Reverend Gerald Lyman Kenneth Smith

(February 27, 1898, Pardeeville, Wisconsin-April 15, 1976, Glendale, California). Christian Nationalist Propagandist and Minister. Minister, Disciples of Christ, 1917. Lecturer. Chaplain, Butler College. Candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1932, 1936. Member, Silver Shirts. Delivered Huey P. Long's funeral oration, 1936. Associate of Francis E. Townsend and Charles E. Coughlin. A founder, Union Party, 1936. Publisher, The Cross and Flag, 1942-1976. Founder, America First Party. American First Party candidate for President, 1944. Founder, Christian Nationalist Crusade, 1946. Founder, Christian Nationalist Party. Christian Nationalist Party candidate for President, 1948, 1956. Builder, "Christ of the Ozarks" memorial, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Known as an anti-Semite, isolationist, and racist extremist. Often cited as an example of a professional agitator and "hate-monger."

Presiding Bishop Horace E. Smith, M.D.

(December 10, 1949, Chicago, Illinois-Alive). Presiding Bishop, Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, 2004-Current. Physician. Attending Pediatrician, Rush Presbyterian Medical Center, 1980-1986. Pediatric hematologist and oneologist, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, 1986-Current. Director, Comprehensive Sickle Cell/Thalassemia Program, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, 1986-Current. Faculty, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. Pastor, Apostolic Faith Church, Chicago, Illinois, 1981-Current. District Elder, Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, 1983, Bishop, 1997. Presiding Bishop, Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, August 30, 2004-Current.

Hyrum Smith

(February 9, 1800, Tunbridge, Vermont-June 27, 1844, Carthage, Illinois). Associate President, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Nursed his younger brother, Joseph, back to health after osteomyelitis, c. 1813. Married Jerusha Barden, November 2, 1826. Baptized, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, June, 1829. One of the Eight Witnesses who examined the golden plates. One of the six signers of the original charter for the Church, 1830. Missionary to Ohio and Missouri. Chief aide to Joseph Smith, Jr. Assistant President, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, December, 1834. Second Counselor in the First Presidency, November, 1837. Jailed in Liberty, Missouri, on charges of treason, murder, arson and stealing, October, 1838. Allowed to escape. Moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. Named Presiding Patriarch and Associate President. Charged with riot and treason and jailed in Carthage, Illinois, June, 1844. Murdered by gunfire while guarding a door against a lynch mob, June 27, 1844.

Right Reverend Bishop John Taylor Smith

(1860, Kendal, England-March 28, 1938, at sea). Anglican Bishop of Sierra Leone, 1897-1901 and Chaplain General of the Birtish Army, 1901-1925.. Ordained Priest, Anglican Church, 1885. Curate of St. Paul, Upper Norwood,England, 1885-1890. Missioner to the Bishop of Sierra Leone, 1890, Canon and Sub-Dean of St. George's Cathedral, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Honorary Chaplain to Queen Victoria, 1896. Bishop of Sierra Leone, 1897-1901. Chaplain General, British Military, November, 1901-1925. Known as "Everybody's Bishop." Made C.V.O, 1906, C.B., 1921; and K.C.B., 1925. Died on board the S.S. Orion, March 28, 1938 and buried at sea.

Prophet, Seer, Revelator, and President Joseph Smith, Jr.

(December 23, 1805, Sharon, Vermont-June 27, 1844, Carthage, Illinois). Founder and First Prophet, Seer, Revelator, and President, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1830-1844. Received visions between 1820 and 1827 revealing that he was selected to restore the Church of Christ on earth. Discovered gold plates with ancient writings that he translated as the Book of Mormon, 1830. Founder, first Prophet, Seer, Revelator, and President, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1830. Moved to Kirtland, Ohio, 1831, then to Jackson County, Missouri, 1838, and finally to Nauvoo, Illinois, 1839. Ruled Nauvoo as the civil, religious, and military authority. Reportedly practiced polygamy and had at least 27 wives. Independent candidate for President, 1844. Hostility toward the Mormons from surrounding communities led to his arrest following a riot on June 10, 1844. On June 27, 1844, he was taken from his cell by a mob and shot to death.

Prophet, Seer, Revelator, and President Joseph Fielding Smith

(July 19, 1876, Salt Lake City, Utah-July 2, 1972, Salt Lake City, Utah). 10th Prophet, Seer, Revelator, and President, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1970-1972. Son of Joseph F. Smith, 6th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and grandson of Hyrum Smith, brother of Joseph Smith, Jr. Called to the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, April 7, 1910. Missionary in England, 1899-1901. Assistant Church Historian, 1909-1921. Church Historian, 1921-1970. Author of Essentials in Church History (1922) and The Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith (1938). President of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, 1951. Ordained and set apart as 10th Prophet, Seer, Revelator and President, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, January 23, 1970. Noted as a theologian and genealogist.

Most Reverend Archbishop Peter Smith

(October 20, 1943, London, England-Alive). Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, 2001-Current. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, July 15, 1972. Bishop of East Anglia, England, March 21, 1995. Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, October 26, 2001-Current.

President of the High Priesthood, Prophet, Seer, and Revelator William Wallace Smith

(November 18, 1900, Lamoni, Iowa-August 4, 1989, Independence, Missouri). 4th President of the High Priesthood, Prophet, Seer, and Revelator, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1958-1978. Grandson of Joseph Smith, Jr. and son of Joseph Smith III. Minister, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Ordained Apostle, 1947. Member, First Presidency, 1950. Appointed by revelation, 4th President of the High Priesthood, Prophet, Seer, and Revelator, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and sustained by the Conference Assembly, October 6, 1958-April 3, 1978. First President to resign office.