| BELNAP FAMILY ORGANIZATION: HISTORIES and DOCUMENTS |
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| Martha McBride
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| Gathered here is the most comprehensive public repository of
materials on the life of Martha McBride, mother of Adaline Knight and wife of
Vinson Knight, Joseph Smith, Jr, and Heber C. Kimball. Click on the links below to access
biographical and historical information by or about Martha McBride: |
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| Biographies
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Belnap, Flora, comp. Pioneer Incidents of Rev. Daniel McBride and Abigail
Mead-McBride and Their Children of Utah, Michigan and New York |
1952 |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/pioneerincidents.htm |
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Belnap, Brent J. "Life
Story of Martha McBride Knight Smith Kimball" |
1995 |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Martha_McBride_Knight_DUP_Biography_(1995).htm |
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Gibbons, Francis M. Martha: A Historical Novel |
2004 |
to order: |
http://www.ebookmall.com/ebook/155328-ebook.htm |
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Martha McBride Knight |
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biography |
http://www.wivesofjosephsmith.org/17-MarthaMcBrideKnight.htm |
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Compton, Todd. In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith |
2001 |
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Martha Knight Collection
Register |
1871-1875 |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Martha_Knight_Collection_Register.pdf |
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Martha McBride Bibliography |
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Kimball, Stanley B. Heber C. Kimball:
Mormon Patriarch and Pioneer (Univ. of
Ill.) |
1981 |
page 310 |
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Carter, Kate B., ed. Heber C. Kimball--His Wives and Family |
1967 |
page 3[01] |
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Whitney, Orson F. Life of Heber C. Kimball |
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page 432 |
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| Letters from
Martha McBride to: |
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Rizpah Lee Knight
(mother-in-law) (typescript copy; not in original handwriting) |
8 Jul 1845 |
page 1 |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Martha_McBride_Letter_(1845-07-08)_p1.jpg |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Martha_McBride_Letter_(1845-07-08)_p2.jpg |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Martha_McBride_Letter_(1845-07-08)_p3.jpg |
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Gilbert Belnap and wives |
17 Jul 1859 |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Martha_McBride_Knight_Letter_(1859-07-17)_p1.jpg |
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Gilbert Belnap and family |
17 Apr 1860 |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Martha_McBride_Knight_Letter_(1860-04-17)_p1.jpg |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Martha_McBride_Knight_Letter_(1860-04-17)_p2.jpg |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Martha_McBride_Knight_Letter_(1860-04-17)_p3.jpg |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Martha_McBride_Knight_Letter_(1860-04-17)_p4.jpg |
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envelope |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Martha_McBride_Knight_Letter_(1860-04-17)_p5.jpg |
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Gilbert Belnap and family |
10 Apr 1865 |
page 1 |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Martha_McBride_Knight_Letter_(1865-4-10).jpg |
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transcription |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/\Martha_McBride_Knight_Letter_(1865-04-10)_transcription.htm |
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Gilbert and Adaline Belnap
and grandchildren |
10 Feb 1869 |
page 1 |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Martha_McBride_Knight_Letter_(1869-02-10)_p1.jpg |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Martha_McBride_Knight_Letter_(1869-02-10)_p2.jpg |
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Gilbert and Adaline Belnap |
6 Jun 1870 |
page 1 |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Martha_McBride_Knight_Letter_(1870-06-06).jpg |
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Lucius McBride
(nephew) (end comments to Lucius McBride's letter) |
20 Aug 1893 |
page 1 |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Lucius_McBride_Letter_(1893-08-20)_p1.jpg |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Lucius_McBride_Letter_(1893-08-20)_p2.jpg |
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| Letters to
Martha McBride from: |
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Almira Knight (daughter) |
1875 |
pages 1, 4 |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Almira_Knight_Letter_(1875)_p1.jpg |
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pages 2-3 |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Almira_Knight_Letter_(1875)_p2.jpg |
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James Vinson
Knight (son) and Celestial Roberts (daughter-in-law) |
9 Jan 1893 |
pages 1-2 |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/James_Vinson_Knight_Letter_(1893-01-09).jpg |
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Reuben McBride (brother) |
12 Jan 1875 |
card text |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Reuben_McBride_Card_(1875-01-12)_text.jpg |
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card front |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Reuben_McBride_Card_(1875-01-12)_front.jpg |
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Reuben McBride (brother) |
15 Feb 1878 |
pages 1-2 |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Reuben_McBride_Letter_(1878-02-15)_p1.jpg |
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pages 3-4 |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Reuben_McBride_Letter_(1878-02-15)_p2.jpg |
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Reuben McBride (brother) |
Apr 1878 |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Reuben_McBride_Letter_(1878-04)_p1.jpg |
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pages 3-4 |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Reuben_McBride_Letter_(1878-04)_p2.jpg |
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Reuben McBride (brother) |
29 Nov 1878 |
page 1 |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Reuben_McBride_Letter_(1878-11-29)_p1.jpg |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Reuben_McBride_Letter_(1878-11-29)_p2.jpg |
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addendum |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Reuben_McBride_Letter_(1878-11-29)_addendum.jpg |
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Reuben McBride (brother) |
31 Jul 1880 |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Reuben_McBride_Letter_(1880-07-31)_p1.jpg |
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Reuben McBride
(brother) (Nauvoo Temple Baptisms for Dead Letter) |
1 Nov 1886 |
page 1 |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Reuben_McBride_Letter_(1886-11-01)_p1.jpg |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Reuben_McBride_Letter_(1886-11-01)_p2.jpg |
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image |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Reuben_McBride_Letter_(1886-11-1).jpg |
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transcription |
http://www.boap.org/LDS/Early-Saints/RMcbride.html |
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Reuben McBride
(brother) (with additions from Reuben McBride's wife, Mary Ann Anderson, and
grandchild, Nellie McBride) |
5 Oct 1887 |
pages 1, 4 |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Reuben_McBride_Letter_(1887-10-5)_p1.jpg |
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pages 2-3 |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Reuben_McBride_Letter_(1887-10-5)_p2.jpg |
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Reuben McBride (brother) |
6 Dec 1887 |
pages 1-2 |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Reuben_McBride_Letter_(1887-12-06).jpg |
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Reuben McBride (brother) |
25 Dec 1887 |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Reuben_McBride_Letter_(1887-12-25).jpg |
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Reuben McBride (brother) |
(no date) |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Reuben_McBride_Letter_p1.jpg |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Reuben_McBride_Letter_p2.jpg |
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Mary Ann Anderson
(sister-in-law; wife of Reuben McBride) |
15 Jul 1877 |
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Helen Dame (niece) |
28 Mar 1891 |
pages 1-2 |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Helen_Dame_Letter_(1891-03-26)_p1.jpg |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Helen_Dame_Letter_(1891-03-26)_p2.jpg |
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Lucius McBride
(nephew); with comments from Martha McBride Knight |
20 Aug 1893 |
page 1 |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Lucius_McBride_Letter_(1893-08-20)_p1.jpg |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Lucius_McBride_Letter_(1893-08-20)_p2.jpg |
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| LDS Materials |
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Patriarchal Blessing:
Martha McBride |
24 Jun 1835 |
blessing |
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transcription |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/PB_Knight_Martha_1835.doc |
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transcription |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/PB_McBride_Martha_1835.pdf |
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Patriarchal Blessing:
Martha McBride |
16 Feb 1872 |
blessing |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/PB_McBride_Martha_1872.pdf |
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Smith, Joseph F.
"Affidavit of Martha McBride Kimball." Blood
Atonement and the Origin of Plural Marriage |
8 Jul 1869 |
page 72 |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Martha_McBride_Kimball_Affidavit.jpg |
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| Temple Record |
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Martha McBride Knight
Temple Record |
about 1877 |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Martha_McBride_Knight_Temple_Record_p1a.jpg |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Martha_McBride_Knight_Temple_Record_p1b.jpg |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Martha_McBride_Knight_Temple_Record_p1c.jpg |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Martha_McBride_Knight_Temple_Record_p2a.jpg |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Martha_McBride_Knight_Temple_Record_p2b.jpg |
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Old Folks' Excursion |
16 Jul 1890 |
Ogden Standard |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Ogden_Standard_Examiner_1890-07-16_Old_Folks'_Excursion.pdf |
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The Relief Society Jubilee |
26 Mar 1892 |
Deseret News |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Deseret_News_1892-03-26_The_Relief_Society_Jubilee.pdf |
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Gleanings in the Local
Field-Another Mile Post Passed |
19 Mar 1893 |
Ogden Standard |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Ogden_Standard_Examiner_1893-03-19_Gleanings_in_the_Local_Field--Another_Mile_Post_Passed.pdf |
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Golden Wedding at Hooper |
27 Dec 1895 |
Ogden Standard |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Ogden_Standard_Examiner_1895-12-27_Golden_Wedding_at_Hooper.pdf |
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The Relief Society |
9 Nov 1901 |
American Eagle |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/American_Eagle_1901-11-09_The_Relief_Society.pdf |
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Death of Pioneer Woman |
21 Nov 1901 |
Ogden Standard |
http://www.belnapfamily.org/Ogden_Standard_Examiner_1901-11-21_Death_of_Pioneer_Woman.pdf |
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| Receipts |
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Nauvoo Property Tax Receipt |
11 Mar 1844 |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Martha_McBride_Knight_Receipts_(1844-1845).pdf |
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Nauvoo Property Tax Receipt |
1 May 1844 |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Martha_McBride_Knight_Receipts_(1844-1845).pdf |
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Sylvester B. Stoddard Home
Lease |
27 Apr 1845 |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Martha_McBride_Knight_Receipts_(1844-1845).pdf |
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| LDS History
Materials |
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Jorgensen, Lynne Watkins
& BYU Studies Staff. "The Mantle of the Prophet Joseph Passes to
Brother Brigham: A Collective Spiritual Witness." BYU Studies, vol. 36, no.
4, p. 193 |
1996-1997 |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/BYU_Studies_vol36_no4_Mantle_of_Prophet_Passes.pdf |
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Gibbons, Francis M.
"Sixteen Years as a Witness." Ensign, p. 75 |
May 1986 |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/Sixteen_Years_as_a_Witness.doc |
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| Census Records |
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1850 U.S. Federal Census,
Davis County, UT |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/1850_US_Federal_Census_UT_Davis_Knight_Martha.jpg |
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1860 U.S. Federal Census,
Tonaquint, Washington, UT |
27 Jul 1860 |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/1860_US_Federal_Census_UT_Washington_Tonaquint_Knight_Martha.jpg |
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1870 U.S. Federal Census,
Weber River Valley, Weber, UT |
9 Jul 1870 |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/1870_US_Federal_Census_UT_Weber_Weber_River_Valley_Knight_Martha.jpg |
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1880 U.S. Federal Census,
Beaver, Beaver, UT |
2 Jun 1880 |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/1880_US_Federal_Census_UT_Beaver_Beaver_City_District_1_Knight_Martha.jpg |
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1900 U.S. Federal Census,
Hooper, Weber, UT |
8 Jun 1900 |
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http://www.belnapfamily.org/1900_US_Federal_Census_UT_Weber_Hooper_District_181_Knight_Martha.jpg |
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| Internet Links |
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Wikipedia: Martha McBride |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_McBride |
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Wikipedia: Relief Society |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relief_Society |
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Wikipedia:
Kimball-Snow-Woolley Family |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimball-Snow-Woolley_Family |
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The Wives of Joseph Smith |
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http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/6552/wives.html |
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Heber C. Kimball Family |
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http://www.hckimball.org/ |
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| Photographs
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Martha
McBride (1805-1901) |
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| Spouses |
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Vinson Knight (1804-1842) |
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Joseph Smith, Jr.
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Heber Chase Kimball
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Almira
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Rizpah
Knight (1829-1895) |
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Adaline
Knight (1831-1919) |
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James
Vinson Knight (1833-1912) |
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Nathaniel Knight
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Martha Abigail Knight
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Rodolphus Elderkin Knight
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through Heber Chase Kimball |
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(son) Kimball
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| Parents |
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Daniel McBride (1766-1823) |
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Abigail Mead (1770-1854) |
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| Last update:
19 Jun 2008 |
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