Julina Lambson Smith

Julina Lambson Smith (June 18, 1849 – January 10, 1936) was a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). From 1910 to 1921 she was a member of the General Presidency of the Relief Society. The second wife of Joseph F. Smith and the mother of Joseph Fielding Smith, she is the only woman in the history of the LDS Church to have been the wife of a President of the Church and the mother of another church president.

Julina Lambson was born to Alfred Boaz Lambson and Melissa Jane Bigler in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. Her parents were Mormon pioneers who arrived in Utah in 1847. Her family's home was the first house in Salt Lake City to be plastered.

In 1866, Lambson married Joseph F. Smith in the Endowment House. It was Joseph F. Smith's second marriage; Juliana was his first plural wife. Joseph F. Smith would go on to be an apostle in the LDS Church and was the church's president from 1901 until his death in 1918. Joseph F. Smith and Julina Smith had 11 children, one of which was Joseph Fielding Smith, longtime apostle of the church and president from 1970 to 1972. Another son was David Smith, who became a member of the church's Presiding Bishopric.

In 1870, when the first Young Women's Retrenchment Society was first organized in Salt Lake City on a ward level, Julina Smith was selected as one of its first ward presidents.^[1] In 1892, she became a member of the general board of the Relief Society. When Emmeline B. Wells became the president of the Relief Society in 1910, she selected Smith as her second counselor. Along with first counselor Clarissa S. Williams, the presidency served until Wells died in 1921.

Smith was one of the first trained midwives in Utah. She died in Salt Lake City, Utah and was buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery.

Notes

↑ Andrew Jenson. Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia 4:69.

References

Andrew Jenson. Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia 4:68–70, 197.

External links

Julina Lambson Smith at Find a Grave
State of Utah Death Certificate: Julina Lambson Smith, utah.gov

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titles
Preceded by Ida Smoot Dusenberry	Second Counselor in the general presidency of the Relief Society October 3, 1910 (1910-10-03) – April 2, 1921 (1921-04-02)	Succeeded by Louise Y. Robison

v t e General Presidencies of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Presidents	E.H. Smith (1842–44) Snow (1866–87) Young (1888–1901) B.W. Smith (1901–10) Wells (1910–21) Williams (1921–28) Robison (1928–39) Lyman (1940–45) Spafford (1945–74) B.B. Smith (1974–84) Winder (1984–90) Jack (1990–97) Smoot (1997–2002) Parkin (2002–07) Beck (2007–12) Burton (2012–)

First Counselors	Cleveland (1842–44) Young (1880–87) Richards (1888–1901) Hyde (1901–09) Williams (1910–21) Knight (1921–28) Lyman (1928–39) Howells (1939–45) Sharp (1945–74) Cannon (1974–78) Boyer (1978–84) Evans (1984–90) Okazaki (1990–97) Jensen (1997–2002) Hughes (2002–07) Allred (2007–12) Stephens (2012–)

Second Counselor	Whitney (1842–44, 1886–87) B.W. Smith (1888–1901) Dusenberry (1901–10) J.L. Smith (1910–21) Robison (1921–28) Child (1928–35) Barker (1935–39) Sorensen (1940–42) Spafford (1942–45) Garff (1945–47) Simonsen (1947–56) Anderson (1957–58) Madsen (1958–74) Boyer (1974–78) Thomas (1978–83) Reese (1983–84) Doxey (1984–90) Clyde (1990–97) Dew (1997–2002) Pingree (2002–07) Thompson (2007–12) Reeves (2012–)

Persondata
Name	Smith, Juliana Lambson
Alternative names	Lambson, Juliana
Short description	Second Counselor in the general presidency of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from October 3, 1910 – April 2, 1921
Date of birth	June 18, 1849
Place of birth	Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, United States
Date of death	January 10, 1936
Place of death	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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