Showing posts with label Kirkland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kirkland. Show all posts
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Almera Woodward Johnson (Smith) Barton - wife #23
Almera Johnson (October 12, 1812 - March 4, 1896), Delcena's younger sister. Joseph Smith approached Benjamin Johnson, Almera and Delcena's brother, about plural marriage and marrying Almera at the beginning of April, 1843 during a stay with them in Macedonia, Illinois. Benjamin was shocked (apparently he had not yet found out about Delcena) but came around after hearing Joseph preach that same night about the parable of the talents.
Almera did not buy Benjamin's explanation when he nervously approached her, so Joseph had Benjamin bring her to Nauvoo, where Almera got a talking to from Joseph's brother and right hand man, Hyrum. Hyrum's endorsement tipped Almera over the edge. William Clayton married her to Joseph that same April.
Almera stayed at the Mansion House for three weeks before going back to Macedonia with Benjamin. Joseph would visit and sleep with her again there.
After Joseph's assassination Almera married Reuben Barton. They had five daughters, the third of which, Lois, was mentally impaired and cause of deep guilt for Almera, who felt she was being punished by God for marrying again.
Almera separated from Reuben in 1860. She died in Parawan, Utah.
Labels:
Almera Johnson,
Benjamin Johnson,
Delcena Sherman,
divorce,
guilt,
gullible,
Hyrum Smith,
Joseph Smith,
Kirkland,
manipulation,
marriage,
Nauvoo,
polygamy,
Reuben Barton,
sealing,
secret,
sisters,
wife,
William Clayton
Sunday, May 25, 2014
A little cash on the side
Why did the Smith family turn the whole Egyptian mummies and papyri purchase into a money making endeavor? Why in the tours offered by the Smith family did they say so many things about the artifacts that were horribly false? And why didn't they at least stick with the same false information instead of making up new bullshit from time to time? I thought this stuff was supposed to be ancient and sacred.
The leg of Pharaoh's daughter? The one who found Moses? Um... OK, Lucy. Sounds totally legit...
Labels:
Book of Abraham,
Egypt,
fantasy,
Joseph Smith,
Kirkland,
lies,
Lucy Mack Smith,
money,
Moses,
mummy,
Nauvoo,
papyrus,
Pharaoh,
tourism
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