Essentials in Church History / A History of the Church from the Birth of Joseph Smith to the Present Time (1922), with Introductory Chapters on the Antiquity of the Gospel and the "Falling Away"

by Joseph Fielding Smith

Hyrum Smith

Born Feb. 9, 1800, at Tunbridge, Vermont; ordained a high priest June 6, 1831, by Joseph Smith; chosen as second counselor in the First Presidency, Nov. 7, 1837, at the age of 37; called to be Patriarch Jan. 24, 1841; murdered June 27, 1844, at Carthage, Illinois.

William Law

Born Sept. 8, 1809; ordained and set apart Jan. 24, 1841, as second counselor in the First Presidency, at the age of 32, excommunicated April 18, 1844; died Jan. 19, 1892, at Shullsburg, Wisconsin.

Willard Richards

Born June 24, 1804, at Hopkinton, Massachusetts; ordained an apostle April 14, 1840, by Brigham Young; sustained Dec. 27, 1847, as second counselor in the First Presidency, at the age of 43; died March 11, 1854, at Salt Lake City, Utah.

Jedediah M. Grant

Born Feb. 21, 1816, at Windsor, New York; set apart as second counselor in the First Presidency, April 7, 1854, at the age of 38; died Dec. 1, 1856, at Salt Lake City, Utah.

Daniel H. Wells

Born Oct. 27, 1814, at Trenton, New York; ordained an apostle and set apart as second counselor in the First Presidency, January 4, 1857, by Brigham Young, at the age of 43; retired at the death of President Young; died March 24, 1891, at Salt Lake City, Utah.