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Eight of our fifteen Church Presidents have had a wife pass away while they were serving as Church President. Can you name these eight prophets?
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1) Brigham Young married Clarissa Ross on September 10, 1844
in Nauvoo, Illinois
She passed away on October 17, 1858 in Salt Lake City, Utah
President Young served as Church President from 1847 until 1877
2) John Taylor married Sophia Whittaker on April 23, 1847 in
Winter Quarters
She passed away on February 28, 1887
President Taylor served as Church President from 1880 until 1887
3) Wilford Woodruff married Mary Ann Jackson on March 15, 1846
in Winter Quarters
She passed away on October 25, 1894 in Salt Lake City
President Woodruff served as Church President from 1889 until 1898
4) Lorenzo Snow married Mary Adaline Goddard in March of 1845
in Nauvoo, Illinois
She passed away on December 28, 1898 in Salt Lake City
President Snow served as Church President from 1898 until 1901.
5) Joseph F. Smith married Sarah Ellen Richards on March 1, 1868
in Salt Lake City
She passed away on March 22, 1915 in Salt Lake City
President Smith served as Church President from 1901 until 1918.
6) Joseph Fielding Smith married the (his 3rd marriage) Jessie
Evans Smith on ????
She passed away on August 3, 1971.
Joseph Fielding Smithserved as Church President from Januay 1970 until
1972
7) Ezra Taft Benson married Flora Smith Amussen on September
10, 1926 in Salt Lake City
She passed away on August 14, 1992 in Salt Lake City
President Benson served as Church President from 1985 until 1994
8) Gordon Bitner Hinckley married Margiore Pay on
April 29, 1937
She passed away on April 2004 in Salt Lake City