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Industrialist, Businessman
Born Joseph Fielding SMITH
Sixth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)
Born on November 13, 1838 in Far West, Missouri, USA , United States
Died on November 19, 1918 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Smith was born in Far West, Missouri on November 13, 1838. Just a few days before he was born, his father, Hyrum, had been taken prisoner under the auspices of the Missouri Executive Order 44 (infamously called the "extermination order"). At point of bayonet, Hyrum was marched to his home in Far West and ordered to say farewell to his wife. He was told that his "doom was sealed" and that he would never see her again. Hyrum was still in custody in Liberty Jail, Missouri when his son, Joseph Fielding, was born. He was named after his uncle, Joseph Smith, and his mother's brother, Joseph Fielding. His mother and maternal aunt, Mercy Fielding Thompson, fled with their children to Quincy, Illinois early in 1839, and they later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois when the majority of the church's members settled there.
... Smith was the son of Patriarch Hyrum Smith and his second wife, Mary Fielding, a British convert to the church who married Hyrum after the death of his first wife, Jerusha Barden Smith. In addition to her two children, Mary Fielding Smith also raised the six children from the union of Hyrum and Jerusha.
Smith was born in Far West, Missouri on November 13, 1838. Just a few days before he was born, his father, Hyrum, had been taken prisoner under the auspices of the Missouri Executive Order 44 (infamously called the "extermination order"). At point of bayonet, Hyrum was marched to his home in Far West and ordered to say farewell to his wife. He was told that his "doom was sealed" and that he would never see her again. Hyrum was still in custody in Liberty Jail, Missouri when his son, Joseph Fielding, was born. He was named after his uncle, Joseph Smith, and his mother's brother, Joseph Fielding. His mother and maternal aunt, Mercy Fielding Thompson, fled with their children to Quincy, Illinois early in 1839, and they later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois when the majority of the church's members settled there.
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