
26: Joseph Smith's Plural Marriage Proposals Part 1
LDS Discussions - Mormon Truth Claims Examined
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You Can't Marry Three Sisters and One Family
Emily and Eliza Partridge were the daughters of Edward Partridge, who was the first bishop of the church. They grew up with that tart and they had to live through the trauma of seeing their father treated like an animal. In 1842, when Emily was about 18 years old, Joseph Smith attempted to introduce polygamy into his practice as he tried to recruit older wives. This is where I mentioned earlier about having the mothers in Zion, but we're already an hour and a half in. So we're going to split this episode into two parts because we're alreadyan hour and ahalf in.
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