in April 1837. George A. Smith later reported that by 1837 Sylvester was numbered among the dissenters from Joseph Smith and the church. By 1838, Smith had left the church. At this time, many Latter Day Saints had left Kirtland, leaving Smith behind in the city until 1853, when he sold his land and moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa. There he was a lawyer and bought and sold real estate. In the 1850s and 1860s, he was the county school fund commissioner and justice of the peace. Smith died in Council Bluffs at the age of 73. Footnotes Sources . . Entry for Sylvester Smith online at . . . Entry for Sylvester Smith online at . Entry for Sylvester Smith online at . . . . Biographical details for Sylvester Smith from this volume are cited online by . . External links 1806 births 1880 deaths 19th-century Mormon missionaries American Latter Day Saint missionaries American justices of the peace Businesspeople from Iowa Converts to Mormonism Doctrine and Covenants people Former Latter Day Saints Iowa lawyers Latter Day Saint missionaries in the United States Leaders in the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) People from Council Bluffs, Iowa People from Tyringham, Massachusetts Presidents of the Seventy (LDS Church) Religious leaders from Massachusetts School board members in Iowa