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Polygamy in the United States
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The list Polygamy in the United States includes
Sister Wives, Zephaniah Kingsley, Banking on Heaven, Senachwine and My Five Wives.
The list consists of 15 members
and 2 sublists.
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David Koresh
American religious cult leader (1959–1993)
Overview: David Koresh (born Vernon Wayne Howell; August 17, 1959 – April 19, 1993) was an American cult leader and musician who played a central role in the Waco siege of 1993. As the head of the Branch Davidians ...Date of birth: 17 August 1959Date of death: 19 April 1993Age: 33 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: CriminalGender: Male
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Sister Wives
21st-century American reality television series
Overview: Sister Wives is an American reality television series broadcast on TLC that premiered on September 26, 2010. The show documents the life of a polygamist family, which includes father Kody Brown, his four ...
Release date: 26 September 2010Director: Tim Gibbons, Genéa GaudetCast: Meri Brown, Kody Brown, Christine Brown, Janelle Brown, Robyn Sullivan Jessop Brown, Sukanya KrishnanProducer: Christopher Poole, Tim GibbonsWriter: Amy BridgesKody Brown, with his four wives Meri, Janelle, Robyn and Christine and their combined 17 children, attempt... 0
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Alamo Christian Foundation
American religious cult
Overview: The Alamo Christian Foundation is an American cult that was founded in 1969 by Christian evangelist Tony Alamo and one of his wives, Susan Alamo. Susan Alamo died in April 1982. After years of legal t ... 0
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Zephaniah Kingsley
British plantation owner, slave trader (1765–1843)Overview: Zephaniah Kingsley Jr. (December 4, 1765 – September 14, 1843), a Quaker born in England who moved as a child with his family to South Carolina, became a planter, slave trader, and merchant who built ...Date of birth: 4 December 1765Date of death: 14 September 1843Age: 77 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: BusinessGender: Male 0
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Eliza Stewart Udall
American Mormon pioneer
Overview: Eliza Luella Stewart Udall, also known as Ella Stewart Udall (May 21, 1855 – May 28, 1937), was the first telegraph operator in the Arizona Territory.Date of birth: 21 May 1855Date of death: 28 May 1937Age: 82 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Socialite 0
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My Five Wives
American reality television seriesOverview: My Five Wives is an American reality television series broadcast on TLC that began airing in 2013. The show documents the life of a polygamist family, which includes patriarch Brady Williams, his five ... 0
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Senachwine
Potawatomi chieftainOverview: Senachwine (Potawatomi: Znajjewan, "Difficult Current") or Petchaho (supposedly from Potawatomi: "Red Cedar") (c. 1744-1831) was a 19th-century Illinois River Potawatomi chieftain. In 1815, he succeeded ... 0
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8.Overview: Jacob Cochran (also Cochrane, 1782-1836) was a non-denominational preacher born in Enfield, New Hampshire, USA who founded the Cochranites in Saco, Maine. Cochranite worship is said to have resembled ... 0
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Banking on Heaven
2005 American film directed by Dot Reidelbach
Overview: Banking on Heaven is a documentary film which exposes the largest polygamous enclave in the United States (located in Colorado City, Arizona) and its leader, Warren Jeffs. Banking on Heaven was written ...
Release date: 28 May 2005Genre: DocumentaryDirector: Dot ReidelbachProducer: Laurie Allen, Ken KomickWriter: Laurie AllenA hard-hitting documentary on the largest polygamous cult in the U.S., the Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints (FLDS)... 0
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Ida Hunt Udall
American Latter-day Saint diarist (1858–1915)
Overview: Ida Frances Hunt Udall (March 8, 1858 – April 26, 1915) was an American diarist, homesteader, and teacher in territorial Utah and Arizona. A lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ... 0
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Seeking Sister Wife
American television seriesOverview: Seeking Sister Wife is an American reality television show on TLC that follows polygamous families, predominantly centered around the topic of looking for another wife to add to the family, or an already ... 0
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Escaping Polygamy
American documentary television seriesOverview: Escaping Polygamy is an American documentary television series that premiered on December 30, 2014 on LMN. The show now airs on Lifetime, but can also be viewed on Tubi, and follows the work of three ... 0
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Stolen Innocence
2008 book by Lisa Pulitzer
Overview: Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs is an autobiography by American author Elissa Wall detailing her childhood in ... 0
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Mormonism and polygamy
formerly allowed practice
Overview: Polygamy (called plural marriage by Mormons in the 19th century or the Principle by modern fundamentalist practitioners of polygamy) was practiced by leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ... 0
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The Industrial Christian Home for Polygamous Wives
Women's refuge in Salt Lake City, Utah
Overview: The Industrial Christian Home for Polygamous Wives (or The Industrial Christian Home) was a women's refuge created in 1886 in Salt Lake City. Due to several conflicts, including low occupancy, the facility ... 0
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