Joseph Smith Jr. (1805-1844)

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Birth	23 December 1805 Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Marriage	Wives of Joseph Smith
Death	27 June 1844 Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Gender	Male
Religious Influence
Callings	President of the Church of Christ, 1832-1844
Occupations	Mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois, 1842–1844
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Wikipedia	Joseph Smith

Joseph Smith, Jr. is the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. He was born in Vermont on 23 December 1805 to Joseph Smith, Sr. and Lucy Mack. Eloping with Emma Hale, the two were wed on 18 January 1827. He translated The Book of Mormonand published it in early 1830. A short time later, Joseph participated in the organization of the Church of Christ on 6 April 1830. On 25 January 1832 he was sustained as President of the Church and he served in the position until his death on 27 June 1844. He also became the mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois, on 19 May 1842. He practiced polygamy and was married to a disputed number of women (see Wives of Joseph Smith.

Published Works

• The Book of Mormon (1830)

Bibliography

Primary Sources

• The Joseph Smith Papers. http://josephsmithpapers.org/.

Secondary Sources

• Brodie, Fawn M. No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971.
• Bushman, Richard Lyman. Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
• Cannon, George Q. The Life of Joseph Smith, the Prophet. Salt Lake City, Utah: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1888. https://archive.org/details/lifeofjosephsmit00cann (accessed 19 June 2014).
• ______. The Latter-day Prophet: History of Joseph Smith Written for Young People. Salt Lake City, Utah: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1900. https://archive.org/details/latterdayprophet00canno (accessed 19 June 2014).
• ______. The Latter-day Prophet: Young People's History of Joseph Smith. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Deseret News, 1914. https://archive.org/details/latterdayprophet00cann (accessed 19 June 2014).
• Jenson, Andrew. "Smith, Joseph, junior." LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, vol. 1. Salt Lake City, Utah: Andrew Jenson History Company, 1901. Pages 1-8. http://archive.org/stream/latterdaysaintbi01bjens#page/n9/mode/2up (accessed 31 Jan 2015).
• Joseph Smith Chronology. http://josephsmith.byu.edu/
• Joseph Smith, Prophets of the Restoration videos. http://history.lds.org/article/joseph-smith-video-downloads
• Orton, Chad M. and Slaugher, William W. Joseph Smith's America: His Life and Times. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, 2005.
• Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith, the Prophet, and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: Published for Orson Pratt by S. W. Richards, 1853. https://archive.org/details/BiographicalSketchesOfJosephSmithTheProphet (accessed 26 June 2014).

Related Entries

• Joseph Smith, Sr. (1771-1840)
• Lucy Mack (1775-1856)
• Emma Hale (1804-1879)
• Joseph Smith III (1832-1914)