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Heber J. Grant (November 22, 1856 – May 14,
1945) was the seventh President of the Church
(Mormonism)|President of Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints|The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints (LDS Church; see also
Mormonism).  He was ordained an Quorum of the
Twelve Apostles|apostle on October 16, 1882, on
the same day as George Teasdale.  Grant  served as
Church President from 1918 to his death in 1945.  
 

Heber Jeddy Grant#Note|1 was born in
Salt Lake City, Utah to Jedediah M. and Rachel
Ridgeway Ivins Grant.  Jedediah Grant had served
as Brigham Young's counselor in the First
Presidency of the LDS Church.  However, he died
nine days after Heber was born, and Rachel became
the dominant  influence in Heber's life.   In
business, Heber J. Grant helped develop The
Avenues (Salt Lake City)|the Avenues neighborhood
of Salt Lake City.

In 1901, Grant was sent to Japan to open the
Japanese Mission of the LDS church, where he
served as its president until 1903 when he
returned home but was almost immediately sent to
preside over the British and European Mission.

Heber J. Grant succeeded Joseph F. Smith as
President of the Church in 1918. He enforced the
Manifesto outlawing plural marriage throughout his
tenure as president of the church, and gave
inspired guidance as the church's social structure
evolved away from its early days of plural
marriages. 

One of his greatest legacies as Prophet and
President of the Church is the welfare program of
the Church, which was instituted by revelation in
1936. He said, "Our primary purpose was to set up,
in so far as it might be possible, a system under
which the curse of idleness would be done away
with, the evils of a dole abolished, and
independence, industry, thrift and self-respect be
once more established amongst our people. The aim
of the Church is to help the people help
themselves." (ibid, p. xxiv)

Heber J. Grant died in Salt Lake City, Utah.

== Plural Marriage ==

Heber J. Grant was the last of the President of
the Church (Mormonism)|presidents of the LDS
Church to practice "Plural marriage (Latter-day
Saint)|plural marriage". He married a first time
in 1877 and then again twice in 1884.  Some
sources suggest the latter two marriages were
annulled after the Manifesto ending plural
marriages was issued by President Wilford Woodruff
in 1890, but no evidence can be found to support
this. 

*Grant married Lucy Stringham on November 1, 1877.
Lucy bore him 6 children before she passed away in
1893, after a long illness, during which he gave
constant and tender devotion to her, as he had
throughout their marriage. (Teachings of the
Presidents of the Church: Heber J. Grant, p.
xviii) 

*He married Hulda Augusta Winters on May 26 1884.
Augusta bore him one daughter. She accompanied
Grant to Japan when Grant was sent to open the
Japanese Mission in 1901. Remained with Grant
until his death in 1945. She died in 1952.

*He married Emily Harris Wells on May 27 1884.
Emily bore him 5 children before she died in 1908.
She accompanied Grant during his time presiding
over the Britain|British and Europe|European
Mission in 1903.  Emily's last child was born in
1899, the same year Grant pleaded guilty to
cohabitation and paid a $100 fine. Cohabitation
was the most common charge for
Polygamy|poligamists. This daughter, Frances, knew
her father as "a remarkable family man" (ibid, p.
xv).

== Reference ==

* Book reference |
Author=Allen, James B. and Leonard, Glen M. |
Year=1976 |
Title=The Story of the Latter-day Saints. |
Publisher=Deseret Book Company |
ID=ISBN 0877475946

* Book reference |
Author=Johnson, Sherrie Mills |
Year=Jan. 2004 |
Title=http://library.lds.org/nxt/gateway.dll/Magaz
ines/Ensign/2004.htm/ensign%20january%202004.htm/h
eber%20j.%20grant%20%20a%20prophet%20for%20hard%20
times.htm Heber J. Grant: A Prophet for Hard Times
|
Publisher=Ensign |
ID=p. 57

* Book reference |
Author=Ludlow, Daniel H., Editor |
Year=1992 |
Title=Church History, Selections from the
Encyclopedia of Mormonism |
Publisher=Deseret Book Company |
ID=ISBN 0875799248



1His middle name was indeed "Jeddy",
not "Jedidiah", though his father, a Counselor in
the First Presidency of Brigham Young, was
Jedidiah Morgan Grant.

==External Resources== 

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succession box |
  title= President of the Church
(Mormonism)|President of the LDS Church |
  years= November 23, 1918–May 14, 1945  |
  before= Joseph F. Smith |
  after= George Albert Smith

succession box |
  title= President of the Quorum of the Twelve
Apostles|President of the 
Quorum of the
Twelve Apostles |
  years=  November 18, 1916–November 23,
1918 |
  before= Francis M. Lyman |
  after= Anthon H. Lund

series box |
 title= Quorum of the Twelve Apostles |
 years= October 16, 1882–November 23, 1918 |
 before= George Teasdale |
 after= John Whittaker Taylor|John W. Taylor 

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