Alexander Hale Smith

(1838-1909)

RLDS Church leader, son of Joseph and Emma Smith

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Alexander Hale Smith (June 2, 1838 – August 12, 1909) was the third surviving son of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale Smith. Smith was born in Far West, Missouri, and was named after Alexander Doniphan, who had once refused an extermination order to execute Joseph Smith, then had acted as Joseph's defense attorney during Joseph's incarceration at Liberty Jail. Alexander eventually became a senior leader of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church, now Community of Christ). Smith served as an apostle and as Presiding Patriarch of the church. He became religiously inclined after the April 1862 death of his older brother Frederick G. W. Smith (b. 1836), who had not been baptized, and was baptized on May 25, 1862, in Nauvoo, Illinois, by another older brother, Joseph Smith III.

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Born	2 June 1838 Far West, Missouri
Died	12 August 1909 (aged 71)
Zodiac	Gemini
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Emma Smith Kennedy · Daughter · 1869-1960 · American writer edit info

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Joseph Smith · Father · 1805-1844 · Founder of the Latter Day Saint movement info

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Emma Smith · Mother · 1804-1879 · American Mormon leader info

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Emma Smith and Joseph Smith · m. 1827

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Alvin · Older Brother · 1828- · Celebrity Baby info

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Thaddeus · Older Brother · 1831- · Celebrity Baby info

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Louisa · Older Sister · 1831- · Celebrity Baby info

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Jospeh Smith Murdock · Older Brother · 1831- · Celebrity Baby info

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Julia Murdock Smith · Older Sister · 1831- · Celebrity Baby info

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Joseph Smith III · Older Brother · 1832-1914 · Son of Joseph Smith Jr and leader of RLDS Church info

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Frederick Granger Williams · Older Brother · 1836- · Celebrity Baby info

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Don Carlos · Younger Brother · 1840- · Celebrity Baby info

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David Hyrum Smith · Younger Brother · 1844-1904 · RLDS Church leader and youngest son of Joseph and Emma Smith info

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