Brigham Young states, " Joseph & Hyrum Smith were Master Masons and they were put to death by masons or through there instigation and he gave the sign of distress & he was shot by masons while in the act. . . . There are other Masons sent to this territory for the same purpose to Esstablish a lodge here & try to get an influence with some here to lay a plan to try to murder me & the leaders of the Church But they will not accomplish it." (1)
-- 150 years ago - Aug 19, 1860
Almon Babbitt's defense for breaking the Word of Wisdom: Joseph and others don't observe it. Admonished to live it anyway. (2)
-- 175 years ago - Aug 19, 1835
Philo T. Farnsworth, Mormon inventor and ―the father of television, born near Beaver, Utah. (3)
-- 104 years ago - Aug 19, 1906
1 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
2 - Kenny, Scott, Saints Without Halos, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
3 - Sherry Baker: Mormon Media History Timeline: 1827-2007, http://byustudies.byu.edu/showTitle.aspx?title=7984
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