Joseph Smith's Administration to Sister Partington and her Children
Published October 4, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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Millennial Star Research
Joseph Smith called at the office and administered to Sister Partington and her two children by the laying on of hands.
In Their Own Words
“Called at the Office, and administered the laying on of hands to sister Partington and her two children. — Millennial Star 22:7”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 18 February 1860 (Vol. 22, No. 7). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1860-02-18_22_7 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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