Hyrum G. Smith
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Hyrum Gibbs Smith (8 July 1879—4 February 1932) was Presiding Patriarch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1912 until his death.
[edit] Biography
Smith was born in South Jordan, Salt Lake County, Utah to Hyrum Fisher Smith and Annie Maria Gibbs. At the age of 32, he was ordained a high priest and Patriarch to the Church on May 9, 1912 by Church President Joseph F. Smith. Hyrum G. Smith's paternal grandfather John Smith was the Presiding Patriarch immediately before him. John Smith was the son of Hyrum Smith, the elder brother of Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of the LDS Church. The father of Joseph and Hyrum, Joseph Smith, Sr., was the first Patriarch to the Church.
After Smith's death, the office of Presiding Patriarch was left vacant for several years, but was eventually filled by Smith's nephew Joseph Fielding Smith. In 1947, Hyrum G. Smith's son Eldred G. Smith became the Patriarch to the Church.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Irene M. Bates and E. Gary Smith, Lost Legacy: The Mormon Office of Presiding Patriarch, Urbana, Illinois, 1996.
- 2004 Church Almanac, Deseret Morning News, page 72
