Alexander Hale Smith (1838–1909) was the third surviving son of Joseph Smith Jr. and Emma Hale Smith. Emma Hale Smith Bidamon ( 10 July 1804 – 30 April 1879) was married to Joseph Smith Jr Alexander was born in Far West, Missouri, USA and eventually became a senior leader of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now the "Community of Christ"). Far West Missouri, was a Latter Day Saint ( Mormon) settlement in Caldwell County Missouri. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Alexander served as an apostle and as Presiding Patriarch of the church. In the Latter Day Saint movement, the Presiding Patriarch (also called Presiding Evangelist, Patriarch over the Church, Patriarch of the Church