by Guest Author | Jun 27, 2016 | Joseph Smith
The following article by Jannalee Rosner appeared in the 27 June 2016 online edition of LDS Living.com. Most members of the Church are familiar with the events surrounding the death of the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum. But what they might not realize is...
by Keith L. Brown | Feb 26, 2015 | Joseph Smith's Family
Joseph Smith, Jr. was born on 23 December 1805 in Sharon, Vermont, to Joseph Smith, Sr. (1771-1848) and Lucy Mack Smith (1775-1856). He had ten siblings, including an unnamed brother who died at birth in 1797, and was the fifth oldest. Of those siblings, five of his...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Feb 27, 2014 | Joseph and Emma Smith Descendants
by Terrie Lynn Bittner The descendants of Joseph Smith are gradually returning to their roots. Joseph Smith was the first prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose members are sometimes nicknamed Mormons. Joseph’s descendants spent many...
by Delisa Hargrove | Jun 6, 2013 | Historical Stories
Both of my parents, Samuel Dennis and Mary Burton White, were born in “York State” as New York was then called, and had moved, with their parents to Illinois, where in Knox County on the 23rd of August 1842, I was born, the eldest of their children. When I was two...
by dwhite | Jul 11, 2011 | Historical Stories
Though this is not a personal account of Mary Fielding Smith, it is a testament to her enduring faith. She went West with the Saints after her husband, Hyrum Smith, had been martyred at Carthage Jail with his brother Joseph Smith. This is part of her story: Mary...
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