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 5 Collections and/or Records:
Enoch B. Tripp personal papers, 1841-1906
Series
Identifier: MSS 2032 Series 2
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence, writings, and other personal documents such as a license, a certificate, and blessings. Dated 1841 to 1906.
Dates:
1841-1906
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
Lorenzo D. Wasson letter to David Hale, 1841 February
Item — Oversize 3: [Barcode: 31197233635090], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 7614
Scope and Contents
Color photocopy and typescript of letter written to David Hale from Lorenzo D. Wasson, Hale's nephew. Wasson writes that he is living with Joseph Smith, and gives his impressions of Smith, Nauvoo, and Mormonism. Also includes messages written by Emma Smith and possibly Joseph Smith, mentioning family matters and inviting Hale to settle in Nauvoo. Dated February 1841.
Dates:
1841 February
Lorenzo D. Wasson letter to David Hale
Digital Record
Identifier: MSS7614_O3_F4
Dates:
1841 February
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Enoch B. Tripp papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2032
Scope and Contents
Eighteen volumes of journals and other papers. Volumes document Enoch B. Tripp's conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his missions to the state of Maine, his visit with Joseph Smith's mother (Lucy Mack Smith), wife (Emma Smith), and son (Joseph Smith III) in Nauvoo in November 1855, his participation in the Utah War in 1857, and his life in Salt Lake City. Tripp discusses anti-polygamy legislation, his time on the Mormon "Underground" to avoid arrest for practicing...
Dates:
1841-1908
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- Archival Object 2
- Collection 2
- Digital Record 1
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- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 3
- Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History 3
- Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Maine 2
- Maine -- History 2
- Missions and Missionaries 2
- Nauvoo (Ill.) 2
- Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2
- Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History 2
- Certificates 1
- Church Government 1
- Diaries 1
- Latter Day Saint churches -- Presidents -- History 1
- Latter Day Saint women -- Illinois -- Nauvoo -- History 1
- Latter Day Saints -- Illinois -- Nauvoo -- History 1
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