Recovery Board  : RfM
Recovery from Mormonism (RfM) discussion forum. 
Go to Topic: PreviousNext
Go to: Forum ListMessage ListNew TopicSearchLog In
Posted by: cupcakelicker ( )
Date: October 23, 2014 12:18AM

From the new essay:

"By June 1844, when Joseph died, approximately 29 men and 50 women had entered into plural marriage, in addition to Joseph and his wives."

My math may be shaky, but even if each polygamous man had only two wives, some of the 50 wives must have been doubling up on husbands as well. Is there some other explanation?

Options: ReplyQuote
Posted by: Dieter Yuckdorf ( )
Date: October 23, 2014 12:22AM

Don't forget that Brigham Young also married women that had living husbands.

Options: ReplyQuote
Posted by: cupcakelicker ( )
Date: October 23, 2014 12:37AM

I found a list of Briggy's polyandrous wives at http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,419426,421027#msg-421027

Only two date to before Horny Joe's inglorious death. That leaves more HJ-era polyandry, unconnected to HJ or Briggy, still on the table. Does a list exist?

Options: ReplyQuote
Posted by: exodus ( )
Date: October 23, 2014 01:20AM

I only know of Zina Huntington Jacobs Smith Young (mouthful, I know - but, it's complicated :)).

Zina was married to her husband Henry when she married JS. After JS's death, she was still married to Henry when she married BY. I am not aware of any other polyandrous unions beyond JS, but I haven't really researched much beyond JS either.

Options: ReplyQuote
Posted by: VH ( )
Date: October 23, 2014 01:24AM

I seem to remember this have some good detailed information:

http://feministmormonhousewivespodcast.org/year-of-polygamy-polygamy-in-nauvoo-episode-10/

Options: ReplyQuote
Posted by: cupcakelicker (drunk) ( )
Date: October 23, 2014 02:16AM

Cool, thanks. I also found a Dialogue article, Mormon Polyandry in Nauvoo.

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V18N03_69.pdf

Options: ReplyQuote
Go to Topic: PreviousNext
Go to: Forum ListMessage ListNew TopicSearchLog In


Screen Name: 
Your Email (optional): 
Subject: 
Spam prevention:
Please, enter the code that you see below in the input field. This is for blocking bots that try to post this form automatically.
 **    **   *******    *******   **     **   *******  
  **  **   **     **  **     **  **     **  **     ** 
   ****           **  **         **     **  **        
    **      *******   ********   **     **  ********  
    **            **  **     **  **     **  **     ** 
    **     **     **  **     **  **     **  **     ** 
    **      *******    *******    *******    *******