[DOC] [TLE] Mormon leader killed by mob - Jun 27, 1844 - HISTORY.com [PAR] The ensuing threat of violence prompted Smith to call out a militia in the Mormon town of Nauvoo, Illinois. He was charged with treason and conspiracy by Illinois authorities and imprisoned with his brother Hyrum in the Carthage city jail. On June 27, 1844, an anti-Mormon mob stormed in and murdered the brothers. [DOC] [TLE] Death of Joseph Smith - Wikipedia [PAR] The death of Joseph Smith on June 27, 1844, marked a turning point for the 
Latter Day Saint movement, of which Smith was the founder and leader. When he 
was attacked and killed by a mob, Smith was the mayor of Nauvoo, ... treason 
and inciting riot. Violent threats were made against Smith and the Mormon 
community. [DOC] [TLE] On This Day: Mormon Church Founder Joseph Smith Killed by Mob [PAR] On June 27, 1844, a mob shot and killed Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, after breaking into the prison where he was held on treason charges.
 ... Joseph Smith founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1830, and centered his church in western Missouri, where he ... [DOC] [TLE] Who Killed Joseph Smith? - Church History - The Church of Jesus ... [PAR] May 20, 2015 ... When we speak of the mob that killed Joseph and Hyrum Smith in ... The end of 
the Polygamist Joseph Smith kilt at Carthage Jail June 27, 1844. ... end of the 
Mormons, today millions of Church members around the world join... [DOC] [TLE] The Carthage Conspiracy Trial: An Account [PAR] The story of the 1844 murders (or "martyrdoms," as they are often called in LDS ... 
Events so pivotal in the history of the Mormon Church, which today boasts a .... 
While in this position, the mob, who had come upstairs and tried to open the door,
... [DOC] [TLE] American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith - PBS [PAR] Church History ... In the late afternoon on June 27, 1844, a mob craving its own 
frontier form of justice ... Though he had built his church on the western frontiers
New York, Ohio, ... That community, twenty-five miles southeast of the Mormons
' city of Nauvoo, .... News of the death of Joseph Smith raced through the country. [DOC] [TLE] Final Moments at Carthage Jail and the Death of Joseph Smith ... [PAR] Feb 3, 2007 ... The events leading to the death of Mormon founder Joseph Smith are much ... 
finally came, it grew paradoxically out of events within the Mormon Church. ... of 
Mormon leaders until an open break occurred in the spring of 1844. .... While in 
this position, the mob, who had come upstairs, and tried to open the... [DOC] [TLE] The Martyrdom of Joseph Smith - Christian Research Institute [PAR] Jun 11, 2009 ... He and his brother Hyrum Smith were murdered on June 27, 1844, by an armed 
mob, an event that has prompted Mormons to classify ... Smith founded the 
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church). ... 
Today, the LDS Church looks to Joseph Smith as a beacon of truth, and... [DOC] [TLE] Context of '1844: Mormon Leader, Brother Murdered by Mob in ... [PAR] The Smiths have been unpopular since the founding of the Mormon Church in 
the late 1820s. In 1832, a Christian mob tarred and feathered Joseph Smith. [DOC] [TLE] Was Joseph Smith a Martyr or a Murderer? - FairMormon [PAR] by Lance Starr. The underworld of anti-Mormonism is replete with shal- ... Jail in 
1844. Critics claim that ... panions by firing at the mob, killing two men. However, 
it is the ... Church history in a sensationalistic attempt to shock members of the... [DOC] [TLE] Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith - The Encyclopedia of ... [PAR] On June 27, 1844, they were mobbed and shot while confined at Carthage Jail in 
... With Democrats and Whigs both vying for the Mormon vote, Nauvoo was ... and
, when excommunicated, fueled efforts to destroy Joseph Smith and

Question: This founder of the Mormon church was murdered by a mob in 1844
Answer: Joseph Smith