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Joseph Andrew Kelting

Birth
13 October 1811
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Death
25 February 1904
Colton, San Bernadino, California, USA
Alternative Names (Also Known As)

Joseph A. Kelting

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Endowment - 24 December 1845

Place: Nauvoo Temple, Nauvoo, Illinois, USA (UVA)

Name as Performed: Joseph A. Kelting

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Elizabeth Ann Martin - Civil Marriage - 05 May 1832

This marriage has 3 child(ren) in the database

Place: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States

Minerva Orrilla Wood - Sealed for Eternity - 1844
Bergera, "Earliest Mormon Polygamists" at 12: Kelting's use of "a short time" in the first affidavit suggests that he married polygamously prior to Smith's death. As Kelting received both his wife, Elizabeth, and Minerva O. Woods through the veil in the Nauvoo Temple when all three received their endowments on December 24, 1845, and all were sealed less than a month later on January 20, 1846, I speculate that Kelting may have married Woods sometime before the end of June 1844.
Elizabeth Ann Martin - Sealed for Eternity - 1844

Place: Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA (UVA)

Bergera, "Earliest Mormon Polygamists" at 12: Kelting's use of "a short time" in the first affidavit suggests that he married polygamously prior to Smith's death. As Kelting received both his wife, Elizabeth, and Minerva O. Woods through the veil in the Nauvoo Temple when all three received their endowments on December 24, 1845, and all were sealed less than a month later on January 20, 1846, I speculate that Kelting may have married Woods sometime before the end of June 1844.
Lucy Matilda Johnson - Sealed for Eternity - 1844

Place: Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA (UVA)

Elizabeth Ann Martin - Sealed for Eternity - 20 January 1846

Place: Nauvoo Temple, Nauvoo, Illinois, USA (UVA)

Officiator: Heber Chase Kimball

Minerva Orrilla Wood - Sealed for Eternity - 20 January 1846

Place: Nauvoo Temple, Nauvoo, Illinois, USA (UVA)

Officiator: Heber Chase Kimball

[Plural] marriage sealing to Joseph Andrew Kelting, prior to 27 Jun 1844, officiator not known (Bergera)
Lucy Matilda Johnson - Sealed for Eternity - 06 February 1846

This marriage has 2 child(ren) in the database

Place: Nauvoo Temple, Nauvoo, Illinois, USA (UVA)

Officiator: Heber Chase Kimball

Notes

According to statements Joseph gave near the end of his life, he had heard rumors concerning the practice of plural marriage and approached Joseph Smith in the spring of 1844 to ask about them. Given his professional responsibilities, it is unsurprising that Kelting may have been uneasy about polygamy, and Smith, knowing the dangers of revealing his secret to the sheriff, was reluctant to divulge the truth. After assurances from Kelting that he would not betray Smith, the latter admitted that he had been practicing and teaching plural marriage. As a show of good faith, Kelting asked Smith if he would like for him to take a polygamous wife. Smith confirmed, and according to the affidavit describing these circumstances, Kelting married two plural wives before Smith’s death later in June 1844.

Joseph Almon Kelting

Birth Date: 02 September 1848

Death Date: 25 March 1904

Moroni Kelting

Birth Date: 1853

Simon Kelting

Birth Date: 05 April 1834

Death Date: 03 November 1882

Mary Ann Kelting

Birth Date: 10 January 1838

Death Date: 21 March 1924

Susan Kelting

Birth Date: 1851

High Priest

Start Date: 24 December 1845

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Temple Worker

Start Date: 02 February 1846

Specific Known Date

Notes: Nauvoo temple worker, beginning 2 Feb 1846 (NT-Supp)

Elder

Start Date: 02 May 1836

Specific Known Date

Notes: Ordained an elder, by 2 May 1836, in Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio. Joseph Smith Papers

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