This leader died when a mob invaded the Carthage, Illinois jail in which he was imprisoned and shot him.
This leader died when a mob invaded the Carthage, Illinois jail in which he was imprisoned and shot him. Earlier, he had led his followers from Vermont to Kirtland, Ohio, then to Missouri, and finally to Commerce, Illinois, which he renamed Nauvoo. FTP, who was this man who claimed the angel Moroni gave him a book on golden plates which he translated as the Book of Mormon?
This leader died when a mob invaded the Carthage, Illinois jail in which he was imprisoned and shot him.
Joseph Smith