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Heber Jeddy Grant (November 22, 1856 – May 14, 1945) was an American religious leader who served as the seventh president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Grant worked as a bookkeeper and a cashier, then was called to be an LDS apostle on October 16, 1882, at age 25.
Heber J. Grant was the seventh President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Born in Salt Lake City in 1856, Grant was raised by his mother, Rachel Ridgeway Ivins Grant, after his father, Jedediah Grant (a counselor to Brigham Young) died when Heber was only a few days old.
Prophets of the Restoration. Heber J. Grant, Seventh President of the Church. Born on November 22, 1856, in Salt Lake City, Heber J. Grant was raised by his widowed mother, Rachel Grant. By the time he was 15, he had begun a successful business career and had been ordained to the office of Seventy.
President Heber J. Grant lived in an era of extraordinary change. He was born in 1856 into a world of oxcarts and horse-drawn carriages, when many journeys were measured in months. When he died in 1945, he left a world of automobiles and airplanes, when journeys were measured in hours. The stagecoach mail of his youth gave way to other means of ...
Heber J. Grant. 7th President: 1918–1945. Contents. Preparation Ministry Teachings Testimony. Nov. 22, 1856. Rachel Ivins Grant gave birth to her only child, a son named Heber. Heber's father, Jedediah, died nine days later. Rachel's determination and discipline shaped Heber's approach to life.
By Sherrie Mills Johnson. Known for his persistence, President Grant was well prepared to lead the Church after World War I, through the Great Depression, and through World War II. When President Joseph F. Smith lay dying in 1918, Heber J. Grant, then President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, was at his bedside.
Dec 30, 2015 · Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Rachel Ridgeway Ivins and Jedediah Morgan Grant. 1 December 1856. Father, Jedediah M. Grant—Second Counselor to Brigham Young and first mayor of Salt Lake City—died. 1869. Befriended by Alexander G. Hawes, an insurance agent and boarder at the Grant home who was not a member of the Church.
