Mormon History, 22/Oct 25, 1841

-- 22/Oct 25, 1841
[Lucy Mack Smith] Don Carlos Salisbury, the fifth child and third son of Katharine Smith Salisbury and Wilkins J. Salisbury, is born at Plymouth/Fountain Green, Hancock County, Illinois. (1)

-- Oct 23, 1841
Kimball, Heber Chase: Elected member of Nauvoo City Council 23 October 1841. (2)

-- Oct 24, 1841
At a site on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, Orson Hyde dedicated Palestine for the gathering of the Jews. (3)

Orson Hyde dedicated Palestine for return of Jews. (4)

Holy Land dedicated by Orson Hyde. (5)

Elder Orson Hyde dedicated Palestine for return of the children of Abraham (see D&C 68: 1-3; 124: 128-29). (6)

Hyde, Orson: Dedicated land of Israel for return of Jews 24 October 1841. (2)

[Joseph Smith] On the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem Apostle Orson Hyde dedicates Palestine for the return of Jewish people. (7)

-- Oct 25, 1841
[Polygamy] to 25 Oct 1841 Smith tells 19 year-old married woman that she must marry him or an angel with a sword will slay him. Already married, 19 year-old Zina remained conflicted with Smith's polygamy proposal "until a day in October, apparently, when Joseph sent [her older brother] Dimick to her with a message: an angel with a drawn sword had stood over Smith and told him that if he did not establish polygamy, he would lose "his position and his life." Zina, faced with the responsibility for his position as prophet, and even perhaps his life, finally acquiesced." They were secretly married within days. SOURCE: In Sacred Loneliness, page 80-,81 (8)

-- Oct 27, 1841
Joseph Smith marries a woman polygamously who lives with her legal husband. Brigham Young University would later name one of its residence halls after her. Zina D. Huntington would also marry Brigham Young after Joseph's death, her legal husband, Henry Jacobs, standing a witness. This is the first of a dozen known cases of polyandry in Mormon history. Throughout his life Jacobs bemoans the fact that his wife and children have been taken from him. In death, however, he is buried 30 feet from Zina in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. (9)

[Polygamy] to 27 Jun 1844 Marriage - Joseph to Zina Diantha Huntington Jacobs, age 20, already married. Smith marries a woman polygamously who lives with her legal husband. Elder Dimick B. Huntington officiating. Brigham Young University would later name one of its residence halls after her. Zina D. Huntington would also marry Young after Smith's death, her legal husband standing in as witness. This is the first of a dozen known cases of polyandry in Mormon history. SOURCE: Joseph F. Smith Affidavit Books, 1:5, 4:5, cf. Bachman, "A Study of the Mormon Practice of Plural Marriage," 348; Historical Record 6:233; (8)

[Polygamy] Joseph Smith marries poly-andrously
Joseph Smith marries Zina D. Huntington Jacobs, who was married the Henry Jacobs at the time. This is the first of 11 women whom he marries polyandrously. After Josephs death, she marries Brigham Young while still actively married to Henry Jacobs, an active member of the church. (10)

[Polygamy] Zina Diantha Huntington (Jacobs) age 20, already married. Husband was Henry Bailey Jacobs, who was aware of Zina's plural marriage to Smith and wrote "whatever the Prophet did was right, without making the wisdom of God's authorities bend to the reasoning of any man." (Compton 1997, pp. 81 82) Sister of Presendia; married Brigham Young while husband Jacobs on mission to England. (11)


Footnotes:
1 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
2 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
3 - Church News: Historical Chronology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/58765/Historical-chronology-of-The-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints.html
4 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
5 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
6 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Chronology of Church History, http://scriptures.lds.org/chchrono/contents
7 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47"
8 - Joseph Smith Polygamy Timeline, http://www.i4m.com/think/polygamy/JS_Polygamy_Timeline.htm
9 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
10 - Tungate, Mel, Mormon Polygamy, http://www.tungate.com/polygamy.htm
11 - Wikipedia, List of the Wives of Joseph Smith, Jr., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_wives_of_Joseph_Smith,_Jr.


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