Mormon Enigma (1984) (edit title/settings)

Characters/People edit see section history

• Emma Smith: Wife of Joseph Smith
• Joseph Smith Jr.: Founder of Mormonism
• David Hyrum Smith: Youngest son of Joseph Smith
• Hyrum Smith: Older brother of Joseph Smith
• Lewis Bidamon: Second husband of Emma Smith
• Alexander Hale Smith: Son of Joseph and Emma Smith
• William Clayton: Scribe to Joseph Smith
• Sidney Rigdon: Friend and Counselor to Joseph Smith.
• Stephen Markham: Friend of the Smith family, imprisoned with Joseph Smith in Carthage Jail.
• Isaac Hale: Father of Emma Hale Smith
• Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner: Polygamous wife of Joseph Smith
• Lucy Mack Smith: Mother of Joseph Smith
• Julia Murdock Smith: Adopted daughter of Joseph and Emma Smith
• Heber C. Kimball: Early Mormon apostle
• Eliza R. Snow: Polygamous wife of Joseph Smith, and later Brigham Young
• William Marks: Stake president of Nauvoo, Illinois
• Frederick Granger Williams Smith: Son of Joseph and Emma Smith
• John Taylor: Early Mormon apostle
• John C. Bennett: Mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois and assistant president of the church
• Willard Richards: Early Mormon apostle and Joseph Smith's secretary
• Johnson: Add a description of this character.
• Sarah
• William Law: Counselor to Joseph Smith, turned dissenter. Published the Nauvoo Expositor.
• William Smith: Younger brother of Joseph Smith, and early Mormon apostle.
• Brigham Young: Early Mormon apostle. Successor to the largest group of Mormons after Joseph Smith's death, which he led west to Utah. Advocate of plural marriage and opponent to Emma Smith.
• Oliver Cowdery: Scribe to Joseph Smith and early Mormon leader
• Joseph Smith III: Son of Joseph and Emma Smith. Became the founding president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
• Thomas Carlin: Governor of Illinois
• Martin Harris: One of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon
• Josiah Stowell: Hired Joseph Smith to help search for a lost Spanish mine
• George A. Smith: Nephew of Joseph Smith and early Mormon apostle
• James J. Strang: Claimant to the succeession of president of the church after Joseph Smith's death.
• Don Carlos Smith: Youngest brother of Joseph Smith

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Nauvoo, Illinois
• Missouri
• Utah
• Illinois
• New York City
• Kirtland, Ohio
• Carthage, Illinois
• Iowa
• Mansion House
• Far West, Missouri
• Salt Lake City, Utah
• Ohio
• California
• United States
• Palmyra, New York
• Mississippi River
• Plano, Illinois
• New England
• Pennsylvania
• St. Louis, Missouri
• Vermont
• Fulton, Illinois
• Warsaw, Illinois
• Washington
• Massachusetts
• Canton, Illinois
• Israel
• Huntington
• Fayette, New York
• Springfield
• Manchester, New York
• Homestead, Nauvoo, Illinois
• Heaven
• Amboy, Illinois
• Connecticut
• Independence, Missouri

First Sentence edit see section history

Table of Contents edit see section history

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Linda King Newell (Author)
2. Valeen Tippetts Avery (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• Mormon History Association Award (1984: Best Book, Interpretive History)

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 289.3092

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Mormonism
• Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Specific Groups › Women
• Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Leaders & Notable People › Religious

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith: Preview of the book at Google Books