[Grandfather of George Albert Smith] George A Smith: Father John Smith gave George A Smith 20 Sept. 1853, "all the keys of the Patriarchal Priesthood that ever was sealed upon any man on Earth" but Brigham Young did not present George A Smith as Presiding Patriarch upon father's death 1854 (1)
-- 1854-71
[Grandfather of George Albert Smith] George A Smith: Church Historian (1854-71) (1)
-- April 1854
[George A. Smith, grandfather of George Albert Smith] Appointed Historian and General Church Recorder April 1854. (2)
-- 23 May 1854
[Great-grandfather of George Albert Smith] John Smith: Died in Salt Lake City, Utah, 23 May 1854. (2)
-- February 1855
[George A. Smith, grandfather of George Albert Smith] Admitted as member of bar of Supreme Court of Territory of Utah February 1855. With others, worked on manuscript history of Joseph Smith. (2)
-- 1856 September 18
[Apostle John Henry Smith [father of George Albert Smith]] Baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon). (3)
-- october 13, 1857
Josephine Grosbeck Smith [polygamous wife of George Albert Smith's father] was born Oct. 13, 1857, Salt Lake City. (4)
-- Dec. 1857
[Grandfather of George Albert Smith] George A Smith: Apparently among those indicted Dec. 1857 for treason in Utah War, pardoned by general amnesty of U.S. president 1858 (1)
-- During 1857
George A. Smith: In 1841 he married Bathsheba W. Bigler; one year later he married Lucy Meserve, Zilpha Stark, Sarah Ann Libby [grandmother of George Albert Smith], Hannah Marie Libby, and Nancy Clement, and, in 1857, Susan Elizabeth West. He was the father of twenty children, including Apostle John Henry Smith, and the grandfather of President George Albert Smith. (5)
-- 19 Mar. 1862
[Grandfather of George Albert Smith] George A Smith: Declined offer 19 Mar. 1862 to become Presiding Patriarch in place of current patriarch John Smith (b. 1832) (1)
Footnotes:
1 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 6, Biographical Sketches of General Officers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47, http://amzn.to/origins-power
2 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985, http://amzn.to/RevelationsofJosephSmith
3 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology, http://bit.ly/johnhenrysmith
4 - Frank Ellwood Esshom, "Pioneers and prominent men of Utah" (1913)
5 - Van Wagoner, Richard and Walker, Steven C., A Book of Mormons, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
LDS History Chronology: George Albert Smith
Mormon History Timeline: The life of George Albert Smith
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