His parents, Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith ... concerning the situation of the world of mankind.” According to Mormon belief, an angel named Moroni came to Smith on the night of September ...

3 The resulting manuscript, the Book of Mormon, was published in March 1830. On April 6, 1830, Joseph Smith organized The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and became its first president.

Did the Mormons really think for themselves or did Joseph Smith think for them?" The cycle of violence climaxed in 1844 in Nauvoo, Ill., when Smith was killed by an angry mob. Following Smith's ...