Reunion of the Martyrs' Sons (1860)

Reunion of the Martyrs' Sons (1860)

Hyrum's son: Joseph F. Samuel's son: Samuel H. B. Joseph's sons: Joseph III, Frederick, Alexander, David Aunts Emma, Sophronia, Cahterine, Lucy	On June 21–22, 1860, Joseph F. and Samuel H. B. Smith, en route to their missions in England, visited relatives in at Nauvoo and Colchester, Illinois. Samuel had visited them in 1854, but this was the first time in fourteen years that Joseph F. had seen his cousins. It was the last time so many of the cousins would ever be together. Present were all four of Joseph's sons—Joseph III, Frederick Granger William, Alexander Hale, and David Hyrum; Hyrum's second son, Joseph F., (his first son, Church Patriarch John Smith was in Utah); and Samuel H.'s son, Samuel H. B. Aunt Emma and her second husband, Lewis Bideman, were present in Nauvoo, and in Colchester, the two missionaries called on three of their fathers' sisters, Sophronia, Catherine, and Lucy.
Joseph III heads RLDS Church (Community of Christ)	Just a few weeks earlier—in April—Joseph and Emma had joined the Reorganized Church and Joseph had been ordained its prophet-president.
Letters	Joseph and Samuel each wrote letters about the reunion—Joseph F. to his wife, Levira, from Colchester on June 28, and to George A. Smith from Hull, England on August 22; and Samuel to George A. from New York on July 11.	Joseph F. to Levira Samuel to George A. Joseph F. to George A.
Diaries	Both men also made diary entries for the visit, though not in as much detail as in the letters.	Samuel's diary entry Joseph F.'s diary entry
Published sources	Joseph F. also prepared a reminiscence for the Historical Record, and another reminiscence is quoted in Joseph Fielding Smith's biography of his father.	Historical Record account Life of Joseph F. Smith account
	Each account contains one or more pieces of information not contained in the others.
See also	Also see Buddy Youngreen, "Sons of the Martyrs' Nauvoo Reunion—1860," BYU Studies vol. 20 no. 4 (Spring 1980) 351–370.