Joseph Smith Jr.
Joseph Smith Jr. (1805-1844) was born 23 Dec. 1805 in Sharon, Windsor Co., Vermont. He was the son of Joseph Smith and Lucy Mack. He married Emma Hale on 18 Jan. 1827; participated in plural marriage. He was baptized 15 May 1829. He first met Wilford Woodruff on 25 Apr. 1834 in Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, and they served together in church positions from 1834 to 1844. He died 27 Jun. 1844 in Carthage, Hancock Co., Illinois.
Footnotes
Joseph Smith Jr (KWJY-BPD), "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 6 Feb. 2022). Joseph Smith Jr., Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/joseph-smith-jr, accessed 10 Feb. 2022). Joseph Smith, Jr., The Joseph Smith Papers (https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/joseph-smith-jr, accessed 17 Jan. 2022).
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Excerpt:April 27, 1839 ~ Saturday April 27th We had entered into a covenant to see the poor saints all mooved out of Missouri into Illinois that they might be delivered from under the hand of such vile persecution & we have spared no pains to accomplish this object untill the Lord hath given us the desires of our hearts in this thing & we have now the last company of the poor with us that can be removed. Br Parley P Pratt one of the Twelve &Dates:April 27, 1839 May 3, 1839 May 4, 1839 -
Excerpt:May 5, 1839 ~ Sunday May 5th Sunday I attended conference we had a vary interesting day Joseph address the congregation & also Sidney & was followed by the Twelve. At the close of the day a collection was taken up for the poor [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Br Nathaniel Thomas May 6, 1839 ~ Monday 6th I met with the quorum of the seventies in the morning & after some council their was about sixty ordained Elders & members of the ...Dates:May 5, 1839 May 6, 1839 May 7, 1839 May 8, 1839 May 9, 1839 May 10, 1839 May 11, 1839 May 12, 1839 -
Excerpt:Lyman Wight for presenting the subject of politicks through the public press in a manner that was derogatory to the character of the church & closing up what public feeling there was manifest in our favor May 13, 1839 ~ Monday to May 14, 1839 ~ Tuesday 13th & 14th I spent in preparing myself to move to Commerce or Montrose in the Ioway Territory. I [FIGURE] wrote a Letter to Elder Milton Holmes by the direction of the Twelve informing ...Dates:May 13, 1839 May 14, 1839 May 15, 1839 May 16, 1839 May 17, 1839 May 18, 1839 May 19, 1839 May 20, 1839 -
Excerpt:May 21, 1839 ~ Tuesday May 21st I spent this day vary pleasently I rode out on a land excursion in viewing the territory for several miles in the the regions around Montrose our company consisted of seven persons viz the first Presidency Joseph, Sidney, & Hiram three of the Twelve Brigham George & Willford one of the seventy Br Bates Nobles & also Brother Elias Higby making the eight person Brother Nobles ...Dates:May 21, 1839 May 22, 1839 May 23, 1839 May 24, 1839 May 25, 1839 -
Excerpt:May 26, 1839 ~ Sunday May 26 Sunday I crossed the river to Commerce & attended meeting at the house of Brother Joseph's Elder O. Pratt preached & was follwed by Elder John Taylor we returned home & spent the night {distance} 5 mil May 27, 1839 ~ Monday 27th I spent the day in writing May 28, 1839 ~ Tuesday 28 Elder Brigham Young mooved from my room four rods south. The man called ...Dates:May 4, 1839 May 26, 1839 May 27, 1839 May 28, 1839 May 29, 1839 -
Excerpt:6th Resolved that George A Smith be ordained to the place of Thomas B Marsh as one of the twelve ^acknowled[ged] as one of the Twelve Apostles^ 7th Resolved that this conference are entirely satisfied with and do give their sanction to the procedings of the conference of the Twelve and their friends held on the Temple spot at Far West Missouri on friday the 26th of April last. 8th Resolved that we also sanction the act of the council held same date at same place ... -
Excerpt:May 30, 1839 ~ Thursday May 30th The spirit of mobocracy increases in Montrose & the Ioway &c. I spent the day gardning & choping wood May 31, 1839 ~ Friday 31 I spent the day writing. I purchased a cow of Mr Stebbins with a calf a week old & paid $22 dollars for the same June 1, 1839 ~ Saturday June 1 [FIGURE] I wrote a lengthy letter to Brother Joseph F Carter June 2, 1839 ~ Sunday ...Dates:May 30, 1839 May 31, 1839 June 1, 1839 June 2, 1839 June 7, 1839 June 8, 1839 -
Excerpt:June 10, 1839 ~ Monday June 10th I [FIGURE] wrote a letter to Br Seth Utley at Chalk level Benton County Tenn" June 16, 1839 ~ Sunday 16th Sunday President S. Rigdon Preached in Montrose, Lee County Ioway Territory to a large Congregation, from Acts 20 ch 20, 21. v. June 17, 1839 ~ Monday 17th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder M. Holmes. I am spending these days at ...Dates:June 10, 1839 June 16, 1839 June 17, 1839 June 20, 1839 -
Excerpt:June 25, 1839 ~ Tuesday June 25 I spent the day in Montros with the Twelve there being six of the quorum present. Orson Hide was one of the number. & a more humble & penitant man I never saw, & well he might be for in the time of the persecution in Zion or far west, he deserted the cause, denyed the faith & betrayed his brethren, & assisted Thomas B. Marsh (the president of the Twelve Apostles) in jeperdizing the ...Dates:June 25, 1839 June 26, 1839 -
Excerpt:June 27, 1839 ~ Thursday June 27th I spent the day in Commerce in council with the Presidency & Twelve we had an interesting day Joseph was president of the council Brother Orson Hide was restored to the church and the quorum of the Twelve in full fellowship by a full vote of the council, after making an humble confession & acknowledgement of his sins &c. [FIGURES] Among the vast number of the Keys of the kingdom of God Joseph presented the following one ...Dates:June 27, 1839 June 28, 1839 June 30, 1839 July 1, 1839 July 2, 1839