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Show PATRIARCH SMITH CALLED. Venerable Churchman 8uccumbs to an Attack of Pneumonia. Rait Lake City. Patriarch John Smith, fifth presiding patriarch of the Church of tfesus Christ of Latter-day Latter-day 8alnts, and nephew of Joseph Smith the prophet, breathed his last at 1:35 o'clock Monday night, bis death being due to an attack of pneumonia. pneu-monia. Patriarch John Smith was born September 22, 1832. In Klrtland, O.. and bis life's history is Interwoven with the history of the church. He eame to Utah In 1848. February IS. 1(55, he was ordained to the office of patriarch. This is the only office In the church which Is handed down from father to son by right of lineage. His grandfather, grand-father, Joseph Smith, Sr., was the first patriarch of the church. He was ordained by bis son, the Prophet Joseph Jo-seph Smith. John's father, Hyrum Smith, was ordained to this office by his father; and John would doubtless doubt-less have been ordained by his father If he had lived until John bad arrived at a proper age. |