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| - Heber J. Grant was born on November 22, 1856, the son of Jedediah M. Grant and Rachel Ridgeway Ivins Grant. His father died only nine days after his birth. Heber and his mother had very little, but his mother worked hard to provide for him. As a young boy, Heber had the opportunity to meet Brigham Young. After that initial meeting, Brigham Young invited the boy (about six at the time) to come visit him whenever he liked. Heber J. Grant said of his friendship with Brigham Young, Back to Previous Church Prophet On to Next Church Prophet
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| - Heber J. Grant was born on November 22, 1856, the son of Jedediah M. Grant and Rachel Ridgeway Ivins Grant. His father died only nine days after his birth. Heber and his mother had very little, but his mother worked hard to provide for him. As a young boy, Heber had the opportunity to meet Brigham Young. After that initial meeting, Brigham Young invited the boy (about six at the time) to come visit him whenever he liked. Heber J. Grant said of his friendship with Brigham Young, I learned not only to respect and venerate him, but to love him with an affection akin to that which I imagine I would have felt for my own father, had I been permitted to know and return a father’s love (Preston Nibley, The Presidents of the Church, 13th ed., p.218 - 219). At just fifteen, Heber was ordained to the office of Seventy. Heber finished school at 16 and was hired to work for a bank. In 1877, Heber married Lucy Stringham. Heber eventually had ten daughters and two sons; both sons died as children. He was a devoted father, and when he was not home because he was traveling on Church business, he would send letters to each child. When he was 23, he received a call to be a stake president. In 1882, at only 25, Heber J. Grant was called as an Apostle. He served as an Apostle for 37 years. As an apostle, he visited communities of Native Americans and worked with Church leaders to call and set apart priesthood holders to labor among them. He became a member of the general superintendency of Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association, and he also became business manager of the Improvement Era, which he helped found. He organized and presided over the Japanese Mission, and served as president of British and European Missions. He became President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on November 23, 1916. On November 23, 1918, at age 62, Heber J. Grant became the President of the Church. The April General Conference for that year had to be postponed because of a worldwide influenza epidemic, which killed over 20 million people. The start of President Grant's presidency foreshadowed all the hard times through which Grant would guide the Church. President Grant started the welfare program of the Church as a way to combat the devastation of the Great Depression. He also directed the building of three new temples, the opening of 16 new missions, the microfilming of family history records, the establishment of the weekly Mormon Tabernacle Choir radio program, Music and the Spoken Word, and the first General Conference broadcast over radio. Heber J. Grant served as prophet and president of the Church for 26 years until his death in 1945. Back to Previous Church Prophet On to Next Church Prophet
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