He was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints near Quincy, Illinois. Jonathan later moved his shop to Nauvoo, the headquarters of the budding Church. After the Prophet Joseph Smith was martyred, persecution of the Saints worsened and Church leaders and members determined to flee west. Although the Brownings were unable to sell their property, they still left their home and shop in Nauvoo to settle in Ogden, Utah. John Moses Browning, a son, learned gunsmithing at his father's workbench and later became famous for his invention of the automatic machine gun.
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