Still "Side by Side": The Final Burial of Joseph and Hyrum Smith
NP: NP, 2001. Second edition. Paperback. 21pp. This article was originally published in the John Whitmer Historical Association Journal, Volume 11, 1991. It was awarded the organization's "Best Article of 1991" citation. This revised version is presented with permission of the John Whitmer Historical Association.
Still "Side By Side" was written by a great-granddaughter of W.O. Hands, who was commissioned to find the bodies of Joseph and Hyrum Smith in 1928. The location of the graves had been lost with the deaths of Emma and Joseph Smith III and a dam had been built downriver in 1913 at Keokuk, Iowa. The fear that rising floodwaters might forever claim the graves led Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now Community of Christ) President Fredrick M. Smith and Presiding Bishop Benjamin McGuire to contact W.O. Hands, a surveyor, engineer, and member of the RLDS church about finding the graves. Still "Side by Side" tells the fascinating story surrounding the secret burials of Joseph and Hyrum Smith and how they came to rest in the Smith Family Cemetery today. Condition: Very good+. Item #7100
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