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Matthew Bowman: Why more and more Mormon types are denying Joseph Smith practiced polygamy

Most historians say the evidence shows he did, but others pin it primarily on Brigham Young.

Joseph Smith, top left, and some of his purported wives, clockwise from top middle: first wife Emma Hale Smith; Eliza R. Snow; Martha McBride (Knight Smith Kimball); Marinda Nancy Johnson (Hyde Smith); and Zina Diantha Huntington Jacobs (Smith Young).

By Matthew Bowman | Special to The Tribune