Serving in Four States

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Which relative of Joseph Smith served as a Stake President in four different states (Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, and Utah)?

a.                  John Smith (uncle)

b.                  Asael Smith (Grandfather)

c.                   Asael Smith (Uncle)

d.                  George A. Smith (cousin)

Yesterday’s answer:

A   Tighten the rope that held up his pants

At the age of forty Charles W. Nibley was one of the most prosperous men in Cache Valley, Utah. His childhood, however, contained an incredible story of poverty. As a boy he lived with his family in that same valley in a one-room dugout. Describing his destitute circumstances, he wrote: “About the only clothing I had at that time was a pair of pants made from the tent which we used in crossing the plains, and which had grown so stiff and hard being weather-beaten in so many storms, and a shirt made of the same material, that when it touched my back or sides it nearly took the skin off, but it was the best I had and all I had. A rope tied around my waist was used to hold my pants up and my shirt down.”

Charles went out to tend the herds each morning, carrying only one piece of bread for his lunch. He usually ate this meager meal before reaching the fields and went hungry until supper time. “I can remember that when I was hungry at dinner time about the only thing I could do to help my stomach was to tighten my rope.”

Flake, Lawrence R., Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation, (Provo, Utah: Religious Study Center, Brigham Young University, 2001), 269-270.