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Hyrum Smith

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Hyrum Smith

Birth
Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Death
27 Jun 1844 (aged 44)
Carthage, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
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Assistant President and Patriarch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Killed in Carthage with Joseph Smith. Before they were killed Joseph ordained Hyrum to succeed as President and pleaded with him to flee to the Rocky Mountains away from the mobs. As the Carthage mob attacked the jail a bullet broke through the door hitting Hyrum in the face, while a second bullet hit him in the back from the window at the same time, he fell to the floor crying, "I am a dead man" He bleed to death in Joseph's arms, just moments before Joseph Smith's own death.
Assistant President and Patriarch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Killed in Carthage with Joseph Smith. Before they were killed Joseph ordained Hyrum to succeed as President and pleaded with him to flee to the Rocky Mountains away from the mobs. As the Carthage mob attacked the jail a bullet broke through the door hitting Hyrum in the face, while a second bullet hit him in the back from the window at the same time, he fell to the floor crying, "I am a dead man" He bleed to death in Joseph's arms, just moments before Joseph Smith's own death.

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  • Originally Created by: John J
  • Added: Mar 21, 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6280545/hyrum-smith: accessed ), memorial page for Hyrum Smith (9 Feb 1800–27 Jun 1844), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6280545, citing Smith Family Cemetery, Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.