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Notice the chronology offered by the text: “windowed by her first husband” and then “later marriage to Brigham Young”. In fact her first husband died 9 years after Brigham.

Here is the actual timeline of events:
7 Mar 1841 Marriage to Henry Jacobs
27 Oct 1841 Marriage to Joseph Smith
2 Jan 1842 Birth of Zebulon Jacobs, fathered by Henry Jacobs
27 Jun 1844 Death of Joseph Smith
2 Feb 1846 Marriage to Brigham Young (Zina was 8 months pregnant)
22 Mar 1846 Birth of Henry C. Jacobs, fathered by Henry Jacobs
3 Apr 1850 Birth of Zina Young, fathered by Brigham Young
29 Aug 1877 Death of Brigham Young
1 Aug 1886 Death of Henry Jacobs

Some key elements bear review:
* Zina was married to Jacob in Nauvoo by Mormon clergy. It was a legal and lawful marriage by both US law and Mormon law.
* Both Zina and Henry were active believing members before their marriage.
* Joseph Smith took Zina in a celestial marriage a mere 7 months after she was married to Jacob.
* The marriage to Jacob was obviously still recognized by Zina and Henry since she bore 2 children with Henry after the marriage.
* Brigham Young and Heber Kimball married all of the Joseph Smith “widows” following his death regardless of their relationship to their first husbands.
* Zina did not need to be taken care of; she had a husband who was active in the church.
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* Henry never left the Church, he died in Salt Lake City.
* Henry and Zina were never divorced.
* Brigham Young’s relationship with Zina went beyond taking care of a widow since she was no window and he sired a daughter with her.

Given the above information, the Church’s official biography can only be seen as a lie. This information is well known inside and outside of the Church.

These dates can be verified at http://www.familysearch.org/:
Henry Bailey JACOBS (AFN: 1ZH6-9X)
Zina Diantha HUNTINGTON (AFN: 8R65-S9)
Brigham YOUNG (AFN: 3ZD8-KC)
Zebulon William JACOBS (AFN:234B-S6)
Henry Chariton JACOBS (AFN:1875-4N)
Zina Presendia YOUNG (AFN:1CK9-M2)

You can also read FAIR’s bizarre response to this at:
http://www.fairlds.org/FAIR_Conferences/2006_Zina_and_Her_Men.html