Joseph Smith, Jr.

• Lived: 1805–1844
• Founder of the Latter Day Saint movement
  Latter Day Saint movement
  The Latter Day Saint movement is a group of independent churches tracing their origin to a Christian primitivist movement founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. in the late 1820s. Collectively, these churches have over 14 million members...
  
  
• Mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois
  Nauvoo, Illinois
  Nauvoo is a small city in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. Although the population was just 1,063 at the 2000 census, and despite being difficult to reach due to its location in a remote corner of Illinois, Nauvoo attracts large numbers of visitors for its historic importance and its...
  
   1842–44
• Candidate for President of the United States 1844
• Brother of William B. Smith
  William Smith (Mormonism)
  William Smith was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and one of the original members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Smith was the eighth child of Joseph Smith, Sr...
  
  
• Father of Joseph Smith III
  Joseph Smith III
  Joseph Smith III was the eldest surviving son of Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and Emma Hale Smith...
  
  
• Uncle of Joseph F. Smith
  Joseph F. Smith
  Joseph Fielding Smith, Sr. was the sixth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
  
  
• 1st Cousin of George Albert Smith
  George A. Smith
  George Albert Smith was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and served in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and as a member of the church's First Presidency.-Childhood:Smith was born in Potsdam, St...
  
  
• 1st Cousin of Silas Sanford Smith
• 1st Cousin of Jesse Nathaniel Smith
  Jesse Nathaniel Smith
  Jesse Nathaniel Smith was a Mormon pioneer, church leader, colonizer, politician and frontiersman. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
  
  
• 1st Cousin of the Honorable Judge Elias Smith Sr.
• 1st Cousin once removed of John Henry Smith
• Married: Emma Hale
  Emma Hale Smith
  Emma Hale Smith Bidamon was married to Joseph Smith, Jr., until his death in 1844, and was an early leader of the Latter Day Saint movement, during Joseph Smith's lifetime and afterward as a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints...
  
   in 1827

William B. Smith

William Smith (Mormonism)

William Smith was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and one of the original members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Smith was the eighth child of Joseph Smith, Sr...

• Lived: 13 March 1811 – 13 November 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 of Jesse Nathaniel Smith
  Jesse Nathaniel Smith
  Jesse Nathaniel Smith was a Mormon pioneer, church leader, colonizer, politician and frontiersman. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
  
  
• 1st Cousin of the Honorable Judge Elias Smith Sr.
• 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

Joseph Smith III

Joseph Smith III was the eldest surviving son of Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and Emma Hale Smith...

• Lived: 6 November 1832 – 10 December 1914
• Prophet-President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now Community of Christ
  Community of Christ
  The Community of Christ, known from 1872 to 2001 as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints , is an American-based international Christian church established in April 1830 that claims as its mission "to proclaim Jesus Christ and promote communities of joy, hope, love, and peace"...
  
  ) for 54 years
• Founder of Lamoni, Iowa
  Lamoni, Iowa
  -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 2,444 people, 818 households, and 428 families residing in the city. The population density was 761.1 people per square mile . There were 904 housing units at an average density of 281.5 per square mile...
  
  
• Founder of Graceland University
  Graceland University
  Graceland is not ranked by U.S. News & World Report, being deemed a Tier 3 institution. It is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission as a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.-Housing System:...
  
  
• Three sons succeeded him as Prophet-President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - Frederick Madison Smith
  Frederick Madison Smith
  Frederick Madison Smith , generally known among his followers as "Freddie M.", was an American religious leader and author and the third Prophet-President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints , serving from 1915 until his death.Smith's paternal grandfather was Joseph Smith,...
  
  , Israel A. Smith and W. Wallace Smith
  W. Wallace Smith
  William Wallace Smith was a grandson of Joseph Smith, Jr. and Prophet-President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints , from October 6, 1958 to April 5, 1978, when he retired to "emeritus" status....
  
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• Son of Joseph Smith, Jr.
• 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

Joseph F. Smith

Joseph F. Smith

Joseph Fielding Smith, Sr. was the sixth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

• Lived: 13 November 1838 – 19 November 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 of Joseph Smith III
  Joseph Smith III
  Joseph Smith III was the eldest surviving son of Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and Emma Hale Smith...
  
  
• 1st Cousin once removed of George Albert Smith
• 1st Cousin once removed of Silas Sanford Smith
• 1st Cousin once removed of the Honorable Judge Elias Smith Sr.
• 1st Cousin once removed of Jesse Nathaniel Smith
  Jesse Nathaniel Smith
  Jesse Nathaniel Smith was a Mormon pioneer, church leader, colonizer, politician and frontiersman. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
  
  
• 2nd Cousin of John Henry Smith

Israel A. Smith

• 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.
• Great-nephew of Hyrum Smith.
• Married: Nina Grenawalt in 1908, and had two sons

George Albert Smith

George A. Smith

George Albert Smith was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and served in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and as a member of the church's First Presidency.-Childhood:Smith was born in Potsdam, St...

• 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
• 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 of Jesse Nathaniel Smith
  Jesse Nathaniel Smith
  Jesse Nathaniel Smith was a Mormon pioneer, church leader, colonizer, politician and frontiersman. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
  
  
• 1st Cousin of the Honorable Judge Elias Smith Sr.
• 1st Cousin once removed of Joseph Smith III
• 1st Cousin once removed of Joseph F. Smith
• 1st Cousin of Utah Judge Elias Smith Sr

John Henry Smith

John Henry Smith

John Henry Smith was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

• Lived: 18 September 1848 – 13 October 1911
• Utah Territorial Legislature 1882
• Son of George Albert Smith
  George Albert Smith
  George Albert Smith, Sr. was the eighth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .-Early life:...
  
  
• 1st Cousin once removed of Joseph Smith Jr.
• 1st Cousin once removed of William B. Smith
• 1st Cousin once removed of Silas Sanford Smith
• 1st Cousin once removed of Utah Judge Elias Smith Sr.
• 1st Cousin once removed of Jesse Nathaniel Smith
  Jesse Nathaniel Smith
  Jesse Nathaniel Smith was a Mormon pioneer, church leader, colonizer, politician and frontiersman. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
  
  
• 2nd Cousin of Joseph Smith III
• 2nd Cousin of Joseph F. Smith
  Joseph F. Smith
  Joseph Fielding Smith, Sr. was the sixth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
  
  

Silas Sanford Smith

• Lived: 26 October 1830 – 11 October 1910
• Utah Territorial Legislature 1859, 69, 78
• Brother of Jesse Nathaniel Smith
  Jesse Nathaniel Smith
  Jesse Nathaniel Smith was a Mormon pioneer, church leader, colonizer, politician and frontiersman. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
  
  
• 1st Cousin of Joseph Smith, Jr.
• 1st Cousin of William B. Smith
• 1st Cousin of George Albert Smith
• 1st Cousin of the Honorable Judge Elias Smith Sr.
• 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 N. Smith

• Lived: 2 December 1834 – 5 June 1906
• Mayor of Parowan, Utah
  Parowan, Utah
  Parowan is a city in and the county seat of Iron County, Utah, United States. The population was 2,790 at the 2010 census.Parowan became the first incorporated city in Iron County in 1851. A fort that had been constructed on the east side of Center Creek the previous year was an initial in the...
  
   1859; Arizona Territorial Legislature 19th Session
• Brother of Silas S. Smith
• 1st Cousin of Joseph Smith, Jr.
• 1st Cousin of William B. Smith
• 1st Cousin of George Albert Smith
• 1st Cousin of the Honorable Judge Elias Smith Sr.
• 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, married John Hunt Udall
  John Hunt Udall
  John Hunt Udall was mayor of Phoenix, Arizona from 1936-38. He was a member of the Udall political family....
  
  , mayor of Phoenix, AZ
• His son Asahel Henry Smith married Pauline Udall, daughter of David King Udall
  David King Udall
  David King Udall, Sr. was a representative to the Arizona Territorial Legislature and the founder of the Udall political family. His great-grandsons Mark and Tom currently represent the Colorado and New Mexico in the United States Senate, respectively.-Childhood years:David King Udall was born in...
  
  
• Father of Priscilla Smith married to Augusta Gibbons and at his death to her 2nd cousin Jesse Moroni Smith

Jeff Groscost

Jeff Groscost

Jeffrey Smith Groscost was a Republican Speaker of the House at the Arizona House of Representatives from 1997 to 2001.-Career:He was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives for seven years, from 1993 to 2001...

• Died: November 3, 2006
• Arizona State Legislature 1992–2000 (speaker in 1998)
• 3rd Great grandson of Jesse Nathaniel Smith
  Jesse Nathaniel Smith
  Jesse Nathaniel Smith was a Mormon pioneer, church leader, colonizer, politician and frontiersman. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
  
  
• 4th Great nephew (can also be stated as 3rd great grand nephew) of Silas Samford Smith

See also

• List of descendants of Joseph Smith, Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith
• Latter Day Saint political history
  Latter Day Saint political history
  This is a chronological listing of significant events surrounding Latter Day Saints seeking or winning political office. It refers primarily to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but also some members of other Latter Day Saint movement religions, such as Community of Christ...