140 years ago today - Jun 8, 1878

While under indictment for murder, Orrin Porter Rockwell dies of natural causes at age sixty-five. Rockwell, a boyhood friend of Joseph Smith, had been a member of the church longer than any other living person.

[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]

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