Founder of the latter day saint movement and prophet (1805–1844).
Born December 23rd, 1805 in Sharon.
Died June 27th, 1844 at 38 years old in Carthage (gunshot wound). [ref]
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde