June 22, 1836

Painesville, Ohio
Joseph Smith took his mother and aunt Clarissa Smith in a carriage to Painesville, Ohio, where they partook of the sacrament together before his father and uncle John Smith started on a mission to the branches in the eastern United States.
Sources: 
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 2:446–47
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