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President Nelson was set apart as the 17th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at age 93. President Nelson served in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for 34 years before becoming Prophet. President Nelson was born in Salt Lake City to Marion C. and Edna Anderson Nelson on September 9, […]

Thomas S. Monson is the sixteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Thomas was born in Salt Lake City Utah to Spencer and Gladys Monson on August 21, 1927. Thomas spent most of July and August every year at Vivian Park up Provo Canyon. From this time in the canyon he […]

Ezra Taft Benson is the 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. August 4, 1899, President Ezra Taft Benson was born in Whitney Idaho to George T. and Sarah Dunkley Benson. He was the oldest of eleven children. When Ezra was only twelve years old his father left on a mission. […]

Spencer W. Kimball is the 12th Prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Spencer was born in Salt Lake City on the twenty-eighth of March 1895. His parents were Andrew and Olive Kimball. President Spencer W. Kimball is the grandson of Heber C. Kimball, an early member of the Twelve Apostles. Spencer […]

David O. McKay was born in Huntsville Utah to David McKay and Jannette Evans McKay on September 8, 1873. President David O. McKay served as Prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for almost 19 years! David O. McKay served the Church as a General Authority for almost sixty-four years! His years […]

George Albert Smith was born in 1870 to John Henry Smith and Sarah Farr Smith in Salt Lake City Utah. George Albert Smith was the fourth generation of his family to serve as a General Authority! He and his father, John Henry Smith, served in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles at the same time! […]

Heber J. Grant was the 7th Prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Heber was the first prophet of the Church to be born in Utah. He was born in Salt Lake City on November 22, 1856 to Jedediah Morgan Grant and Rachel Ridgeway Ivins Grant. Heber’s father, Jedediah Morgan Grant, was […]

-John Taylor became the third prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints when he was 71 years old. Brigham Young died three years before John Taylor was sustained as president of the Church. -John Taylor was born in Milnthorpe, England. He is the only latter-day prophet that was born outside of the […]

Brigham Young was born June 1, 1801 in Whitingham, Vermont. He was the ninth child of John Young and Abigail(Nabby) Howe. Brighams family was a very poor farming family and had very little formal education. His mother taught him how to read and write. When Brigham was fourteen years old his mom died of tuberculosis. […]

-Joseph F. Smith is the son of Hyrum and Mary Fielding Smith. Joseph was born in Far West Missouri on November 3, 1839, while his father was in Liberty Jail.(Read Joseph F. Smith’s mom’s story here.) -In 1844, Joseph F. Smith’s father, Hyrum Smith, was martyred at Carthage Jail. Joseph F. Smith was only six […]