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And the End Is Not Yet

… in the lowest ranks of poverty, without book learning and with the homeliest of all human names, [Joseph Smith] had made himself...a power upon earth...None … Illinois skies the morning of May 15, 1844, as Joseph and Hyrum sat down for breakfast with their guest, Josiah Quincy. …

John Taylor: Witness to the Martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith

… On June 27, 1844, at approximately 5:16 p.m., Joseph Smith Jr. and his brother Hyrum were murdered in Carthage Jail in Illinois by an armed …

Remembering the Deaths of Joseph and Hyrum Smith

… Believing that Joseph Smith was indeed the author of the history that bears … “There are few men, however, who have written so much and told so little about themselves. To search his six-volume … non-Mormons of Hancock County, advised his older brother Hyrum to take his family and flee to the safety of …

The First Presidency: An Introduction

… in this dispensation were those given 6 April 1830 to “Joseph Smith, Jun., who was called of God, and ordained an apostle of Jesus Christ, to be the first … with the president. These men were Oliver Cowdery and Hyrum Smith. On 5 December 1834 Oliver Cowdery was ordained …

Close Friends as Witnesses: Joseph Smith and the Joseph Knight Families

… On a winter day in January 1842, Joseph Smith became reflective. He decided to list in the … stood by him since the beginnings of his ministry—“pure and holy friends, who are faithful, just, and true, and whose … prophet’s confidant during a surprise crisis caused when Hyrum Page claimed to have received revelations for the …

Joseph F. Smith and the Importance of Family

… I am grateful and humbled at the invitation to speak to you at this year’s … a great man, the sixth President of the Church, President Joseph F. Smith. After looking at the list of subjects and … are the sculpted busts of the Prophet Joseph, his brother Hyrum, and Hyrum’s youngest son, Joseph F. Smith. Joseph F. …

The Eleven Witnesses

… Throughout the spring of 1829, Joseph Smith translated and dictated the text of the Book of Mormon, pausing at times … later showed the plates to his father, to his brothers Hyrum and Samuel, and to several of David’s brothers: …

Joseph Smith, a True Martyr

… Denials That Joseph Smith Was a Martyr Twenty-five years ago Truman Madsen … Joseph Smith’s martyrdom. Soon after the murders of Joseph and Hyrum, there were those who said they were not martyrs, and …

John Taylor: Beyond “A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief”

… Taylor chose to remain that fateful day at Carthage with Joseph and Hyrum Smith. The scene of these men in the jail’s upstairs …

Joseph F. and Martha Ann's Parents

… Hyrum and Mary Fielding Smith portraits, ca. 1842, by Sutcliffe Maudsley. Courtesy of CHM. Joseph F. and Martha Ann Smith’s parents were Hyrum …