Excerpt from The Historical Record (Continuation of "Morgenstjernen"), 1886, Vol. 5: A Monthly Periodical, Devoted Exclusively to Historical, Biographical, Chronological, and Statistical MattersCompiled principally from the writings of Geo. A. Smith and Orson Pratt.Joseph Smith, the Prophet, was born in Sharon, Windsor Co., Ver mont, Dec. 23, 1805. When ten years old, his parents and family removed to Palmyra, Ontario Co., New York, in the vicinity of which he resided about eleven years. During the latter part of this period, he dwelt in the town of Manchester. He was by occupation a farmer, and his advantages of education were very limited.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.