| Birth: | Feb. 9, 1800 Tunbridge Orange County Vermont, USA | | Death: | Jun. 27, 1844 Carthage Hancock County Illinois, USA |  Assistant President and Patriarch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Killed in Carthage with Joseph Smith. Before they were killed Joseph ordained Hyrum to succeed as President and pleaded with him to flee to the Rocky Mountains away from the mobs. As the Carthage mob attacked the jail a bullet broke through the door hitting Hyrum in the face, while a second bullet hit him in the back from the window at the same time, he fell to the floor crying, "I am a dead man" He bleed to death in Joseph's arms, just moments before the Joseph Smith's own death. (bio by: Chad Stowell) Family links: Parents: Joseph Smith (1771 - 1840) Lucy Mack Smith (1775 - 1856) Spouses: Jerusha Barden Smith (1805 - 1837)* Mary Fielding Smith (1801 - 1852)* Children: Lovina Smith Walker (1827 - 1876)* Mary Smith (1829 - 1832)* Hyrum Smith (1834 - 1841)* Sarah Smith Griffin (1837 - 1876)* Joseph Fielding Smith (1838 - 1918)* Martha Ann Smith Harris (1841 - 1923)* *Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Hyrum Smith | | | Burial:
Smith Family Cemetery
Nauvoo Hancock County Illinois, USA | Maintained by: Find A Grave Originally Created by: Chad Stowell Record added: Mar 21, 2002
Find A Grave Memorial# 6280545 |
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