe that Joseph Smith married his first plural wife, Fanny Alger, in Kirtland, Ohio. The marriage likely happened in the mid-1830s. It is unclear whether Joseph’s first wife...
Why did Joseph Smith marry women who were already pregnant?
Joseph Smith likely received his revelation about plural marriage around 1831 while he was translating the Bible. The first plural marriage that historians have any fragmentary evidence of is Smith’s marriage...