Lucy Mack Smith was the mother of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. She is noted for writing the memoir, Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith, the Prophet, and His Progenitors for Many Generations and was an important leader of the movement during Joseph's life.
Painting of Lucy Mack Smith by artist Lee Greene Richards located at the Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial
Portrait of Smith in Nauvoo. In her right hand is a Book of Mormon, and a vignette from the Book of Abraham is on the wall.
Grave of Joseph Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith, Nauvoo IL
Joseph Smith Jr. was an American religious leader and the founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement. Publishing the Book of Mormon at the age of 24, Smith attracted tens of thousands of followers by the time of his death fourteen years later. The religion he founded is followed to the present day by millions of global adherents and several churches, the largest of which is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Portrait, c. 1842
Smith said he received golden plates from the angel Moroni at the Hill Cumorah.
Emma Hale Smith, who married Joseph Smith in 1827.
Cover page of the Book of Mormon, original 1830 edition
