by Dan Wees | May 26, 2019 | Miscellaneous
KINDERHOOK PLATES… “Why does the circumstance of the plates recently found in a mound in Pike County, Ill., by Mr. Wiley, together with ethmology [sic] and a thousand other things, go to prove the Book of Mormon true? -Ans[wer]. Because it is true!” The Times...
by Dan Wees | May 24, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“Six plates having the appearance of Brass have lately been dug out of the mound by a gentleman in Pike C[ounty]. Illinois. They are small and filled with engravings in Egyptian language and contain the genealogy of one of the ancient Jaredites back to Ham the son of...
by Dan Wees | May 24, 2019 | Miscellaneous
VILATE KIMBALL: Abrahamic-like ALMOST wife of Joseph Smith, Jr. Vilate Kimball was the wife of Heber C. Kimball. The devotion of this couple was so great they found it heartbreaking and nearly impossible to have Joseph Smith take Vilate on as one of his plural wives:...
by Dan Wees | May 21, 2019 | Miscellaneous
HELEN MAR KIMBALL-SMITH-WHITNEY: 26th wife of Joseph Smith, Jr. Age 14 – Married in May 1843 (Joseph Smith, age 37) At the (far too) young age of fourteen, a couple of months shy of her fifteenth birthday, Helen Mar Kimball became the youngest wife of Joseph Smith....
by Dan Wees | May 21, 2019 | Miscellaneous
JOSEPH SMITH WAS NOT THE SINGLE AUTHOR of the Book of Mormon. We need not investigate passages from “The Late War,” “The First Book of Napoleon,” or “The Golden Pot” for secrets into its construction. Though interesting, and undoubtedly familiar, these references show...
by Dan Wees | May 21, 2019 | Miscellaneous
When Joseph Smith died, he was carrying a magic medallion. Joseph’s first wife, Emma, kept it in her possession the remainder of her life. She knew of his affection for it as he always carried it with him. This token was identified in 1974 by LDS historian Reed Durham...
