His name is Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism. Here’s the account in his own words: “It was on the morning of a beautiful, clear day, early in the spring of eighteen hundred and twenty ...

Born on December 23, 1805, in Sharon, Vermont, to Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith, Joseph Smith Jr. grew up on a series of tenant farms in Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York. Though in his youth ...

This violence claimed many lives, including Mormon prophet Joseph Smith's, and eventually led to the Mormons seeking refuge outside the boundaries of the United States. Other opposition stemmed ...