July 10, 1804, Emma Hale was born
in Harmony, Pennsylvania
January 18,1827, Emma married Joseph Smith, Jr.,
in South Bainbridge, New York
March 14, 1838, Joseph and Emma moved
to Far West, Missouri
May 9, 1839, Joseph and Emma moved
to Commerce (Nauvoo), Illinois
June 27,1844, Joseph Smith was shot
to death in Carthage, Illinois
December 27,1847, Emma married
Major Lewis C. Bidamon in Nauvoo, Illinois
died in Nauvoo, Illinois
Her funeral was
May 2, 1879. On June 15, 1879,
Elder Mark Forscutt preached a "Commemorative
Discourse" in Plano, Illinois. This is his sermon,
A TRIBUTE TO EMMA