Smith family (Latter Day Saints)

The Smith family is the name of an American family with many members prominent in religion and politics. The family's most famous member was Joseph Smith Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Many other members of the family took on leadership roles in various churches within the movement.

First generation edit

Joseph Smith, Sr
Lucy Mack Smith
John Smith

Joseph Smith Sr. edit

  • Lived 1771–1840
  • Married: Lucy Mack in 1795
  • Father of Alvin, Hyrum, Sophronia, Joseph Jr., Samuel, Ephraim, William, Catherine or Katharine, Don Carlos, and Lucy (see Joseph Smith-History 1:4 and “Family of Joseph Smith, Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith: First Family of the Restoration,” December 2005 Ensign magazine)
  • brother of John Smith

Lucy Mack Smith edit

  • Lived 1775–1856
  • Married: Joseph Smith Sr. in 1795
  • Mother of Alvin, Hyrum, Sophronia, Joseph Jr., Samuel, Ephraim, William, Catherine or Katharine, Don Carlos, and Lucy (see Joseph Smith-History 1:4 and “Family of Joseph Smith, Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith: First Family of the Restoration,” December 2005 Ensign magazine)

John Smith edit

Second generation: children of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack edit

Alvin Smith
Hyrum Smith
Joseph Smith Jr.
Samuel H. Smith
William Smith
Katharine Smith Salisbury
Lucy Smith Millikin

Alvin Smith edit

Hyrum Smith edit

Sophronia Smith McCleary edit

Joseph Smith Jr. edit

Samuel H. Smith edit

William Smith edit

Katharine Smith Salisbury edit

Don Carlos Smith edit

Lucy Smith Millikin edit

Second generation: cousins to the Smiths edit

Elias Smith
George A. Smith
Silas Sanford Smith
Jesse N. Smith

The following individuals were children of brothers of Joseph Smith Sr. They were first-cousins to Alvin Smith, Hyrum Smith, Joseph Smith Jr., Samuel H. Smith, William Smith, and Don Carlos Smith

Elias Smith edit

  • Lived: 1804–1888
  • son of Asael Smith Jr. and Elizabeth Schellenger

George A. Smith edit

  • Lived: 26 June 1817 – 1 September 1875
  • Utah Territorial Legislature 1851, 1867; Utah Territorial Supreme Court 1855, Utah Territory delegate to U.S. Congress 1856
  • Son of John Smith
  • Father of John Henry Smith

Silas S. Smith edit

  • Lived: 26 October 1830 – 11 October 1910
  • Utah Territorial Legislature 1859, 69, 78
  • Son of Silas Smith Sr.
  • Brother of Jesse Nathaniel Smith

Jesse N. Smith edit

  • Lived: 2 December 1834 – 5 June 1906
  • Mayor of Parowan, Utah 1859; Arizona Territorial Legislature 19th Session
  • Son of Silas Smith Sr.
  • Brother of Silas S. Smith
  • His daughter, Leah, married John Hunt Udall, mayor of Phoenix, AZ
  • His son Asahel Henry Smith married Pauline Udall, daughter of David King Udall

John Lyman Smith edit

  • Lived 17 November 1828 – 21 February 1898
  • Utah Territorial Legislature 1852, 1853; 1853–1855
  • Son of John Smith

Third generation: children of Hyrum Smith edit

Joseph F. Smith
John Smith

Joseph F. Smith edit

  • Lived: 13 November 1838 – 19 November 1918
  • Utah Territorial Legislature 1865–70, 1872, 1874, 1880, 1882
  • President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1901–1918
  • Son of Hyrum Smith and Mary Fielding (who remarried to Heber C. Kimball after Hyrum's death)
  • half-brother of John Smith

John Smith edit

  • Lived: 1832–1911
  • son of Hyrum Smith and Jerusha Barden
  • half-brother of Joseph F. Smith

Third generation: children of Joseph Smith Jr. edit

Julia Murdock Smith
Joseph Smith III
Alexander Hale Smith
David Hyrum Smith

Julia Murdock Smith edit

Joseph Smith III edit

  • Lived: 6 November 1832 – 10 December 1914
  • Prophet–President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now Community of Christ) for 54 years
  • Founder of Lamoni, Iowa
  • Founder of Graceland University
  • Three sons succeeded him as Prophet–President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - Frederick Madison Smith, Israel A. Smith and W. Wallace Smith.
  • Son of Joseph Smith Jr. and Emma Hale
  • Brother of Julia Murdock Smith, Alexander Hale Smith, and David Hyrum Smith
  • Nephew of Hyrum Smith
  • 1st cousin of Joseph F. Smith
  • 1st Cousin once removed of Utah Judge Elias Smith Sr
  • Married: Emmeline Griswold in 1854 and had five children
  • Married: Bertha Madison in 1869, after the death of Emmeline Griswold, and had nine children
  • Married: Ada Clark in 1898, after the death of Bertha Madison, and had three children

Alexander Hale Smith edit

David Hyrum Smith edit

Third generation: children of Don Carlos Smith edit

 
Ina Coolbrith

Ina Coolbrith (born Josephine Anna Smith) edit

Third generation: children of Smith cousins edit

John Henry Smith
Clarissa Smith Williams

John Henry Smith edit

Clarissa Smith Williams edit

Fourth generation: descended from Hyrum Smith edit

Hyrum M. Smith
Joseph Fielding Smith
David A. Smith

Hyrum M. Smith edit

Joseph Fielding Smith edit

David A. Smith edit

Fourth generation: descended from Joseph Smith Jr. edit

Frederick M. Smith
Israel A. Smith
Elbert A. Smith

Frederick M. Smith edit

  • Lived: 1874–1946
  • Son of Joseph Smith III, grandson of Joseph Smith Jr.
  • Brother of Israel A. Smith and W. Wallace Smith
  • Prophet–President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1915–1946

Israel A. Smith edit

  • Lived: 2 February 1876 – 14 June 1958
  • Iowa State Legislature 1911-1913
  • Elected as delegate to the Missouri Constitutional Convention, 1943–1944
  • Prophet–President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1946–1958
  • Son of Joseph Smith III, grandson of Joseph Smith Jr.
  • Brother of Frederick M. Smith and W. Wallace Smith
  • Married: Nina Grenawalt in 1908, and had two sons

W. Wallace Smith edit

  • Lived: 1900–1989
  • Son of Joseph Smith III, grandson of Joseph Smith Jr.
  • Brother of Frederick M. Smith and Israel A. Smith
  • Prophet–President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1958–1978

Emma Smith Kennedy edit

Elbert A. Smith edit

Fourth generation: descended from Smith cousins edit

George Albert Smith
Nicholas G. Smith
Richard R. Lyman

George Albert Smith edit

  • Lived: 1870–1951
  • Son of John Henry Smith and Sarah Farr
  • Half-brother of Nicholas G. Smith
  • President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1945–1951

Nicholas G. Smith edit

Richard R. Lyman edit

Fifth generation: descended from Hyrum Smith edit

Hyrum G. Smith
Joseph Fielding Smith
Florence S. Jacobsen

Hyrum G. Smith edit

Joseph Fielding Smith edit

Florence Smith Jacobsen edit

Fifth generation: descended from Joseph Smith Jr. edit

Wallace B. Smith edit

Fifth generation: descended from Smith cousins edit

George Albert Smith Jr. edit

Later generations edit

Descended from Hyrum Smith edit

Eldred G. Smith
M. Russell Ballard

Eldred G. Smith edit

M. Russell Ballard edit

Joseph Fielding McConkie edit

Descended from Smith cousins edit

Jeff Groscost edit

  • Died: November 3, 2006
  • Arizona State Legislature 1992–2000 (speaker in 1998)
  • 3rd Great grandson of Jesse Nathaniel Smith

See also edit

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