"On the next day, 29 May 1843, four other sets of sealings took place. First, Hyrum Smith, Jerusha Barden and Mary Fielding Smith were sealed for time and eternity (Mary acted as proxy for the deceased Jerusha). Second, Brigham Young, Miriam Works, and Mary Ann Angell were sealed for time and eternity by Hyrum Smith (Mary Ann acted as proxy for Miriam, who was dead). Third, Willard and Jennetta Richards were sealed. Lastly, Mercy Rachel Fielding was sealed to her deceased husband, Robert B. Thompson."
Source: Page 30 of JOSEPH SMITH'S INTRODUCTION OF TEMPLE ORDINANCES AND THE 1844 MORMON SUCCESSION QUESTION A Thesis Presented to the Department of History Brigham Young University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts c Andrew F. Ehat 1981 by Andrew F. Ehat December 1982
On the next page of that BYU student master's thesis, its author notes the Mormon doctrine of eternal polygamy for those who have been sealed to more than one spouse "for eternity":
"Not all persons would infer from the doctrine of eternal marriage the necessity of [65] plural marriage as did Hyrum Smith. But as he later said, the death of his first wife, Jerusha, and his marriage to Mary Fielding made plural marriage an unavoidable corollary to the doctrine of eternal marriage." (p. 31)
The thesis revisits this later to show how Joseph Smith tried to hide plural marriage:
"Therefore each person involved in the activities of 29 May 1843 were being sealed to their living and dead "nonplural" spouses. Continuing to take the names in reverse order, let us now consider the marriages performed on 28 May 1843. The only plural wife ever sealed to James Adams on the temple and other records (Rosena R. Adams) was sealed to him on 11 July 1343. Finally, Joseph Smith claimed that he never taught the doctrine of plural marriage in a meeting of the "highest [sic] anointed in the Church in private" (i.e. the endowment council) ("[Nauvoo] City Council Minutes," 10 June 1844, p. 25, Church Archives). That he taught the "anointed" these concepts outside these meetings is undeniable; however, he apparently decided early on not to teach plural marriage in endowment council meetings (which the 28/29 May 1843 meetings were) so he could have such a rhetorical "denial" when pressed closely about the practice of plural marriage in the Church." (same source as above link, pp. 126-127)
Is Rita Hayworth still posthumously available? Because as a resperating Obamerican I demand the dignity of a nontraditional marriage.