Like Great-Great-Great-Grandfather,
Like Great-Great-Great-Grandson
By Kimberly Jo Smith Davis
Editor’s note: Although it is impossible to know exactly how Joseph and Emma looked at crucial times in their lives, these pictures of their great-great-great-grandchildren may give you some ideas. These photographs of Bryan and Leah Davis, who are dressed to resemble their famous ancestors, were taken by their mother — who is the great-great-granddaughter of Joseph and Emma.
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“Joseph” reads the fateful words, “If any of you lack wisdom…”
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“Joseph,” as pictured in the Sacred Grove.
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Joseph must have spent many long hours pondering the mysteries
of life and his role in the universe in the Sacred Grove.
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Bryan Davis was 18 when he posed for these portraits as Joseph
in 2004. He is presently in the Missionary Training Center, preparing to
serve in the Canada Vancouver Mission.
Bryan Davis, shown in these photographs in poses that represent his great-great-great grandfather, was the first of Joseph's descendants to get an endowment at the Nauvoo Temple. He recently performed his first baptism, baptizing his aunt Candy (the great-great-granddaughter of Joseph and Emma) on the same day he went through the temple in Nauvoo. On November 16th of this year, he entered the Missionary Training Center to become the twelfth descendant of Joseph and Emma to serve as a missionary for the Church. He will be serving in the Canada Vancouver Mission, and he departs Provo on December 14.
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The young Joseph, as he may have looked when he first held
the printed Book of Mormon in his hands.
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“Joseph,” with one of the milestones of his career completed, was ready to
transform the world.
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Bryan and Leah Davis, dressed here to resemble their great-great-great
grandparents, Joseph and Emma Smith.
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Leah Davis’s curls are set in the way that her great-great-great-grandmother
Emma Smith wore her own hair during her marriage to the Prophet Joseph.