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Joseph Smith - MSN Encarta |
 | | Joseph Smith (1805-1844), American religious leader, who was the founding prophet of the Mormon religion (see Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). |
| | Smith was born of poor parents in Sharon, Vermont, on December 23, 1805. |
| | The family moved near the town of Palmyra, in upstate New York, where between the ages of 14 and 25 Smith experienced visions calling him to restore the true Christian religion. |
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