In Sacred Loneliness Oddities

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p. 15 : "Eleven women (33 percent) were married to other husbands and cohabiting with them when Smith married them."

p. 32, quoting Mosiah Hancock Autobiography p. 63: "Therefore Brother Joseph said "Brother Levi I want to make a bargain with you -- If you will get Fanny Alger for me for a wife you may have Clarissa Reed. I love Fanny." "I will," said Father.  "Go brother Levi and the Lord will prosper you," said Joseph -- Father goes to the Father Samuel Alger -- Father's Brother in Law and said "Samuel, the Prophet Joseph loves your Daughter Fanny and wishes her for a wife what say you" -- Uncle Sam says -- "Go and talk to the Old woman about it twill be as She says."  Father goes to his Sister and said "Clarrissy, Brother Joseph the Prophet of the most high God loves Fanny and wishes her for a wife what say you."  Said she "go and talk to Fanny it will be all right with me."  -- Father goes to Fanny and said "Fanny Brother Joseph the Prophet loves you and wishes you for a wife will you be his wife?"  "I will Levi" Said She -- Father takes Fanny to Joseph and said "Brother Joseph I have been successful in my mission."  -- Father gave her to Joseph repeating the Ceremony as Joseph repeated to him."

p 57. Alvah Beaman, father of third wife Louisa Beaman, was a rodsman, using a divining rod to find treasure, while Joseph Smith is a scryer, on who locates treasure by seerstones. Alvah came to Joseph wanting a share of the plates, and according to Joseph Knight, "Beeman took out his Rods and hild them up and the pointed Down to the harth whare they [the plates] were hid. 'There,' says Beeman, 'it is under that harth.'"  However, the Smiths were able to keep Alvah from the plates.