On April 6, 1830, Joseph Smith organized The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and became its first president. Joseph married Emma Hale on January 18, 1827, and was described as a loving ...

His father, Joseph F. Smith, was the faith’s sixth president. His grandfather was Hyrum Smith, who was slain with his ...

Joseph F. Smith, nephew of the founding prophet ... and gave popular anti-polygamy lectures before such luminaries as President Ulysses S. Grant.) Emma Smith, the prophet's wife, was kept in ...

The Church emphasizes the need for divine authority. As Joseph Smith, first prophet and President of the Church, taught, "A man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by ...