In 1831 this religious leader moved his young church's headquarters to Kirtland, Ohio, where it stayed on and off until 1838; thirteen years later he and his brother Hyrum were shot dead by a mob while incarcerated in the county jail at Carthage, Illinois, on 27 June 1844. Who was he?

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Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith moved the Latter Day Saint movement to Kirtland, Ohio in 1831, and Kirtland served as headquarters from 1831 to 1838. Years later, on 27 June 1844, Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were killed by a mob while jailed in Carthage.