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Brigham Young was born June 1, 1801 in Whitingham, Vermont. He was the ninth child of John Young and Abigail(Nabby) Howe. Brighams family was a very poor farming family and had very little formal education. His mother taught him how to read and write. When Brigham was fourteen years old his mom died of tuberculosis. […]

Kirtland, Ohio was a indispensable time for newly restored Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. So many blessings and revelations happened during this Kirtland period and the Isaac Morley Farm was headquarters for the Church. Isaac Morley and his family were prepared by God to help the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, […]

Isaac Morley was born on March 11, 1786 in Montague Massachusetts. Issac Morley married Lucy Gunn when he was twenty-six years old. She had been his childhood sweetheart, and classmates in school. Isaac served as a captain in the Ohio militia in the war of 1812. He played the flute in the militia band until […]

To watch on Youtube click here: https://youtu.be/vmp5VeoxBWM To listen on Spotify click here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/krystine-stephenson/episodes/Prophet-Joseph-Smith-facts-and-information-e2j7d0r Joseph Smith Jr. was born in Sharon, Vermont on December 23, 1805 to Joseph Smith Sr. And Lucy Mack Smith. Joseph Smith had a dangerous leg infection as a seven year old boy. The doctor performed a highly advanced surgery that […]

Newel K. Whitney was born 1795 in Windham County Vermont the son of Samuel Whitney and Susanna Kimball. He was only 19 when he started his profession of merchandising in Plattsburgh, New York. He also helped fight against the British forces and fought to save Plattsburgh. Fortunately, it was not much of a fight because […]

Algernon Sidney Gilbert, went by Sidney Gilbert in the Doctrine and Covenants. Sidney grew up in Huntington Connecticut. It is believed that he was college educated in the East. He moved to Painesville, Ohio where he owned a small store. Around 1827 Sidney and Newel K. Whitney had entered into a mercantile partnership and opened […]

Mary Elizabeth Rollins was involved in some amazing Church History experiences of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Her name comes up in some of the most remarkable stories and is someone all Latter-Day Saints should be familiar with. Mary Elizabeth was born in Lima, New York and was one of three children. […]

Most people have heard of Martin Harris in The History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as one of the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon and the man who lost the 116 pages of translation of The Book of Mormon. There is so much more to Martin Harris, he was […]

Sidney Rigdon was born on February 19, 1793 near St. Clair Township, Pennsylvania. His parents are William Rigdon and Nancy Galliger. Sidney was a Baptist Preacher in Kirtland, Ohio when he was introduced to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints by his good friend Parley P. Pratt. Parley P. Pratt gave Sidney Rigdon […]

When Joseph Smith, the first prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, received the gold plates to translate, he was under strict instructions not to show anyone. It was a heavy wight to bear for the young prophet Joseph Smith. Joseph received a revelation, (Doctrine and Covenants 17) that he would be […]