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==Question: What did the husband of Sarah Ann Whitney know about her sealing to Joseph Smith for eternity?== | ==Question: What did the husband of Sarah Ann Whitney know about her sealing to Joseph Smith for eternity?== | ||
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[[es:Pregunta: ¿Qué dijo el esposo de Sarah Ann Whitney sabe acerca de su sellado a José Smith para la eternidad?]] | [[es:Pregunta: ¿Qué dijo el esposo de Sarah Ann Whitney sabe acerca de su sellado a José Smith para la eternidad?]] | ||
[[pt:Pergunta: O que o marido de Sarah Ann Whitney sabia sobre seu selamento para a eternidade com Joseph Smith?]] | [[pt:Pergunta: O que o marido de Sarah Ann Whitney sabia sobre seu selamento para a eternidade com Joseph Smith?]] | ||
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Sarah Ann Whitney's marriage to Joseph Smith was unusual in that, at some point after the marriage, Joseph actually requested that Joseph C. Kingsbury marry her civilly in order to allay any suspicions regarding their plural marriage. This marriage, however, was a "pretend" marriage according to Kingsbury,
[I] was imployed in Joseph Smith’s Store under the direction of Bishop Newel K Whitney untill the fall of 1842 and on the 16th day Oct Caroline my Wife Died. . . . how thankfull I feal thinking I shall see & meat her again to enjoy each other society for ever to part no more & also my little sons . . . and on the 29th of April 1843 I according to President Joseph Smith council & others agreed to stand by Sarah \Ann/ Whitney as supposed to be her husband & had a pretended marriage for the purpose of bringing about the purposes of bringing about the purposes of God in the last days as spoken by the mouth of the prophet Isiah Jeremiah Ezekiel and also Joseph Smith, & Sarah Ann should rec-d a great glory Honner & Eternal Lives and I Also Should Rec-d a Great Glory Honner & Eternal Lives to the full desire of my heart in having my companion Caroline in the first resurrection to hail her & no one to have power to take her from me & we Both shall be crowned & enthroned togeather in the Celestial Kingdom of God Enjoying Each others Society in all of the fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ & our little ones with us as is Recorded in this blessing that President Joseph Smith Sealed upon my head on the Twenty third day of March 1843 as follows. [1]
Sarah Ann and Joseph Kingsbury acted the part of husband and wife publicly, but apparently never consummated the marriage. Sarah married Heber C. Kimabll for time, not eternally, after Joseph's death and had seven children. According to Brian Hales, Joseph Kingsbury later billed the church for his services of acting as "front husband" for one of Joseph's plural wives. [2]
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