Importance of the John Johnson Farm
The John Johnson Farm in Hiram, Ohio served as Church Headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Joseph and Emma Smith lived in this home with the Johnson family for a year during the Kirtland Era. Sixteen revelations were received in the John Johnson home, here is a link of where the […]
Joseph and Emma’s Twins in Kirtland Ohio
When Emma and Joseph Smith arrived in Kirtland Ohio Emma was seven months pregnant with twins. Their first child had died immediately after birth on June 15, 1828 in Harmony Pennsylvania during the time Martin Harris lost the Book of Mormon manuscript, it must have been unbearable for this young couple. They named their sweet […]
Get to know Emma Hale Smith
Emma Smith was born in Harmony Pennsylvania, in Susquehanna County on July 10, 1804. She is the daughter or Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis. Emma grew up in very prosperous circumstances. Lucy Mack Smith(Joseph’s mother) described Emma’s childhood home as a “mansion” with “every convenient appendage necessary.” Emma was the seventh of nine children of […]