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David Hyrum Smith (November 17, 1844 – August 29, 1904) was an American religious leader, poet, painter, singer, philosopher, and naturalist. The youngest son of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale Smith , he was an influential missionary and leader in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church).
The youngest of the nine children born to Emma and Joseph Smith Jr., David Hyrum, came into the world on 14 November 1844, in the Old Homestead, in Nauvoo, Illinois. Five months before his birth, his father, Joseph Smith Jr., had been killed by a mob in Carthage, Illinois.
David Hyrum Smith was an American religious leader, poet, painter, singer, philosopher, and naturalist. The youngest son of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale Smith, he was an influential missionary and leader in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Married Clara Charlotte Hartshorn, 10 May 1870, at Sandwich, De Kalb Co., Illinois. 6. Second counselor to his brother Joseph Smith III in church presidency, 1873–1885. 7. Patient at Illinois State Hospital for the Insane, 1877–1904, at Elgin, Kane Co., Illinois. 8.
After twenty-seven years of confinement, David's struggle ended with his death on August 29, 1904, a few months sorth of his 60th birthday. The Joseph Smith Historic Site, maintained by the Community of Christ, houses David's original paintings of Nauvoo, Illinois.
By revelation through Joseph Smith, Hyrum was called and ordained to the priesthood and standing once held by Oliver Cowdery. Hyrum Smith received a double portion, not only was he called to become the Patriarch of the Church, which was his birthright, but at the same time the Lord said to him:
Hyrum Smith. One of the Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, June 1829. Among six original members of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 6 Apr. 1830. Appointed second counselor in First Presidency, 7 Nov. 1837.
