Word: kirtland
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Standing beside a clean-cut young couple dressed rather formally for the summer weather, I looked out over Adam's home, a broad green valley that is currently planted in corn. Smith planned a town here that never took hold, just one among several Mormon promised lands, from Kirtland, Ohio, to Independence, Mo., that he and his flock were violently driven from. The public did not like Mormons in those days (segments of it still don't) and charged them with a host of crimes ranging from fraternizing with native "savages" to advocating the abolition of slavery. Smith's early...
BORN: April 20, 1958, Ypsilanti EDUCATION: Kirtland Community College, A.A., 1978, A.S., 1978 FAMILY: Husband, William; three children RELIGION: Episcopalian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Homemaker POLITICAL CAREER: Democratic nominee for U.S. House, 1992 ADDRESS: 116 Hilltop Drive, Roscommon...