


The Mormon War
Mormons faced strife due to their economic and electoral growth whenever they established themselves in an area. They had been forced to move from Kirtland, Ohio and suffered persecution in Missouri.
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In 1838, the Missouri Mormon War broke out.
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The Governor of Missouri issued an Extermination Order against the Mormons.*
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Joseph Smith was charged with treason and imprisoned in the Liberty Jail.

* (On June 25, 1976, Governor Christopher Bond issued an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, recognizing its legal invalidity and formally apologizing on behalf of the State of Missouri for the suffering it had caused the Latter-day Saints)
Joseph Smith’s letter to Prescinda Buell March 15th 1839 from the Liberty Jail.


Norman became disenfranchised and left the church around 1839.
Oliver Norman Buell was born January 31st, 1840 in Clay County, Missouri.
“During all this time Norman Buell was in Clay Co. saying good Lord and kind devil, for a time; but the time finally came that he must choose a side, so he chose the Master that would give him the most money then, and in whose hands he thought he would be the safest. He even got to the pitch that he would not let his wife say a word in favor of her brethren and would say all manner of evil of them himself. He was once an Elder in the church of Jesus Christ.”
Written in Oliver Huntington’s Journal 1845-1846
1836 Fanny Alger (17-19 years old who worked in the Smith household) becomes the second wife of Joseph Smith.
Sidney Rigdon delivers the Salt Sermon 1838 regarding a banking scandal that happened in Kirtland.