The Joseph Smith Jr. and Emma Hale Smith Historical Society (JSEHS) is a non-profit organization led by descendants of Joseph and Emma Smith. Our mission is to promote deeper understanding of their lives, teachings, and enduring legacy. For generations, people have drawn inspiration from Joseph and Emma’s courage, faith, and vision. Their story continues to […]
Darcy Kennedy Towards the end of 2004 our stake president, Conrad Gottfredson, came to our home to visit. My husband, Michael Kennedy, Sr., and I [Darcy] knew our stake president was a very inspired man and heard how he would call someone or visit with them in their home, day or night following promptings that […]
Did you know Emma had one covert, due to her influence eventually led to the conversion of thousands? Dan and Jane Jones immigrated to the United States, and by 1841 they were residents of St. Louis, Missouri. On May 10 of that year, Dan Jones, as an American citizen, applied for a license to ply […]
Joseph was in the company of Benjamin F Johnson in the dining room of the Mansion house. They were speaking in private when two of Emma’s children came to Joseph. They had just left their mother and as Benjamin describes they were “all so nice, bright and sweet.” Joseph pointed them out to Benjamin and […]
Written by Mary Ellen Elggren “What of Joseph Smith’s family? What of his boys? I have prayed from the beginning for Sister Emma…They are in the hands of God, and when they make their appearance before this people, full of his power, there are none but what will say – ‘Amen! We are ready to […]
As a child, Kimberly Jo Smith did not know she was related to the first modern-day prophet of a church with millions of members. Kimberly Smith, a descendant of the Prophet Joseph Smith Jr., grew up in Tennessee and discovered the path of her family tree as a preteen. “I grew up without a knowledge […]
It is amazing how the Lord quietly brings about his purposes by touching a heart here or giving an idea there. His work often goes forward without notice by the world as we respond to these gentle promptings. Once in a while it is sweet to share these miracles and rejoice together. One such miracle […]
