Adam Petty, of the Church History Department, speaks to the crowd at a commemorative service June 27 outside the Historic ...

Hyrum W. Smith, the Utah entrepreneur who created the Franklin Planner and made it a businessperson’s must-carry item, has died. He was 76.

Hyrum Smith, whose philanthropy is credited with bringing Tuacahn Center for the Arts to southern Utah, died Nov. 18 after battling cancer.

According to historical narratives, Joseph Smith — who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon church — was a contentious figure in the 19th century.

Smith’s great-great-grandfather, Hyrum, was the brother of Mormon prophet Joseph Smith. A rioting mob in Ill inois killed them both in 1844. Today they are revered by Mormons as martyrs.

A bullet struck Hyrum Smith on the "left side of the nose, entering his face and head. At the same instant, another ball from ...

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In the letter, he spoke about how Hyrum Smith had lost his daughter Mary Smith around the same time as well. "Joseph says to Emma in there, I think we can in some degree sympathize with him," said ...

Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum Smith leave for Carthage. They are met by Captain Dunn and a militia of 60, four miles west of Carthage. Joseph says, "Do not be alarmed. . . .

The death masks of Joseph and Hyrum Smith are displayed at the Church History Museum in Salt Lake City Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Researchers compared Joseph Smith’s death mask with a new ...

Two other shots subsequently hit Hyrum Smith and as he fell on his back, he exclaimed, "I am a dead man." Armed with a pistol, Joseph Smith emptied his weapon toward his attackers before jumping ...