January 1837 when I was introduced to her of Elder Millikens
by the politeness of Elder Milton Holmes. After two and
half months acquaintance we were united in matrimony. Johnathan Holmes was married at the same time to Miss Mary Carter. The ceremony was performed at the house
of the Prophet Joseph by President Frederick Williams. The
Patriarch Joseph then blessed us in the name of the Lord
and pronounced great blessings upon us and our posterity
The Prophet himself was to have solemnized the ceremony
but his life was so sought and beset by wicked men
that he was under the necessity of fleeing from his house
and home for a few days.
We were married at 2 o'clock in the afternoon
and at 4 o'clock the whole company consisting of about
sixteen couple walked from President Joseph Smith's to
President Sidney Rigdon's where we witnessed the marriage
of Elder George Robinson and Miss Thalia Rigdon who
was also married by President F. G. Williams. At the setting
of the sun the company dispersed and
THE PATRIARCHAL BLESSING
of
Wilford Woodruff
At a Blessing Meeting held at the Lord's House in Kirtland Ohio,
BY
Joseph Smith Sen PATRIARCH of the CHURCH.
January 1837 when I was introduced to her of Elder Millikens
by the politeness of Elder Milton Holmes. After two and
half months acquaintance we were united in matrimony.
Johnathan Holmes was married at the same time to Miss
Mary Carter. The ceremony was performed at the house
of the Prophet Joseph by President Frederick Williams. The
Patriarch Joseph then blessed us in the name of the Lord
and pronounced great blessings upon us and our posterity
The Prophet himself was to have solemnized the ceremony
but his life was so sought and beset by wicked men
that he was under the necessity of fleeing from his house
and home for a few days.
We were married at 2 o'clock in the afternoon
and at 4 o'clock the whole company consisting of about
sixteen couple walked from President Joseph Smith's to
President Sidney Rigdon's where we witnessed the marriage
of Elder George Robinson and Miss Thalia Rigdon who
was also married by President F. G. Williams. At the setting
of the sun the company dispersed and
THE
PATRIARCHAL BLESSING
of
Wilford Woodruff
At a Blessing Meeting held at the Lord's House in Kirtland Ohio,
BY
Joseph Smith Sen
PATRIARCH of the CHURCH.
