2013-10-19-Facebook-Ardis Parshall-Louise Brittain

• "In 1912 the Eastern States mission president reported to Joseph F. Smith on the latest doings of an excommunicant who had many times publicly claimed to be a wife of Joseph F. Smith. In 1912 she claimed that the mission president had received a revelation "transferring" her from JFS to that MP.

Sez the MP to JFS: "I sincerely trust this will not cause you any uneasiness or make you fear that you are liable to lose all your family."" -- Ardis on Facebook

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• Wow. I have to ask about this one. Who was this lady??!! - Kent

• Mrs. Louis Brittain (sometimes spelled Brittian and I'm not really sure which is right; there's a middle initial, too, that escapes me -- G., maybe?). You'll find her in the NYTimes in May 1912, and probably several times in earlier years. -- Ardis