Joseph Smith
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Joseph Smith, Jr. (1805-1844) was the founder and 1st President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Vision
Smith claimed to have seen God and Jesus in a vision near his house in New York. He maintained that they told him to establish a new church, free of sin. He was killed by an angry mob in Nauvoo, Illinois on June 27, 1844.