Joseph F. Smith (Mormon leader in Deming)
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Smith, was a resident of Deming, New Mexico, in 1889 [1].
In the same period, Mormon settlers were leaving the Pleasanton valley [3], and polygamy practices were being observed in Salt Lake City [2].
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- M… (1889)M. ; H. Rice Turnbull, St. Louis, Mo.; J. F. Smith, Deming, N. M.; Thomas Burns, Kingston,
- city ten days… (1891)city ten days. Young then had only seven wives. Davis and myself visited all the elders homes. Polygamy, in practice, was decidedly a novelty to us.”
- Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-08-14 (1891)lar amount on account of disabili- ties contracted while in the country’s service. Both of these pensions were secured through Attorney B. M. Read, the latter being the sixth pension he has succeeded in gett…