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Joseph Smith, Jr

Joseph Smith, Jr

Male 1805 - 1844  (38 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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    Smith, Joseph b1805    		Smith, Joseph b1805
    LDS Prophet Joseph Smith - 1st President of the Church of Christ (later The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)    		LDS Prophet Joseph Smith - 1st President of the Church of Christ (later The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

  • Name Joseph Smith 
    Suffix Jr 
    Birth 23 Dec 1805  Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Initiatory (LDS) 5 May 1842  OTHER Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID KWJY-BPD 
    Death 27 Jun 1844  Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 29 Jun 1844  Smith Family Cemetery, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I88760  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Father Joseph Smith,   b. 12 Jul 1771, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 1840, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Lucy Mack,   b. 8 Jul 1775, Gilsum, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1856, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 24 Jan 1796  Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F18895  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Emma Hale,   b. 10 Jul 1804, Harmony Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1879, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 18 Jan 1827  Bainbridge, Chenango, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Alvin Smith,   b. 15 Jun 1828, Harmony Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jun 1828, Harmony Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     2. Joseph Murdock Smith,   b. 30 Apr 1831, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1832, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: Adopted]  [Mother: Adopted]
     3. Julia Murdock Smith,   b. 30 Apr 1831, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1880, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)  [Father: Adopted]  [Mother: Adopted]
     4. Thaddeus Smith,   b. 30 Apr 1831, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1831, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     5. Louisa Smith,   b. 30 Apr 1831, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1831, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +6. Joseph Smith, III,   b. 6 Nov 1832, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1914, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    +7. Frederick Granger Williams Smith,   b. 20 Jun 1836, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1862, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years)
    +8. Alexander Hale Smith,   b. 2 Jun 1838, Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Aug 1909, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     9. Don Carlos Smith,   b. 13 Jun 1840, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1841, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     10. Thomas Smith,   b. 6 Feb 1842, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Feb 1842, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +11. David Hyrum Smith,   b. 17 Nov 1844, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1904, Elgin, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
    Family ID F18914  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

    Family 2 Agnes Moultin Coolbrith,   b. 11 Jul 1811, Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1876, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 1842  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F19144  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

    Family 3 Fanny Young,   b. 8 Nov 1787, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 1859, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 2 Nov 1843  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F29401  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

    Family 4 Eliza Roxey Snow,   b. 21 Jan 1804, Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Dec 1887, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 29 Jun 1842  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F29421  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

    Family 5 Francis Ward "Fanny" Alger,   b. 30 Sep 1817, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Nov 1889, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1833  Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F29434  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

    Family 6 Louisa Beaman,   b. 7 Feb 1815, Livonia, Livingston, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 May 1850, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Marriage 5 Apr 1841  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F29436  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

    Family 7 Helen Mar Kimball,   b. 25 Aug 1828, Mendon, Monroe, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 15 Nov 1896, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Marriage 1 May 1843  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F29440  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

    Family 8 Emily Dow Partridge,   b. 28 Feb 1824, Painesville, Lake, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1899, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 4 May 1843  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F29597  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

    Family 9 Olive Grey Frost,   b. 24 Jul 1816, Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1845, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years) 
    Marriage 1843  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F29606  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

    Family 10 Rhoda Richards,   b. 8 Aug 1784, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1879, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 12 Jun 1843  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F29624  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

    Family 11 Lucy Walker,   b. 30 Apr 1826, Peacham, Caledonia, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1910, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 1 May 1843  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F29717  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

    Family 12 Sarah Ann Whitney,   b. 22 Mar 1825, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1873, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Marriage 27 Jul 1842  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F29719  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

    Family 13 Prescinda Lothrop Huntington,   b. 7 Sep 1810, Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1892, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 1 Dec 1841  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F29724  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

    Family 14 Eliza Partridge,   b. 20 Apr 1820, Painesville, Lake, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 2 Mar 1886, Oak City, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Marriage 8 Mar 1843  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F29779  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

    Family 15 Desdemona Wadsworth Fullmer,   b. 6 Oct 1809, Huntington Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 1886, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage Jul 1843  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F29790  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

    Family 16 Zina Diantha Huntington,   b. 31 Jan 1821, Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Aug 1901, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 27 Oct 1842  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F29626  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

    Family 17 Mary Elizabeth Rollins,   b. 9 Apr 1818, Lima, Livingston, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 1913, Minersville, Beaver, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years) 
    Marriage 17 Jan 1842  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F29642  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

    Family 18 Martha McBride,   b. 17 Mar 1805, Washington, Dutchess, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1901, Hooper, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years) 
    Marriage Aug 1842  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F29709  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

    Family 19 Sylvia Porter Sessions,   b. 31 Jul 1818, Newry, Oxford, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1882, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 8 Feb 1842  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F29791  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

    Family 20 Patty Bartlett,   b. 4 Feb 1795, Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1892, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years) 
    Marriage 9 Mar 1842  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F29792  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

    Family 21 Maria Lawrence,   b. 18 Dec 1823, Pickering, Durham, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1847, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years) 
    Marriage Abt May 1843 
    Family ID F29752  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

    Family 22 Sarah A Lawrence,   b. 13 May 1826, Pickering, Durham, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1872, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Marriage Abt May 1843 
    Family ID F29729  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 23 Dec 1805 - Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 18 Jan 1827 - Bainbridge, Chenango, New York, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1833 - Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 5 Apr 1841 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Dec 1841 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1842 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 17 Jan 1842 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 8 Feb 1842 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 9 Mar 1842 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 5 May 1842 - OTHER Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 29 Jun 1842 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 27 Jul 1842 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Aug 1842 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 27 Oct 1842 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1843 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 8 Mar 1843 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 May 1843 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 May 1843 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 4 May 1843 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Jun 1843 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Jul 1843 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 2 Nov 1843 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 Jun 1844 - Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 29 Jun 1844 - Smith Family Cemetery, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Notes 
    • 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.



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