Joseph Smith Photo the Latest Evidence!
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 11:09 pm
Ever since there was that article in the John Whitmer Historical Association of a new photo of Joseph Smith. Now on Mormon Book Reviews an interview with a Curtis Weber who has done extensive research.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ-_wHcJ-xI
https://ensignpeakfoundation.org/wp-con ... -Smith.pdf by Curtis Weber
I was unaware that Emma Smith moved the body of her husband several times one to stop people who might want his skull and also affraid Brigham might also take it.
"As many Latter-day Saints were preparing for exodus to the West, Emma feared that Brigham Young might take some action to obtain control of the bodies. Young had publicly declared his willingness to do all possible to see Joseph’s wishes regarding burial in his tomb on the Temple block fulfilled, but Emma was unwilling to cede any control in the matter.5
Joseph F. Smith recalled that “just before the departure of the Twelve from Nauvoo [in 1846], his aunt Emma had the bodies removed again, this time to the Hibbard Woods, below the Nauvoo House, near the river.”6
How long the bodies remained at the Hibbard farm is unknown; but the bodies “were removed back to the old place” once the perceived danger was past.7 At the death of Emma Smith in 1879, there was no visible trace of the little building under which the brothers’ remains lay, and within the next thirty years, knowledge of the exact location of the graves was practically lost, although family members and other close and trusted friends knew the grave were on the Homestead property. Joseph Smith III, who had visited the site with his mother, pointed out the spot to a few others on at least one occasion; but with his death in 1914, only the general location of the gravesite was known among the descendants of Joseph.8" Weber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ-_wHcJ-xI
https://ensignpeakfoundation.org/wp-con ... -Smith.pdf by Curtis Weber
I was unaware that Emma Smith moved the body of her husband several times one to stop people who might want his skull and also affraid Brigham might also take it.
"As many Latter-day Saints were preparing for exodus to the West, Emma feared that Brigham Young might take some action to obtain control of the bodies. Young had publicly declared his willingness to do all possible to see Joseph’s wishes regarding burial in his tomb on the Temple block fulfilled, but Emma was unwilling to cede any control in the matter.5
Joseph F. Smith recalled that “just before the departure of the Twelve from Nauvoo [in 1846], his aunt Emma had the bodies removed again, this time to the Hibbard Woods, below the Nauvoo House, near the river.”6
How long the bodies remained at the Hibbard farm is unknown; but the bodies “were removed back to the old place” once the perceived danger was past.7 At the death of Emma Smith in 1879, there was no visible trace of the little building under which the brothers’ remains lay, and within the next thirty years, knowledge of the exact location of the graves was practically lost, although family members and other close and trusted friends knew the grave were on the Homestead property. Joseph Smith III, who had visited the site with his mother, pointed out the spot to a few others on at least one occasion; but with his death in 1914, only the general location of the gravesite was known among the descendants of Joseph.8" Weber
