What Happened to Emma when Joseph Smith Died?

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Emma Smith is one of the most important and stalwart members of the early church. How was she involved in the restoration? Did she endure to the end? What is Emma’s story? We answer all these questions and more in this episode.

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Sources

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/journal-december-1841-december-1842/41

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Smith

https://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/89

https://www.fairmormon.org/answers/Joseph_Smith/Polygamy/Emma_Smith#Emma_Smith.27s_reaction_to_Joseph_Smith.27s_plural_marriages

https://scottwoodward.org/churchhistory_smith_emma_lastblessing.html

http://www.mormonthink.com/glossary/secondendowment.htm

(John Taylor, Reminiscences, March 2, 1879, in Journal of Discourses, 26 vols. [London and Liverpool: LDS Booksellers Depot, 1855–86], 20:259. Warren Foote, Journal, 3:106-7, October 13, 1897, Church History Library MS 1123.
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