Patriarchal blessing [microform] 1840 July 20.

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Patriarchal blessing [microform] 1840 July 20.

Given by Joseph Smith, Sr. at Nauvoo, Illinois.

2 p.; partial reel : microfilm ; 35 mm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7383981

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Smith, Joseph, Sr., 1771-1840

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Joseph Smith Senior (1771-1840) was born in Massachusetts and married Lucy Mack in 1795. Among his eleven children was the founder of the LDS Church, Joseph Smith Junior. Being plagued by crop failures in Vermont, Smith moved his family to upstate New York where the birth of the Latter-day Saint movement began. In late 1833, Joseph Smith Junior called upon his father to become the first presiding patriarch of the LDS Church. Patriarchal blessings often state an individual's particular talents an...

Foster, Robert C., 1818-1871

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Robert C. Foster (1818-1871) was a captain in the 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment, United States Army, during the Mexican War. After the war, Foster was a recorder's judge and lawyer in Nashville, Tenn. From the guide to the Robert C. Foster Papers, 1837-1867, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Mormon living in Nauvoo, Illinois. From the description of Affidavit, 1844. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122494776 ...