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

With the coming Monday marking the 219th anniversary of Joseph Smith’s birth in Sharon ... old religious leader June 27, 1844, at a jail in Carthage, Illinois. • On the day he died, he ...