Smith, Joseph

Epithet: Secretary to Sir J Williamson, afterwards Provost of Queen's College, Oxford

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First president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

From the description of Letter, 1856. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699842

From the description of Letters, 1867-1914. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122606187

From the description of Letter, ca. 1870. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122606433

Epithet: Paymaster to the Out-Pensioners, Chelsea Hospital

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Epithet: physician, of Warrington

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Epithet: Mayor of Bristol

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Epithet: Chargé d'Affaires at Palermo

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Epithet: of Add MS 4318

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Epithet: of Strangeways Hall, Manchester

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First president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and son of Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the founder of the Mormon religion.

From the description of Letters, 1896-1897. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122638336

Epithet: LL.D

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Joseph Smith III (1832-1914) was the son of Emma Hale Smith and LDS prophet Joseph Smith, Jr. Following the 1844 murder of Joseph Smith, Jr. in a Carthage Jail in Illinois, the LDS religion split into several factions. The largest group left Nauvoo to settle in Utah under the leadership of Brigham Young. Members who remained broke off into splinter groups. Many of the remaining factions believed in lineage and wanted the son of Joseph Smith, Jr. to take over the leadership of his father. Joseph Smith III, however, was only 11 years old at the time of his father's death. It wasn't until he was 27 years old that he accepted the position of president and prophet of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS) at a conference at Amboy, Illinois in 1860. Smith served as the head of the RLDS church until his death in Independence, Missouri, in 1914.

From the description of Joseph Smith III portrait, 1860-1869. (Utah State University). WorldCat record id: 52688995

Epithet: calico manufacturer, of Manchester

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Epithet: cheesemonger, of London

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First president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

From the guide to the Joseph Smith letters, 1867-1914, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Epithet: fl 18th cent

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Businessman and husband of Emma Smith.

From the guide to the Lewis C. Bidamon and Joseph Smith III legal documents, 1849-1860, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

From the description of Letters, 1863. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122392633

President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS).

From the description of Typescripts of letterpress books, 1876-1897. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367476665

Epithet: Reverend; of Birse

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Joseph Smith III was born 6 November 1832 to Joseph Smith Jr. and Emma Hale Smith. He was eleven years old when his father, Joseph Smith Jr., died. As an adult he practiced law and married Emmeline Griswold. Joseph Smith III became the first president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1860, a position he held until his death on 10 December 1914.

From the description of Joseph Smith III diary, 1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 368052127

Epithet: of Greenwich

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Epithet: of Sloane MS 4060

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