The original David Rogers portraits of Joseph and Emma Smith. • The cornerstone of the Nauvoo House, used to store the original Book of Mormon manuscript. • The original door of Missouri’s ...
She was overwhelmed as 10,000 people paraded through her home, the Nauvoo Mansion House, to see Joseph as he laid in state there with his brother Hyrum Smith, who was murdered with him by a mob ...
Born on December 23, 1805, in Sharon, Vermont, to Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith, Joseph Smith Jr. grew ... served as mayor of Nauvoo, one of the largest cities in Illinois, and as general of its ...