Son of Reuben Brunson and Sally Clark
At his funeral on August 15, 1840 the
Prophet Joseph Smith publicly introduced
the doctrine of baptism for the dead
"else what shall the do which are baptized
for the dead, if the dead rise not at all?
why are they then baptized for the dead?"
Ephesians 15:29, Son of Reuben Brunson and Sally Clark; At his funeral on August 15, 1840, the Prophet Joseph Smith publicly introduced the doctrine of baptism for the dead.