John C. Bennett and plural marriage at Nauvoo

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John C. Bennett

Polyandry

Polygamy book, a work by author: Gregory L. Smith

John C. Bennett Prior to Nauvoo

John C. Bennett

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• John C. Bennett Prior to Nauvoo
• Was there a brothel in Nauvoo near the temple?
• Rise and Fall of John C. Bennett
• John C. Bennett and Sarah Pratt
• Bennett and Prostitution
• Nancy Rigdon and Plural Marriage
• Sidney Rigdon and Bennett's charges

John C. Bennett

Jump to details:

• John C. Bennett Prior to Nauvoo
• Was there a brothel in Nauvoo near the temple?
• Rise and Fall of John C. Bennett
• John C. Bennett and Sarah Pratt
• Bennett and Prostitution
• Nancy Rigdon and Plural Marriage
• Sidney Rigdon and Bennett's charges

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See also Brian Hales' discussion

Joseph Smith’s resumes practicing plural marriage--1841	Joseph's first plural marriage after Fanny Alger.
Changes in polygamy implementation after the angelic visit of February 1842	Joseph Smith made his second proposal to a previously unmarried woman in Nauvoo and the first proposal since his marriage to Louisa Beaman.
John C. Bennett Impacts the Secret Expansion of Plural Marriage	John C. Bennett arrived in Nauvoo in September of 1840 and stayed less than two years. In spite of his relatively brief time living among the Saints, his impact upon the secret expansion of plural marriage was immense.
Joseph Smith’s proposal to Nancy Rigdon	One unmarried woman Joseph approached was Nancy Rigdon, the nineteen-year-old daughter of his First Counselor in the First Presidency, Sidney Rigdon. The proposal turned out badly.
William and Jane Law and the Prophet
Plural Marriage and the Martyrdom
Did Joseph Smith Intend to Abandon Plural Marriage?	William Marks related that Joseph’s conversation denouncing plural marriage occurred “three weeks before his death” or around June 6. Perhaps Joseph had such a change of heart during the first week of June, but this seems unlikely and other parts of Marks’ recollection are implausible.