John C. Bennett identifies seven plural wives married to Joseph by mid-1842.

Date
1842
Type
Book
Source
John C. Bennett
Excommunicated
Critic
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

John C. Bennett, The History of the Saints; Or, an Exposé of Joe Smith and Mormonism (Boston: Leland & Whiting, 1842), 256

Scribe/Publisher
Leland and Whiting
People
John C. Bennett, Brigham Young, Elizabeth Davis Durfee, Louisa Beaman, Joseph Smith, Jr., Patty Bartlett Sessions, Joseph B. Noble, Presendia Lathrop Huntington Buell, Agnes Coolbrith Smith
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

In concluding this subject, however, I will semi-state two or more cases, among the vast number, where Joe Smith was privately married to his spiritual wives — in the case of Mrs: A**** S**** [Agnes Coolbrith Smith], by Apostle Brigham Young; and in that of Miss L***** B***** [Louisa Beaman], by Elder Joseph Bates Noble. Then there are the cases of Mrs. B**** [Presendia Huntington Buell], Mrs. D***** [Elizabeth Davis Durfee], Mrs. S***** [Patty Bartlett Sessions], Mrs. G***** [unknown], Miss B***** [unknown], etc. etc.

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