Introduction(^111) William Smith was in Philadelphia, PA at the time of Joseph Smith, Jr.’s death, serving as
Mission President to the Eastern States. He didn’t return to Nauvoo, Illinois until May 4, 1845. See
“William Smith’s Chronology,” The unOfficial William Smith Memorial Home Page, 26 July 2005, 29 Nov.
2010 http://olivercowdery.com/smithhome/BroBill/wmchron.htm.
(^112) Two other children had passed away prior to this: Mary had passed away in 1832, before
the age of 3; Hyrum had passed away at age 7 in 1841.
(^113) John Taylor was already a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. In 1880 he
became the third President of the LDS Church. Willard Richards was already a member of the
Quorum of Twelve Apostles. In 1847 he became Brigham Young’s Second Counselor in the First
Presidency. John S. Fullmer became a member of the Council of Fifty in 1845 and briefly served in the
Utah Territorial House of Representatives from Davis County. Stephen Markham had been a Colonel
in the Nauvoo Legion and in 1850 led an emigrating company from Council Bluffs, Iowa to Salt Lake
City, Utah. Starting in 1851, he became Branch President in Spanish Fork, Utah. Dan Jones became
Mission President in Wales from 1845–1848; he led a group of 300 from Wales to Salt Lake City, Utah
and served as mayor of Manti, Utah from 1851–1852. He served a second mission to Wales from
1852–1856, where he oversaw the translation of the Book of Mormon into the Welsh language.
See “John Taylor,” Mormonwiki, 14 Oct. 2010, More Good Foundation, 29 Nov. 2010
http://www.mormonwiki.com/John_Taylor;
“Willard Richards,” Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 22 Nov. 2010, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.,
29 Nov. 2010 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Richards;
“John S. Fullmer,” Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 13 Nov. 2010, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.,
29 Nov. 2010 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_S._Fullmer;
Andrew Jenson, Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Salt Lake
City: Deseret Book, 1941) 823; and
“Dan Jones (Mormon),” Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 2 Nov. 2010, Wikimedia Foundation,
Inc., 29 Nov. 2010 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Jones_(Mormon).
(^114) Rex LeRoy Christensen, “I Have a Question: I’ve heard that a Dan Jones...,” Ensign,
Mar. 1982: 19.
(^115) John Smith would later be called by Brigham Young to be Presiding Patriarch from 1855–1911.
(^116) “Gospel Art Book–Latter-day Prophets,” LDS.org, 2011, Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 15 Dec.
2011 http://lds.org/library/display/0,4945,8555-1-4779-8,00.html.
(^117) “Ida Smith’s Personal Story—My Journey Towards The Light,” Marvelous Work and a
Wonder®, 2010, A Marvelous Work and a Wonder Purpose Trust, 27 May 2010
http://www.marvelousworkandawonder.org/rainbow/stories/story13-ISmith.htm.
(^118) Emma and Joseph’s children who had passed away previous to this time were:
Alvin Smith, born and passed away 15 June, 1828 (see Scot Facer Proctor and Maurine
Jensen Proctor, The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother [Salt Lake City:
Bookcraft, 1996] 167);
Thaddeus and Louisa, twins, born prematurely and passed away April 30, 1831 (Proctor, 276, n. 14);
Joseph Murdock Smith (adopted twin of Julia), born April 30, 1831 and passed away March
29, 1832 (Proctor, 276–7, n. 14);
Don Carlos, born June 13, 1840 and passed away Aug. 15, 1841 (see DHC, 4:402 and
Proctor, 450, n. 6);
Male child, stillborn in 1842 (Proctor, 450).
(^119) Brigham Young and other members of the Twelve Apostles also had several private
meetings with Lucy Mack Smith following the deaths of Joseph and Hyrum, and likewise made
promises to her for her support. See Anderson, Lucy’s Book, 57–8.
(^120) This happened on October 19, 1845. See DHC, 7:483.
(^121) Lavina Fielding Anderson, Lucy’s Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith’s Family
Memoir (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2001) 344. See also Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches of
Joseph Smith the Prophet, and His Progenitors for Many Generations, by Lucy Smith, Mother of the Prophet