Fanny Alger was Joseph Smith's first plural wife

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Fanny Alger was Joseph Smith's first plural wife

Summary: With a lone exception, there is no account after Joseph’s death of Emma admitting Joseph’s plural marriages in any source. The reported exception is recorded in a newspaper article and two letters written by excommunicated Latter-day Saint apostle William E. McLellin. The former apostle claimed to have visited Emma in 1847 and to have discussed Joseph’s relationship with Fanny Alger. McLellin also reported a tale he had heard about Joseph and Fanny Alger in which they were allegedly observed by Emma together in the barn.

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• Question: What do we know about Joseph Smith's first plural wife Fanny Alger?
• Question: Did Joseph Smith marry Fanny Alger as his first plural wife in 1833?
• Question: How could Joseph and Fanny have been married in 1831 if the sealing power had not yet been restored?
• Question: Did some of Joseph Smith's associates believe that he had an affair with Fanny Alger?
• Question: Did Emma Smith discover her husband Joseph with Fanny Alger in a barn?
• Question: Did Fanny Alger have a child by Joseph Smith?

Fanny Alger was Joseph Smith's first plural wife

Summary: With a lone exception, there is no account after Joseph’s death of Emma admitting Joseph’s plural marriages in any source. The reported exception is recorded in a newspaper article and two letters written by excommunicated Latter-day Saint apostle William E. McLellin. The former apostle claimed to have visited Emma in 1847 and to have discussed Joseph’s relationship with Fanny Alger. McLellin also reported a tale he had heard about Joseph and Fanny Alger in which they were allegedly observed by Emma together in the barn.

Jump to details:

• Question: What do we know about Joseph Smith's first plural wife Fanny Alger?
• Question: Did Joseph Smith marry Fanny Alger as his first plural wife in 1833?
• Question: How could Joseph and Fanny have been married in 1831 if the sealing power had not yet been restored?
• Question: Did some of Joseph Smith's associates believe that he had an affair with Fanny Alger?
• Question: Did Emma Smith discover her husband Joseph with Fanny Alger in a barn?
• Question: Did Fanny Alger have a child by Joseph Smith?

Fanny Alger was Joseph Smith's first plural wife

Summary: With a lone exception, there is no account after Joseph’s death of Emma admitting Joseph’s plural marriages in any source. The reported exception is recorded in a newspaper article and two letters written by excommunicated Latter-day Saint apostle William E. McLellin. The former apostle claimed to have visited Emma in 1847 and to have discussed Joseph’s relationship with Fanny Alger. McLellin also reported a tale he had heard about Joseph and Fanny Alger in which they were allegedly observed by Emma together in the barn.

Jump to details:

• Question: What do we know about Joseph Smith's first plural wife Fanny Alger?
• Question: Did Joseph Smith marry Fanny Alger as his first plural wife in 1833?
• Question: How could Joseph and Fanny have been married in 1831 if the sealing power had not yet been restored?
• Question: Did some of Joseph Smith's associates believe that he had an affair with Fanny Alger?
• Question: Did Emma Smith discover her husband Joseph with Fanny Alger in a barn?
• Question: Did Fanny Alger have a child by Joseph Smith?

Fanny Alger was Joseph Smith's first plural wife

Summary: With a lone exception, there is no account after Joseph’s death of Emma admitting Joseph’s plural marriages in any source. The reported exception is recorded in a newspaper article and two letters written by excommunicated Latter-day Saint apostle William E. McLellin. The former apostle claimed to have visited Emma in 1847 and to have discussed Joseph’s relationship with Fanny Alger. McLellin also reported a tale he had heard about Joseph and Fanny Alger in which they were allegedly observed by Emma together in the barn.

Jump to details:

• Question: What do we know about Joseph Smith's first plural wife Fanny Alger?
• Question: Did Joseph Smith marry Fanny Alger as his first plural wife in 1833?
• Question: How could Joseph and Fanny have been married in 1831 if the sealing power had not yet been restored?
• Question: Did some of Joseph Smith's associates believe that he had an affair with Fanny Alger?
• Question: Did Emma Smith discover her husband Joseph with Fanny Alger in a barn?
• Question: Did Fanny Alger have a child by Joseph Smith?

Fanny Alger was Joseph Smith's first plural wife

Summary: With a lone exception, there is no account after Joseph’s death of Emma admitting Joseph’s plural marriages in any source. The reported exception is recorded in a newspaper article and two letters written by excommunicated Latter-day Saint apostle William E. McLellin. The former apostle claimed to have visited Emma in 1847 and to have discussed Joseph’s relationship with Fanny Alger. McLellin also reported a tale he had heard about Joseph and Fanny Alger in which they were allegedly observed by Emma together in the barn.

Jump to details:

• Question: What do we know about Joseph Smith's first plural wife Fanny Alger?
• Question: Did Joseph Smith marry Fanny Alger as his first plural wife in 1833?
• Question: How could Joseph and Fanny have been married in 1831 if the sealing power had not yet been restored?
• Question: Did some of Joseph Smith's associates believe that he had an affair with Fanny Alger?
• Question: Did Emma Smith discover her husband Joseph with Fanny Alger in a barn?
• Question: Did Fanny Alger have a child by Joseph Smith?

Fanny Alger was Joseph Smith's first plural wife

Summary: With a lone exception, there is no account after Joseph’s death of Emma admitting Joseph’s plural marriages in any source. The reported exception is recorded in a newspaper article and two letters written by excommunicated Latter-day Saint apostle William E. McLellin. The former apostle claimed to have visited Emma in 1847 and to have discussed Joseph’s relationship with Fanny Alger. McLellin also reported a tale he had heard about Joseph and Fanny Alger in which they were allegedly observed by Emma together in the barn.

Jump to details:

• Question: What do we know about Joseph Smith's first plural wife Fanny Alger?
• Question: Did Joseph Smith marry Fanny Alger as his first plural wife in 1833?
• Question: How could Joseph and Fanny have been married in 1831 if the sealing power had not yet been restored?
• Question: Did some of Joseph Smith's associates believe that he had an affair with Fanny Alger?
• Question: Did Emma Smith discover her husband Joseph with Fanny Alger in a barn?
• Question: Did Fanny Alger have a child by Joseph Smith?

Fanny Alger was Joseph Smith's first plural wife

Summary: With a lone exception, there is no account after Joseph’s death of Emma admitting Joseph’s plural marriages in any source. The reported exception is recorded in a newspaper article and two letters written by excommunicated Latter-day Saint apostle William E. McLellin. The former apostle claimed to have visited Emma in 1847 and to have discussed Joseph’s relationship with Fanny Alger. McLellin also reported a tale he had heard about Joseph and Fanny Alger in which they were allegedly observed by Emma together in the barn.

Jump to details:

• Question: What do we know about Joseph Smith's first plural wife Fanny Alger?
• Question: Did Joseph Smith marry Fanny Alger as his first plural wife in 1833?
• Question: How could Joseph and Fanny have been married in 1831 if the sealing power had not yet been restored?
• Question: Did some of Joseph Smith's associates believe that he had an affair with Fanny Alger?
• Question: Did Emma Smith discover her husband Joseph with Fanny Alger in a barn?
• Question: Did Fanny Alger have a child by Joseph Smith?

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