Person:John Smith (17)

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John SMITH
b.22 Sep 1832 Kirtland, Geauga, OH
d.6 Nov 1911 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT
Parents and Siblings
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m. 2 Nov 1826
  1. Lovina SMITH1827 - 1876
  2. Mary SMITH1829 - 1832
  3. John SMITH1832 - 1911
  4. Hyrum SMITH1834 - 1841
  5. Jerusha SMITH1836 - 1912
  6. Sarah Smith1837 - 1876
Spouse and Children
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m. 25 Dec 1853
  1. Elizabeth Maria SMITH1854 - 1891
  2. Hyrum FISHER SMITH1856 - 1923
  3. Lucy SMITH1858 - 1938
  4. Don Carlos SMITH1861 - 1937
  5. Joseph SMITH1865 - 1912
  6. Alvin FISHER SMITH1867 - 1955
  7. Evaline SMITH1867 - 1878
  8. John David SMITH1870 - 1878
  9. Hellen Jerusha SMITH1872 - 1881
Spouse and Children
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m. 18 Feb 1857
  1. John LEMMON SMITH1858 - 1867
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Facts and Events
Name John SMITH
Gender Male
Birth? 22 Sep 1832 Kirtland, Geauga, OH
Marriage 25 Dec 1853 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UTto Hellen Maria FISHER
Marriage 18 Feb 1857 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UTto Nancy Melissa LEMMON
Death? 6 Nov 1911 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT
Burial? 12 Nov 1911 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT
Reference Number? Q6258357?


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John Smith (September 22, 1832 – November 6, 1911), was the fifth Presiding Patriarch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). His father was Hyrum Smith, the older brother of Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism. Having served for 56 years, he was the longest serving Presiding Patriarch in the history of the LDS Church. Smith traveled west to Winter Quarters and then Salt Lake City with the Mormon pioneers. He traveled with Heber C. Kimball's party and his step-mother Mary Fielding Smith. Smith joined the "Battalion of Life Guards" to protect the Latter-day Saints from Native Americans.

During his life, Smith maintained strong relationships with his family members in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church), particularly his cousin Joseph Smith III. Though John Smith was never released as Presiding Patriarch, some general authorities were outspoken in their disapproval of Smith's unwillingness to marry more than one plural wife and his habit of tobacco use. Smith was married to Hellen Maria Fisher with whom he had nine children. Smith married Nancy Melissa Lemmon as his plural wife after the encouragement of Brigham Young. Smith had one child with Lemmon.

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