FILE - In this Dec. 8, 1997, file photo, shows an 1842 oil painting of Emma Hale Smith by David Rogers on exhibit at the Museum of Church History and Art, in Salt Lake City. Smith was the first of 33 plural wives of Mormon founder Joseph Smith. Mormon church founder Joseph Smith had an underage bride and was married to other men’s wives during the early days of the faith when polygamy was practiced, a new church essay reveals. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says most of Smith’s wives were between 20 and 40 years old but that one was just 14. While part of the church's early days, polygamy has been banned in the faith since 1890. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)