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This is so interesting!  Well researched and factual!   Why Did Emma Smith Remain in Nauvoo after the Death of Joseph Smith? By  Book of Mormon Central  · November 30, 2021 View the article  on Book of Mormon Central . “And the office of thy calling shall be for a comfort unto my servant, Joseph Smith, Jun., thy husband, in his afflictions, with consoling words, in the spirit of meekness. And thou shalt go with him at the time of his going.” Doctrine and Covenants 25:5–6 The Know Emma Smith was one of the most important leaders in the early Church. As a newlywed of less than a year, she was present at the Hill Cumorah when Joseph Smith received the gold plates from the angel Moroni on September 22, 1827. She was one of the earliest scribes of the Book of Mormon translation and left behind a significant historical record that broadens our understanding of how and when the translation of the Book of Mormon occurred. Devoted to her husband and to her faith, Emma wa...

This year we will be studying The Book of Mormon in Sunday School.  Last year beginning on August 8, 2015, in Stake Conference, our Stake President counseled us to each read The Book of Mormon at the rate of 10 pages a day, and we would be done by the end of September, just before October Conference.  In that same conference we had Elder David A. Bednar as a visiting authority, and I wrote about his messages, and his exhortation to follow our Stake President, saying that in our stake he is the same as the President of the Church.  (See Blog # 484, my notes about that conference. If you go to "labels" on the right and click on Elder David A. Bednar it goes right to it.) That reading of 10 pages a day was truly an amazing experience.  The book and its story came to life, and the continuity of the history became more clear.  The Book of Mormon is clearly the KEYSTONE of our religion, and it is so important to read it daily!  Right now my husband Wayne an...

What You Didn't Know About Emma Smith by Jannalee Rosner  | Dec. 14, 2015 Mormon Life Emma Smith, first Relief Society President and wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith, had many incredible and difficult experiences in her life. Her mother-in-law, Lucy Mack Smith, said of her: “I have never seen a woman in my life, who would endure every species of fatigue and hardship, from month to month, and from year to year, with that unflinching courage, zeal, and patience, which she has ever done; for I know that which she has had to endure … she has breasted the storms of persecution, and buffeted the rage of men and devils, which would have borne down almost any other woman.”  Find out a few things you may not have known about this prominent woman in Church history. 1. She was the only Hale child not named after a family member.  Emma's brothers and sisters were all named after family members, either on her mother's si...

I found this on LDS Living, and it is quite long.  But it is so interesting, I decided not to condense it.  I encourage you to read the whole thing when you have 10 or 15 minutes.  It is an amazing story!  I too love her great great grandfather, Joseph Smith, and my ancestors did also! Kimberly Jo Smith’s Journey Discovering Joseph, Emma and Herself Family Family History Dec 22, 2014 Living Descendants of Joseph Smith Visit His Birthplace Joseph Smith’s descendants visit his birthplace after joining the church Christ restored through him. In the stillness of the budding spring of Sharon, Vermont,  Kimberly Jo Smith   stood in the quiet forest for the first time, looking down on the remaining moss-covered foundation stones of the home where her great-great grandfather was born. Standing at  Joseph Smith’s birthplace  last May, she completed the circle of her family’s story. After Joseph’s death his children...