Smith, Emma Hale b July 10, 1804 Harmony, PA m January 18, 1827 Joseph Smith jr (d June 27, 1844) Dec 23, 1847 Major Lewis C Bidamon bap June 1830 d April 30, 1879 1836 assisted as Book of Mormon translation scribe 1837 compiled 1st LDS hymnal March 17 1842 called to be 1st pres of Women's Relief Society April 1860 united with Reorganization bibl 33 Women:18-32 TMD:161-74 RJS:37 SH 26(11):170-71obit SH 88(28):873-74, 878, 885 SH 92(35):821-23 papers at RLDS Archives Newell, Linda King & Valeen Tippetts Avery, Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith Doubleday & Co: Garden City, NY  1984
			Engraving above from Tullidge's  Life of Joseph the Prophet
				Link This page is part of a site called Early Women of Illinois, includes a portrait