Ruth D. Vose swears affidavit affirming she was married to Joseph as a plural wife in February 1843.
Ruth Vose Sayers, Affidavit, May 1, 1869, Affidavits on Celestial Marriage, Book Number 1, 1869, 9, MS 3423, Church History Library
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Be it remembered that on this first day of May A. D. 1869, personally appeared before me, Elias Smith, Probate Judge for said county, Ruth Vose Sayers, who was by me sworn in due form of law, and upon her oath saith that on the _____ day of February A.D. 1843, at the city of Nauvoo county of Hancock, State of Illinois, she was married or sealed to Joseph Smith President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, by Hyrum Smith, presiding Patriarch of said Church, according to the laws of the same, regulating marriage; in the presence of Ruth V. Sayers.
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