The Joseph Smith Jr. and Emma Hale Smith Historical Society
The Joseph Smith Jr. and Emma Hale Smith Historical Society, Inc. was established in 2006. The JSEHS works with the Joseph Smith Jr. Family Organization, founded in 1985, to promote understanding of life and times, teachings, and heritage of Joseph Smith, Jr. and Emma Hale Smith. Its purposes include the sponsorship of educational and religious conferences, accumulation and preservation of historical artifacts, promotion of research and scholarship, publication of historical research and materials, and other undertakings of similar nature. The production of Emma Smith, My Story is part of the Historical Society's education and outreach program. All proceeds from this film will be used to fund other Historical Society Projects.
Historical Society Board Members
Chairman of the Board and President
(Bio forthcoming)
Board Member and Vice President
C. Ivor Jones, better known to family and friends as, "Ivor the Driver", was born in 1937, in St. George, UT. He is a graduate of Dixie High School and attended Dixie College and Utah State University. He studied Secondary Education and History. Ivor has worked in many vocations: farming, dairyman, school teacher, and school bus driver. He is "Dad" to his 10 grown children; step-dad to Gracia's eight, and "Grandpa Jones" to their combined 77 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren. He is talented in singing (tenor), storytelling, and making friends.
Ivors knowledge and understanding of Joseph Smith's history is extensive. He served as an advisor for the movie, Emma Smith: My Story. He loves to serve others and especially enjoys meeting the Smith descendants and helping them to appreciate their heritage.
Board Member and Chief Historian
2nd Great Granddaughter of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale.
Gracia N. Jones was born in 1938, in Ronan, Montana. She was raised on a dairy farm on the Flathead Indian Reservation. She is a member of the Flathead Indian Tribe through her father.
Gracia has worked as a newspaper reporter, journalist and Church Life Editor. She went to China in 1995 as a journalist to the Fourth World Conference on Women, reporting to The Deseret News.
Gracia has authored many articles for historical periodicals and has written several books. She has lectured extensively throughout the United States, Canada, England, and Australia, on Smith Family History, and LDS Church History.
Mother of eight, grandmother of 33, great-grandmother of 17, she and Ivor spend a lot of time traveling throughout the country looking up the extended Smith family descendants. Gracia is passionate about gathering the Smith descendants and recording their history. She loves to research in archives and has conducted interviews and compiled many family histories on family members. Her interests and talents are in writing, taking photographs, and traveling with Ivor to visit their extensive family connections.
Board Member and Secretary / Treasurer
(Bio forthcoming)
Board Member and Chief Legal Officer
(Bio forthcoming)
Historical Society Officers
Director of Public Affairs
Sheri Bennett was born in Mesa, Arizona. She married Curtis Robert Bennett and they are the parents of five children. They moved from Mesa to Overland Park, Kansas in 1990. From 2001-2004 the Bennett family served in the Chile Santiago South Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. Sheri currently resides in North Salt Lake, Utah. Sheri graduated, Magna Cum Laude from Brigham Young University with a degree in Family History (Genealogy). She currently runs a family history research company, producing family history portfolios and books.
Director of Membership
2nd Great Granddaughter of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale.
Gracia N. Jones was born in 1938, in Ronan, Montana. She was raised on a dairy farm on the Flathead Indian Reservation. She is a member of the Flathead Indian Tribe through her father.
Gracia has worked as a newspaper reporter, journalist and Church Life Editor. She went to China in 1995 as a journalist to the Fourth World Conference on Women, reporting to The Deseret News.
Gracia has authored many articles for historical periodicals and has written several books. She has lectured extensively throughout the United States, Canada, England, and Australia, on Smith Family History, and LDS Church History.
Mother of eight, grandmother of 33, great-grandmother of 17, she and Ivor spend a lot of time traveling throughout the country looking up the extended Smith family descendants. Gracia is passionate about gathering the Smith descendants and recording their history. She loves to research in archives and has conducted interviews and compiled many family histories on family members. Her interests and talents are in writing, taking photographs, and traveling with Ivor to visit their extensive family connections.
Director of Finance
(Bio forthcoming)
Ambassador
(Bio forthcoming)
Ambassador
(Bio forthcoming)
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