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Born on December 23, 1805, in Sharon, Vermont, to Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith, Joseph Smith Jr. grew up on a series of tenant farms in Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York. Though in his youth ...

when Phillips questioned church lawyer David Jordan on conflicting accounts about the Book of Mormon being translated by ...