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David Hyrum Smith (November 17, 1844 – August 29, 1904) was an American religious leader, poet, painter, singer, philosopher, and naturalist. The youngest son of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale Smith, he was an influential missionary and leader in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church).
Learn about the life and legacy of David Hyrum Smith, the youngest son of Joseph Smith Jr and Emma Hale Smith. He was a preacher, poet, musician, and missionary who suffered from mental illness and died in an asylum.
Jul 11, 1999 · David Hyrum Smith was born in 1844 after the death of his father, and Avery became so interested in him that he became the subject of her Ph.D dissertation. The title was changed from "Insanity and the Sweet Singer" to "From Mission to Madness: Last Son of the Mormon Prophet," and her dissertation in history at Northern Arizona ...
Jul 11, 1999 · The title was changed from “Insanity and the Sweet Singer” to “From Mission to Madness: Last Son of the Mormon Prophet,” and her dissertation in history at Northern Arizona University became a prize-winning book.
Hyrum Smith (February 9, 1800 – June 27, 1844) was an American religious cult leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement. He was the older brother of the movement's founder, Joseph Smith, and was killed with his brother at Carthage Jail where they were being held awaiting trial.
David Hyrum Smith was an American religious leader, poet, painter, singer, philosopher, and naturalist. The youngest son of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale Smith, he was an influential missionary and leader in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
David Hyrum Smith (1844-1904) was a brilliant and charismatic man, whose mind began to. be clouded by mental illness when he was twenty-eight. Painter, singer, philosopher, theologian, naturalist, preacher, poet, and traveler, he approached life with warmth, humor, and intellectual curiosity.
