The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-30
A TALE OF HORROR.
q Mormon Bishop Married Five Girls
of One Family.

q Mormon Bishop Married Five Girls
of One Family.
SISTER MARRIAGES a CUSTOM.
Old Brigham Young Was Among the
First to Set the Example. and
it Has Been Rel;giously
Tolerated.
When Andrew Jansen, Of Salt Lake.
the historian of the Mormon Church,
was recently called to testify before
the Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections 10 the Smoot trial, q
resident Of Utah who was in the COM
mittce room said:
Now you'll hear startling story.
Jansen has three wives. He married
two sisters, and he was later sealed
for eternity to their mother.
This was promptly verified by Jan
sen. He said that he had married
Two young girls who were sisters, and
that both these girls were then living
with him in one house in Utah.
Investigation disclcs,s that these
sister marriages" are now, and have
been, customary among the Mormons.
Brigham Young was among the first
to set the example. In the early part
Of his matrimonial career be made the
acquaintance of two beautiful girls in
Utah. Soon after he met them he
received divine revelation admon-
ishing him to endow them with all his
worldly goods-that is, all that had
net been distributed among the wives
he already had These girls were
twins, and it was difficult even fol
members of their family to distinguish
one from the other Brigham Young
determined TO wed one of them.
TWIN TAKES BRIDES PLACE.
On the day Of the ceremony: how,
ever, the chosen sisters heart failed
her, and she persuaded the other one
TO take her place at the altar. Brig
ham Young did not discover the de.
ceptiou for several days. When he
learned the facts be sent the bride
inoo exile-forbidding her all com.
oany for a number Of years. Soon
afterward he welded the other sister.
1t is fashionable for high dignita
ries of the Mormon Church to enter
these sister marriages" Among the
wives Of the late president Of the
Church, Lorenzo Snow, were Two Sis
ters. Joseph F. Smith, president OF
the church, welded the two Lamson
girls, first Julia and later Edna.
Fraocis Marion Lyman, an apostle OF
the Church has plural wives. Among
them are the Cal'ister girls-Clara
and Susln, of Fillmore, Utah. George
TeaSdale, another apostle, welded
Mary Loretta Piyton and her sister,
of Nephi, Utah.
Angus NJ. Cannon, State President
at BIutfiale, Utah, numbers among
his wives two sisters whose maiden
name" was Mousley. One ceremony
was sufficient for both weddings.
THREE SISTER WIVES IN ONE HOUSE,
The late Bishop johnson, of Spring
vile, Utah, welded five sisters. Ste
phen Moat, Of American Fork, Utah.
welded three sisters, all of whom.
with their score or more Of children,
live in one house at American Fork.
Ions Newman, of Monroe, Utah.
varied the monotony Of his matrimo-
nial life by marrying two buxom Utah
women-the first Of whom is the
mother of the second. Joseph Atkins,
of Preston, Idaho, followed Newman'S
example.
William Parkinson, of Franklin,
Idaho, welded a woman whom the
cruelty Of fate" placed in his hands.
In 1857 a company Of pioneers max
ing their way to California, was at
tackled by MornonS, seeking wives.
All were ma>Sacred except the wo.
men and seventeen children from one
TO eight years of age. These seven
teen children we're reared by the Nor
mors who had slaughtered their ia,
theirs. One of them, when she grew
up to womanhood, became the plural
wife Of Parkinson.
BISHOP HOLDS THE RECORD.
William Maughan, the Bishop OF
Millisville, Utah, holds the record for
sister marriages" Among his wives,
are three pairs of sisters. He went
through the temple three times, and
each time he carried two sisters on his
arms.
The late George @. Cannon. one of
the apostles, welded the Tully sis
rerS.
Emanuel Bailey, of Oakly, Idaho,
married three sisters-Cnarlotte, Lot
tie and Hul1a. Another Mormon
who welded three sisters is George
Scanger, of Warm Creek, Idaho.
Alma Merrill, son Of Apostle Mer-
rill, welded the two Hendricks girls.
They live at Richmond, Utah.
Ole Berg, of Richfeld, Utah, has
two wives They are sisters and their
names are Brighamina and Jcsaphina.
Mariah Smart and her sister, Char
lotte, are the wives Of S. R. Parkin-
son, OF Preston, Idaho.
Hyrum Watson'S case may htly
close the list. Hyrum welded two
sisters on the same day. Less than a
year after wife No. ! had twin boys.
Four days later wife No.2 had twin
girls.
SioRMoSs WHO MARRIED SISTERS.
Brigham Young, two sisters.
Andrew Jansen, Church Historian,
TWO sisters.
Lorenzo Snow, late president, two
sisters.
Joseph +. Smith, president Of
church, two sisters.
Francis Marion Lyman, apostle,
c;c