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

Joseph Smith, Sen.

Born July 12, 1771, at Topsfield, Essex County, Mass.; ordained presiding patriarch of the Church, Dec. 18, 1833, under the hands of Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, Sidney Rigdon and Frederick G. Williams; died Sept. 14, 1840, at Nauvoo, Illinois.

Hyrum Smith

Born Feb. 9, 1800, at Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont; ordained presiding patriarch of the Church Jan. 24, 1841, by Joseph Smith; murdered June 27, 1844, at Carthage Jail, Illinois.

John Smith

Born July 16, 1781, at Derryfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; ordained a patriarch Jan. 10, 1844, at Nauvoo, by Joseph Smith; set apart as presiding patriarch of the Church, Jan. 1, 1849, at Salt Lake City, Utah; died May 23, 1854, at Salt Lake City, Utah.

John Smith

Born Sept. 22, 1832, at Kirtland, Ohio; ordained presiding patriarch of the Church Feb. 18, 1855, by Brigham Young at Salt Lake City, Utah; died Nov. 6, 1911, at Salt Lake City, Utah.

Hyrum G. Smith

Born July 8, 1879, at South Jordan, Salt Lake County, Utah; ordained a seventy Feb. 11, 1907, by George G. Bywater; ordained a high priest and presiding patriarch of the Church May 9, 1912, by Joseph F. Smith at Salt Lake City, Utah.