Joseph Bates Nobel
Bodyguard to the Prophet Joseph Smith
This picture is Joseph Smith giving his last public address as the Lieutenant General of the Nauvoo Legion. Joseph Smith spoke for 2 hours to a large crowd 6 days before he was martyred. Read Speech
Joseph and Hyrum knew of the warrant and traveled to Carthage on their own. Joseph spoke said they needed to go back to Nauvoo to get my bishop Joseph Bates Noble. He gave Joseph Bates Noble the sword and told him to hide it away. He also gave him to give the 1812 Musket. He gave Joseph Bates Noble a gun that Joseph Smith told him to give to Porter Rockwell. He also gave him a letter to give to his wife Emma Smith.
Above is the Casket Cane (left) Nauvoo Legion Sword (middle) with the Scabbard (right)
This Sword was given to Joseph Smith by Wilford Woodruff in 1834.
The sword is 40" long and the scabbard is made of tin.
These were hidden away for 165 years before they were shared with the public in 2008.
Joseph Bates Noble
His home in Nauvoo, IL
His adobe home in West Bountiful, UT
Joseph Bates Noble
His home in Nauvoo, IL
His adobe home in West Bountiful, UT
This is the 1812 Musket Riffle given to Joseph Bates Noble
After the mob shot and killed Joseph and Hyrum, A member of the mob had a knife in his hand to cut off the head of the prophet after he fell though the window at Carthage for the $1000 reward when suddenly a light beam came out of the sky and frightened him and he ran away. Originally they wanted to behead the prophet with his own sword and place his head on the sword to display.
After Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith were martyred his eight body guards along with others traveled to Carthage to retrieve the bodies. They brought them back in retrieval caskets. The bodies were displayed for the Saints to see their beloved prophets. After the mourning period new caskets were brought in and the bodies were placed in these caskets. They placed sandbags in the retrieval caskets and the flowers around the display caskets were placed on the caskets with the sandbags to protect the bodies. The bodies were buried behind the Mansion House with a beehive on top. The sandbag caskets were buried in the cemetery. In 1920 the bodies were moved to their current location in Nauvoo.
Emma Smith asked for the top of Joseph Smith's oak retrieval casket and had 12 sticks made from the wood. The 12 sticks represent the 12 tribes of Israel. These 12 sticks were given to very special people. Eight were given to Joseph Smith's body guard, one to Brigham Young and it unknown who received the other three. There are two casket canes/sticks in the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum in Salt Lake City. Video
After the death of the Prophet Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith their wives, Emma Smith and Mary Fielding Smith wanted locks of their husbands hair. Mary had a locket that had locks of their hair in it and she is buried with that locket.
The lock of hair on the top with the loop is Joseph Smith's hair.
The straight lock of hair is Hyrum Smith's hair.
These locks of hair were placed in Joseph Bates Noble 1872 Family Bible on Page 111
and was placed their by Joseph Bates Noble.
Brigham Young shared that when Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdry returned the gold plates were not placed in a box in the Hill Cumorah. When Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdry walked to the Hill Cumorah it opened up in a triangle and was bright inside. They saw a wooden table with stacks and stacks and stacks of golden plates. They placed the gold plates on top of the other plates. They also saw the sword of Laban hanging on the wall. A few days later they went back inside and saw Laban's sword placed on top of the place and were told that is shall not be scabbed again.
It was a very interesting and spiritual evening. If you want more information READ HERE.
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