by Delisa Hargrove | Jun 6, 2013 | Historical Stories
I am induced to commence my autobiography, that facts and incidents which I deem interesting and important may be placed within the reach of my children. Although my father [Silas Smith] had received the testimony of his brother Joseph [Smith, Senior] concerning the...
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 | Jan 16, 2012 | Mormon Beliefs
By Amy Choate-Nielsen Deseret News Published: Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012 7:00 p.m. MST David Letterman knows how to get a laugh.Like most comics, he riffs on the day’s news, deadpans the camera and revels in audacity.”Oh, did you hear about this?” the...
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