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...
by Dan Wees | May 20, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“The Journal of Discourses deservedly ranks as one of the standard works of the Church.” George Q. Cannon, Journal of Discourses – Volume 8 (Liverpool, England: Self-Published, 1861), preface. Compare this with the words of later apologists: “The Journal of...
by Dan Wees | May 19, 2019 | Miscellaneous
Jane Elizabeth Manning James was a servant to Joseph Smith, Jr. in Nauvoo, IL, and later came to Utah. “Aunt Jane” was sealed to Joseph Smith, in a special temple ceremony, to be his servant eternally. She died 16 April 1908, “in Salt Lake City....
by Dan Wees | May 18, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“Sometimes these old and middle-aged ladies do not see their husbands once a year, and yet they may not live half a mile apart. A few years since, at a large party at the Social Hall in Salt Lake City, Orson Hyde, one of the twelve apostles, met the wife of his youth,...
by Dan Wees | May 16, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“On the return of Orson Hyde from his mission [7 December 1842] to Palestine he carried letters of introduction to me [Mary Ann Price] and invited me to visit his wife. I was there met by Joseph Smith, the Prophet, who, after an interesting conversation introduced the...
by Dan Wees | May 16, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“When he [Orson Hyde] returned [from his mission], he, in turn, imbibed the teachings of polygamy also, and prepared to extend his kingdom indefinitely. In the mean time it was hinted to him that Smith had had his first wife [Marinda Nancy] sealed to himself in his...
