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Lucy Walker’s recollections are the source of several declarations of Joseph Smith regarding plural marriage. For example, regarding the motives for entering polygamous marriages, she recalled the Prophet’s counsel: “Men did not take polygamous wives because they loved them or fancied them or because they were voluptuous, but because it ...
- Lucy Walker Evidences
Evidences of a sealing between Joseph Smith and Lucy Walker.
- Lucy Walker Evidences
Lucy Walker was an early member of the Latter-day Saint movement and one of the plural wives of founder Joseph Smith. She was secretly sealed to Smith without the knowledge or consent of Smith's first wife, Emma Smith .
Lucy Walker was a plural wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Born: April 30, 1826, Peacham, Vermont. Died: October 5, 1910, Salt Lake City. Married (Joseph Smith): May 1, 1843, Nauvoo Illinois at Red Brick Store.
LUCY WALKER. The Walker family arrived in Nauvoo in the spring of 1841. That summer Lucy’s Mother contracted malaria and died months later in January 1842, leaving ten children. Her Father, John, was heartbroken and his health, “seemed to give way”. Lucy remembers, “The Prophet came to the rescue.
Evidences of a sealing between Joseph Smith and Lucy Walker.
Lucy Walker recalled her inner turmoil when Joseph Smith invited her to become his wife. “Every feeling of my soul revolted against it,” she wrote. Yet, after several restless nights on her knees in prayer, she found relief as her room “filled with a holy influence” akin to “brilliant sunshine.”
Articles about Plural marriage. Lucy Walker. Was there a 24 hour ultimatum given to Lucy Walker to accept polygamy? Summary: When Lucy Walker was asked to enter into plural marriage with Joseph by Joseph, she was at one point given one day to accept Joseph’s proposal.
