Hyrum Smith (February 9, 1800 – June 27, 1844) was the older brother of Joseph Smith, Jr. and a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement. Hyrum was born in Tunbridge, Vermont, the second son of Joseph Smith, Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith. Hyrum received a limited education, and established himself as a farmer. He married Jerusha Barden (1805–1837), on November 2, 1826, and had four daughters and two sons. After Jerusha's death, he married Mary Fie...
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Hyrum Smith (February 9, 1800 – June 27, 1844) was the older brother of Joseph Smith, Jr. and a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement. Hyrum was born in Tunbridge, Vermont, the second son of Joseph Smith, Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith. Hyrum received a limited education, and established himself as a farmer. He married Jerusha Barden (1805–1837), on November 2, 1826, and had four daughters and two sons. After Jerusha's death, he married Mary Fielding in 1837, with whom he had a son, Joseph Fielding, and a daughter Martha. In August 1843 he married his second wife's sister Mercy Fielding Thompson, widow of Times and Seasons editor Robert B. Thompson, and Catherine Phillips, as plural wives.
During the translation of the Book of Mormon and the establishment of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Hyrum was Joseph Smith, Jr.'s close advisor and confidant. In June, 1829, Hyrum was baptized in Seneca Lake, New York. He was one of the Eight Witnesses examining and testifying of...
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