Footnotes

1. [1]

   The church newspaper Times and Seasons reported the marriage in its June 1840 issue. (“Hymenial,” Times and Seasons, June 1840, 1:127.)

   Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.

2. [2]

   Of JS’s eight siblings who lived to adulthood, seven married. Some became widows or widowers and later remarried. In total JS’s siblings had participated in nine marriage ceremonies to this point in JS’s lifetime, counting Lucy Smith’s marriage to Millikin as one of these. Of the others, six took place before JS started officiating wedding ceremonies on 24 November 1835: Hyrum Smith and Jerusha Barden’s on 2 November 1826 in Manchester, New York; Sophronia Smith and Calvin W. Stoddard’s on 30 December 1827 in Palmyra, New York; Katherine Smith and Wilkins Jenkins Salisbury’s on 8 June 1831 in Kirtland, Ohio; William Smith and Caroline A. Grant’s on 14 February 1833 in Kirtland; Samuel Smith and Mary Bailey’s on 13 August 1834 in Kirtland; and Don Carlos Smith and Agnes Moulton Coolbrith’s on 30 July 1835 in Kirtland. The other two marriage ceremonies involving JS’s siblings before June 1840 were Hyrum Smith and Mary Fielding’s on 24 December 1837 in Kirtland, performed by Thomas Burdick; and Sophronia Smith Stoddard and William McCleary’s on 11 February 1838 in Kirtland, also performed by Burdick. (Geauga Co., OH, Marriage Records, 1833–1842, vol. C, p. 262, microfilm 873,461, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.)

   U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

3. [3]

   Obituary for Arthur Millikin, Saints’ Herald, 1 June 1882, 180.

   Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.

4. [4]

   JS, Journal, 16 Aug. 1842.

5. [5]

   An Act, Regulating Marriages [6 Jan. 1824], Statutes of Ohio, vol. 2, p. 1407, sec. 2; see also JS, Journal, 22 Feb. 1836; and Historical Introduction to Marriage License for John F. Boynton and Susan Lowell, 17 Nov. 1835.

   The Statutes of Ohio and of the Northwestern Territory, Adopted or Enacted from 1788 to 1833 Inclusive: Together with the Ordinance of 1787; the Constitutions of Ohio and of the United States, and Various Public Instruments and Acts of Congress: Illustrated by a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Ohio; Numerous References and Notes, and Copious Indexes. 3 vols. Edited by Salmon P. Chase. Cincinnati: Corey and Fairbank, 1833–1835.

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   An Act Regulating Marriages [20 Feb. 1835], Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri [1834–1835], p. 401, sec. 6; An Act concerning Marriages [1 June 1827], Public and General Statute Laws of the State of Illinois, p. 459, secs. 3–4.

   The Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri, Revised and Digested by the Eighth General Assembly, During the Years One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Four, and One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Five. Together with the Constitutions of Missouri and of the United States. 3rd ed. St. Louis: Chambers and Knapp, 1841.

   The Public and General Statute Laws of the State of Illinois: Containing All the Laws . . . Passed by the Ninth General Assembly, at Their First Session, Commencing December 1, 1834, and Ending February 13, 1835; and at Their Second Session, Commencing December 7, 1835, and Ending January 18, 1836; and Those Passed by the Tenth General Assembly, at Their Session Commencing December 5, 1836, and Ending March 6, 1837; and at Their Special Session, Commencing July 10, and Ending July 22, 1837. . . . Compiled by Jonathan Young Scammon. Chicago: Stephen F. Gale, 1839.

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   An Act concerning Marriages [1 June 1827], Public and General Statute Laws of the State of Illinois, p. 459, sec. 3.

   The Public and General Statute Laws of the State of Illinois: Containing All the Laws . . . Passed by the Ninth General Assembly, at Their First Session, Commencing December 1, 1834, and Ending February 13, 1835; and at Their Second Session, Commencing December 7, 1835, and Ending January 18, 1836; and Those Passed by the Tenth General Assembly, at Their Session Commencing December 5, 1836, and Ending March 6, 1837; and at Their Special Session, Commencing July 10, and Ending July 22, 1837. . . . Compiled by Jonathan Young Scammon. Chicago: Stephen F. Gale, 1839.