joseph smith

     

The angel Moroni told him about the golden plates from which the Book of Mormon was translated

Trivia about joseph smith

  • This founding prophet of Mormonism was born in Sharon, Vermont in 1805
  • His translation of "The Book of Mormon" was published in 1830
  • In 1839 this religious leader led the Mormons in the founding of Nauvoo, Illinois
  • This man considered a prophet by many was born in Sharon, Vermont in 1805
  • Fawn Brodie, niece of a president of the Mormon Church, wrote "No Man Knows My History" about this prophet
  • According to this prophet's "History", an angel appeared at his bedside & told him where to find the gold plates
  • He's called a "Rough Stone Rolling" in a 2005 "Cultural Biography of Mormonism's Founder"
  • This founder of the Mormon church was murdered by a mob in 1844
  • Founded a church in 1830, murdered 14 years later
  • A book called "In Sacred Loneliness" documents 33 of the Mrs. Smiths in his life
  • This mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois tried to run for President in 1844
  • He's the former resident in the title of the Nauvoo, Illinois pageant "City of Joseph"