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unusual facts about Death of Joseph Smith, Jr.



A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief

On the afternoon that Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, were killed by a mob in prison in Carthage, Illinois, the Smiths requested Taylor sing the hymn twice.

Josiah Lamborn

Josiah Lamborn (January 31, 1809 – March 31, 1847) was the Attorney General of Illinois from 1840 to 1843 and was the chief prosecuting attorney in the trial of five defendants accused of murdering Latter Day Saint leaders Joseph Smith, Jr. and Hyrum Smith.

Nauvoo Expositor

On June 27, while awaiting trial, a mob attacked the jail and killed both Joseph and Hyrum Smith and wounded John Taylor.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United Kingdom

Following the death of Joseph Smith and the subsequent migration west of the Latter-day Saints from Nauvoo to Salt Lake City, migration from the British Isles to the United States increased greatly.


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