Even Brigham Young was worried Joseph Smith was going to take his wife. ... Upcoming book events for “Joseph Smith: ... Thank you for reading and supporting RNS.

The LDS Church has acknowledged Smith's marriage to young women, one as young as 14, in an essay on polygamy in the Church's early history available on its website, lds.org.

Everybody loves a good whodunit, but in the case of the Book of Mormon, the mystery is more like a howhedunit.. For more than 190 years, critics of Mormon founder Joseph Smith have tried to find ...

While living in Turnbridge, Vermont, Lucy recalled, she became “acquainted with a young man by the name of Joseph Smith, to whom I was subsequently married” in 1796. The couple’s first son ...

Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story. SALT LAKE CITY — Shadrach Roundy was a loyal friend of Joseph Smith.

Joseph Smith Jr. said the he had his First Vision of Christ in the woods of Palmyra, New York, in 1820. More visions led to the Book of Mormon and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

It was a night of history for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It's the 200th anniversary of the birth of Church founder Joseph Smith.

While living in Tunbridge, Vermont, Lucy recalled, she became “acquainted with a young man by the name of Joseph Smith, to whom I was subsequently married” in 1796. The couple’s first son ...