Background
Smith was born in South Jordan, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, to Hyrum Fisher Smith and Annie Maria Gibbs.
Smith was born in South Jordan, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, to Hyrum Fisher Smith and Annie Maria Gibbs.
The younger Smith was recalled to Utah to succeed him in the full-time position. Smith died of pneumonia in Salt Lake City. In 1947, Hyrum G. Smith"s son, Eldred G. Smith, became the Patriarch to the Church.