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Biography:
Joseph Smith (1805-1844) was the man who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints, otherwise known as the Mormon Church. Smith came from a poor family
in rural New York, commonly named the "Burned Over District." He claimed to have had a
vision in 1823 which lead him to the discovery of Golden Tablets - this tablets contained
sacred writings which he translated and which became the Book of Mormon.
Smith and his brother Hyrum were arrested on charges of treason and conspiracy in 1844. While in the jail at Carthage, Illinois, they were killed by a mob on June 27, 1844.
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