Without Disclosing My True Identity
(Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1963) 93. See also Jerald R. Johansen, After the Martyrdom: What Happened to
the Family of Joseph Smith? (Springville: Horizon, 2004) 23–4.
(^4) William Smith, “Mormonism: A Letter from William Smith, Brother of Joseph the Prophet,”
New York Tribune 28 May 1857. (NOTE: Brigham Young could not have administered the poison
because he did not return to Nauvoo until after Samuel’s death.)
(^5) Note the following reference to his death, which would not normally be descriptive of the
alleged causes but certainly could be descriptive of poison: “And his [Samuel’s] passing was so
peaceful, many forgot that he was another martyr...” (Barrett, Joseph Smith and the Restoration, 525,
quoting Ruby K. Smith, Mary Bailey [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1954] 91.)
(^6) See Anderson, Lucy’s Book, 750–1; Proctor, 459.
(^7) Owing to the close proximity of the death of Samuel Harrison Smith with that of his
martyred brothers, Joseph and Hyrum, various LDS sources have termed Samuel the “third martyr”
of the murderous events at Carthage, Illinois on June 27, 1844. Some have referred to Samuel (and
other victims of the martyrdom) in related terms. (See “Family of Joseph Smith, Sr. and Lucy Mack
Smith: The First Family of the Restoration” Ensign, Dec. 2005: 7–9; DHC 7:213, 110–11; and Truman &
Ann Madsen, “Joseph Smith Through the Eyes of Those Who Knew Him Best,” A BYU-Hawaii
Devotional address, 13 Nov. 2003. Transcript referring to the “third martyr” on pg. 11 can be
downloaded here: http://www.byub.org/talks/Talk.aspx?id=2371.)
“Before any of the family could begin to recover, another tragedy struck. Joseph and
Hyrum’s brother Samuel became the third martyr.” Gracia N. Jones, Emma and Joseph: Their Divine
Mission (American Fork: Covenant Communications, 1999) 312.
(^8) See 666 America, 331. (Revelation 14:14 and commentary.)
(^9) TSP, 18:61–2.
(^10) Matthew 13:35. Both Christ and the true messenger writing this book have uttered those
things that were previously kept secret. All other true messengers, except for one other, have “hidden
their true identity”—the other one being the Brother of Jared spoken of in the Book of Mormon, during
his incarnation from which the story of the mythical “Moses” is based.
(^11) See TSP, 29:51; 35:78; 61:54; 81:34. Also D&C, 84:23–7.
(^12) See SNS, 94–5.
(^13) Mark 3:31–5.
(^14) Matthew 10:35–9.
(^15) HR, 17:26.
(^16) HR, 7:15–16.
(^17) TSP, 13:44–5.
(^18) D&C, 130:1.
(^19) D&C, 130:2.
(^20) HR, 1:13.
(^21) HR, 6:1.
(^22) HR, 4:18.
(^23) John 14:2; TSP, 40:51; Matthew 25:34; BOM, 2 Nephi 9:18; Ether 4:19.
(^24) John 17:24.
(^25) HR, 8:11.
(^26) HR, 9:2, paragraph 5.
(^27) HR, 4:16; 6:18.
(^28) HR, 8:4.
(^29) HR, 8:5, all of chap 8.
(^30) 1 Peter 1:19–20.
(^31) Revelation 5:2, 4, 9; 666 America, 130–44.
(^32) 666 America, 131.