Feb 1846
Emma remains in Nauvoo when Saints go west.

 

12 Sep 1846
Emma leaves with her family as mobbers invade Nauvoo; she goes to Fulton, Illinois, then returns four months later.

 

23 Dec 1847
Emma marries “Major” Louis C. Bidamon.

 

1856
Emma takes in orphaned Elizabeth Agnes Kendall, eight years old, and rears her as her own daughter.

 

14 May 1856
Lucy Mack Smith dies, having spent the last three years of her life in Emma’s care.

 

22 Oct 1856
Joseph III marries Emmeline Griswold.

 

1857
Emma’s nephew Samuel H. B. Smith visits her.

 

13 Sep 1857
Son Frederick Granger Williams Smith marries Annie Marie Jones.

 

6 Apr 1860
Son Joseph III becomes president of RLDS.

 

23 Jun 1861
Son Alexander Hale Smith marries Elizabeth Agnes Kendall.

 

13 Apr 1862
Son Frederick Granger Williams Smith dies.

 

1866
Emma gives Joseph’s revision of Bible to Joseph III to print.

 

About 1870
Emma begins caring for Charles, six-year-old son of Louis Bidamon and Nancy Abercrombie.

 

10 May 1870
Son David Hyrum marries Clara C. Hartshorn.

 

1871
Emma and family move into rebuilt Nauvoo House, later renamed Riverside Mansion.

 

1875
Emma’s sons leave Nauvoo; Alexander moves to northern Missouri, and Joseph III moves to Iowa.

 

1877
Emma’s adopted daughter, Julia, suffering from cancer and deserted by her husband, comes to live with Emma.

 

17 Jan 1877
Emma’s son David Hyrum committed to Illinois State Asylum.

 

Feb 1879
Last testimony given by Emma in an interview with her sons. Emma testifies that Joseph Smith was a prophet, relates her experience with the Book of Mormon, testifies of her belief in the divine origin of the Book of Mormon.

 

30 Apr 1879
Emma dies in her seventy-fifth year, on the anniversary of the death of her Kirtland twins.