Joseph Smith b. 12 Juli 1771 d. 14 September 1840

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12 Juli 1771 Geburt: Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts

Hochzeit: ♀ Lucy Mack [Mack] b. 8 Juli 1776 d. 15 Mai 1855

23 Dezember 1805 Geburt eines Kindes: Sharon (Vermont), Windsor County (Vermont), ♂ w Joseph Smith [Smith] b. 23 Dezember 1805 d. 27 Juni 1844

6 April 1830 LDS-Taufe:

14 September 1840 Tod: Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois

15 September 1840 Bestattung: Smith Family Cem, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois

10 April 1877 Endowment (Begabung) LDS: SGEOR

25 August 1897 Siegelung an Eltern (LDS): SLAKE

Anmerkungen

http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/w/o/wol3/patriarch.htm (photo):

While other denominations, notably the Eastern Orthodox churches, have an officer which they style as a Patriarch, both the name and the function of Patriarch to the Church is unique to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Prophet Joseph Smith taught that an "evangelist" (as in Ephesians 4:11) is a "patriarch" (TPJS, p. 151); that is, he confers the blessings of a Patriarch upon members of the Church. The Patriarch to the Church is one of only two positions in the Church to which one may be called by right of birth (and, of course, worthiness).

The first Patriarch to the Church called in this dispensation was Joseph Smith, Sr, father of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr. At his death, his oldest surviving son, Hyrum, received the call to serve. With the exception of a ten year interregnum when acting Patriarchs were called, the call has remained in this birthright family.

Before 1979, the Patriarch to the Church was a Church officer whose chief duty was to confer patriarchal blessings on church members who did not have the service of Stake Patriarchs readily available to them. As more areas were absorbed into newly created Stakes, each of which was provided with a Patriarch, the local availability of Stake Patriarchs greatly increased, but for many years there was a Patriarch to the entire Church. He was one of the General Authorities, ranking just below the Quorum of the Twelve. Like the Presidency and the Twelve, the Patriarch to the Church is (was) sustained as a Prophet, Seer, and Revelator.

In 1979 the office of Patriarch to the Church was retired "because of the large increase in the number of Stake Patriarchs and the availability of patriarchal service throughout the world." Eldred G. Smith was designated "a Patriarch Emeritus, which means that he is honorably relieved of all duties and responsibilities pertaining to the office of Patriarch to the Church" (CR [Oct. 1979]:25). Since the office of Patriarch is both a Priesthood office to which one is ordained and a position in Church hierarchy, to which one is called, Eldred G. Smith's ordination remains valid although the position is not filled.

He was one of the eight special witnesses to the Book of Mormon. He gave the following testimony:

Be it known unto all nations, kindreds tongues, and people, unto whom this work shall come: That Joseph Smith, Jun., the translator of this work, has shown unto us the plates of which hath been spoken, which have the appearance of gold; and as many of the leaves as the said Smith has translated we did handle with our hands; and we also saw the engravings thereon, all of which has the appearance of ancient work, and of curious workmanship. And this we bear record with words of soberness, that the said Smith has shown unto us, for we have seen and hefted, and know of a surety that the said Smith has got the plates of which we have spoken. And we give our names unto the world, to witness unto the world that which we have seen. And we lie not, God bearing witness of it. Signed: Christian Whitmer, Jacob Whitmer, Peter Whitmer, Jun., John Whitmer, Hiram Page, Joseph Smith, Sen., Hyrum Smith, and Samuel H. Smith

http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/w/o/wol3/smithj1.htm This biographical sketch is adapted from LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, by Andrew Jenson, Vol. 1, p.181 and from The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, by Lyndon W. Cook; p.11

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Lovingly known to the Saints as "Father Smith," Joseph Smith, senior, the first Presiding Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and father of the Prophet Joseph Smith, was born July 12, 1771, in Topsfield, Essex county, Mass., he was the second son of Asahel Smith and Mary Duty. Joseph Smith, sen., removed with his father to Tunbridge, Orange county, Vermont, in 1791, and assisted in clearing a large farm of a heavy growth of timber. He married Lucy, daughter of Solomon and Lydia Mack, Jan. 24, 1796, by whom he had ten children, namely: Alvin, born Feb. 11, 1798; Hyrum, born Feb. 9, 1800; Sophronia, born May 16, 1803; Joseph, born Dec. 23, 1805; Samuel Harrison, born March 13, 1808; Ephraim, born March 13, 1810; William, born March 13, 1811; Catherine, born July 28, 1812; Don Carlos, born March 25, 1816; and Lucy, born July 18, 1824. [Actually, there were eleven children. This list omits an unnamed male child, born before Alvin.] At his marriage he owned a handsome farm in Tunbridge.

In 1802 he rented it [out] and engaged in mercantile business, and soon after embarked in a venture of ginseng to send to China, and was swindled out of the entire proceeds by the shipmaster and agent; he was consequently obliged to sell his farm and all of his effects to pay his debts. About the year 1816 he removed to Palmyra, Wayne county, New York, bought a farm and cleared two hundred acres, which he lost in consequence of not being able to pay the last installment of the purchase money at the time it was due. This was the case with a great number of farmers in New York who had cleared land under similar contracts. He afterwards moved to Manchester, Ontario county, New York, procured a comfortable home with sixteen acres of land, where he lived until he removed to Kirtland, Ohio.

He was the first person who received his son Joseph's testimony after he had seen the angel, and exhorted him to be faithful and diligent to the message he had received. He later saw the Golden Plates and became one of the eight witnesses to the Book of Mormon. He was baptized April 6, 1830. In August, 1830, in company with his son Don Carlos, he took a mission to St. Lawrence county, New York, touching on his route at several of the Canadian ports, where he distributed a few copies of the Book of Mormon, visited his father, brothers and sisters residing in St. Lawrence county, bore testimony to the truth, which resulted eventually in all the family coming into the Church, excepting his brother Jesse and sister Susan.

He removed with his family to Kirtland in 1831, where he was ordained to the High Priesthood June 3, 1831, by Lyman Wight. He was ordained a Patriarch and president of the High priesthood, under the hands of Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, Sidney Rigdon and Frederick G. Williams, Dec. 18, 1833, and was chosen a member of the first High Council, organized in Kirtland, Ohio, Feb. 17, 1834.

In 1836 he traveled in company with his brother John 2,400 miles in Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont and New Hampshire, visiting the branches of the Church in those States, and bestowing patriarchal blessings on several hundred persons, preaching the gospel to all who would hear, and baptizing many. They arrived at Kirtland Oct. 2, 1836. During the persecutions in Kirtland, in 1837, he was made a prisoner, but fortunately obtained his liberty. At this perilous time, he was appointed assistant counselor to First Presidency on September 3, 1837. After a very tedious journey in the spring and summer of 1838, he arrived at Far West, Mo.

After his sons, Hyrum and Joseph, were thrown into the Missouri jails by the mob, he fled from under the exterminating order of Governor Lilburn W. Boggs, and made his escape in midwinter to Quincy, Ill., from whence he removed to Commerce in the spring of 1839, and thus became one of the founders of Nauvoo. The exposures he suffered brought on consumption, of which he died Sept. 14, 1840, aged 69 years, two months and two days.

He was 6 feet 2 inches tall, was very straight, and remarkably well proportioned. His ordinary weight was about two hundred lbs., and he was very strong and active. In his young days he was famed as a wrestler, and, like Jacob of old, he never wrestled with but one man whom he could not throw. He was one of the most benevolent of men, opening his house to all who were destitute. While at Quincy, Ill., he fed hundreds of the poor Saints who were fleeing from the Missouri persecutions, although he had arrived there penniless himself.

The LDS Historical Database is a multimedia compilation of over 200,000 individuals by Vern Taylor of Stockton California Dec 2003-5. Most notes and biographies were collected from the Internet. Some were digitally keyed by Renda Taylor. Contact me at <stanleyscribe@@yahoo.com> if you would like me to include additional individuals. All my data is included in this file. I have tried to error correct and standardize the place names. Unless otherwise indicated, all places are USA. Abbreviations used are Cem=Cemetery, Mt.=Mount, Twp=Township, St.=Saint, (xxx)=current name in use.

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1. ↑ GEDCOM file from Roy Birch <rbirch1@san.rr.com>, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=%3A1473672. Created on 11 APR 2001. Imported on 9 Oct 2003. -
2. ↑ GEDCOM file from David Allen Wells <dw711@msn.com>, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GED&db=daw744&id=I25653. Created on 20 OCT 2003. Imported on 24 Oct 2003. -
3. ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM). June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998 -
4. ↑ LDS Historical database compiled by Vern Taylor Dec 2003 -

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