Before the expulsion of John C. Bennett in June 1842, Joseph had been married or “sealed” to an imposing list of women, almost all of them already married. In addition to Louisa Beaman, Mrs. Harris, and Mrs. Buell, there were Mrs. Zina Huntington Jacobs, Mrs. Mary Rollins Lightner, Mrs. Patty Sessions, possibly Mrs. Clarissa Hancock and Mrs. Sally Gulley, and probably Mrs. Nancy Hyde, with a doubtful Mrs. Durfee at the bottom of the list.
