John Whitaker writes that Anson Call told him that Joseph taught that Adam came to this earth from another planet with Eve.
John M. Whitaker, "How Was the World Inhabited?" (1877), 1, John Mills Whitaker papers, 1847-1963, box 27, folder 11, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library University of Utah
The following is a statement of the late Anson Call of Bountiful: "On the occasion when Brother Joseph (Smith) was cutting wood, there came to him some brethren and I was among them. We said 'Brother Joseph we have some questions to ask, and will cut your wood while you answer them.' 'All right', said Joseph, and we went into the house. Joseph place his arms across his knees, bent over as if in meditation, and then said, 'Now for your questions.' . . . "Now regarding Adam: He came here from another planet an immortalized being and brought his wife, Eve, with him, and by eating of the fruits of this earth became subject to death and decay and he became of the earth earthly, was made mortal and subject to death."