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Seven of our fifteen Church Presidents have had a wife pass away while they were serving as Church President. Can you name these seven brethren?

Answer:

1. Brigham Young married Clarissa Ross on September 10, 1844 in Nauvoo, Illinois, and 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, and 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, and 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, and 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, and she passed away on March 22, 1915 in Salt Lake City. President Smith served as Church President from 1901 until 1918.
6. Jessie Evans Smith, third wife of President Joseph Fielding Smith, passed away of August 3, 1971. President Smith served from January 1970 to July 1972.
7. Ezra Taft Benson married Flora Smith Amussen on September 10, 1926 in Salt Lake City, and she passed away on August 14, 1992 in Salt Lake City. President Benson served as Church President from 1985 until 1994.