Brigham Young’s Advice to President Harry S. Truman’s Grandfather

Harry Truman

 How did Brigham Young know President Truman’s grandfather?

     a.      Brigham taught him the gospel in Independence, Missouri

b.      He was a minister that Brigham ran into in Nauvoo

c.       He was a freighter that spoke to Brigham Young when he brought goods to Salt Lake City

d.      He was a guard at the jail in Liberty, Missouri where Joseph Smith and others were imprisoned

Yesterday’s answer

C)   Patriarch

Alexander H. Smith: Remembering a Son of Joseph and Emma Smith, Ronald E. Romig, Journal of Mormon History, Vol. 37, No. 2, Spring 2011