This man created the Kirtland Safety Society to raise money for his organization's operations, and was arrested for bank fraud after assaulting David Patten for challenging him.
This man created the Kirtland Safety Society to raise money for his organization's operations, and was arrested for bank fraud after assaulting David Patten for challenging him. His organization moved around often, at one point getting expelled from Missouri into Illinois, where he was eventually shot and killed by an angry mob. There was some confusion over who would succeed him; candidates in- cluded his son by the same name and another son, Samuel. His organization believes in the story of the golden plates, which he discovered. They speak of Jesus walking among indigenous people, the descen- dants of Jews who had migrated to the New World several hundred years before his birth. Name this man who was followed by Brigham Young as the leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
This man created the Kirtland Safety Society to raise money for his organization's operations, and was arrested for bank fraud after assaulting David Patten for challenging him.
Joseph Smith, Jr.