180 years ago today - Jun 12, 1837

Joseph Smith becomes severely ill during a smallpox epidemic that sweeps through Kirtland. Seventeen individuals contract the disease and it is believed Joseph will not survive. He recovers a short time later.

[Source: Mark Lyman Staker, Hearken, O Ye People: The Historical Setting of Joseph Smith's Ohio Revelations: A Selective Chronology of Significant Events in Ohio's LDS History]

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