Eliza was a devout Mormon. At age 38, she became Joseph Smith's 14th plural wife (in addition to Smith's lawful wife, Emma). In 1842, after learning Eliza was pregnant, Emma Smith beat Eliza with a broomstick and knocked her down a flight of stairs, causing Eliza to miscarry Smith's baby.
119 posted on 06/18/2008 9:59:38 AM PDT by Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)