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The greatest responsibility in this world that God has laid upon us is to seek after our dead.

Joseph Smith, Jr.

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Joseph Smith, Jr.
Age: 38 †
Born: 1805
Born: December 23
Died: 1844
Died: June 27
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Warszawa
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