SMITH, George Albert

1870 - 1951  (81 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	SMITH, George Albert
  Birth	4 Apr 1870	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Gender	Male
  WAC	3 Sep 1891	MANTI
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
  Death	4 Apr 1951	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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  Person ID	I41073	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	SMITH, John Henry Apostle ,   b. 18 Sep 1848, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United Statesd. 13 Oct 1911, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 63 years)
  Mother	FARR, Sarah ,   b. 30 Oct 1849, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United Statesd. 4 Feb 1921, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F8612	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	WOODRUFF, Lucy Emily ,   b. 10 Jan 1869, Saint Thomas, Clark, Nevada, United States Saint Thomas, Clark, Nevada, United Statesd. 5 Nov 1937, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	25 May 1892	Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States
  Children	1 son and 2 daughters
  1. SMITH, Emily ,   b. 19 Nov 1895, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United Statesd. 28 Feb 1973, Socorro, Socorro, New Mexico, United States (Age 77 years)   2. SMITH, Edith ,   b. 10 Nov 1899, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United Statesd. 13 Jun 1977, San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States (Age 77 years)   3. SMITH, George Albert Jr. ,   b. 10 Sep 1905, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United Statesd. 11 Oct 1969, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F21439	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  THE ROYAL LINE CHART PREPARED FOR THE NEW YORK STAKE GENEALOGICAL BOARD THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY DAINTS CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION - MARCH 1936 Compiled from - "The Kinship of families" by Archibald F. Bennett "Adam to New Chart" by Mrs. Eva Sells Jaeger "Europe's Royal Family Tree" by E. L. Sandberg "Pedigree of Joseph Smith, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt" by Karl Weiss "Present Time and Prophecies" by James H. Anderson Bible, Pearl of Great Price Secular History --------------------------------- When George Albert Smith was born on April 4, 1870, his grandfather and namesake, George A. Smith, was a counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. President George A. Smith's fahter, John Smith, who once served as an assistant counselor in the First Presidency, was a brother of Joseph Smith Sr., father of the the Prophet Joseph Smith. And George Albert's father, John Henry Smith, who became a member of the Twelve Apostles when George Albert was ten, later became a counselor in the First Presidency. A patriarchal blessing George Albert received at age twelve intimated his eminence in the Church would exceed that of these three forebears, leading him to the prophetic office. "Thou shalt become a mighty prophet in the midst of the sons of Zion," he was told, "for none of thy father's family shall have more power with God than thou shalt have, for none shall excel thee." Albert was reared belied this promise of future distinction. He was just one of the children of the many polygamous families who lived in the neighborhood near Temple Square in Salt Lake City, where he was born. . . . He taught personal responsibility, especially the control of one's thoughs, provided lifelong incentives toward personal excellence. . . . He was justifiably proud of his numerous ancestors and reltives who had filled high Church offices. Yet he abhorred nepotism and once at a stake meeting was heard to whisper that if one more Smith were presented for office, he intended to walk out. Just then his name was announded as a counselor in the Salt Take's Young Men Mutual Improvement Association. George Albert again was surprised by a call and felt anxiety about too many Smiths occupying Church office when in October 1903 he was called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He was not advised of the call before hand and was not even present at the meeting. The nepotism issue weighed heavily with him because there were five Smiths among the twenty-six General Authorities. He feared that his father, who was then in the Twelve, had infuenced the call. Assured this was not so, he later received spiritual confirmation that the call had come by divine inspiration through the prophet. . . . Elder Smith's emergence as a national leader in Scouting was accompanied by an increased stature as an executive of the Sons of the American Revolution. . . . On one trip east, for instance, to attend an ASR meeting, he stopped in Washington, D.C., to renew acquaintance with President Warren Harding, one of eight presidents of the United States with whom he was personally acquainted. . . . When he taught missionaries how to follow the promptings of the Spirit in their work, he adminished them to "give the Lord a chance." He meant that if they, like Nephi, would begin to act, to move forward towatd a goal, God would open doors and guide their steps in a miraculous way. . . . The nature and quality of George Albert Smith's leadership as President of the Church was reflected in counsel he gave to his brethren at a meeting in the temple shortly after his ordination. "I counselled the brethren to love the people into living righteously," he wrote following the meeting. And later he told members of the Church at the October 1945 general conference, at which time he was sustained as President of the Church: "Let us love one another that our Heavenly Father may be able to bless us; and he will bless us if we love one another and do good to all his children." These sentiments characterized all of George Albert Smith's actions during the years he served as the President of the Church.