| LC control no. | nr2001046292 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Smith, John, 1781-1854 |
| Located | Kirtland (Ohio) Nauvoo (Ill.) |
| Birth date | 1781-07-16 |
| Death date | 1854-05-23 |
| Place of birth | Derryfield (N.H.) |
| Place of death | Salt Lake City (Utah) |
| Affiliation | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| Found in | Papers, 1792-1895 (John Smith (1781-1854), an earlier LDS Church Patriarch) UPB files (hdg.: Smith, John, 1781-1854) Overland Trails Digital Library Collection, 2001 (Smith, John, 1781-1854 LDS Church patriarch) Wikipedia, website viewed March 6, 2018 (John Smith (uncle of Joseph Smith); 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); he was the younger brother of Joseph Smith Sr. and great-grandfather of George Albert Smith; he was a member of the first presiding high council in Kirtland, Ohio; assistant counselor in the First Presidency under Joseph Smith; Presiding Patriarch under Brigham Young (January 1, 1849-May 23, 1854); president of the stake in Lee County, Iowa, during the Nauvoo period; first president of the Salt Lake Stake, the first stake in Utah Territory; he was born in Derryfield, New Hampshire and died in Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| Associated language | eng |
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