The Prophets grandfather Asael Smith moved his family from Topsfield, Mass. to live in Tunbridge, Vermont. They did much business with Stephen Mack. Stephen ran a store with his partner John Mudget and also had a tin shop where some of the Smiths boys were apprenticed.

The building in the foreground of this picture on the bottom is the old sawmill that Stephen Mack owned and ran in Tunbridge Vermont at the time Asael and Lydia Smith lived there with their family. Water divereted from the first branch of the White River ran under the road and into the mill beneath the low flat tin roof where the water wheel was located. The little old covered bridge behind the rest of the buildings goes across the White River. The gentleman that now owns the property would like to restore the mill.

The Tunbridge Village Store in the picture on the top is the spot where tradition holds that the store owned and operated by Stephen Mack and his partner once stood. This is where Lucy Mack the prophet Joseph's mother to be will come to work as a young lady for her brother Stephen. Lucy had experienced deep sadness at the passing of her older sisters at their home in New Hampshire and her mother arranged for her to go and work for her brother in hopes the new scenery and responsibilities would take her mind off the loss of her sisters. While living and working at the store she meets Joseph Smith Senior a handsome and strong 6ft. 2 twenty three year old whom she is immediately attracted to. Lucy was only 4 ft. 11 and of slight build and some of the family didn't think she could hold up under the rigors of frontier life. Even though they both were very much interested Lucy ends up moving back to her home in New Hampshire. However her brother Stephen who was so impressed with Joseph and the rest of the Smith family travels to New Hampshire and plays the role of matchmaker. He brings Lucy back to Tunbridge with him and she marries Joseph in Jan. of 1796. Joseph's father made him part owner in one of his farms at the time of their marriage and Stephen and his partner gave the two a $1000.00 wedding gift which was an amazing amount of money at that time. Stephen was a successful business man and truly loved his sister.