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Fanny Alger
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Fanny Alger
Summary: What do we know about Joseph Smith's first plural wife, Fanny Alger? Joseph met her in early 1833 when she stayed at the Smith home as a house-assistant of sorts to Emma (such work was common for young women at the time). There are no first-hand accounts of their relationship (from Joseph or Fanny), nor are there second-hand accounts (from Emma or Fanny's family). All that we do have is third hand accounts, most of them recorded many years after the events.
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Fanny Alger was Joseph Smith's first plural wife
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- Question: What do we know about Joseph Smith's first plural wife Fanny Alger?
- Question: Did Joseph Smith marry Fanny Alger as his first plural wife in 1833?
- Question: How could Joseph and Fanny have been married in 1831 if the sealing power had not yet been restored?
- Question: Did some of Joseph Smith's associates believe that he had an affair with Fanny Alger?
- Question: Did Emma Smith discover her husband Joseph with Fanny Alger in a barn?
- Question: Did Fanny Alger have a child by Joseph Smith?
Claimed miscarriage of child by Joseph
Summary: Two women are claimed to have had miscarriages of a child by Joseph Smith. There are serious problems with accepting either account as probable.
Joseph Smith's Polygamy: "Fanny Alger", by Brian C. Hales
Summary: The marriage of Joseph Smith to Fanny Alger, his first and only plural wife prior to the Saints settling in Nauvoo, has received much scrutiny.