Hyrum G. Smith

Hyrum G. Smith
Presiding Patriarch
May 9, 1912 (1912-05-09) – February 4, 1932 (1932-02-04)
Called by Joseph F. Smith
Personal details
Born Hyrum Gibbs Smith
July 8, 1879(1879-07-08)
South Jordan, Utah Territory, United States
Died February 4, 1932(1932-02-04) (aged 52)
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Hyrum Gibbs Smith (July 8, 1879 – February 4, 1932) was Presiding Patriarch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1912 until his death.

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Biography

Smith was born in South Jordan, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory 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.

Smith died of pneumonia in Salt Lake City.[1] After his 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.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ State of Utah Death Certificate

References

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titles
Preceded by
John Smith		 Presiding Patriarch
May 9, 1912 - February 4, 1932		 Succeeded by
Nicholas G. Smith
Joseph Smith, Sr. (1833–1840) · Hyrum Smith (1840–1844) · William Smith (1845) · "Uncle" John Smith (1849–1854) · John Smith (1855–1911) · Hyrum G. Smith (1912–1932) · Nicholas G. Smith (1932–1934) · Frank B. Woodbury (1934–1937) · George F. Richards (1937–1942) · Joseph Fielding Smith (1942–1946) · Eldred G. Smith (1947–1979)