8th president. Smith and George Albert Smith are the only father and son pair to have been members of the Quorum of the Twelve at the same time, serving together from 1903 to 1910. Smith was also the father of Nicholas G. Smith. Smith's first wife, Sarah Farr, was the daughter of Lorin Farr, who was mayor of Ogden, Utah. Smith's second wife, Josephine Groesbeck, spent 1888 until 1896 in exile in Manassa, Colorado, to avoid being called as a witness in a criminal unlawful cohabitation trial against Smith. Death Smith died of a pulmonary hemorrhage in Salt Lake City and was buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery. Notes References Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, vol. 1, p. 141. External links George A. Smith Papers at University of Utah Digital Library, Marriott Library Special Collections 1848 births 1911 deaths 19th-century American politicians 19th-century Mormon missionaries American Mormon missionaries in England American general authorities (LDS Church) Apostles (LDS Church) Burials at Salt Lake City Cemetery Counselors in the First Presidency (LDS Church) Respiratory disease deaths in Utah Deaths from pulmonary hemorrhage Latter Day Saints from Iowa Latter Day Saints from Utah Members of the Utah Territorial Legislature People from Salt Lake City Politicians from Salt Lake City Smith family (Latter Day Saints) Utah Republicans