Emma’s Pearls

We had the opportunity to talk to Joseph Fife, who is the 3rd-Great Grandson of Hyrum and Mary Fielding Smith

In 1992, Dan Larsen’s mother, Lois Smith Larsen, daughter of Frederick Madison Smith, RLDS Church President, and son of Joseph Smith III, bequeathed him some family heirlooms. One was a pocket watch with a Joseph Smith III monogram. The second was a similar but smaller locket. The locket was gold-plated, about 1 ½”, and had a jammed mechanism. He secured these in a safe for later perusal. In 2020, he came across the keepsake items and grew curious. This time he forced open the locket and discovered a picture, a daguerreotype. Larsen said, “I looked at it, and I looked at it and saw those eyes. I told my wife to come in and look at this. We looked at it and…almost at the same time said, ‘This is a photo of Joseph Smith.’”

We had the opportunity to talk to Charles Day. Charles is the 2nd Great-Grandson of Melissa Lott and Ira Jones Willes. Melissa Lott was sealed to Joseph Smith on Sept 20, 1843, 9 months before he was murdered. Melissa only had children through her husband, Ira Jones Willes.

We talked to Ken Smith, who is the 2nd Great-Grandson of Joseph and Emma Smith

Matthew J. Grow was director of publications at the Church History Department, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a general editor of the Joseph Smith Papers when this was written. He has coedited two recent volumes from the Church Historian’s Press: The First Fifty Years of Relief Society and Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846. He has also authored or coauthored books with Oxford University Press and Yale University Press, including award-winning biographies of Parley P. Pratt and Thomas L. Kane. He has published in various scholarly journals, including Journal of the Early Republic, Church History, American Nineteenth-Century History, and Journal of Mormon History. He was previously an assistant professor of history and director of the Center for Communal Studies at the University of Southern Indiana. He received his PhD in American history from the University of Notre Dame.

We talk to Aubrey Smith, who is the 4th Great-Granddaughter of Hyrum and Mary Fielding Smith

Antagonist to Advocate a Spiritual Journey Dusty Smith was converted to the church. How God Pursued Dusty Smith for 26 Years

Kelly Knight is a researcher who has studied plural marriage and the plural wives of Joseph Smith. https://thetruthaboutjoseph.wordpress.com/about/

Julie is the 3rd Great-Granddaughter of Joseph and Emma Hale Smith

"I gave my life to Jesus at 21, but found it frustrating. I found the truth I sought after 47 years!" -David Alexander At the end is his experience with Polygamy from his podcast.