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|subject=The circumstances of Helen Mar Kimball's plural marriage to Joseph Smith, Jr.
 
|subject=The circumstances of Helen Mar Kimball's plural marriage to Joseph Smith, Jr.
 
|summary=Helen was the youngest plural wife of Joseph Smith, Jr. at age 14, just a few months before her 15th birthday.
 
|summary=Helen was the youngest plural wife of Joseph Smith, Jr. at age 14, just a few months before her 15th birthday.
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|sublink1=Question: Was Joseph Smith's marriage to 14-year-old Helen Mar Kimball indicative of "pedophilia"?
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|sublink2=Question: Was Helen Mar Kimball's marriage to Joseph Smith ever consummated?
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|sublink3=Question: Did Helen Mar Kimball "confess" to having marital relations with Joseph?
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|sublink4=Question: What were Helen Mar Kimball's views on plural marriage?
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|sublink5=Helen Mar Kimball: "I have encouraged and sustained my husband in the celestial order of marriage because I knew it was right"
 
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Helen Mar Kimball


Helen Mar Kimball


The circumstances of Helen Mar Kimball's plural marriage to Joseph Smith, Jr.

Summary: Helen was the youngest plural wife of Joseph Smith, Jr. at age 14, just a few months before her 15th birthday.

Was Helen's marriage consummated?

Summary: Since Helen was fourteen years old at the time of her sealing to Joseph Smith, it is claimed by some that the marriage was consummated, despite a complete lack of supporting evidence.

Why was Joseph sealed to young women?

Summary: Some argue that Joseph Smith's polygamous marriages to young women are evidence that he was immoral, perhaps even a pedophile.
See also Brian Hales' discussion

Age of wives

Summary: Critics of Joseph Smith are sometimes filled with righteous indignation when they raise the issue of his wives' ages.

Joseph Smith's Polygamy: "Helen Mar Kimball", by Brian C. Hales


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