SMITH, Frederick Madison

1874 - 1946  (72 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	SMITH, Frederick Madison
  Birth	21 Jan 1874	Plano, Kendall, Illinois, United States
  Gender	Male
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
  Burial	Mar 1946	Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
  Death	20 Mar 1946	Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
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  Person ID	I32224	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	SMITH, Joseph III ,   b. 6 Nov 1832, Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United Statesd. 10 Dec 1914, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States (Age 82 years)
  Mother	MADISON, Bertha ,   b. 16 Jul 1843, La Salle, La Salle, Illinois, United States La Salle, La Salle, Illinois, United Statesd. 19 Oct 1896, Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa, United States (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	12 Nov 1869	Sandwich, DeKalb, Illinois
  Notes	~SEALING_TO_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 19 Nov 1988, PROVO. ~SEALING_TO_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 19 Nov 1988, PROVO.~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 19 Nov 1988, PROVO.~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 19 Nov 1988, PROVO. ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 19 Nov 1988, PROVO.
  Family ID	F869	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	COBB, Ruth Lyman ,   b. 9 Dec 1872, Jackson, Harrison, Iowa Jackson, Harrison, Iowad. 4 May 1926, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	3 Aug 1897	Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa, United States
  Notes	~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 19 Nov 1988, PROVO.~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 19 Nov 1988, PROVO. ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 19 Nov 1988, PROVO.
  Children	2 daughters
  + 1. SMITH, Alice Myrmida ,   b. 29 Mar 1899, Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa, United States Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa, United Statesd. 7 Jul 1973, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States (Age 74 years) + 2. SMITH, Lois Audentia ,   b. 25 Mar 1907, Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa, United States Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa, United Statesd. 25 Nov 1992, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F966	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith. ANCESTRY AND POSTERITY OF JOSEPH SMITH AND EMMA HALE. Independence, Missouri: Herald Publishing House, 1929, 1958. [FHL SPECIAL 929.273 Sm51am] Database compiled by Michael Kennedy of Alpine, UT., Pres. Joseph Smith, Jr. Family Organization. International Genealogical Index Submission Forms. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1970-1995. The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Deceased Membership File. Independence, MO: The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1877-1994. Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, MO. CEMETERY RECORDS, 1903-1994. Independence, Mo: The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1994. [FHL 1976876-1976878] Frederick Madison Smith (b. January 21, 1874, in Plano, Illinois; d. March 20, 1946, in Independence, Missouri) — Frederick M. Smith was the sole member of Graceland’s first graduating class, receiving a four-year degree in scientific studies in 1898. The third child in the marriage of Joseph Smith III and Bertha Madison Smith, he studied at Iowa City Academy and the University of Iowa and enrolled as the only sophomore at Graceland during the college’s first term in 1895. Prior to Graceland’s opening, he had assisted Col. George Barrett on the original survey of the campus grounds. As a Graceland student, he also worked as the RLDS and Herald House historian and librarian from 1896 to 1897. On July 12, 1897, Smith married Ruth Cobb, who taught drama and physical culture at Graceland. Smith rejoined the Graceland scene to teach mathematics and physics from 1899 to 1901. As the first Graceland graduate to serve on its Board of Trustees (from 1901 to 1911), Smith was one of the leaders in keeping the college open after the 1904 church conference voted to close Graceland until its debts were paid. Smith and E.L. Kelley claimed that the conference hadn’t provided proper notice that such legislation would be considered, so the two board members interpreted the vote as merely an “expression” of the conference. In 1913, Smith presented Graceland with a sundial to commemorate the 15th anniversary of his graduation. A strong believer in education, Smith completed his master of arts in sociology from the University of Kansas in 1911 and his Ph.D. from Clark University in Massachusetts in 1915. On May 5, 1915, he succeeded his father as president of the RLDS Church. As church president, F.M. Smith emphasized the social expression of the gospel, advocating the establishment of Zionic conditions in both the spiritual and temporal dimensions. During a speech at the Graceland campus in the 1920s, Smith referred to the college’s newest class building as “Briggs Hall”, and the name stuck. Graceland’s Frederick Madison Smith Library opened in 1966 as a permanent memorial to the first of the college’s generations of graduates.