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When was Joseph Smith killed?

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Joseph Smith was shot and killed by a mob of about 150 men as he jumped from the window of Carthage Jail on June 27, 1844 at about 5 p.m.

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Joseph Smith was killed in the county jail in Carthage, Illinois.


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