ill. , july ____ 1844 appeared before me , robert d. foster , attorney-at-law , in the aforesaid county , mrs. emma h. smith , who being duly sworn according to law , deposeth and saith that beginning on or about the month of october , 1841 , and continuing until the month of july , 1844 , that her husband mr. joseph smith , a resident of nauvoo , hancock , ill. , entered into polygamous marriages with each of the following persons , to wit , zina huntington , presendia huntington , desdemona fullmer , eliza r. snow , sara a. whitney , helen m. kimball , and lucy walker .