David's Chamber - Nauvoo

 When Joseph Smith Jr was killed on June 27th, 1844

in Carthage Illinois, Emma was expecting their ninth

child.  David Hyrum Smith was born Nov. 17, 1844.

This is the place where David would go to paint.

It is noted on the highway heading towards Keokuk but

it does not get many visitors.  Kinda hard to get off the

road in this spot.

 It is a very beautiful and serene place.  All you can hear

here are the birds singing and the Mississippi River making

a very gentle sound as it passes by.

 The creek cuts through one small area of this clearing and

it only adds to the beauty and quietness.

David died at age 59 - a troubled man having had to

deal with the trauma of his father's death.

The father he never knew.