Autobiography Volume 3 circa 1865-1866
His great uncle John Smith father of George A. Smith who was the
Third Presiding Patriarch of the Church was now dead and this day John
Smith eldest son of Hyrum was appointed to the office first held by
his grandfather Joseph Smith Sen. next by his father and then
by his great uncle John Smith. Hyrum Smith's eldest son was
the Fourth Presiding Patriarch who had succeeded to that office since the
organization of the Church April 6, 1830.
Conference closed on the 28th after addresses from J. M. Grant
Lorenzo Snow John Taylor Orson Hyde W W. Phelps and President Young.
