Clarissa S. Williams

Clarissa S. Williams
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6th Relief Society General President
April 2, 1921 (1921-04-02) – October 7, 1928 (1928-10-07)[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 (1910-10-03) – April 2, 1921 (1921-04-02)[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 (1910-10-03)
Called by Bathsheba W. Smith
Personal details
Born Clarissa Smith
(1859-04-21)April 21, 1859
Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, United States
Died March 8, 1930(1930-03-08) (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 / 40.777; -111.858 (Salt Lake City Cemetery)
Spouse(s) William N. Williams
Children 11
Parents George A. Smith
Susan E. West
Photo of Clarissa S. Williams
Clarissa S. Williams

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.

Biography

Clarissa Smith was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, to Susan West, the seventh wife of LDS Church apostle George A. Smith.[2]

In 1901, Williams was asked to serve as treasurer of the Relief Society by Bathsheba W. Smith, Smith's first wife.[3] 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.[4]

Williams married William N. Williams on July 17, 1877 and was the mother of eleven children.

Publications in the Relief Society Magazine

Articles

Relief Society Conference

Patriotic Department

Official Round Table

See also

Relief Society

References

  1. 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.
  2. ↑ Peterson, Janet; Gaunt, LaRene (1990). Elect Ladies: Presidents of the Relief Society. Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book. pp. 97–109. ISBN 978-0-87579-416-7.
  3. ↑ Turley Jr., Richard E.; Chapman, Brittany A. (2014). Women of Faith in the Latter Days. Salt Late City, Utah: Deseret Book. p. 276. ISBN 1609075889.
  4. ↑ State of Utah Death Certificate Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine..
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titles
Preceded by
Emmeline B. Wells		 Relief Society General President
April 2, 1921 (1921-04-02)–October 7, 1928 (1928-10-07) 		Succeeded by
Louise Y. Robison
Preceded by
Annie Taylor Hyde		 First Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency
October 3, 1910 (1910-10-03)–April 2, 1921 (1921-04-02) 		Succeeded by
Jennie B. Knight

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