Funeral elegy for Joseph Smith Sr. identifies him as still faithful at time of death.
"Elegy," Times and Seasons 1, no. 12 (October 1840): 190
For the Times and Seasons.
ELEGY.
On the death of the dearly beloved, and much lamented father in Israel, Joseph Smith Sen. a Patriarch in the church of Latter-day Saints; who died at Nauvoo, Sept. 14th, 1840.