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The Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial is a granite obelisk on a hill in the White River Valley near Sharon and South Royalton in the U.S. state of Vermont. It marks the spot where Joseph Smith was born on December 23, 1805. [1] The monument was erected by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), which recognizes Smith as its ...
Joseph Smith was born on December 23, 1805, in Vermont, on the border between the villages of South Royalton and Sharon, to Lucy Mack Smith and her husband Joseph Smith Sr., a merchant and farmer. [6] He was one of eleven children. At the age of seven, Smith had a bone infection and, after receiving surgery, used crutches for three years. [7]
Sharon is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States.It had a population of 1,560 at the 2020 census. [3]Sharon is the birthplace of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and as such is an important historical site for followers of the faith.
The early life of Joseph Smith covers his life from his birth to the end of 1827. Smith was born in Sharon, Vermont, the fifth of eleven children born to Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith. By 1817, Smith's family had moved to the "burned-over district" of western New York, an area repeatedly swept by religious revivals during the Second Great Awakening.
Joseph Smith, the LDS Church founder, was born in Sharon on December 23, 1805. Other early church leaders born in Vermont include Oliver Cowdery, who was first Assistant President of the Church, as well as 5 members of the original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Luke S. Johnson and Lyman E. Johnson and William ...
Joseph Smith (1805 – 1844 ... Place of birth Sharon, Vermont; Parents: Lucy Mack Smith, Joseph Smith, Sr. Palmyra; Smith Family Farm; Second Great Awakening; Burned ...
In 1848, the Vermont Central Railroad opened to South Royalton, which developed as a freight depot. During the Revolutionary War Royalton was visited by Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette Although Joseph Smith , founder of Mormonism , was born in the adjacent town of Sharon near the Royalton boundary, the Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial ...
Joseph Smith Jr. December 23, 1805 Sharon, Vermont: June 27, 1844 Carthage, Illinois As of 2005, has 1112 known descendants [3] Marriage to Emma Hale, January 18, 1827 in South Bainbridge, New York: Emma Hale Smith: July 10, 1804 Harmony Township, Pennsylvania: May 30, 1879 Nauvoo, Illinois Married to Joseph Smith Jr., until his death