Everything about Fanny Alger totally explained
Fanny Alger (born 30 September 1816 in
Rehoboth, Massachusetts, died 29 November 1889 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is believed to be the first
plural wife of
Joseph Smith, Jr.
Alger's parents were neighbors of the Smith's, and Alger lived with Smith and his wife, Emma. Chauncey and Ann Eliza Webb later recalled that rumors had been whispered while Alger lived with the Smiths about Smith and Alger. Alger stopped living with the Smiths as a result of a fallout with Emma, after Emma found Joseph and Fanny in a compromising situation, and was dismissed as their housekeeper. By some accounts, she was pregnant with Joseph Smith's child. When asked about her relationship with Smith after
Smith's death, she's reported to have said: "That is all a matter of my own, and I've nothing to communicate."
In 1903, Benjamin F. Johnson, a patriarch in the Church in Utah, wrote a letter to George S. Gibbs. After repeating rumors about the relationship, Johnson alleges that "without doubt in my mind, Fannie Alger was, at Kirtland, the Prophet's first plural wife."
Johnson also claimed that although Alger didn't join the Saints in Utah, "she didn't turn from the Church nor from her friendship for the
Prophet while she lived"(sic).
Genetic Testing
In 2005, Ugo Perego performed genetic research in an attempt to verify the paternity of several people alleged to be children of Joseph Smith through alleged plural wives. Orrison Smith, the first son of Fanny Alger, was found not to be Joseph Smith's son. Four other likely candidates were also ruled out. Presently genetic research has reveal no descendant of Joseph Smith through any woman other than his first, and only publicly acknowledged wife, Emma Smith. Emma Smith bore Joseph nine children and his descendants through her number in the hundreds today. <
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