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Prescindia Lathrop Huntington Buell
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Prescindia Lathrop Huntington Buell
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Prescindia Lathrop Huntington Buell
Prescindia Lathrop Huntington Buell: Polyandrous wife of Joseph Smith
Summary: Prescindia Lathrop Huntington Buell and her husband Norman joined the Church in 1836. By 1839, Norman had left the Church, and Prescindia noted that "the Lord gave me strength to Stand alone & keep the faith amid heavy persecution.” “[I]n 1841 I entered into the New Everlasting Covenant," said Prescindia, "[I] was sealed to Joseph Smith the Prophet and Seer, and to the best of my ability I have honored plural marriage, never speaking one word against the principle… Never in my life, in this kingdom, which is 44 years, have I doubted the truth of this great work.”Claimed children fathered by Joseph ruled out by DNA evidence
Did Prescindia Buell not know who was the father of her son?
Summary: A notoriously inaccurate anti-Mormon work claimed that Buell confessed to not knowing her son's paternity. The account contains multiple of others, is implausible, requires proponents to overcome severe historical timeline and geographic problems, and has been refuted by DNA evidence. It is not convincing.