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English
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The Orphan Child : Priscilla Mogridge Smith Lowry Williams Staines (1823-1899)
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John Whitmer Historical Association Journal
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2012
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32
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no. 1
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Independence, MO
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John Whitmer Historical Association
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79-113
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A biography of Priscilla Mogridge Smith Lowry Williams Staines, the wife of Latter Day Saint (LDS) movement leader William Smith, is presented. She was born on March 11, 1823 in England and raised as an Episcopalian, but she converted to Mormonism at age 19. She moved to Nauvoo, Illinois to be close to LDS founder Joseph Smith, and eventually became Joseph's brother William Smith's seventh wife. Her subsequent marriages, including one to Mormon businessman Thomas S. Williams, are discussed.
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Early Patriarchal Blessings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Gathering to Nauvoo
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History of Salt Lake City : Biographies
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Scoundrel's Tale : The Samuel Brannan Papers
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The Great Salt Lake
The Women of Mormondom
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