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Ruth Vose Sayers
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Ruth Vose Sayers
Summary: Three of Joseph's plural marriages involved women who were married to non-member spouses. Of one, Ruth Vose Sayers, we know very little. She married Edward Sayers in 1841, and they had no children. Her husband remained friendly to Joseph Smith, as far as we know, to the end of Joseph's life. Brian Hales notes that Church Historian Andrew Jensen's documents "regarding Ruth Vose Sayers demonstrate that her marriage was for 'eternity only,' without conjugal relations on earth."
Ruth Vose Sayers as a polyandrous wife of Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith's Polygamy: "Ruth Vose", by Brian C. Hales