Joseph F. Smith
Born in Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, United States
1838 November 13
Mother
Father
Date Details
Occurred On 1838 November 13
Traveled in Heber C. Kimball Company (1848)
1848 June 7 – September 24 (Age 9) Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Date Details
Started On 1848 June 7
Joined Company
Ended On 1848 September 24
Company Arrived
Baptized by Heber Chase Kimball
1850 September (Age 11)
Served in Hawaiian Mission
1854 May 28 – 1857 October 4 (Age 15) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Elder
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Location Served
Maui, Kohala, Hilo, and Molokai Conferences
Date Details
Started On 1854 May 28
Departed from Home
On 1854 September 27
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1857 October 4
Released
On 1857 October 6
Departed from Field
Traveled in Freeman E. Tanner Company (1857-1858)
1857 November 16 – 1858 January 19 (Age 19) Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1857 November 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1858 January 19
Company Arrived
On 1858 February 24
Arrived at Home
Married Levira Annette Clark Smith
1859 May 5 (Age 20)
Served in British Mission
1860 April 25 – 1863 September 28 (Age 21) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Orson Hyde and Parley Pratt
Date Details
Started On 1860 April 25
Departed from Home
On 1860 July 27
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1863 September 28
Arrived at Home
Images
Elder Joseph F. Smith
Mission Photo
Mission Photo
Traveled in John W. Woolley Company (1863)
1863 August 9 – October 4 (Age 24) Pioneers in Company
Roles
Returning Missionary
Date Details
Started On 1863 August 9
Joined Company
Ended On 1863 October 4
Company Arrived
On 1863 October 12
Departed from Field
Called as President to Hawaiian Mission
1864 March 2 – October 2 (Age 25) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
President Brigham Young
Date Details
Started On 1864 March 2
Set Apart
Ended On 1864 October 2
Released
On 1864 December 12
Arrived at Home
Married Julina Lambson
1866 May 5 (Age 27)
Married Sarah Ellen Richards
1868 March 1 (Age 29)
Married Edna Lambson
1871 January 1 (Age 32)
Called as President to British Mission
1873 November 28 – 1876 October 1 (Age 35) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve
Priesthood Office
Apostle
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
President Brigham Young
Date Details
Started On 1873 November 28
Set Apart
On 1874 March 21
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1876 October 1
Arrived at Home
Called as President to British Mission
1877 April 25 – September 28 (Age 38) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve
Priesthood Office
Apostle
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
President Brigham Young
Served With
Date Details
Started On 1877 April 25
Set Apart
Ended On 1877 September 28
Arrived at Home
Served in Eastern States Mission
1878 September 2 – 28 (Age 39) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve
Priesthood Office
Apostle
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Wilford Woodruff
Location Served
Missouri, Illinois, Ohio and New York
Date Details
Started On 1878 September 2
Set Apart
Ended On 1878 September 28
Released
Married Alice Ann Kimball
1883 December 6 (Age 45)
Married Mary Taylor Schwartz
1884 January 13 (Age 45)
Served in Hawaiian Mission
1885 February 9 – 1887 July 1 (Age 46) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Missionary Activity Notes
Per Hawaiian Mission Record of Missionaries, 1850-1914, his wife Julina Lambson, and daughter Julina C. accompanied him; son Elias Wesley was born on 21 Apr 1886 in Hawaii; and mother & children Departed from Field on 16 Mar 1887.
Per Hawaiian Mission Index, 1850-1930, daughter Donette joined them 31 Oct, 1886.
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve
Priesthood Office
Apostle
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Utah
Date Details
Started On 1885 February 9
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1887 July 1
Departed from Field
Images
William Rice King and Joseph F Smith Sr. Hawaiian Mission 1887
Became 6th President of the Church
1901 October 17 (Age 62)
Date Details
Occurred On 1901 October 17
Vision of the Redemption of the Dead
1918 October 3 (Age 79)
Received in Salt Lake City, Utah and presented at the 89th Semiannual General Conference on October 4, 1918.https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/138?lang=eng
Date Details
Occurred On 1918 October 3
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1918 November 19 (Age 80)
Media
Joseph Fielding Smith (1838 - 1918) Profile
Joseph Fielding Smith (1838 - 1918)
Elder Joseph F. Smith
Mission Photo
Mission Photo
William Rice King and Joseph F Smith Sr. Hawaiian Mission 1887, 1887 April 1