Joseph Smith Sr

Tags: #Converts Joseph Smith Sr. Thursday, March 12, 2015 5:48 AM https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=KWJR-TC1&section=memories   Baptism: “Not Available” 6 Apr 1830

    Name: Joseph Smith Sr Gender: Male Relationship to Primary Person: Self (Head) Father: Asel Smith [Asahel Smith]  Mother: Mary Duty Birth Date: 12 Jul 1771 Birth Place: Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Death Date: 14 Sep 1840 Death Place: Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA Burial Date: 15 Sep 1840 Burial Place: Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA Residences: Palmyra, Wayne, New York, USA; 1816 Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, USA; 1831 Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, USA; 1838 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA; 1839 LDS Church Ordinance Data: Baptism Date: April 6, 1830 Patriarchal Blessing Date: December 18, 1833 Place: Kirtland, Geauga, OH, USA Officiator: Joseph Smith, Jr. Ordained Elder Ordained High Priest Date: June 3, 1831 Officiator: Lyman Wight Ordained Patriarch Date: December 18, 1833 Kirtland, Geauga, OH, USA Officiator: Joseph Smith, Jr. LDS Temple Ordinance Data: Endowment Date: April 10, 1877 Sealed to Parents Date: August 25, 1897 Sealed to Spouse Date: August 25, 1897 Vocations: Farmer Comments: Joseph was ordained into the 1st High Council February 17, 1834, inKirtland, Ohio. Comments: #21. Joseph was a member of the Nauvoo 4th ward. Comments: #31. Joseph was one of the eight witnesses of the Book of Mormon. He worked on the Kirtland Temple. He was made Assistant Counselor to the First Presidency, September 3, 1837. Comments: #41. Joseph was a member of the High Council in Kirtland. Comments: #51. Joseph was exposed to severe persecutions in Ohio and Missouri. He made a missionary trip to Stockholm, St. Lawrence, New York, visiting relatives and others. He made another journey through New York, Massachusetts, and other States, holding a great number of meetings and giving many patriarchal blessings. Comments: #61. Joseph was the first presiding Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and father of the prophet Joseph Smith. He removed with his father to Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont in 1791 and assisted in clearing a large farm of a heavy growth of timber. At his marriage he owned a handsome farm in Tunbridge. In 1802 he rented it and engaged in mercantile business, and soon after embarked in a venture of ginseng to send to China, and was swindled out of the entire proceeds by the shipmaster and agent; he was consequently obliged to sell his farm and all of his effects to pay his debts. About the year 1816 he removed to Palmyra, Wayne, New York, bought a farm and cleared two hundred acres, which he lost in consequence of not being able to pay the last instalment of the purchase money at the time it was due. This was the case with a great number of farmers in New York who had cleared land under similar contracts. He afterwards moved to Manchester, Ontario, New York and procured a comfortable home with sixteen acres of land where he lived until he moved to Kirtland, Ohio. He was the first person who received his son Joseph’s testimony after he had seen the angel, and exhorted him to be faithful and diligent to the message he had received. In August 1830, in company with his son Don Carlos, he took a mission to St. Lawrence county, New York, touching on his route at several of the Canadian ports, where he distributed a few copies of the Book of Mormon, visited his father, brothers, and sisters residing in St. Lawrence county. He bore testimony to the truth which resulted eventually in all the family coming into the Church except his brother Jesse and his sister Susan. He removed with his family in 1831 to Kirtland, Ohio. He was chosen a member of the first High Council organized in Kirtland on February 17, 1834. In 1836 he traveled in company with his brother John 2,400 miles in Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and New Hampshire visiting the branches of the Church in those States and bestowing patriarchal blessings on several hundred persons, preaching the gospel to all who would hear, and baptizing many. They arrived in Kirtland on October 2, 1836. During the persecutions in Kirtland, in 1837, he was made a prisoner but fortunately obtained his liberty, and after a very tedious journey in the spring and summer of 1838 he arrived at Far West, Missouri. After his sons, Hyrum and Joseph, were thrown into the Missouri jails by the mob, he fled under the extermination order of Governor Lilburn W. Boggs, and made his escape in midwinter to Quincy, Illinois. Later he moved to Commerce, Illinois–spring of 1839. He was one of the founders of Nauvoo. The exposures he suffered brought on consumption of which he died. While in Quincy, Illinois he fed hundreds of the poor Saints who were fleeing from the Missouri persecutions even though he, himself, had arrived there penniless.   From http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=LDSVitalMembership1830-1848&rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-d&gsfn=joseph&gsfn_x=NP_NN&gsln=smith+sr.&gsln_x=NS_NP_NN&dbOnly=_83004006%7c_83004006_x&uidh=m42&pcat=37&fh=2&h=83027&recoff=4+5+55+67&ml_rpos=3   Smith, Joseph, senior, the first presiding patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and father of the Prophet Joseph Smith, was born July 12, 1771, in Topsfield, Essex county, Mass., he was the second son of Asahel Smith and Mary Duty. The subject of this sketch was born in Topsfield, March 7, 1744; he was the youngest son of Samuel and Priscilla Smith. Samuel was born January 26, 1714, in Topsfield; he was the eldest son of Samuel and Rebecca Smith. Samuel was born in Topsfield, Januaray 26, 1666, and was the son of Robert and Mary Smith, who emigrated from Old England. Joseph Smith, sen., removed with his father to Tunbridge, Orange county, Vermont, in 1791, and assisted in clearing a large farm of a heavy growth of timber. He married Lucy, daughter of Solomon and Lydia Mack, Jan. 24, 1796, by whom he had ten children, namely: Alvin, born Feb. 11, 1798; Hyrum, born Feb. 9, 1800; Sophronia, born May 16, 1803; Joseph, born Dec. 23, 1805; Samuel Harrison, born March 13, 1808; Ephraim, born March 13, 1810; William, born March 13, 1811; Catherine, born July 28, 1812; Don Carlos, born March 25, 1816; and Lucy, born July 18, 1824. At his marriage he owned a handsome farm in Tunbridge. In 1802 he rented it and engaged in mercantile business, and soon after embarked in a venture of ginseng to send to China, and was swindled out of the entire proceeds by the shipmaster and agent; he was consequently obliged to sell his farm and all of his effects to pay his debts. About the year 1816 he removed to Palmyra, Wayne county, New York, bought a farm and cleared two hundred acres, which he lost in consequence of not being able to pay the last instalment of the purchase money at the time it was due. This was the case with a great number of farmers in New York who had cleared land under similar contracts. He afterwards moved to Manchester, Ontario county, New York, procured a comfortable home with sixteen acres of land, where he lived until he removed to Kirtland, Ohio. He was the first person who received his son Joseph’s testimony after he had seen the angel, and exhorted him to be faithful and diligent to the message he had received. He was baptized April 6, 1830. In August, 1830, in company with his son Don Carlos, he took a mission to St. Lawrence county, New York, touching on his route at several of the Canadian ports, where he distributed a few copies of the Book of Mormon, visited his father, brothers and sisters residing in St. Lawrence county, bore testimony to the truth, which resulted eventually in all the family coming into the Church, excepting his brother Jesse and sister Susan. He removed with his family to Kirtland in 1831, where he was ordained to the High Priesthood June 3, 1831, by Lyman Wight. He was ordained a Patriarch and president of the High priesthood, under the hands of Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, Sidney Rigdon and Frederick G. Williams, Dec. 18, 1833, and was chosen a member of the first High Council, organized in Kirtland, Ohio, Feb. 17, 1834. In 1836 he traveled in company with his brother John 2,400 miles in Ohio, New York, [p.182] Pennsylvania, Vermont and New Hampshire, visiting the branches of the Church in those States, and bestowing patriarchal blessings on several hundred persons, preaching the gospel to all who would hear, and baptizing many. They arrived at Kirtland Oct. 2, 1836. During the persecutions in Kirtland, in 1837, he was made a prisoner, but fortunately obtained his liberty, and after a very tedious journey in the spring and summer of 1838, he arrived at Far West, Mo. After his sons, Hyrum and Joseph, were thrown into the Missouri jails by the mob, he fled from under the exterminating order of Governor Lilburn W. Boggs, and made his escape in midwinter to Quincy, Ill., from whence he removed to Commerce in the spring of 1839, and thus became one of the founders of Nauvoo. The exposures he suffered brought on consumption, of which he died Sept. 14, 1840, aged 69 years, two months and two days. He was 6 feet 2 inches tall, was very straight, and remarkably well proportioned. His ordinary weight was about two hundred lbs., and he was very strong and active. In his young days he was famed as a wrestler, and, Jacob like, he never wrestled with but one man whom he could not throw. He was one of the most benevolent of men, opening his house to all who were destitute. While at Quincy, Ill., he fed hundreds of the poor Saints who were fleeing from the Missouri persecutions, although he had arrived there penniless himself.   From http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ldsbio&gss=sfs28_ms_db&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=lucy&gsln=mack&MSAV=1&uidh=m42  

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