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Hyrum Smith

Birth
09 February 1800
Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

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Death
27 June 1844
Carthage, Hancock, Illinois
Parent Marriage

Joseph Smith to Lucy Mack

Date: 24 July 1796

Marriage Type: civil

Notes

Member of Anointed Quorum, admitted 5 May 1842 (Anderson/Bergera-AQ).

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Baptism - June 1829

Place: Seneca, Seneca, New York, USA

Officiator: Joseph Smith

Baptized by JS, June 1829, at Seneca Lake, Seneca Co., New York. (Joseph Smith Papers - JS History / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1838–1856. Vols. A-1–F-1 (original), A-2–E-2 (fair copy). Historian’s Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, boxes 1–7. The history for the period after 5 Aug. 1838 was composed after the death of Joseph Smith.)
Endowment - 05 May 1842

Place: Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA (UVA)

First Anointing - 05 May 1842

Place: Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA (UVA)

Name as Performed: Hyrum Smith

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Jerusha Barden - Civil Marriage - 02 November 1826

This marriage has 6 child(ren) in the database

Place: Manchester, Ontario, New York, USA

Mary Fielding - Civil Marriage - 24 December 1837

This marriage has 2 child(ren) in the database

Place: Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, USA

Lydia Dibble - Sealed for Eternity - 1843

Officiator: Brigham Young

abt. 1843; SMINT 1846-01-30
Jerusha Barden - Sealed for Eternity - 29 May 1843

This marriage has 14 adoptee(s) in the database

Place: Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA (UVA)

Officiator: Joseph Smith

Spouse Proxy: Mary Fielding

Died 1837-10-13; SMNT 1846-01-15
Mary Fielding - Sealed for Eternity - 29 May 1843

Officiator: Joseph Smith

Catherine Philips - Sealed for Eternity - August 1843

Place: Red Brick Store, Nauvoo, Illinois, USA (UVA)

Officiator: Joseph Smith

Her mother and sister Hettie and sister-in-law Julia were witnesses. See affidavit Catherine Phillips Smith CHL MS 3423_4_10s
Mercy Rachel Fielding - Sealed for Time - 11 August 1843

Place: Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA

alternate date 11 August 1843; odd proxy, Joseph Smith?
Louisa Sanger - Sealed for Eternity - 17 September 1843

Officiator: Amasa Mason Lyman

abt. 1843; 1846-01-27
Hyrum Smith dies, 27 June 1844
Jerusha Barden - Sealed for Eternity - 15 January 1846

This marriage has 10 adoptee(s) in the database

Place: Nauvoo Temple, Nauvoo, Illinois, USA (UVA)

Officiator: Brigham Young

Spouse Proxy: Mary Fielding

Mary Fielding - Sealed for Eternity - 15 January 1846

Place: Nauvoo Temple, Nauvoo, Illinois, USA (UVA)

Officiator: Brigham Young

Proxy: Heber Chase Kimball

Louisa Sanger - Sealed for Eternity - 27 January 1846

Place: Nauvoo Temple, Nauvoo, Illinois, USA (UVA)

Officiator: Amasa Mason Lyman

Proxy: Reuben George Miller

Susan Jordan - Sealed for Time - 29 January 1846

Place: Nauvoo Temple, Nauvoo, Illinois, USA (UVA)

Officiator: Heber Chase Kimball

Proxy: Edward Tuttle

Polly Miller Smith - Sealed for Eternity - 30 January 1846

Place: Nauvoo Temple, Nauvoo, Illinois, USA (UVA)

Officiator: Brigham Young

Proxy: Samuel Bent

Lydia Dibble - Sealed for Eternity - 30 January 1846

Place: Nauvoo Temple, Nauvoo, Illinois, USA (UVA)

Officiator: Brigham Young

Proxy: John Taylor

abt. 1843; SMINT 1846-01-30
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Mary Smith

Birth Date: 27 June 1829

Death Date: 29 May 1832

Martha Ann Smith

Birth Date: 14 May 1841

Death Date: 19 October 1923

Hiram Smith

Birth Date: 27 April 1834

Death Date: 21 September 1841

Joseph Fielding Smith

Birth Date: 13 November 1838

Death Date: 19 November 1918

Jerusha Smith

Birth Date: 13 January 1836

Death Date: 27 June 1912

Lovina Smith

Birth Date: 16 September 1827

Death Date: 08 October 1876

Sarah Smith

Birth Date: 02 October 1837

Death Date: 06 November 1876

John Smith

Birth Date: 22 September 1832

Death Date: 06 November 1911

Mary Brown

Birth Date: 21 July 1811

Death Date: 17 November 1877

Type: adoption

Martha Ann Smith

Birth Date: 14 May 1841

Death Date: 19 October 1923

Type: natural

Joseph Fielding Smith

Birth Date: 13 November 1838

Death Date: 19 November 1918

Type: natural

Joseph Fielding Smith

Birth Date: 13 November 1838

Death Date: 19 November 1918

Type: adoption

Jerusha Smith

Birth Date: 13 January 1836

Death Date: 27 June 1912

Type: natural

Lovina Smith

Birth Date: 16 September 1827

Death Date: 08 October 1876

Type: natural

Martha Jane Knowlton

Birth Date: 03 June 1822

Death Date: 14 December 1881

Type: adoption

Martha Jane Knowlton

Birth Date: 03 June 1822

Death Date: 14 December 1881

Type: adoption

Sarah Smith

Birth Date: 02 October 1837

Death Date: 06 November 1876

Type: natural

Robert Blashel Thompson

Birth Date: 01 October 1811

Death Date: 27 August 1841

Type: adoption

Eli D. Walker

Type: adoption

Lorin Walker

Birth Date: 25 July 1822

Death Date: 26 September 1907

Type: adoption

John Smith

Birth Date: 22 September 1832

Death Date: 06 November 1911

Type: adoption

Mercy Rachel Fielding

Birth Date: 15 June 1807

Death Date: 15 September 1893

Type: adoption

Charles Wesley Wandell

Birth Date: 12 April 1819

Death Date: 14 March 1875

Type: adoption

Robert Bashel Thompson

Birth Date: 01 October 1811

Type: adoption

Howard Coray

Birth Date: 06 May 1817

Death Date: 16 January 1908

Type: adoption

Howard Coray

Birth Date: 06 May 1817

Death Date: 16 January 1908

Type: adoption

Hannah Greenwood

Birth Date: 04 September 1808

Death Date: 09 September 1877

Type: adoption

Sarah Price

Birth Date: 01 July 1821

Death Date: 24 April 1892

Type: adoption

Joseph Fielding

Birth Date: 26 March 1797

Death Date: 19 December 1863

Type: adoption

James Lawson

Birth Date: 20 July 1820

Death Date: 14 September 1912

Type: adoption

James Lawson

Birth Date: 20 July 1820

Death Date: 14 September 1912

Type: adoption

Charles Smith

Birth Date: 10 July 1819

Death Date: 28 November 1905

Type: adoption

Patriarch

Start Date: 05 May 1842

At Least By This Date

End Date: 30 January 1846

High Priest
Priest

Start Date: 09 June 1830

Specific Known Date

Notes: Ordained a priest, 9 June 1830. (Joseph Smith Papers - Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 158–159, 170–171; Porter, “Study of the Origins,” 296–297; “Smith, Hyrum,” in Black, Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848, 39:885.)

High Priest

Start Date: 04 June 1831

Specific Known Date

Notes: Ordained a high priest by JS, 4 June 1831. (Joseph Smith Papers - Minute Book 2, 3 June 1831; Whitmer, History, 27–28; Staker, Hearken, O Ye People, 156.)

First Presidency

Start Date: 07 November 1837

Specific Known Date

Notes: Appointed second counselor in First Presidency, 7 Nov. 1837. (Joseph Smith Papers - Minute Book 2 / “The Conference Minutes and Record Book of Christ’s Church of Latter Day Saints,” 1838, 1842, 1844. CHL. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.)

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