Mary Morgan

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• FamilySearch ID: LHVF-RPN
• Initiatory (LDS): 18 Feb 1897, SLAKE

Mary married Joshua Grant, Jr on 2 Nov 1775 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, United States. Joshua (son of Joshua Grant and Dorothy Woodward) was born in 1755 in Groton, New London, Connecticut, United States; died on 30 Jan 1826 in New Berlin, Chenango, New York, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LZZ9-S39
• Initiatory (LDS): 18 Apr 1900, SLAKE

Joshua married Athalia "Thalia" Howard on 6 Nov 1804 in Neversink, Sullivan, New York, United States. Athalia (daughter of Joseph Howard and Elizabeth Davies) was born on 21 Aug 1786 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States; died on 4 Jun 1853 in Altona, Knox, Illinois, United States; was buried in LaFayette Cemetery, Goshen Township, Stark, Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: K19W-TQR
• Initiatory (LDS): 18 Nov 1926

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• FamilySearch ID: KCKN-D79
• Initiatory (LDS): 6 Jun 2000, OGDEN

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• FamilySearch ID: K19W-THC
• Initiatory (LDS): 2 May 1900

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• FamilySearch ID: 27W6-Q69
• Initiatory (LDS): 16 May 1900, SLAKE

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• FamilySearch ID: KHYK-8Z8
• Initiatory (LDS): 17 May 1900, SLAKE

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• FamilySearch ID: KWVG-92D
• Initiatory (LDS): 19 Apr 1900, SLAKE

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• FamilySearch ID: LZFQ-C4X
• Initiatory (LDS): 11 Sep 1929, SLAKE

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• FamilySearch ID: KGC5-GRX
• Initiatory (LDS): 2 Feb 1846, NAUVO

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• FamilySearch ID: L4YB-JVH
• Initiatory (LDS): 10 May 1900, SLAKE

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJ6-MCK
• Initiatory (LDS): 13 Dec 1845, NAUVO

Family/Spouse: Rachel Ridgeway Ivins. Rachel (daughter of Caleb Wright Ivins and Edith Ridgeway) was born on 9 Mar 1821 in Hornerstown, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States; died on 27 Jun 1909; was buried on 29 Jan 1909 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJR-TKG
• Initiatory (LDS): 21 Nov 1930, SLAKE

Carolina married William B Smith on 14 Feb 1833 in Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States. William (son of Joseph Smith and Lucy Mack) was born on 13 Mar 1811 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, United States; died on 13 Nov 1893 in Osterdock, Clayton, Iowa, United States; was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Clayton, Iowa, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJZ-ZVJ
• Initiatory (LDS): 12 Dec 1845, NAUVO

Jedediah married Rachel Ridgeway Ivins on 29 Nov 1855 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Rachel (daughter of Caleb Wright Ivins and Edith Ridgeway) was born on 9 Mar 1821 in Hornerstown, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States; died on 27 Jun 1909; was buried on 29 Jan 1909 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWVP-MHK
• Initiatory (LDS): 7 Nov 1929, SLAKE

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• FamilySearch ID: 28MK-SG5
• Initiatory (LDS): 24 Nov 1930, SLAKE

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• FamilySearch ID: 8SZ8-P39
• Initiatory (LDS): 12 Apr 1900, SLAKE

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJR-TKL
• Initiatory (LDS): 21 Nov 1930, SLAKE

Roxie married William B Smith on 19 May 1847 in Knox, Illinois, United States. William (son of Joseph Smith and Lucy Mack) was born on 13 Mar 1811 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, United States; died on 13 Nov 1893 in Osterdock, Clayton, Iowa, United States; was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Clayton, Iowa, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KY9K-MRX
• Initiatory (LDS): 20 Apr 1900, SLAKE

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• FamilySearch ID: KJPH-SSL
• Initiatory (LDS): 19 Aug 1897, SLAKE

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• FamilySearch ID: KX45-Z74
• Initiatory (LDS): 20 Aug 1897

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• FamilySearch ID: KWCK-4TL
• Initiatory (LDS): 17 Aug 1874, EHOUS

Notes:

7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

He was an American religious leader who served as the seventh presiden t o f The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Gran t wor ked as a bookkeeper and a cashier, then was called to be an LDS apo stle o n October 16, 1882, at age 25. After the death of Joseph F. Smit h in lat e 1918, Grant served as LDS church president until his death.

The first president born after the exodus to Utah, Grant was also the la s t LDS Church president to have practiced plural marriage. He had thre e wi ves, though by the time he became church president in 1918 only hi s secon d wife, Augusta Winters, was still living.

In business, Grant helped develop the Avenues neighborhood of Salt Lak e C ity. In 1884, he served a term as a representative to the Utah Territ oria l Legislature.

Grant succeeded Joseph F. Smith as church president in November 1918 . H e was not sustained in the position by the general church membership , how ever, until June 1919 because of the influenza pandemic of 1918, wh ich fo rced a delay of the church's traditional springtime general confer ence.

Grant upon becoming church president (late 1918 or early 1919)
During his tenure as church president, Grant enforced the 1890 Manifes t o outlawing plural marriage and gave guidance as the church's social st ru cture evolved away from its early days of plural marriage. In 1927, h e au thorized the implementation of the church's "Good Neighbor" policy , whic h was intended to reduce antagonism between Latter-day Saints an d the U S government. Grant dedicated the first temples outside of Utah s ince Kir tland. The first was the Hawaii Temple, followed by the Albert a Temple, t he first outside the United States, and the Arizona Temple. T he church al so began the Idaho Falls Temple, which was not completed unt il after hi s death.

Also under Grant, the first stakes outside the Intermountain West were o r ganized. The first stake in Los Angeles was organized in the 1920s. Gra n t still operated on old methods, such as personally asking LeGrand Rich ar ds to move to California with the intention of calling him as a stak e pre sident there. He also personally negotiated the purchase of the lan d on w hich the Los Angeles Temple would be built.

In the 1930s, stakes were organized in New York and Chicago and in the 1 9 40s in Portland, Oregon, and Washington, DC. Grant presided at the dedi ca tion of an LDS chapel in Washington, DC, in 1933, which was seen to ma r k a new phase of nationwide expansion in the church.

In 1935, Grant excommunicated members of the church in Short Creek, Ariz o na, who refused to sign the loyalty pledge to the church that includ e d a renunciation of plural marriage. That signaled the formal beginnin g o f the Mormon fundamentalist movement, and some of the excommunicate d memb ers went on to found the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ o f Latte r Day Saints.

One of Grant's greatest legacies as president is the church's welfare pr o gram, which he instituted in 1936: "our primary purpose was to set up , in sofar as it might be possible, a system under which the curse of idl enes s would be done away with, the evils of a dole abolished, and indepe ndenc e, industry, thrift and self-respect be once more established among st ou r people. The aim of the Church is to help the people help themselv es." G rant also placed strong emphasis on the importance of sacrament me eting a ttendance and oversaw expansion of the seminary program and the c reatio n of the institute of religion.

His administration also emphasized the practice of the LDS health code k n own as the Word of Wisdom. During the early 1900s, general authoritie s di ffered in their observance of the proscription against beer, wine, t obacc o, coffee and tea, but among the apostles, Grant was one of the mos t voca l in opposing such substances. In 1921, Grant's administration mad e adher ence to the health code compulsory for advancement in the priesth ood or f or entrance to temples. Grant also spoke out in favor of Utah' s Prohibiti on movement, which occurred around the same time.

Despite being a Democrat, Grant was opposed to the election of U.S. Pres i dent Franklin Roosevelt and wrote a front-page editorial for the Deser e t News urging church members not to vote for him during the 1936 electi on . Grant shared the view of J. Reuben Clark and David O. McKay that th e Ne w Deal was socialism, which they all despised. Roosevelt greatly ali enate d Grant also for opposing Prohibition, another subject.

Roosevelt still won Utah in each of his four presidential elections. Gra n t regarded that as "one of the most serious conditions that has confron te d me since I became President of the Church." Later, when Utah voter s agr eed by plebiscite to become the 36th state to ratify the Twenty-fir st Ame ndment to the United States Constitution, thus completing the proc ess o f ratification and repealing prohibition, Grant was devastated. I n a gene ral conference, he told the Latter-day Saints, "I have never fel t so humi liated in my life over anything as that the State of Utah vote d for the r epeal of Prohibition."

Under Grant's administration, the position of Assistant to the Quoru m o f the Twelve was created.

Death
Grant died in Salt Lake City, Utah, from cardiac failure as a result o f a rteriosclerosis. As the final surviving member of the church's Counci l o f Fifty, his death marked the formal end of the organization. He wa s buri ed at Salt Lake City Cemetery.

Heber married Lucy Stringham on 1 Nov 1877 in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. Lucy (daughter of Briant Stringham and Susan Ann Ashby) was born on 29 Apr 1858 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; died on 3 Jan 1893 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried on 5 Jan 1893 in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Heber married Hulda Augusta Winters on 26 May 1884 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Hulda (daughter of Oscar F Winters and Mary Ann Stearns) was born on 7 Jul 1856 in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States; died on 1 Jun 1951 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried on 5 Jun 1951 in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Heber married Emily Harris Wells on 27 May 1884 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Emily (daughter of Daniel Hamner Wells and Martha Givens Harris) was born on 22 Apr 1857 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; died on 25 May 1908 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried on 27 May 1908 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Initiatory (LDS): LANGE
• FamilySearch ID: KWJD-V8R

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• FamilySearch ID: LH84-FV5
• Initiatory (LDS): 28 Oct 1937, SLAKE