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Joseph Smith, Jr
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
JR. (1805-1844), the founder, in April 1830, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, was born in Sharon, Vermont, on the 23rd of December 1805. He was killed by a mob in a jail at Carthage, Illinois, on the 27th of June 1844. (See MORMONS.)
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Joseph Smith, Jr'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/j/joseph-smith-jr.html. 1910.