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December 23: Joseph Smith ... March 24: A mob resentful of growing Mormon influence tars and feathers Smith in front of his Kirtland house. Work begins on a grand Mormon Temple in Kirtland.

Joseph F. Smith, nephew of the founding prophet, and his family. Courtesy: Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Of all the Mormon doctrines, none caused as much ...