Smith, Emma Hale
Person
Biography
Citation:
Joseph Smith Papers, via WWW, March 3, 2014 (born in 1804 at Willingborough Township (later Harmony), Susquehanna, Pennsylvania; parents Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis; well educated; member of the Methodist Church; baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Oliver Cowdrey in 1830; married Joseph Smith Jr. on January 18, 1827, in New York; eleven children, six of whom died early deaths; with Joseph Smith on the night he obtained the records from which The Book of Mormon; scribe during part of the translation; prominent member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "elect lady"; editor of "A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of the Latter Day Saints," published in 1835; first Relief Society president in 1842; moved around to escape mobs, husband imprisoned; Joseph Smith was murdered in June 1844, she stayed in Nauvoo; married Lewis Crum Bidamon; affiliated with the Reorganized Church of Latter-day Saints; lived in Nauvoo; d. Apr. 20, 1879 in Nauvoo, Illinois)Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Emma Hale Smith certificate
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 432
Scope and Contents
Printed form with handwritten entries. The item is dated 17 July 1844 and is signed. Emma Smith accepts responsibility for the estate of her husband, Joseph Smith.
Dates:
1844 July 17
Jesse Hale letter
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231044899]
Identifier: MSS 1009
Scope and Contents
Typescript of a signed letter dated March 30, 1845 and addressed to Emma Hale Smith, wife of Joseph Smith (1805-1844). Hale comments on Joseph Smith's generosity to him.
Dates:
1845
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Jesse Hale letter
Emma Hale Smith certificate of guardianship
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 5941
Scope and Contents
Handwritten certificate, dated 3 May 1847, establishing Emma's guardianship of the Smith children: Julia, Joseph, Frederick, and Alexander; includes Emma's signature.
Dates:
1847 May 3
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