Clarissa S. Williams
| Clarissa S. Williams | ||
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| 6th Relief Society General President | ||
| April 2, 1921 – October 7, 1928[1] | ||
| Called by | Heber J. Grant | |
| Predecessor | Emmeline B. Wells | |
| Successor | Louise Y. Robison | |
| First Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency | ||
| October 3, 1910 – April 2, 1921[1] | ||
| Called by | Bathsheba W. Smith | |
| Predecessor | Annie Taylor Hyde | |
| Successor | Jennie B. Knight | |
| Treasurer of the General Presidency of the Relief Society | ||
| 1901 – October 3, 1910 | ||
| Called by | Bathsheba W. Smith | |
| Personal details | ||
| Born |
Clarissa Smith April 21, 1859 Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, United States | |
| Died |
March 8, 1930 (aged 70) Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | |
| Cause of death | Nephritis | |
| Resting place |
Salt Lake City Cemetery 40°46′37″N 111°51′29″W / 40.777°N 111.858°W | |
| Spouse(s) | William N. Williams | |
| Children | 11 | |
| Parents |
George Albert Smith Susan E. West | |
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Clarissa Smith Williams (April 21, 1859 – March 8, 1930) was the sixth Relief Society General President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1921 to 1928. Williams was the first native Utahn to become Relief Society president.
Clarissa Smith was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, to Susan West, the seventh wife of LDS Church apostle George A. Smith.
In 1901, Bathsheba W. Smith, who was one of Smith's other wives, asked Williams to serve as treasurer of the Relief Society. Williams served in this position until 1910, when she became the first counselor to president Emmeline B. Wells in the Relief Society general presidency. She held this position until 1921, when she was chosen to succeed Wells as president after Wells's death. Due to failing health, Williams asked to be released from her calling in 1928 and was succeeded by Louise Y. Robison. Williams died of nephritis in Salt Lake City and was buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.[2]
Williams married William N. Williams on July 17, 1877 and was the mother of eleven children.
Notes
- 1 2 Ludlow, Daniel H, ed. (1992). "Appendix 1: Biographical Register of General Church Officers". Encyclopedia of Mormonism. New York: Macmillan Publishing. p. 1650. ISBN 0-02-879602-0. OCLC 24502140.
- ↑ State of Utah Death Certificate.
References
- "Clarissa Smith Williams", lds.org
- Nola Redd, Relief Society Presidents: Clarissa S. Williams
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