Joseph Smith, Sr.

Biography

Joseph Smith, Sr. was born in 1771 and lived through the early years of the American republic. He was part of a family that would become significant in religious history, though specific details about his own occupation and daily life remain limited in historical records.

Joseph Smith, Sr. died in 1840 and was buried in Smith Family Cemetery. He witnessed the founding and early growth of his family's religious movement, and his descendants continued his family's legacy well into the nineteenth century.