Samuel Harrison Smith

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Samuel Harrison Smith

Birth
Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Death
30 Jul 1844 (aged 36)
Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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First missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Samuel died of exposure to harsh weather out-riding a mob from Carthage where his brothers Joseph Smith Jr., Prophet; and Hyrum Smith, Patriarch; were brutally slain. He died just thirty days after his brothers.
He is buried with his family in the Smith Family Cemetery.
First missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Samuel died of exposure to harsh weather out-riding a mob from Carthage where his brothers Joseph Smith Jr., Prophet; and Hyrum Smith, Patriarch; were brutally slain. He died just thirty days after his brothers.
He is buried with his family in the Smith Family Cemetery.