Fanny Alger

Fanny Alger ( born September 30, 1816 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts; † after 1885) is considered the first of several women at the Joseph Smith according to the learned by himself as divine revelation polygamy was sealed ( married ).

Although no written record of the marriage of the then only secretly practiced polygamy exist, it is believed by many that behaved as indicated above the thing. Fanny was 16 years old and lived as a domestic in the household of Joseph and Emma Smith in Kirtland (Ohio ). According to Emma Smith's marriage was kept secret even from her. When Emma discovered the intimate relationship between her husband and described as very attractive Fanny Alger, they referred the young woman out of the house, which then moved to live with relatives in nearby Mayfield. The family later moved to Indiana, where Fanny Alger Solomon Custer married and had nine children with him. Information that Fanny Alger was born a child of Joseph Smith could not be confirmed, but also not refuted. She herself did not comment on her relationship with Joseph Smith.

The opponents of Joseph Smith evaluated the relationship to the minors soon as evidence of his bad character. There is also evidence that this relationship constituted a major factor in the rift of Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery. Jon Krakauer draws in his book murder on behalf of God, the relationship between Fanny Alger and Joseph Smith, using historical sources, according to his interpretation, as an example of the moral aberrations that could cause religion zoom.