File:Joseph Smith, Sr.jpg

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English: Joseph Smith Senior, the father of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Joseph Sr. was also one of the Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, which Mormons believe was translated by Joseph Jr. from the Golden Plates. In 1833 Joseph Sr. was named the first Presiding Patriarch of the Church of Christ, which was renamed to the Church of the Latter Day Saints.
Date Painted prior to death of Lucy Mack Smith on May 14, 1856
Source Painting of Joseph Smith, Sr. located at the Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial, by an "Unknown" author on prior to May 14, 1856.
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