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George Albert Smith
1817–1875
A key early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement, he helped shape the church's growth in the American West and is remembered for his long service as an apostle. His life connected missionary work, frontier settlement, and church leadership during a formative period in nineteenth-century Mormon history.
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The Bible and Polygamy: Does the Bible Sanction Polygamy?
by George Q. (George Quayle) Cannon, John Philip Newman, Orson Pratt, George Albert Smith
About the author
Born on June 26, 1817, in Potsdam, New York, he joined the early Latter Day Saint movement and was a cousin of founder Joseph Smith. After moving with the Saints to Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois, he became one of the prominent leaders of the church during years of upheaval and migration.
He served in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for decades and took on many assignments as a missionary, preacher, and organizer. He was also closely involved in the settlement of Utah, where he worked to support new communities and helped guide church affairs in the territory.
George A. Smith died on September 1, 1875, in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. He remains an important figure in early Latter-day Saint history because of the length of his service and his role in the movement's expansion across the nineteenth-century American frontier.