by dwhite | Apr 27, 2011 | Joseph and Emma Smith Descendants
After the martyrdom of the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum, the Saints were forced to leave Nauvoo, Illinois, and head West. Emma, Joseph’s grief-stricken widow, did not want to leave the bodies of her beloved husband and his brother behind....
by dwhite | Apr 14, 2011 | Historical Stories
George Edward Anderson was a bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the Mormon Church) for four years in the early days of Utah.The legacy he left behind is one of more than 14,000 photographic images of life in the West from the...
by dwhite | Mar 31, 2011 | Pioneers
After the arrival of the Saints in the Great Basin in 1847, Prophet Brigham Young, second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the Mormon Church), sent out large groups of settlers to colonize the land all around them. One of...
by dwhite | Mar 25, 2011 | Joseph and Emma Smith Descendants
Estel Neff has spent much of his life in the Nauvoo, Illinois, area. He owns and operates the Old House Bookstore, selling second-hand books and some antiques. He is a direct descendant of Joseph Smith, Sr. (Joseph Smith’s father), and is a recent convert to the...
by dwhite | Mar 25, 2011 | Joseph and Emma Smith Descendants
Several of Joseph Smith, Jr.’s descendants have joined the Mormon Church (officially The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), but most of them knew about their family history from a young age. Mike Kennedy did not know about his heritage until he...
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