Smith, Emma Hale
Biography
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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 25 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph Smith, Jr. indenture
Handwritten indenture. The item provides for a transfer of property from Joseph and his wife, Emma Smith, to Wilson Law. The item was signed by Joseph Smith, Willard Richards, and Samuel H. Smith.
Joseph Smith letters
Photocopy of a handwritten letter with a typescript of the item. This letter is dated 27 June 1844 at 8:20 A.M. and was written from Carthage Jail. Also included is a typewritten copy of another letter dated 23 June probably also in the year 1844. Both letters were addressed to Smith's wife, Emma Hale Smith (1804-1879). Smith describes the condition of his incarceration, states that they have no valid case against him, and expresses the belief that he was in little danger.
Samuel H. B. Smith letter
Photocopy of a handwritten letter, addressed to George A. Smith, and dated 10 July 1860. Samuel Smith writes while he is on a mission for the Mormon Church. He tells about a visit with Joseph Smith (1832-1914), the first president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and seeing Emma Hale Smith Bidamon and her husband.
Testimony regarding Emma Smith Bidamon, Nauvoo, Illinois
Jemison was born in Nauvoo in 1854 and lived there all her life. She and her sister had worked for Emma Smith in the Mansion House in Nauvoo. At the time of the interview Jemison and her husband lived in a house formerly owned by Lorenzo Snow, a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon). Also included is a two-page handwritten quote from "The Book of the Law" by James J. Strang.
Enoch B. Tripp papers
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