John Henry Smith
Birth Date
On 1848 September 18 (Born)
Death Date
On 1911 October 13 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Carbunca, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
1848 September 18
Mother
Sarah Ann Libby (1818 - 1851)
Father
George Albert Smith (1817 - 1875)
Date Details
Occurred On 1848 September 18
Traveled in
George A. Smith/Dan Jones Company (1849)
1849 July 14 – October 30 (Age 0)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
George Albert Smith, Jr. (Age 7)
Bathsheba Smith (Age 4)
George Albert Smith (Age 32)
Lucy Meserve Smith (Age 32)
Sarah Ann Libby (Age 31)
Zilpha Stark (Age 31)
Bathsheba Wilson Bigler (Age 27)
Hannah Maria Libby (Age 21)
Charles Warren Smith (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1849 July 14
Joined Company
Ended Between 1849 October 26 – 30
Company Arrived
Baptized by
George Albert Smith
1856 September 18 (Age 8)
Married
Sarah Farr
1866 October 20 (Age 18)
Served in
British Mission
1874 June 26 – 1875 July 29 (Age 25)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
13th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
John Taylor
Date Details
Started On 1874 June 26
Set Apart
On 1874 June 29
Departed from Home
On 1874 July 26
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1875 July 29
Departed from Field
On 1875 August 16
Arrived at Home
Married
Josephine Groesbeck
1877 April 4 (Age 28)
Ordained member of the Quorum of the Twelve
1880 October 27 (Age 32)
Ordained an apostle by President of the Quorum of the Twelve, Wilford Woodruff.
Date Details
Occurred On 1880 October 27
Called as President to
British Mission
1882 October 28 – 1885 January 24 (Age 34)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Office
Apostle
Served With
Josephine Groesbeck
Date Details
Started On 1882 October 28
Called
On 1882 November 19
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1885 January 24
Departed from Field
Images
Swiss German Missionary Conference, 1884
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1911 October 13 (Age 63)
Media
John Henry Smith (1848 - 1911) Profile
John Henry Smith (1848 - 1911)
Swiss German Missionary Conference, 1884
Sources
Person
Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia. 4 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: Andrew Jenson History Company, 1901
"Smith, John Henry", Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia. 4 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: Andrew Jenson History Company, 1901, 1, Page 141-144.
"Smith, John Henry", Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia. 4 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: Andrew Jenson History Company, 1901, 3, Page 780-781.
Salt Lake Telegram
"John Henry Smith Dies Suddenly", Salt Lake Telegram, (13 October 1911), Page 1.
Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967
Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.
Mission
INDEX to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports
INDEX to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 26 June 1874, Vol. A, Page 26, Line 1098.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 26 June 1874, Vol. B, Page 28, Line 1098.
Pioneer
Autobiography of Phebe Abbott Brown Fife
Autobiography of Phebe Abbott Brown Fife.
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Lucy Meserve Smith papers, 1848-1892 Family history and autobiography
Lucy Meserve Smith papers, 1848-1892 Family history and autobiography, June.
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