The church is the RLDS church, which spent a lot of time in Lamoni, Iowa, before moving to Independence, Missouri.
The time in Lamoni has not been documented, which I intend to do here. Why wasn't it documented?
Because the church leader was Joseph Smith III, was averse to that sort of thing.
We have to start there, late in the 19th Century. With leftovers from the original LDS church in Northern Illinois. They formed their own church and called it the RLDS (Reorganized LDS).
They needed a religious leader, and after some negotiation, selected Joseph Smith's oldest son, Joseph Smith III, as their leader. These people have since disappeared because they were mainly interested in farming.
They bought land in Southern Iowa, and built a town there called Lamoni, which still exists.
JS III, who had moved with them, assumed leadership of the church, and it gained in membership and income.
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