Polygamy and Mormon Church Leaders Intro George A Smith June 26, 1817 – September 1, 1875 George Albert Smith is better known as George A Smith in Mormonism because his grandson was given the same name. George did well when it came to producing descendants who’d be in...
Polygamy and Mormon Church Leaders Ezra Taft Benson February 22, 1811 – September 3, 1869 Ezra Taft Benson was born into a well established, successful family who had set about gaining employment in everything from farming to politics. At the end of the Revolutionary...
Polygamy and Mormon Church Leaders Hyrum Smith February 9, 1800-June 27, 1844 Today we’re taking a look at Hyrum Smith. I always found it odd this man didn’t play a bigger role in the history of Mormonism and why his brother Joseph Jr. didn’t utilize their...
The longer I collect info on the early polygamous leaders of Mormonism the more I see their actions for what they really were (as if I had any doubts before…). The last 3-4 wives of Orson Hyde were just babies when Joseph Smith was killed and in their teens they...
Orson Pratt was a member of the original twelve LDS apostles and as you can imagine he served in many venues throughout his church service. While his stay in office was a tumultuous one he always seemed to hang in there with his willingness to serve his god. Married...
The life of Parley Parker Pratt was fast and furious from the time he joined Mormonism to his death. He bought Smith’s version of God’s restoration gospel and wasted no time in writing hymns, periodicals, converting dozens and forging new roads up the canyons of Utah...
This time around we’re taking a look at the Church’s historian, William Clayton. In addition to keeping the secrets of Joseph Smith’s multiple marriages, Mr. Clayton wrote everything down in an orderly fashion to keep track of the minutes of meetings as well as all...
George Quayle Cannon was the Church’s apostle for several of the prophets. Click here for the latest in our series on Polygamy and Mormon Church Leaders. The over-riding theme in biographies written about him was how sad it was that he was forced into hiding when...
Tonight (4/3/2013) ABC News did a five minute blurb on the power Warren Jeffs still has on his followers in the Mormon polygamist group, Fundamental Latter-day Saints. Time hasn’t changed or healed the wounds of the heretical teachings of polygamy and neither has it...
I wrote this article as a companion info sheet for an earlier study of the US Government and Mormonism. In light of the scripture changes made by the Church this week (March 1, 2013) I made some amendments reflecting the latest denial of the Church’s history with...