Smith family (Latter Day Saints)

The Smith family is the name of an American family with many members prominent in religion and politics. The family's most famous member was Joseph Smith Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Many other members of the family took on leadership roles in various churches within the movement.

Joseph Smith, Sr

Lucy Mack Smith

John Smith

Joseph Smith Sr.

Lived 1771–1840
Married: Lucy Mack in 1795
Father of Alvin, Hyrum, Sophronia, Joseph Jr., Samuel, Ephraim, William, Catherine or Katharine, Don Carlos, and Lucy (see Joseph Smith-History 1:4 and “Family of Joseph Smith, Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith: First Family of the Restoration,” December 2005 Ensign magazine)
brother of John Smith

Lucy Mack Smith

Lived 1775–1856
Married: Joseph Smith Sr. in 1795
Mother of Alvin, Hyrum, Sophronia, Joseph Jr., Samuel, Ephraim, William, Catherine or Katharine, Don Carlos, and Lucy (see Joseph Smith-History 1:4 and “Family of Joseph Smith, Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith: First Family of the Restoration,” December 2005 Ensign magazine)

John Smith

Lived: 1781–1854
brother of Joseph Smith Sr.
father of George A. Smith

Alvin Smith

Hyrum Smith

Joseph Smith Jr.

Samuel H. Smith

William Smith

Katharine Smith Salisbury

Lucy Smith Millikin

Alvin Smith

Lived: 1798–1823
Oldest child of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith
Brother of Hyrum Smith, Sophronia Smith McCleary, Joseph Smith Jr., Samuel H. Smith, William Smith, Katharine Smith Salisbury, Don Carlos Smith, and Lucy Smith Millikin

Hyrum Smith

Lived: 1800–1844
Second son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith
Brother of Alvin Smith, Sophronia Smith McCleary, Joseph Smith Jr., Samuel H. Smith, William Smith, Katharine Smith Salisbury, Don Carlos Smith, and Lucy Smith Millikin

Sophronia Smith McCleary

Lived: 1803–1876
Oldest daughter of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith
Sister of Alvin Smith, Hyrum Smith, Joseph Smith Jr., Samuel H. Smith, William Smith, Katharine Smith Salisbury, Don Carlos Smith, and Lucy Smith Millikin
Married: Calvin W. Stoddard in 1827. Husband died 1836.
Married: William McCleary in 1838.

Joseph Smith Jr.

Lived: 1805–1844
Founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter Day Saint movement
Mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois 1842–44
Candidate for President of the United States 1844
son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith
Brother of Alvin Smith, Hyrum Smith, Sophronia Smith McCleary, Samuel H. Smith, William Smith, Katharine Smith Salisbury, Don Carlos Smith, and Lucy Smith Millikin
Father of Joseph Smith III
Married: Emma Hale in 1827

Samuel H. Smith

Lived: 1808–1844
Brother of Alvin Smith, Hyrum Smith, Sophronia Smith McCleary, Joseph Smith Jr., William Smith, Katharine Smith Salisbury, Don Carlos Smith, and Lucy Smith Millikin

William Smith

Lived: 13 March 1811 – 13 November 1894
Illinois State Legislature 1842
Brother of Alvin Smith, Hyrum Smith, Sophronia Smith McCleary, Joseph Smith Jr., Samuel H. Smith, Katharine Smith Salisbury, Don Carlos Smith, and Lucy Smith Millikin
Married: Caroline Amanda Grant, sister of Jedidiah Morgan Grant and Roxie Ann Grant
Married: Roxie Ann Grant after her sister Caroline's death

Katharine Smith Salisbury

Lived: July 8, 1813 – February 1, 1900
Sister of Alvin Smith, Hyrum Smith, Sophronia Smith McCleary, Joseph Smith Jr., Samuel H. Smith, William Smith, Don Carlos Smith, and Lucy Smith Millikin
Married: Wilkins Jenkins Salisbury (died 1853) (1831)
Married: Joseph Younger (later divorced) (1857)

Don Carlos Smith

Lived: 1816–1841
Brother of Alvin Smith, Hyrum Smith, Sophronia Smith McCleary, Joseph Smith Jr., Samuel H. Smith, William Smith, Katharine Smith Salisbury, and Lucy Smith Millikin

Lucy Smith Millikin

Lived 1821–1882
Sister of Alvin Smith, Hyrum Smith, Sophronia Smith McCleary, Joseph Smith Jr., Samuel H. Smith, William Smith, Don Carlos Smith, and Katharine Smith Salisbury
Married Arthur Millikin.

Elias Smith

George A. Smith

Silas Sanford Smith

Jesse N. Smith

The following individuals were children of brothers of Joseph Smith Sr. They were first-cousins to Alvin Smith, Hyrum Smith, Joseph Smith Jr., Samuel H. Smith, William Smith, and Don Carlos Smith

Elias Smith

Lived: 1804–1888
son of Asael Smith Jr. and Elizabeth Schellenger

George A. Smith

Lived: 26 June 1817 – 1 September 1875
Utah Territorial Legislature 1851, 1867; Utah Territorial Supreme Court 1855, Utah Territory delegate to U.S. Congress 1856
Son of John Smith
Father of John Henry Smith

Silas S. Smith

Lived: 26 October 1830 – 11 October 1910
Utah Territorial Legislature 1859, 69, 78
Son of Silas Smith Sr.
Brother of Jesse Nathaniel Smith

Jesse N. Smith

Lived: 2 December 1834 – 5 June 1906
Mayor of Parowan, Utah 1859; Arizona Territorial Legislature 19th Session
Son of Silas Smith Sr.
Brother of Silas S. Smith
His daughter, Leah, married John Hunt Udall, mayor of Phoenix, AZ
His son Asahel Henry Smith married Pauline Udall, daughter of David King Udall

John Lyman Smith

Lived 17 November 1828 – 21 February 1898
Utah Territorial Legislature 1852, 1853; 1853–1855
Son of John Smith

Joseph F. Smith

John Smith

Joseph F. Smith

Lived: 13 November 1838 – 19 November 1918
Utah Territorial Legislature 1865–70, 1872, 1874, 1880, 1882
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1901–1918
Son of Hyrum Smith and Mary Fielding (who remarried to Heber C. Kimball after Hyrum's death)
half-brother of John Smith

John Smith

Lived: 1832–1911
son of Hyrum Smith and Jerusha Barden
half-brother of Joseph F. Smith

Julia Murdock Smith

Joseph Smith III

Alexander Hale Smith

David Hyrum Smith

Julia Murdock Smith

Lived: 1830–1880
adopted daughter of Joseph Smith Jr. and Emma Hale
sister of Joseph Smith III, Alexander Hale Smith, and David Hyrum Smith

Joseph Smith III

Lived: 6 November 1832 – 10 December 1914
Prophet–President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now Community of Christ) for 54 years
Founder of Lamoni, Iowa
Founder of Graceland University
Three sons succeeded him as Prophet–President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - Frederick Madison Smith, Israel A. Smith and W. Wallace Smith.
Son of Joseph Smith Jr. and Emma Hale
Brother of Julia Murdock Smith, Alexander Hale Smith, and David Hyrum Smith
Nephew of Hyrum Smith
1st cousin of Joseph F. Smith
1st Cousin once removed of Utah Judge Elias Smith Sr
Married: Emmeline Griswold in 1854 and had five children
Married: Bertha Madison in 1869, after the death of Emmeline Griswold, and had nine children
Married: Ada Clark in 1898, after the death of Bertha Madison, and had three children

Alexander Hale Smith

Lived: 1838–1909
Son of Joseph Smith Jr. and Emma Hale
Brother of Julia Murdock Smith, Joseph Smith III, and David Hyrum Smith

David Hyrum Smith

Lived: 1844–1904
Son of Joseph Smith Jr. and Emma Hale
Brother of Julia Murdock Smith, Joseph Smith III, and Alexander Hale Smith

Ina Coolbrith (born Josephine Anna Smith)

Lived: 1841–1928
daughter of Don Carlos Smith and Agnes Moulton Coolbrith

John Henry Smith

Clarissa Smith Williams

John Henry Smith

Lived: 18 September 1848 – 13 October 1911
Utah Territorial Legislature 1882
Son of George A. Smith
Half-brother of Clarissa Smith Williams

Clarissa Smith Williams

Lived: 1859–1930
Daughter of George A. Smith and Susan West
Half-sister of John Henry Smith

Hyrum M. Smith

Joseph Fielding Smith

David A. Smith

Hyrum M. Smith

Lived: 1872–1918
Son of Joseph F. Smith, grandson of Hyrum Smith
Brother of Joseph Fielding Smith and David A. Smith

Joseph Fielding Smith

Lived: 1876–1972
Son of Joseph F. Smith, grandson of Hyrum Smith
Brother of Hyrum M. Smith and David A. Smith
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1970–1972

David A. Smith

Lived: 1879–1952
Son of Joseph F. Smith, grandson of Hyrum Smith
Brother of Hyrum M. Smith and Joseph Fielding Smith

Frederick M. Smith

Israel A. Smith

Elbert A. Smith

Frederick M. Smith

Lived: 1874–1946
Son of Joseph Smith III, grandson of Joseph Smith Jr.
Brother of Israel A. Smith and W. Wallace Smith
Prophet–President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1915–1946

Israel A. Smith

Lived: 2 February 1876 – 14 June 1958
Iowa State Legislature 1911-1913
Elected as delegate to the Missouri Constitutional Convention, 1943–1944
Prophet–President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1946–1958
Son of Joseph Smith III, grandson of Joseph Smith Jr.
Brother of Frederick M. Smith and W. Wallace Smith
Married: Nina Grenawalt in 1908, and had two sons

W. Wallace Smith

Lived: 1900–1989
Son of Joseph Smith III, grandson of Joseph Smith Jr.
Brother of Frederick M. Smith and Israel A. Smith
Prophet–President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1958–1978

Emma Smith Kennedy

Lived: 1869–1960
Daughter of Alexander Hale Smith, granddaughter of Joseph Smith Jr.

Elbert A. Smith

Lived: 1871–1959
Son of David Hyrum Smith, grandson of Joseph Smith Jr.

George Albert Smith

Nicholas G. Smith

Richard R. Lyman

George Albert Smith

Lived: 1870–1951
Son of John Henry Smith and Sarah Farr
Half-brother of Nicholas G. Smith
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1945–1951

Nicholas G. Smith

Lived: 1881–1945
Son of John Henry Smith and Josephine Groesbeck
Half-brother of George Albert Smith

Richard R. Lyman

Lived: 1870–1963
Son of Francis M. Lyman and Clara Caroline Callister, a granddaughter of John Smith

Hyrum G. Smith

Joseph Fielding Smith

Florence S. Jacobsen

Hyrum G. Smith

Lived: 1879–1932
grandson of John Smith, great-grandson of Hyrum Smith

Joseph Fielding Smith

Lived: 1899–1964
son of Hyrum M. Smith, grandson of Joseph F. Smith, great-grandson of Hyrum Smith

Florence Smith Jacobsen

Lived: 1913–2017
daughter of Willard Richards Smith, granddaughter of Joseph F. Smith, great-granddaughter of Hyrum Smith

Wallace B. Smith

Lived: 1929–2023
son of W. Wallace Smith, grandson of Joseph Smith III, great-grandson of Joseph Smith Jr.
Prophet–President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1978–1996