- Smith (family)
:"For the article about the Australian charity see,
The Smith Family ."The Smith Family is the name of a U.S. family with many members prominent in religion and politics. Many individuals in this particular family were also noted religious leaders; this article focuses only on those with political and civic activity. This political family's most famous member was
Joseph Smith, Jr. Members
Joseph Smith, Jr. 1805 - 1844
*Mayor ofNauvoo, Illinois 1842-44. Candidate for President of the United States 1844.
*Brother of William B. Smith
*Father ofJoseph Smith III
*Uncle ofJoseph F. Smith
*1st Cousin of George Albert Smith.
*1st Cousin of Silas Sanford Smith
*1st Cousin ofJesse Nathaniel Smith
*1st Cousin once removed of John Henry Smith
*6th Cousin ofBrigham Young //Reference: Saviors on Mount Zion: Chapter 21: "A RACE OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS" Archibald F. Bennett
*Married: Emma Hale in 1827.William B. Smith
*13 Mar 1811 - 13 Nov 1894
*Illinois State Legislature 1842
*Brother of Joseph Smith, Jr.
*Uncle of Joseph Smith III
*Uncle of Joseph F. Smith,
*1st Cousin of George Albert Smith.
*1st Cousin of Silas Sanford Smith
*1st Cousin ofJesse Nathaniel Smith
*1st Cousin once removed of John Henry Smith
*Married: Caroline Amanda Grant, sister of Jedidiah Morgan Grant and Roxie Ann Grant
*Married: Roxie Ann Grant after her sister Caroline’s death.Joseph Smith III *Born: 6 November 1832 - 10 December 1914
*Prophet-President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (nowCommunity of Christ ) for 54 years.
*Founder ofLamoni, Iowa .
*Founder ofGraceland 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 andW. Wallace Smith .
*Son of Joseph Smith, Jr.
*Nephew of Hyrum Smith
*1st cousin of Joseph F. Smith
*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.Joseph F. Smith *Born: 13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
*Utah Territorial Legislature 1865-70, 1872, 1874, 1880, 1882
*Nephew of Joseph Smith, Jr.
*Son of Hyrum Smith & Mary Fielding (who remarried to Heber C. Kimball after Hyrum’s death).
*1st Cousin ofJoseph Smith III
*1st Cousin once removed of George Albert Smith
*1st Cousin once removed of Silas Sanford Smith
*1st Cousin once removed ofJesse Nathaniel Smith
*2nd Cousin of John Henry SmithIsrael A. Smith *Born: 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.
*Great-nephew of Hyrum Smith.
*Married: Nina Grenawalt in 1908, and had two sons.*Born: 26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
*Utah Territorial Legislature 1851, 1867; Utah Territorial Supreme Court 1855, Utah Territory delegate to U.S. Congress 1856
*Father of John Henry Smith
*1st Cousin of Joseph Smith, Jr.
*1st Cousin of William B. Smith
*1st Cousin of Silas Sanford Smith
*1st Cousin ofJesse Nathaniel Smith
*1st Cousin once removed of Joseph Smith III
*1st Cousin once removed of Joseph F. SmithJohn Henry Smith *18 Sep 1848 - 13 Oct 1911
*Utah Territorial Legislature 1882
*Son ofGeorge Albert Smith
*1st Cousin once removed ofJoseph Smith Jr.
*1st Cousin once removed ofWilliam B. Smith
*1st Cousin once removed of Silas Sanford Smith
*1st Cousin once removed ofJesse Nathaniel Smith
*2nd Cousin of Joseph Smith III
*2nd Cousin ofJoseph F. Smith ilas Sanford Smith
*26 Oct 1830 - 11 Oct 1910
*Utah Territorial Legislature 1859, 69, 78
*Brother ofJesse Nathaniel Smith
*1st Cousin of Joseph Smith, Jr.
*1st Cousin of William B. Smith
*1st Cousin of George Albert Smith
*1st Cousin, once removed of Joseph F. Smith
*1st Cousin, once removed of Joseph Smith III
*1st Cousin once removed of John Henry Smith
*4th great uncle of Jeff Groscost
*Jesse Nathaniel Smith *Usually called Jesse N. Smith
*2 Dec 1834 - 5 Jun 1906
*Mayor ofParowan, Utah 1859; Arizona Territorial Legislature 19th Session
*Brother of Silas Samford Smith
*1st Cousin of Joseph Smith, Jr.
*1st Cousin of William B. Smith
*1st Cousin of George Albert Smith
*1st Cousin, once removed of Joseph F. Smith
*1st Cousin once removed of John Henry Smith
*3rd Great grandfather of Jeff Groscost
*His daughter, Margareth Fife Smith married Nephi Jensen
*His daughter, Adelaide Smith married Joseph Fish
*His daughter, Leah, marriedJohn Hunt Udall , mayor of Phoenix, AZ
*His son Asahel Henry Smith married Pauline Udall, daughter ofDavid King Udall
*Father of Priscilla Smith married to Augusta Gibbons and at his death to her 2nd cousin Jesse Moroni SmithJoseph Fish
27 Jun 1840 - 10 Dec 1926
*Arizona Territorial Legislature 18th session
*Married Adelaide Smith, daughter ofJesse Nathaniel Smith Nephi Jensen *16 Feb 1876 - 2 Sep 1955
*Utah State Legislature 1906-08
*Married Margareth Fife Smith daughter ofJesse Nathaniel Smith Jeff Groscost * Died November 3, 2006
*Arizona State Legislature 1992-2000 (speaker in 1998)
*3rd Great grandson ofJesse Nathaniel Smith
*4th Great nephew (can also be stated as 3rd great grand nephew) of Silas Samford Smithee also
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List of descendants of Joseph Smith, Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith
*Latter Day Saint political history
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