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Smith and his followers sought to assemble together in a theocratic community under Smith's leadership, or 'Zion', first in Kirtland, Ohio and later in Independence, Missouri. [ 6 ] In 1833, a mob of settlers attacked a Mormon newspaper's printing office, destroyed the press, and tarred and feathered two Mormon leaders.
Smith pulled the trigger of his pepper-box six times, firing into the hall and hitting three men, but the mob continued to fire at Smith and the other Mormons. [97] Smith prepared to jump from the second floor window, but was hit by a ball from the door, causing him to fall out the window. On the ground he stirred a bit; four men fired and ...
Smith, 35, shot himself in the head on the George Washington Memorial Parkway on January 15, 2021, the day he was supposed to return to duty. [6] [2] [7] Smith's was the second of two police suicides in the immediate aftermath of the storming of the Capitol, the other being that of the U.S. Capitol Police officer Howard Liebengood. [6]
Joseph Smith Jr. (December 23, 1805 – June 27, 1844) was an American religious leader and the founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement.Publishing the Book of Mormon at the age of 24, Smith attracted tens of thousands of followers by the time of his death fourteen years later.
Smith's sons Joseph III and David were too young: Joseph was aged 11, and David was born after Smith's death. [14] The Council of Fifty had a theoretical claim to succession, but it was a secret organization. [b] Two of Smith's chosen successors, Oliver Cowdery and David Whitmer, had already left the church. [15]
Maggie Smith, the Oscar-, Emmy- and Tony-winning actor known for her roles in "Downton Abbey," the "Harry Potter" film franchise and "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," has died at 89. In a statement ...
Granger Smith's son, River Kelly, 3, died following a drowning accident at his family's home in Austin, Texas. The country singer's rep confirmed the tragic details to People, but didn't elaborate ...
Upon receiving word of Smith's death, Rigdon claimed to receive a revelation calling him to succeed Smith as "guardian" of the church, and he hurriedly returned to Nauvoo to exercise his claim. After the First Presidency, the (Presiding) Nauvoo High Council was the church's chief non-travelling legislative and judicial council.