Smith, Joseph Jr b Dec 23, 1805  Sharon, VT m Jan 18, 1827  Emma Hale bap May 15, 1829 d June 27, 1844 Sept 22, 1827 obtained plates April 28, 1828  began translation of Book of Mormon May 15, 1829 o aaronic priesthood ?June 1829 o melchizdec priesthood March 26, 1830  published Book of Mormon April 6, 1830 organized church o elder June 1830 began "translation" of Bible June 3, 1831 o high priest 1833 completed "translation" of Bible 1834 led Zion's Camp March 14, 1838  arrived Far West Nov 1838-April 1839 incarcerated Liberty jail Summer 1839 moved to Commerce, IL Feb 1841 elected Lt. General of Nauvoo Legion May 1842 elected Mayor of Nauvoo 1844 candidate for US Presidency bibl TMD:12-29 BOM:288-94 papers at LDS Historical Department papers at RLDS Archives Anderson, Richard Lloyd Joseph Smith's New England Heritage Deseret Book Co: Salt Lake City  1971 Brodie, Fawn M No Man Knows My History Alfred A Knopf:  New York  1971 Bushman, Richard L Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Mormonism Univ of IL Press: Urbana, IL  1984 Hill, Donna Joseph Smith: The First Mormon Doubleday & Co Inc: Garden City, NY  1977 Jesse, Dean C The Personal Writings of Joseph Smith Deseret Book Co: Salt Lake City  1984 Smith, Lucy Mack Joseph Smith and His Progenitors Herald House: Independence  1969repr note: Obviously this bibliography is just a beginning, further effort will be forthcoming
			Links Unofficial site by LDS couple includes biographical informatio about Joseph Smith including a portrait, a map chronicling his main journies and photos of historic sites associated with his life. A possible Nauvoo-era photograph of Joseph Smith PBS biography Texts of two sermons by Joseph Smith on www.centerplace.org