unbelievable!
35 children, 7 wives.
but, there will be those on this forum angry that the state of texas intervened.
Yes, there will be. And I'm sure they'll be really depressed to see what actual attorneys (in other words, studied law and passed the bar) have to say in post #5 on this thread.
I’m reading two books on polygamy and it is interesting how they split. The church said “stop doing it” and the polygamists just beat feet. They took their Book of Mormon and D&C and left.
Polygamy was a “royalty” type thing in the church. The polygamists considered themselves ordained by God to have multiple wives. The wives seemed to favor it. I was amazed that Mormon men would go on their mission while they were fathers. They’d have 14 kids and then go on a mission for a year and a half.
Books I am reading
Predators, prey, and other kinfolk : growing up in polygamy / Dorothy Allred Solomon.
Mormon polygamous families : life in the principle / by Jessie L. Embry
On deck
Letters of Catharine Cottam Romney, plural wife / edited by Jennifer M. Hansen.
Yes that Romney