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• Birth	23 Dec 1805	Sharon,, Vermont
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Jun 1844	Carthage,, Illinois
  Person ID	I101550	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Joseph SMITH, Sr., b. 12 Jul 1771, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts
  Mother	Lucy MACK, b. 8 Jul 1775, Marlow, Cheshire, Nh.
  Family ID	F24837	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Emma HALE, b. 10 Jul 1804, Harmony,, Pennsylvania
  Married	18 Jan 1827
  Family ID	F44524	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Sarah Ann WHITNEY
  Married	27 Jul 1842	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
  Family ID	F16100	Group Sheet

• Notes

  The Mormon religion is based upon the story and religious teachings of Joseph Smith. Smith was the founding prophet and first elder/president of the church. The original church was established in western New York state on 6 April 1830 in the Township of Manchester, Ontario County, New York (new research has found this to be the organizational site). Joseph Smith (1805-44), born in Sharon, Vermont, received a visitation from the Father and the Son in the spring of 1820. He published the Book of Mormon, which he translated from golden plates, in 1829, and founded The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 6, 1830. After a lifetime of dynamic leadership in Kirtland, Ohio, in Independence, Missouri, and in Nauvoo, Illinois, Joseph, sustained by his people as a prophet of God, was killed by a mob while he was being held prisoner in Carthage, Illinois. RESIDENCES: 1820 - Manchester, New York DEATH: Killed by a mob in Carthage, Illinois.