Elbert A. Smith
| Elbert A. Smith | |
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Photo of Elbert A. Smith ca. 1915
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| Presiding Patriarch | |
| April 10, 1938 – February 4, 1958 | |
| Called by | Frederick M. Smith |
| Predecessor | Frederick A. Smith |
| Successor | Roy A. Cheville |
| Counselor in the First Presidency | |
| April 19, 1909 – April 7, 1938 | |
| Called by | Joseph Smith III |
| Predecessor | R. C. Evans |
| Successor |
Israel A. Smith Lemuel F.P. Curry |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Elbert Aoriul Smith March 8, 1871 Nauvoo, Illinois, United States |
| Died | May 15, 1959 (aged 88) Independence, Missouri, United States |
| Resting place | Mound Grove Cemetery 39°06′47″N 94°25′41″W / 39.113°N 94.428°W |
| Spouse(s) | Clara A. Cochran |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents |
David Hyrum Smith Clara C. Smith |
Elbert Aoriul Smith (8 March 1871 – 15 May 1959) was an American leader in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church). He was a member of the church's First Presidency from 1909 to 1938 and the Presiding Patriarch of the church from 1938 to 1958.
Smith was born in Nauvoo, Illinois, the son of David Hyrum Smith and the grandson of Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. In 1900, Elbert Smith became a full-time missionary of the RLDS Church.
On 18 April 1909, Smith's uncle Joseph Smith III, who was the president of the RLDS Church, asked him to become one of his counselors in the church's First Presidency. Smith replaced R. C. Evans, who had moved to Canada and been given jurisdiction over the church there.
When Smith's cousin Frederick M. Smith succeeded Joseph Smith III as president of the church, Elbert Smith was retained in the First Presidency as a counselor. Smith moved to Independence, Missouri, after the church made the decision to move its headquarters there from Lamoni, Iowa. Smith remained as a member of the First Presidency until 7 April 1938, when Frederick Smith designated him as the Presiding Patriarch of the church. In 1946, Smith presented a revelation to a World Conference of the church in which he stated that God had selected Israel A. Smith to succeed Frederick Smith, who had recently died.
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