Adam Petty, of the Church History Department, speaks to the crowd at a commemorative service June 27 outside the Historic ...

(Library of Congress) "Martyrdom of Joseph and Hiram Smith in Carthage Jail, June 27th, 1844" lithograph by artist C.G. Crehen. Hyrum Smith's name is misspelled in the title of the piece.

Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was the first known U.S. presidential candidate to be assassinated. Rating: Mixture (About this rating?) What's True: It's ...

(Library of Congress) "Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith in Carthage Jail, June 27th, 1844" lithograph by artist C.G. Crehen.

It's true that Joseph Smith announced a bid for the presidency in January 1844. A mob killed him in June of the same year when he was in custody at an Illinois jail. However … What's False Smith ...

Perhaps a true-to-life biography of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon Church, can never be written. Smith’s claims to accessing the divine were too outlandish, his embrace of polygamy too ...

(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 ...

Joseph Smith was arrested on several occasions, and in 1844 a jail where he and his brother was being held was attacked by an armed mob, and both men were shot and killed. Top Joseph Smith's life ...

The detective story is also a period piece tracing Latter-day Saints history and the journey of founding prophet Joseph Smith. Here's how they did it.

It's true that Joseph Smith announced a bid for the presidency in January 1844. A mob killed him in June of the same year when he was in custody at an Illinois jail. However… What's False Smith ...

Joseph Smith was arrested on several occasions, and in 1844 a jail where he and his brother was being held was attacked by an armed mob, and both men were shot and killed. Top Joseph Smith's life ...