On this episode, we dive into the ubiquity of Nauvoo polygamy. Much has been made about Joseph Smith having multiple wives, but he wasn’t the only Nauvoo elite with more than one. Just how prevalent was the practice? How many participated? How many knew about the doctrine? How many plural marriages were formed prior to D&C 132 being committed to paper? What conclusions can we draw from the available data? Gary James Bergera’s article is a masterpiece in helping to understand the complexity of the tangled web of Nauvoo Polygamy.
Identifying the Earliest Mormon Polygamists by Gary Bergera
https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V38N03_13.pdf
James Adams
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/james-adams
Ezra T. Benson
https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/overlandtravel/companies/65/ezra-t-benson-company
Reynolds Cahoon
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/reynolds-cahoon
Joseph Coolidge
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/joseph-wellington-coolidge?l=papers
Howard Egan
https://majorhowardegan.com/howard-egan/overview-of-major-howard-egans-life/
William Felshaw
https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/overlandtravel/pioneers/7955/william-felshaw
Deed to William Felshaw
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/deed-to-william-felshaw-30-june-1836/1
William Huntington biography by Andrew Jensen
https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/logout?targetUrl=/collection/BYUIBooks/id/3154
Joseph Kelting
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/joseph-andrew-kelting
Isaac Morley
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/isaac-morley
Joseph Bates Noble
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/joseph-bates-noble
https://keeperoftheprophetssword.net/
John Edward Page
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/john-edward-page
Uncle John Smith
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/john-smith
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smith_(uncle_of_Joseph_Smith)
Theodore Turley
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/theodore-turley
Lyman Wight
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/lyman-wight
Edwin Woolley
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/edwin-woolley
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