born Nov 17, 1844 Nauvoo, Hancock Co, IL
married May 10, 1870 Clara Hartshorn(d Aug 9, 1926)
baptized Oct 27, 1861
died Aug 29, 1904
March 21, 1863 ordained priest
Oct 8, 1863 ordained elder
April 1869 ordained president of 2nd Quorom of Elders
1869 & 1872 missions to Utah
April 10, 1873 ordained counselor in 1st Presidency
Jan 1877 committed to Illinois Asylum for the Insane at Elgin, IL
1885 released by revelation
authored Hesperis(1875)
"A Calm & Gentle Quiet"
"Let Us Pray for One Another"
"Let Us Shake Off the Coals"
"Worldly Cares a Moment Leave Us"
"You May Sing of the Beauty"
bibl HC4:670-71
papers at RLDS Archives
SH 51(35):801obit
SH 51(36):825-26
SH 119(11):20-22
Edwards, Paul
"The Sweet Singer of Israel: David Hyrum Smith:
BYU Studies 12(2):171-84
also repr in Courage 2(4):481-91
Avery, Valeen Tippetts
"Sketches of the Sweet Singer David Hyrum Smith, 1844-1904"
JWHA Journal 5:3-15
Avery, Valeen Tippetts
From Mission to Madness
University of Illinois Press 1998
(link to a review)
