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Emma Smith’s Surprising 2nd Marriage (Mark Scherer 3 of 4)

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Few people in the LDS Church know that Emma Smith married again. This time it was a non-Mormon man by the name of Lewis Bidamon. Dr Mark Scherer details how they met, and how Emma raised Lewis’s child from an affair! We’ll also talk about her grandson, Fred M Smith, who caused a lot of ripples in the RLDS Church. Check out our conversation…

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Few people know about Emma Smith's surprising 2nd marriage to Lewis Bidamon.
  • Date: August 7, 2023
  • Guest: Mark Scherer
  • Denomination: Community of Christ
  • Theology: Interfaith
  • Church History
  • Tags: best Mormon history podcast, Church History, Emma Smith, Fred M Smith, Gospel Tangents, GT Podcast, iTunes, Joseph Smith, Lewis Bidamon, Mormon schisms
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