First plural wife (disputed)
Fanny Alger
1816–1889
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Joseph Smith's Plural Marriage
First plural wife (disputed)
A household helper in the Smith home in Kirtland, she is named by Utah-era Latter-day Saints as Joseph Smith's first plural wife, probably in 1835 or early 1836. Emma expelled her from the house; Oliver Cowdery called the relationship a dirty, nasty, filthy affair. Fanny married Solomon Custer, a non-Mormon, on 16 November 1836 and never spoke publicly about Joseph Smith.
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Fanny Alger and the Kirtland householdhinge
Fanny Alger, a household helper in the Smith home, was joined to Joseph Smith in what Utah-era Latter-day Saints called his first plural marriage. Emma Smith discovered the relationship and expelled her; Fanny stayed briefly with Chauncey Webb's family, left Kirtland with her family in September 1836, and married Solomon Custer, a non-Mormon her own age, in Indiana on 16 November 1836. She never spoke publicly about Joseph Smith.
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