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==Wives==

==Wives==

Smith married [[Emma Hale]] (daughter of Isaac Hale) in 1827 against her father's wishes.  A judge in South Bainbridge, [[New York]] married them.  This angered her father.  He said to Smith “You have stolen my daughter and married her. I had much rather have followed her to the grave.” <ref>MORMON ENIGMA: EMMA HALE SMITH  (Newell & Avery, University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago, 1994)</ref>  

Smith married [[Emma Hale]] (daughter of Isaac Hale) in 1827 against her father's wishes.  A judge in South Bainbridge, [[New York]] married them.  This angered her father, who said to Smith “You have stolen my daughter and married her. I had much rather have followed her to the grave.” <ref>MORMON ENIGMA: EMMA HALE SMITH  (Newell & Avery, University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago, 1994)</ref>  

Later, in Nauvoo, Joseph Smith created an impressive militia, announced his intention to run for President of the United States, and tried to establish [[polygamy]]. Between 1841 and 1843, Joseph married more than thirty wives although he kept the practice hidden from the public and from Emma.  In order to cause Emma to accept his additional wives, Joseph claimed to receive a revelation regarding this “new and everlasting covenant” of plural marriage, partly directed at Emma - [[Doctrine and Covenants]] 132:

Later, in Nauvoo, Joseph Smith founded an impressive militia, announced his intention to run for President of the United States, and tried to establish [[polygamy]]. Between 1841 and 1843, Joseph married more than thirty wives although he kept the practice hidden from the public and from Emma.  In order to cause Emma to accept his additional wives, Joseph claimed to receive a revelation regarding this “new and everlasting covenant” of plural marriage, partly directed at Emma - [[Doctrine and Covenants]] 132:

D&C 132:1 Verily, thus saith the Lord...

D&C 132:1 Verily, thus saith the Lord...