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  Utah History Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
George Albert Smith was born in Salt Lake City on 4 April 1870, the son of John Henry Smith and Sarah Farr Smith.
George Albert attended Brigham Young Academy and the University of Deseret, was a sergeant in the Utah National Guard, worked for ZCMI as a salesman, and was a surveyor for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.
In 1903, at the age of thirty-three, George Albert Smith was named to the Quorum of Twelve Apostles of the LDS Church, in which capacity he worked with the YMMIA, with church missions, and with scouting, serving as a member of the executive board of the national council.
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 George Albert Smith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Albert Smith (April 4, 1870 – April 4, 1951) was an influential religious leader and the eighth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Smith attended Brigham Young University and the University of Deseret (later the University of Utah).
Smith became president of the Church on May 21, 1945 with the death of Heber J. Grant.
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 George Albert Smith, General Authority
On May 25, 1892, George Albert Smith married Lucy Emily Woodruff, the daughter of Wilford Woodruff, Jr., and Emily Jane Smith in the Manti Temple.
George Albert Smith was ordained an apostle at thirty-three years of age on October 8, 1903, by President Joseph F.
With the death of President Rudger Clawson, in 1943, George Albert Smith was sustained as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
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 George A. Smith, General Authority   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
George Albert Smith is generally called George A. Smith to differentiate him from his grandson and namesake, George Albert Smith who served as President of the Church from 1945 until his death in 1951.
George was born June 26, 1817 in Potsdam, New York, the son of John Smith and Clarissa Lyman.
George A. Smith was ordained an Apostle April 26, 1839 at Far West, Missouri by Heber C. Kimball to bring the Quorum back up to strength.
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 Joseph Smith - MormonWiki
Joseph Smith was born on December 23, 1805, in Sharon, Vermont, the son of Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith.
The Smiths moved several times in less than twenty years, but almost all of Joseph's later childhood was spent near Palmyra, New York, in an area that was called the "burned-over district" for its frequent and fervent religious excitement.
Joseph Smith was succeeded as President of the Church by Brigham Young.
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 George T. Smith
GEORGE T. SMITH is one of the veteran editors and newspaper men of Kansas and owns and directs the editorial management of the Marshall County News.
George T. Smith is a brother of the late James Smith, former secretary of state of Kansas.
Robert Smith, the father, was born in the vicinity of Elders Ridge, Pennsylvania, in 1825.
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 MOMI - BRITISH PIONEERS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Smith saw and appreciated the Lumière programme in Leicester Square in March 1896, would have been aware of Robert Paul's shows at the same time, and acquired his first camera soon afterwards.
Smith was also instrumental in the development of continuity editing.
Smith's wife Laura acted in many of his films, as did the local Brighton comedian Tom Green.
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 George Albert Smith
George Albert Smith (1870-1951), the eighth president of the Church, was born April 4, 1870, in Salt Lake City, the son of John Henry Smith and Sarah Farr.
His grandfather, George A. Smith, was an apostle and counselor to President Brigham Young, and his father, John Henry Smith, was an apostle and counselor to President Joseph F. Smith.
George Albert Smith was ordained an apostle at thirty-three years of age on October 8, 1903, by President Joseph F. Smith.
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 Smith Ancestry - pafg04.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Charles Forest Smith (Albert Richard, Albert, Henry) was born on 18 Jun 1896 in Milton County Ga..
Warren Perry Smith (Richard A. William A, Henry) was born on 4 Jan 1904 in Milton County Ga..
Henry Elmer Smith (Richard A. William A, Henry) was born on 27 Apr 1913 in Cobb County, Ga..
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 National Museum Photography, Film & Television - George Albert Smith
A man of many talents and pursuits, George Albert Smith was born in London but after the death of his father the family moved to Brighton, where his mother ran a boarding house and Smith was to live the rest of his long life.
In 1899, Smith was also responsible for one of the first examples of editing in film, when he inserted a scene of himself kissing his wife, Laura, in a railway carriage in the middle of a 'phantom ride' taken from the front of a railway locomotive entering a tunnel.
Smith was also able to extend the sensitivity of the film he used so that it would record the red as well as the blue and green regions of the spectrum.
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 GEORGE A. SMITH FAMILY PAPERS:
Elias Smith, president of the high priests in the church from 1870 to 1877 and president of the High Priest Quorum in Salt Lake Stake from 1877 to 1888, was born September 6, 1804, in Royalton, Vermont, the son of Asael and Elizabeth Schellenger Smith.
George Albert Smith, eighth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was born on April 4, 1870, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the son of John Henry and Sarah Farr Smith.
George Albert Smith was a leader in the area of preserving and marking historic trails and landmarks of the West.
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 MORMON CENTRAL - JOSEPH SMITH - LDS TEMPLES - BOOK OF MORMON - MORMONISM
President [George Q.] Cannon informed President [Lorenzo] Snow that President [Brigham] Young had held to the doctrine that no man tainted with negro blood was eligible to the priesthood; that President [John] Taylor held to the same doctrine, claiming to have been taught it by the Prophet Joseph Smith.
But President [George Q.] Cannon conceived the idea that, under the circumstances, it would be proper to permit her to go to the temple to be adopted to the Prophet Joseph Smith as his servant and this was done.
President [Joseph F.] Smith remarked that he saw no reason why a negro should not be permitted to have access to the baptismal font in the temple to be baptized for the dead, inasmuch as negroes are entitled to become members of the Church by baptism.
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 A biographical overview of the life of George Albert Smith,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
George recounted this moving story about a dream that he had as he was recovering from a long ilness: "I thought I was on the shore of a lake and I found that I was alone.
President Smith developed a creed that included the following ideals: "I would be a friend to the friendless and find joy in ministering to the needs of the poor.
President George Albert Smith has proved the truth of Christ's paradoxical saying, 'He that will lose his life for my sake, shall find it...
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 Was George Albert Smith Biblical?
George Albert Smith, Sharing the Gospel With Others, p.50-51 My faith in God was increased by reading the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price.
When I was called to leave home and loved ones to travel among strangers to promulgate the Gospel of Jesus Christ, as restored in these latter days, I witnessed the power of the Lord in softening the hearts of men and providing for my necessities and preserving my life.
George Albert Smith, Sharing the Gospel With Others, p.61 It was by faith that the great city of Nauvoo was founded, under the direction of the Prophet Joseph Smith, and by faith the glorious truths contained in the Doctrine and Covenants were received by him.
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 Joseph F. Smith - MormonWiki
In the fall of 1846 the family was again forced from their home and Joseph F. Smith crossed the Missouri river to begin his journey with his mother across the plains to Utah.
Joseph F. Smith also oversaw the building of more temples, and oversaw the construction of both the Cardston Alberta Temple in Canada and the Laie Hawaii Temple, though he died before either was finished.
His son Joseph Fielding Smith who also became a president of the Church remembered his father this way, “His spirit was gentle and kind.
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 Meridian Magazine : : Biography : : First Temple Outside of the United States
Smith then led in prayer, officially dedicating the land to its holy purpose, and giving his blessing to the Alberta Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Smith, and an appropriate hymn by the choir.
Joseph Fielding Smith (1838-1918), known as Joseph F. Smith, was the sixth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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 Meridian Magazine : : Biography : : Legacy of a Name
Joseph F. Smith, the sixth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was born into the caldron of intense persecution on 13 November 1838 at Far West, Missouri.
Of all the modern Presidents of the LDS Church, only Joseph Smith, Brigham Young and Joseph F. Smith experienced intense and continuous personal attacks during most of their ministry, having as it were their names known "for good and evil." John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, and Lorenzo Snow rarely were exposed to personal abuse.
Those men who followed Joseph F. Smith in the First Presidency, beginning with Heber J. Grant and George Albert Smith, rarely were faced with the kind of defamation of character that Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and Joseph F. Smith were subject to during their lives.
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 Gospel Chic: Presidents Day LDS Style
Joseph Smith's role in history was to found the Church of Jesus Christ based on this restored gospel in preparation for the second coming of Christ.
Joseph F. Smith (1838-1918), sixth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1901-1918), led the Church in the first two decades of the twentieth century and helped it win increasing respect in American society.
Joseph Fielding Smith (1876-1972), the tenth President of the Church, was born July 19, 1876, in Salt Lake City, the firstborn son of Joseph F. Smith, an apostle who would become the sixth President of the Church, and Julina Lambson, the first of his six plural wives.
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 APOSTLES – Excommunications & Reinstatements   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Smith, the 6th President of the Church, died on November 19, 1918 at the age of 80.
Answer: The five Smiths were Joseph F. Smith (President of the Church), John Henry Smith (2nd counselor in the First Presidency), Hyrum Mack Smith (member of the Quorum of 12), George Albert Smith (Quorum of 12), and Joseph Fielding Smith (Quorum of 12).
  Hyrum Smith, ordained as an apostle on November 7, 1837, was the father of Joseph F. Smith, the sixth President of the Church.
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 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Smith, G to I
Smith, Gus Ross — of Davis, Tucker County, W.Va. Democrat.
Smith, Henry — of Monroe, Monroe County, Mich.
Smith, Horace Boardman (1826-1888) — of New York.
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 Jerry Stokes Joseph Smith Historical Problems
Dr. Bushman reports that when Joseph Smith realized Harris had “lost” the manuscripts and he would have to return home to Harmony without the documents he confessed, “all is lost.” Lucy Smith told Joseph that he could not “retranslate” the 116 pages because the whole thing could be made to appear a fraud.
Verily, verily I say unto you, that my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., is the man to whom I likened the servant to whom the Lord of the vineyard spake in the parable which I have given unto you.
Joseph Smith, the founding prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, claimed that as a 14-year-old boy he had a vision of God the Father and Jesus Christ.
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 LDSIndex.org - General Authorities Index
George Albert Smith was born on April 4, 1870 in Salt Lake City, Utah to John Henry Smith and Sarah Farr Smith.
He was ordained an apostle on October 8, 1903 by Joseph F. Smith (age 33).
George Albert Smith passed away on his 81st birthday, April 4, 1951 in Salt Lake City.
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 Patriarch Joseph Fielding Smith's Homosexuality   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Joseph Fielding Smith was ordained “Patriarch to the Church” by LDS President Heber J. Grant.
Joseph Fielding Smith diary referred to the problems he was having of late as "a recurrence of his old trouble in his back." Smith’s back problems were likely psychosomatically related to the stress surrounding his sexuality.
George Albert Smith instructed that the ex-patriarch's salary continue to be sent to him monthly until the end of December, when it should stop.
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 math lessons - Joseph Fielding Smith
Joseph Fielding Smith (July 19, 1876-July 2, 1972) was the tenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1970 to 1972.
He had been named to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1910, when his father, with whom he shared a name but who is generally referred to as Joseph F. Smith, while the son's middle name is spelled out, was President of the Church.
Joseph Fielding Smith spent some of his years among the Twelve Apostles as the Church Historian and Recorder, and was known as a zealous creationist.
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 Quotes of President George Albert Smith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
George Albert Smith (Church President: May 21, 1945 - April 4, 1951)
Many have belittled Joseph Smith, but those who have will be forgotten in the remains of mother earth, and the odor of their infamy will ever be with them, but honor, majesty, and fidelity to God, exemplified by Joseph Smith and attached to his name, will never die.
Reprinted: George Albert Smith, “Origin of Man and Prophecy Fulfilled,” Tambuli, Jan. 1980, 39
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