It belonged to Watson’s fourth great-grandfather, John McAuley, who was among the leaders of the mob that killed Joseph Smith at Carthage Jail in 1844. Smith was the founder of The Church of ...

Godfrey recounted a letter Smith wrote to his wife Emma Smith after he had faced a brutal mob attack and lost his adopted son Joseph Murdock. In the letter, he spoke about how Hyrum Smith had lost ...

The documentary “Who Killed Joseph Smith?” — now available for streaming ... Hint: It wasn’t the mob. More on that particular piece of nuttiness in a moment. The documentary is long ...

Born on December 23, 1805, in Sharon, Vermont, to Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith, Joseph Smith Jr. grew ... killed along with his brother Hyrum by a mob in Carthage, Illinois, on June 27, 1844.

Church founder Joseph ... Smith's campaign. Hundreds of Mormons traveled the United States to spread the word not just of Smith's prophesies but his candidacy; many of them met with angry mobs ...

It's true that Joseph Smith announced a bid for the presidency in January 1844. A mob killed him in June of the same year when he was in custody at an Illinois jail. However … What's False Smith ...

Joseph Smith was arrested on several occasions, and in 1844 a jail where he and his brother was being held was attacked by an armed mob, and both men were shot and killed. Joseph Smith ...