Perhaps a true-to-life biography of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon Church, can never be written. Smith’s claims to accessing the divine were too outlandish, his embrace of polygamy too ...

Historical accounts paint Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus ... connection with his actions while serving as mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois. Throughout his term, Smith and fellow church ...

The project team for the Joseph Smith ... that Joseph Smith was involved in during this period,” Dowdle said. “The volume also includes the minutes of the meetings of the Nauvoo City Council ...

Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum Smith ... Dunn brings an order from Govenor Ford of Illinois that all state arms of the Nauvoo Legion are to be turned over. Joseph sends one of his men to ...

Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ ... in connection with his actions while serving as mayor of Nauvoo, ...

For instance, in 1835, a 22-year-old Illinois woman named ... until 10 years later in the Nauvoo period of Mormon history, when other evidence indicates Joseph Smith began the practice.

From the swampy banks of the Mississippi the majestic City of Joseph rose and the Saints once ... went abroad and converts flocked to Nauvoo by the thousands the enemies of the church grew ...

Joseph Smith's "moves to seduce other men's wives were so brazen and notorious that they led one distraught husband, Orson Pratt, to attempt suicide in Nauvoo, Illinois, on July 14, 1842." ...

Born on December 23, 1805, in Sharon, Vermont, to Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith ... served as mayor of Nauvoo, one of the largest cities in Illinois, and as general of its militia, the Nauvoo ...

It's true that Joseph Smith announced a bid for ... with his actions while serving as mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois. Throughout his term, Smith and fellow church members were at odds with some non ...