John Smith (uncle of Joseph Smith)

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John Smith

4th Presiding Patriarch

January 1, 1849 (1849-01-01) – May 23, 1854 (1854-05-23)

Assistant Counselor in the First Presidency

September 3, 1837 (1837-09-03) – June 27, 1844 (1844-06-27)

End reason

First Presidency dissolved upon death of Joseph Smith

Personal details

Born

(1781-07-16)July 16, 1781
Derryfield, New Hampshire, United States

Died

May 23, 1854(1854-05-23) (aged 72)
Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, United States

Resting place

Salt Lake City Cemetery
40°46′33″N 111°51′45″W / 40.77592°N 111.86247°W / 40.77592; -111.86247 (Salt Lake City Cemetery)

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John Smith (July 16, 1781 – May 23, 1854), known as Uncle John, was an early leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

Smith was the younger brother of Joseph Smith Sr., uncle of Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith, father of George A. Smith, grandfather of John Henry Smith, and great-grandfather of George Albert Smith. He served as a member of the first presiding high council in Kirtland, Ohio, as an assistant counselor in the First Presidency under Joseph Smith, and as presiding patriarch under Brigham Young. He was succeeded as presiding patriarch by his great nephew, who was also named John Smith.

Smith served as president of the stake in Lee County, Iowa, during the Nauvoo period. He was also the first president of the Salt Lake Stake, the first stake in Utah Territory, and as such was the leader of the Latter-day Saints in Utah in the winter of 1847–48.

Smith practiced plural marriage and fathered four children.

Smith died at Salt Lake City and was buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery.

Monument to four generations of a branch of the Smith family, prominent in LDS history
Back of monument
Headstone of John Smith

Notes

John Smith Archived 2018-09-23 at the Wayback Machine in Lawrence R. Flake, Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001), 311–13.
"John_Smith_(1781-1854)". Archived from the original on 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
He is the only person to serve as a stake president after being a member of the First Presidency.
Major, Jill C. “Artworks in the Celestial Room of the First Nauvoo Temple.” Brigham Young University Studies, vol. 41, no. 2, Brigham Young University, 2002, pp. 47–69, http://www.jstor.org/stable/43044321.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titles
Preceded byWilliam Smith	Presiding Patriarch January 1, 1849–May 23, 1854	Succeeded byJohn Smith
Church of the Latter Day Saints titles Later renamed: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (1838)
First	Assistant Counselor in the First Presidency September 3, 1837 (1837-09-03)–June 27, 1844 (1844-06-27) With: Oliver Cowdery Hyrum Smith Joseph Smith Sr. Amasa Lyman: (Counselor)	VacantFirst Presidency reorganizedTitle next held byJoseph F. Smith as "Counselor"

Members of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Presidents of
the Church

J. Smith Jr. (1830–44)
B. Young Sr. (1847–77)
Taylor (1880–87)
Woodruff (1889–98)
Snow (1898–1901)
J.F. Smith Sr. (1901–18)
Grant (1918–45)
G.A. Smith (1945–51)
McKay (1951–70)
J.F. Smith Jr. (1970–72)
Lee (1972–73)
Kimball (1973–85)
Benson (1985–94)
Hunter (1994–95)
Hinckley (1995–2008)
Monson (2008–18)
Nelson (2018–)

First Counselors

Gause (1832)
Rigdon (1832–44)
Kimball (1847–68)
G.A. Smith (1868–75)
J.W. Young (1876–77)
Cannon (1880–1901)
J.F. Smith Sr. (1901)
Winder (1901–10)
Lund (1910–21)
Penrose (1921–25)
Ivins (1925–34)
Clark (1934–51; 1959–61)
S.L. Richards (1951–59)
Moyle (1961–63)
Brown (1963–70)
Lee (1970–72)
Tanner (1972–82)
Romney (1982–85)
Hinckley (1985–95)
Monson (1995–2008)
Eyring (2008–18)
Oaks (2018–)

Second Counselors

Rigdon (1832)
Williams (1833–37)
H. Smith (1837–41)
Law (1841–44)
W. Richards (1847–54)
Grant (1854–56)
Wells (1857–77)
J.F. Smith Sr. (1880–1901)
Clawson (1901)
Lund (1901–10)
J.H. Smith (1910–11)
Penrose (1911–21)
Ivins (1921–25)
Nibley (1925–31)
Clark (1933–34)
McKay (1934–51)
Clark (1951–59)
Moyle (1959–61)
Brown (1961–63)
Tanner (1963–72)
Romney (1972–82)
Hinckley (1982–85)
Monson (1985–95)
Faust (1995–2007)
Eyring (2007–08)
Uchtdorf (2008–18)
Eyring (2018–)

Additional
Counselors

Assistant Counselors	Cowdery (1837–38) H. Smith (1837) John Smith (1837–44) J. Smith Sr. (1837–40) J.W. Young (1874–76) Cannon (1874–77) B. Young Jr. (1874–77) Snow (1874–77) Carrington (1874–77)
Counselors	Lyman (1843–44) J.F. Smith Sr. (1866–77) J.W. Young (1873–77) Cannon (1873–74) B. Young Jr. (1873–74) Snow (1873–74) Carrington (1873–74) Isaacson (1965–70) J.F. Smith Jr. (1965–70) Dyer (1968–70) Hinckley (1981–82)
Third Counselors	Brown (1961)

Members of the First Presidency of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Community of Christ)

Pre-succession crisis

President	J. Smith Jr. (1830–44)
Counselors	Gause (1832) Rigdon (1832–44) Williams (1833–37) H. Smith (1837–41) Law (1841–44)
Assistant/Other Counselors	Cowdery (1837–38) H. Smith (1837) John Smith (1837–44) J. Smith Sr. (1837–40) Lyman (1843–44)

Post reorganization

Prophet-Presidents

J. Smith III (1860–1914)
F.M. Smith (1915–46)
I.A. Smith (1946–58)
W.W. Smith (1958–78)
W.B. Smith (1978–96)
McMurray (1996–2005)
Veazey (2005–)

Counselors

Marks (1863–72)
Blair (1873–96)
D. Smith (1873–85)
Evans (1902–09)
F.M. Smith (1902–15)
E. Smith (1909–38)
McDowell (1922–38)
I.A. Smith (1938–46)
Curry (1938–46)
Garver (1946–49)
Edwards (1946–66)
W.W. Smith (1950–58)
Draper (1946–78)
Couey (1966–82)
Tyree (1982–92)
McMurray (1992–96)
Robinson (2000–07)
Judd (2000–05)
Schaal (2005–12)
Savage (2007–16)
Murphy (2013–)
Cramm (2016–)

v t e Presiding Patriarchs of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Joseph Smith Sr. (1833–40) Hyrum Smith (1840–44) William Smith (1845) "Uncle" John Smith (1849–54) John Smith (1855–1911) Hyrum G. Smith (1912–32) Nicholas G. Smith (1932–34) Frank B. Woodbury (1934–37) George F. Richards (1937–42) Joseph Fielding Smith (1942–46) Eldred G. Smith (1947–79)

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