William Morgan (anti-Mason) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"In 1830 Morgan's widow Lucinda Pendleton Morgan married George W. Harris of Batavia, a silversmith who was 20 years older. After they moved to the Midwest, they became Mormons. By 1837, some historians believe that Pendleton Morgan Harris had become one of the plural wivesof Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement.[14] She continued to live with her older husband, George Harris. After Smith was murdered in 1844, she was "sealed" to him for eternity in a rite of the church.[3]
Members of Freemasonry criticized the Mormons for their alleged adoption of Masonic rituals and regalia. In 1841 the Mormons announced their official baptism of William Morgan after his death as one of the first under their new rite to posthumously take people into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for eternity.[3]
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