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William Smith (also found as William B. Smith) (March 13, 1811 – November 13, 1893) was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and one of the original members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
William was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on June 9, 1830, by David Whitmer and left soon thereafter to serve a mission in New York and Pennsylvania. He followed The Church and settled in Kirtland, Ohio, in 1831.
William Smith, ca. 1862, photograph, Church History Library, PH 1706. A younger brother of Joseph Smith Jr., William Smith was born in Royalton, Vermont. He was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1830 and was ordained a teacher later that year.
Dec 6, 2021 · William was baptized in June of 1830, and left soon thereafter to serve a mission in New York and Pennsylvania. On February 15, 1835, he was called as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was disfellowshipped on May 4, 1839, then restored to the Quorum of the Twelve on May 25, 1839.
Oct 12, 2018 · PhD diss., Brigham Young University, 1971. Also available as A Study of the Origins of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the States of New York and Pennsylvania, 1816–1831, Dissertations in Latter-day Saint History (Provo, UT: Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History; BYU Studies, 2000).
At the outbreak of the Civil War, William enlisted in the Union Army. After the war he wrote to Joseph Smith III, president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, requesting an appointment in his first presidency. Although the request was denied, William joined the Reorganization.
When the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was established in 1860, William affiliated himself with it to a limited degree until his death in 1894. In about 1931 William’s youngest son, Edson, joined the LDS Church and moved to Utah, where he died a faithful member in 1939.
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