Life of emma hale smith
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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 namn 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 expert 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. lärjunge 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. Wells. Soon inom was a
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Emma Hale Smith
Emma was born 10 July to Isaac and Elizabeth Lewis Hale. The Hales farmed near Harmony, Pennsylvania, and operated a country inn. Emma and Joseph met when he boarded at her father’s inn while working in the area. Isaac bitterly opposed their courtship, but Joseph proposed to Emma, and she, “preferring him to all others” she had met, accepted. 2 They were married at the home of Squire Thomas Tarbell in South Bainbridge, New York, on 18 January
That fall, Joseph obtained the gold plates and continued his mission of being an instrument in the hands of God in restoring the gospel. Emma served as a scribe during his first efforts to translate the Book of Mormon. She was baptized on 28 June , shortly after the Church was organized. In July the Lord outlined her mission, in a revelation: “Thou art an elect lady, whom I have called. … And the office of thy calling shall be for a comfort unto my servant, Joseph Smith, Jun., thy husband, in his afflictions.” (D&#;C , 5.) Sh
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Emma Smith
Wife of Joseph Smith Jr. and Latter Day Saint leader (–)
For other people named Emma Smith, see Emma Smith (disambiguation).
| Emma Hale Smith Bidamon | |
|---|---|
Emma Hale Smith circa with David Hyrum Smith[1]:&#;56&#; | |
| March&#;17,&#;&#;()&#;&#;&#; | |
| Called by | Joseph Smith |
| Successor | Eliza R. Snow |
| Born | Emma Hale ()July 10, Harmony Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | April 30, () (aged&#;74) Nauvoo House, Nauvoo, Illinois, U.S. |
| Resting place | Smith Family Cemetery, Nauvoo 40°32′26″N91°23′31″W / °N °W / ; (Smith Family Cemetery) |
| Notable works | A Collection of Sacred Hymns Latter Day Saints' Selection of Hymns |
| Spouse(s) | Joseph Smith &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#; |
| Children | 11 (see Children of Joseph Smith) |
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Emma Hale Smith Bidamon (July 10, – April 30, ) was a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement and a prominent member of th