Joseph C. Kingsbury recalls being married to Sarah Ann Whitney and living with the Whitney family in Nauvoo.
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Joseph C. Kingsbury, Autobiography and Journal, 2, typescript, CHL, MS 6571
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And on 29 April 1843 I according to Pres. Joseph Smith & Council & others, I agreed to stand by Sarah Ann Whitney as though I was supposed to be her husband & pretended marriage for the purpose of shielding them from the enemy. (She was wife of the Prophet Jos. Smith)mock ceremony of marriage before the enemy & for the purpose of bringing about the purposes of God in these last days.
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I remained with Newel K. Whitney until 23 July 1843 & left Nauvoo, the City of the Saints on a Mission in the lew England States,
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