Freda Saloam Smith

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• Initiatory (LDS): PROVO
• FamilySearch ID: LHN6-B7H

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• Initiatory (LDS): ALBER
• FamilySearch ID: LHRD-PHP

Frederick married Mary Angelina Walker on 16 Nov 1884 in Tiffin, Johnson, Iowa, United States. Mary was born on 18 Mar 1867 in Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States; died on 3 Dec 1931 in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States; was buried in Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LHNY-MQX
• Initiatory (LDS): 11 Aug 2007, BOUNT

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• FamilySearch ID: KVG8-YPX
• Initiatory (LDS): 19 Jun 1998, IFALL

Alexander married Elizabeth Agnes Kendall on 23 May 1861 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. Elizabeth was born on 16 Jun 1845 in Maryport, Cumberland, England; died on 7 May 1919 in Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LZFQ-VCD
• Initiatory (LDS): 25 Apr 1997, MTIMP

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJY-BPD
• Initiatory (LDS): 5 May 1842, OTHER

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1st President of the Church of Christ (later the Church of Jesus Chr i s t o f Latter Day Saints)

He was an American religious leader and founder of Mormonism and the Lat t er Day Saint movement. When he was 24, Smith published the Book of Morm on . By the time of his death, 14 years later, he had attracted tens of t hou sands of followers and founded a religion that continues to the prese nt w ith millions of global adherents.

Smith was born in Sharon, Vermont. By 1817, he had moved with his fami l y to Western New York, the site of intense religious revivalism durin g th e Second Great Awakening. Smith said he experienced a series of visi ons , including one in 1820 during which he saw "two personages" (whom h e eve ntually described as God the Father and Jesus Christ), and anothe r in 182 3 in which an angel directed him to a buried book of golden plat es inscri bed with a Judeo-Christian history of an ancient American civil ization. I n 1830, Smith published what he said was an English translatio n of thes e plates called the Book of Mormon. The same year he organize d the Churc h of Christ, calling it a restoration of the early Christia n church. Memb ers of the church were later called "Latter Day Saints" o r "Mormons", an d Smith announced a revelation in 1838 that renamed the c hurch as The Chu rch of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

In 1831, Smith and his followers moved west, planning to build a commun a l American Zion. They first gathered in Kirtland, Ohio, and establishe d a n outpost in Independence, Missouri, which was intended to be Zion' s "cen ter place". During the 1830s, Smith sent out missionaries, publish ed reve lations, and supervised construction of the Kirtland Temple. Beca use of t he collapse of the church-sponsored Kirtland Safety Society Anti -Bankin g Company, violent skirmishes with non-Mormon Missourians, and th e Mormo n extermination order, Smith and his followers established a ne w settleme nt at Nauvoo, Illinois, where he became a spiritual and politi cal leader . In 1844, when the Nauvoo Expositor criticized Smith's powe r and practic e of polygamy, Smith and the Nauvoo city council ordered th e destructio n of their printing press, inflaming anti-Mormon sentiment . Fearing an in vasion of Nauvoo, Smith rode to Carthage, Illinois, to st and trial, but w as killed when a mob stormed the jailhouse.

Smith published many revelations and other texts that his followers rega r d as scripture. His teachings discuss the nature of God, cosmology, fam il y structures, political organization, and religious collectivism. Hi s fol lowers regard him as a prophet comparable to Moses and Elijah. Seve ral re ligious denominations identify as the continuation of the church t hat h e organized, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sai nts an d the Community of Christ.

Joseph married Emma Hale on 18 Jan 1827 in Bainbridge, Chenango, New York, United States. Emma (daughter of Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis) was born on 10 Jul 1804 in Harmony Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States; died on 30 Apr 1879 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States; was buried on 3 May 1879 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJY-BP8
• Initiatory (LDS): 1 Jan 1843, OTHER