On June 27, 1844, LDS apostle John Taylor was in the Carthage Jail when Mormon founder Joseph Smith and his brother were fatally shot by a mob. Taylor was shot, too, but survived when the bullet ...

Latter-day Saints Founder Joseph Smith Was 1st US Presidential Candidate Assassinated? ... by some of which John Taylor received four wounds, and Hiram Smith was instantly killed.

(RNS) — In 2000 and 2001, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints focused its worldwide curriculum on the teachings of Joseph F. Smith (1838 – 1918), a nephew of the founding prophet ...

It's true that Joseph Smith announced a bid for the presidency in January 1844. ... At the same time several shots were fired ...

John G. Turner, the author of a new biography of Smith, has relatively few illusions about his subject. “I wouldn’t trust him with my money, my wife, or my daughter,” he writes.

In 2012, scholar John Turner published an award-winning biography of Brigham Young, a mountain of a man in Western Americana. But there remained a bigger fish to pursue, namely Joseph Smith, the ...

In 2000 and 2001, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints focused its worldwide curriculum on the teachings of Joseph F. Smith (1838-1918), a nephew of the founding prophet, Joseph Smith ...

John G. Turner’s new book is a nimble account that showcases the frenzied core of Smith’s soul.

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.