180 years ago today - May 17, 1836

Joseph Smith with his brother Hyrum "brought [to Kirtland] my grandmother, Mary Smith, aged ninety-three years. She had not been baptized, on account of the opposition of Jesse Smith, her eldest son, who has always been an enemy to the work". Mary Smith dies ten days later.

[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]

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  1. AnonymousMay 17, 2016

    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17916522

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