View source for Joseph Fielding Smith Sr. (1838-1918)

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|'''Alternate Names'''||Joseph F. Smith
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|'''Birth'''||13 November 1838<br>Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, United States
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|'''Marriage'''|| [[Wives of Joseph F. Smith]]
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|'''Death'''||19 November 1918<br>Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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|'''Gender'''||[[:Category:Male|Male]]
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|'''Religious Influence'''|| [[:Category:Church of Christ (1830)|Church of Christ (1830)]], [[:Category:Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]
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|'''Callings'''||Counselor in the [[:Category:First Presidency (LDS)|First Presidency]], 1866-1877, 1880-1887, 1889-1901, 1901<br>President of the [[:Category:Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS)|Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]], 1901<br>[[:Category:Presidents of the Church (LDS)|President]] of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1901–1918<br>
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|'''Wikipedia'''|| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_F._Smith Joseph F. Smith]
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==Published Works==
* Temple instructions to the Bishops (1918)
* Instructions concerning temple ordinance work (190-?)
* Unchastity, the dominant evil of the age (1917?)
* Another plain talk: reasons why the people of Utah should be Republicans (1892)

==Bibliography==
===Primary Sources===
* Joseph F. Smith correspondence, 1854-1918. MS 18119. Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah (hereafter Church History Library). http://churchhistorycatalog.lds.org/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?doc=ALEPH-PCHD001940530 (accessed 15 Feb 2015).
* Joseph F. Smith correspondence, 1868-1885. MS 14136. Church History Library. http://churchhistorycatalog.lds.org/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?doc=ALEPH-PCHD000263004 (accessed 15 Feb 2015).
* Joseph F. Smith correspondence, 1891-1912. MS 14244. Church History Library. [http://churchhistorycatalog.lds.org/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?doc=ALEPH-PCHD000349699 (accessed 15 Feb 2015).
* Joseph F. Smith papers, 1854-1918. MS 1325. Church History Library. http://churchhistorycatalog.lds.org/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?doc=ALEPH-PCHD000161218 (accessed 15 Feb 2015).

===Secondary Sources===
* Bennett, Richard E. "'And I Saw the Hosts of the Dead, Both Small and Great': Joseph F. Smith, World War I, and His Visions of the Dead." ''Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel'' 2, no. 1 (2001): 105-25.
* Esplin, Scott C. "Joseph F. Smith and the Reshaping of Church Education." ''BYU Studies'' 52, no. 3 (2013): 39-62.
* Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel and Shupe, R. Q. ''Joseph F. Smith: portrait of a prophet.'' Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2000.
* Ricks, Nathaniel R., editor. ''"My candid opinion" : the Sandwich Islands diaries of Joseph F. Smith, 1856-1857.'' Salt Lake City: The Smith-Pettit Foundation, 2011.
* [[Joseph Fielding Smith Jr. (1876-1972)|Smith, Joseph Fielding]]. ''Life of Joseph F. Smith: sixth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.'' Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1938.
* Whitchurch, David M. "The Pedagogy of a Church Leader: Lessons Learned from Joseph F. Smith's 1854-1916 Letter to His Sister, Martha Ann Smith Harris." ''Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel'' 2, no. 2 (2001): 83-105.

==Related Entries==
* [[Hyrum Smith (1800-1844)]] (parent)
* [[Mary Fielding (1801-1852)]] (parent)
* [[Joseph Fielding Smith Jr. (1876-1972)]] (child)

==References==
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