The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Appendix 1: Genealogy of the Smith and Mack Families as Given by Lucy Mack Smith
Many will find the following material fascinating from Mother Smith’s history. As if to look in the family Bible of the Smith family, back on that page where personal family information is recorded in beautiful penmanship, herein is Lucy’s recording of her family’s genealogy.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 53, Part 1
William Law identified as an enemy of the Church. Joseph Jackson wants Hyrum’s daughter for a wife, is refused, begins to plot the murders of all the Smith family. The Nauvoo Expositor affair. Governor Thomas Ford arrives in Carthage, Illinois. Joseph and Hyrum are arrested, taken to Carthage Jail, and murdered by a mob of between one and two hundred men. Samuel Smith chased by the mob, receives injury, dies thirty-three days after the Martyrdom. Tremendous scene of sorrow at the family viewing of their murdered sons, husbands, and fathers. Church leadership set in order after Joseph’s death.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 52
City of Nauvoo established. Lucy’s severe illness. Death of a number of the Smith family, including Samuel’s wife, Mary; Don Carlos; Hyrum’s brother-in-law Robert Thompson; Joseph’s toddler son, Don Carlos; Hyrum’s son Hyrum; and Don Carlos’s daughter Sophronia. Joseph the Prophet put on trial in Monmouth, Illinois. Assassination attempt on ex-Governor Lilburn Boggs of Missouri. Joseph and Orrin Porter Rockwell are accused. To avoid false arrest, Joseph goes into hiding. Joseph is tried and acquitted in Springfield. Joseph is arrested in Dixon, Illinois. He is tried in Nauvoo, Hyrum gives sworn testimony, and Joseph is acquitted.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 51, Part 2
Joseph the Prophet with Sidney Rigdon and others go to Washington, D.C., and visit with President Martin Van Buren to no avail. Mother Smith comments on her love for the Constitution and her sorrow for the nation’s departing from the Founding Fathers’ ideas.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 51, Part 1
Large tracts of land are purchased at Commerce, Illinois. The Smiths move from Quincy to a log cabin in what will later be called Nauvoo. Sickness reigns in Nauvoo and the Smiths’ household. Don Carlos’s tender letter to his wife.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 50
Lucy and Joseph Sr. gather with members of their family and share their experiences of the expulsion from Missouri. Samuel and party nearly starve to death, but are saved by direction from the Lord. Young Lucy becomes very ill. Mother Smith contracts cholera. Both finally receive their health. Mother Smith sees Joseph and Hyrum in vision as they make their way painfully across Missouri. She prophesies of their arrival. They are reunited in Quincy and rejoice together.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 49
Joseph, Hyrum, and others are taken prisoner in Far West. His parents think Joseph has been murdered. Lucy describes the scenes of Joseph and Hyrum being taken prisoner and their parting emotions. The Spirit whispers peace to the mind and heart of Mother Smith. Merciless conditions in Far West are beyond description.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 48, Part 4
In this chapter segment, Hyrum Smith continues his sworn statement of the trials, tribulations, abuses, and privations of the Saints in Missouri.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 48, Part 3
Hyrum Smith continues to give sworn statement of the trials, tribulations, abuses, and privations of the Saints in Missouri.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 48, Part 2
Hyrum Smith gives sworn statement of the trials, tribulations, abuses, and privations of the Saints in Missouri.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 48, Part 1
Hyrum Smith gives sworn statement of the trials, tribulations, abuses, and privations of the Saints in Missouri. Mob action at Far West.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 47
An account of the Joseph and Lucy Smith family and their terrible suffering and trials in their 1000 mile journey to Missouri. Eight mobsters enter the Smith home in Far West to murder Joseph the Prophet. Lucy withstands them and Joseph softens their hearts.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 46
Mob action becomes intense in Kirtland, apostasy is rampant, so Joseph flees Kirtland for his life and removes to Missouri. Most of the Smiths move temporarily to New Portage, Ohio, to await removal to Missouri.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 45
Mary Duty Smith, grandmother of the Prophet Joseph, arrives in Kirtland and dies ten days later. Joseph Smith Sr. and John Smith perform a mission to the East, visiting many of their extended family and trying to further convince them of the Restoration. Hyrum’s wife, Jerusha, passes away in Kirtland.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 44
The completion of the Kirtland Temple. Joseph takes a journey to the East. A vision is given to Joseph as he passes through Palmyra which he finds difficult to look upon. Joseph returns to Kirtland, meets with the Saints, and prophesies about the apostasy of one-third of those present. His words are fulfilled and many turn violently against the Prophet. A woman of Kirtland begins receiving revelations through a black stone. Many are deceived, including David Whitmer and Frederick G. Williams. Lucy describes Sidney Rigdon.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 43
A council is called to discuss the matter of building the house of the Lord.Joseph gives the plan of the Lord. Account of the struggles to build the temple in poverty and guarding it against the mob.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 42
Lucy recounts her involvement and management of building a new schoolhouse in Kirtland. Joseph and Hyrum return from Zion’s Camp. They relate details to their mother about the journey, including the terrible outbreak of cholera, Hyrum’s vision of Mother Smith praying for them while they were attacked by the disease, and their healing.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 41
The Prophet Joseph and Sidney Rigdon are mobbed, beaten, tarred, and feathered and little Joseph M. Smith dies five days later. Joseph gathers an army to redeem Zion.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 40
Lucy teaches about the Book of Mormon aboard ship.  She give a prophecy to a local minister about missionary work and his congregation.  It is all fulfilled.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 39
The Smiths settle on a farm in Kirtland.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 38
Lucy Mack Smith leads a group of families from Fayette (Waterloo), New York, to Kirtland, Ohio, the gathering place for the Saints.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 37
Parley P. Pratt, Ziba Peterson, Peter Whitmer Jr., and Oliver Cowdery are called on a mission to the Lamanites. Lucy's description of the indomitable Emma. The four missionaries stop in Ohio to preach the gospel, and hundreds respond to the message of the Restoration, including Sidney Rigdon and Edward Partridge. Sidney and Edward come to Waterloo to meet the Prophet. The Lord commands the Church to gather in Ohio. Joseph and Emma move to Kirtland, Ohio.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 36
Come and read of the amazing account of Samuel Harrison Smith's mission—which would bring John and Rhoda Greene, Brigham and Phineas Young, Heber and Vilate Kimball and many others into the Church.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 35
A Quaker calls upon Joseph Smith Sr. to pay a debt for fourteen dollars. Joseph cannot pay but is given the option to burn the Book of Mormon and be forgiven the debt. Joseph refuses and goes to jail.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 34
Come with Joseph Smith, Sr. and son, Don Carlos, as they set out on a mission to take the gospel to their extended Smith family.  They are well treated by all the family except Jesse.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 33
Legal organization of the Church at the home of Peter Whitmer Sr. in Fayette, New York. Joseph's parents are baptized. Samuel Harrison Smith called on a mission to surrounding area. An account of his challenges. He meets with John P. Greene.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 32
Work of printing the Book of Mormon continues. Hyrum Smith is led by the Spirit to go to the press on the Sabbath. He and Oliver Cowdery discover Abner Cole pilfering the Book of Mormon, publishing it in a series in his small newspaper.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 31
Group of religionists meet and plan to thwart the work of publishing the Book of Mormon. Mother Smith spends the night with the manuscript in a trunk under her bed.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 30
Translation of the Book of Mormon is completed. Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, and Martin Harris receive divine witness of the work.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 29
Joseph is commanded to write David Whitmer and ask him to move them to Fayette, New York. David Whitmer wants a witness of the work. Three strangers arrive and in an extraordinary fashion finish all remaining farmwork.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 28
Lucy Harris raises a vexatious lawsuit against Joseph Smith Jr. Mrs. Harris gathers witnesses. Mother Smith prays fervently for her son's protection and receives a direct answer
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 27
Oliver Cowdery is hired to teach school in Manchester and, becoming acquainted with the history of Joseph Smith Jr, desires to become a scribe for him.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 26
Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy go to see Joseph Jr. and Emma in Harmony, Pennsylvania and Joseph relates details of what happened after the manuscript was stolen.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 25
Events in the life of Martin Harris, leading to the loss of the 116 manuscript pages. He first shows the manuscript to those he is allowed to, but then forgets his sacred covenant and begins showing it to others. The manuscript is stolen. His crops are blighted and destroyed by a thick fog.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 24
Martin Harris pleads with Joseph to take the sacred manuscript to show to his family. The Lord finally consents to let Martin take the 116 pages, with a solemn covenant to show them only to five of his family members. Emma gives birth to a son who soon after dies. Emma's precarious health condition. Joseph leaves for Palmyra to find Martin. A stranger assures Joseph's safe passage home. The “Book of Lehi” manuscript is lost.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 23
Detailed description of the breastplate. Mob action. Hiding the plates under the hearthstone in the house and then in the cooper's shop. Martin Harris involves himself in the work. Dealing with Lucy Harris. Lucy Harris's remarkable dream. Joseph and Emma move to Harmony, Pennsylvania. Martin and Lucy Harris visit soon thereafter. Lucy Harris actively tries to destroy Joseph's reputation.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 22
Mother Smith documents the night Joseph and Emma went to the Hill Cumorah to get the gold plates and bring them home.  This is a not-to-be-missed chapter in Lucy Mack Smith's History of her son.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 21
Evil-designing men purchase deed to Smith property and press for immediate eviction of the Smiths. Mr. Durfee helps them, and they become tenants on their own land. Joseph's and Hyrum's marriages. Three-hour reprimand from Moroni to Joseph. The time is near for the plates to be received.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 20
Joseph goes to the Hill Cumorah Sept. 22, 1824 and is unable to receive the plates.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 19
Alvin Smith's illness and death. He speaks to each of his brothers and sisters and to his parents, encourages them, and bids them farewell. Cause of his death is determined. His funeral. Alvin's great zeal for the work of the Lord.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 18
Joseph tells his father of the visits of Moroni. His father believes every word and tells Joseph to do as he is commanded. Joseph goes to the hill and finds the ancient record hidden in a stone box. Joseph is shown by contrast the powers of darkness and light. Moroni informs Joseph that the time has not yet come for the record to come forth. Evening after evening Joseph teaches his family about the ancient inhabitants of America.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 17
An assassination attempt on 14-year old Joseph Smith.  An account of the First Vision and the first three visits of the Angel Moroni.  Be sure and read all the footnotes in this chapter!
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 16
Three successive years of crop failures in Vermont drive the Smiths to move to a little village in Western New York called Palmyra.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 15
Lucy describes Joseph's leg operation in poignant terms.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 14
Joseph Smith's sister Sophronia nearly dies of typhoid fever, but sees a miraculous recovery.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 13
Joseph Smith Sr. has a singular vision that is much like Lehi's dream.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 12
Lucy's dream of the two beautiful trees by a very pure and clear stream in a magnificent meadow.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 11
Joseph Smith Sr. is swindled in the ginseng business and his venture fails.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 10
Lucy's sickness and near death at Randolph, Vermont.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 9
A wedding present of one thousand dollars from Stephen Mack and John Mudget to Lucy. Six years on the farm at Tunbridge, Vermont. Two children, Alvin and Hyrum, added to the Smith family. Move to Randolph, Vermont.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 8
Lucy Mack, prior to her marriage, begins seeking for a “change of heart.”
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 7
Lucy continues with a brief account of Solomon Mack, youngest son of Solomon Mack.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 6
Lucy Mack Smith's story of Joseph Smith, beginning with his ancestors, continues as she talks in this short chapter about his uncle, Daniel Mack.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 5
In this short chapter, Lucy Mack tells the story of her sister, Lydia.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 4
The remarkable life of Stephen Mack. Young Revolutionary War soldier; successful businessman of Tunbridge, Vermont; pioneer developer of Detroit and Pontiac, Michigan.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 3
The sicknesses of Lucy's sisters, Lovisa and Lovina. Miraculous healing of Lovisa. She preaches to and exhorts the people for three years. Lucy cares for Lovina. Deaths of Lovina and Lovisa.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 2
The tragic history of Jason Mack and his courtship and engagement to Esther Bruce. Jason sails with his father to the Maritime Provinces. Another man deceives Esther Bruce and takes her to wife. Jason's return and terrible dis­appointment.  Don't miss this chapter!
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Chapter 1
In this first chapter of Lucy's famous book, she describes the history of her father, Solomon Mack, laying the groundwork for understanding Joseph Smith's heritage.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Introduction, Part 3
The Revised and Enhanced edition is an attempt to lessen the distance to Lucy Mack Smith's original voice, while adding photographs, extensive endnotes to provide texture and context, easy chapter headings, appendices, and an index for quick reference. In this edition, Lucy's voice is heard more clearly, her sentiments and perceptions explored more openly than ever before.
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Introduction, Part 2
Don't miss today's introductory explanation as we see why questions about Lucy Mack Smith's book had been simmering in the minds of the Brethren for several years before 1865 and then Brigham Young decided to recall it. In a rather dramatic gesture the First Presidency said, “We wish those who have these books to either hand them to their Bishops for them to be conveyed to the President's or Historian's Office or send them themselves, that they may be disposed of.”
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The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
With the new Sunday School curriculum covering the History of the Church, we thought it would be well to make Lucy Mack Smith's history of her prophet son, Joseph, available in serial form again on Meridian.  Today's article is part 1 of the introduction.  Stay up with this primary source book of Church History by starting reading today.
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