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Joseph Smith, the Founder and Prophet of Mormonism, Was Born Into an Impoverished and Itinerant Family in Vermont
The family moved to Sharon in 1804 ... In his autobiographical History of the Life of Joseph Smith, Smith described his childhood as full of “indigent circumstances.” He was sick with typhoid ...
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Sophia Smith
Born in Hatfield on August 27, 1796, just a few miles from Northampton, Sophia was the fourth of seven children—and the first daughter—of Joseph Smith, a prosperous farmer, and his wife, Lois White ...