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| | Church History Volume 4, Chapter 39 |
 | | DAVID H. DAVID HYRUM, the youngest son of Joseph the Seer, and Emma Smith, and second counselor to President Joseph Smith, was born November 17, 1844, at Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois. |
 | | ALEXANDER H. Alexander Hale, fourth son of Joseph Smith, the Seer, and Emma Smith, was born in the town of Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri, June 2, 1838. |
 | | In 1890, April 15, he was ordained president of the Quorum of Twelve, by Joseph Smith and W. Blair, which office he held until 1897, when he was called as counselor to the President of the church, and patriarch and evangelical minister unto the church. |
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