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John F. Garver

John Franklin Garver (28 January 1878 – 3 March 1949) was an American leader in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church).

Garver was born in Bristol, Indiana. He was educated at Graceland College. In 1912, Garver became a member of the Board of Trustees of Graceland College; he was also a leader of the RLDS Church in Lamoni, Iowa.

On 13 October 1922, RLDS Church president Frederick M. Smith appointed Garver as an apostle of the church and a member of the Council of Twelve Apostles.^[1] At this time, Garver moved to Independence, Missouri, where the headquarters of the RLDS Church had been moved to in 1915. He was elected as the president of the Board of Trustees for Graceland College in 1932.

Garver was a member of the Council of Twelve Apostles until April 1946, when new church president Israel A. Smith selected Garver and F. Henry Edwards as his counselors in the church's First Presidency.^[2] Garver served in this capacity until his death in Independence at the age of 71. He was succeeded in the First Presidency by W. Wallace Smith.^[3]

References

^ Doctrine and Covenants 134:3 Archived 2007-11-04 at the Wayback Machine.
^ Doctrine and Covenants 139:1 Archived 2007-06-07 at the Wayback Machine.
^ Doctrine and Covenants 142:1 Archived 2020-11-27 at the Wayback Machine.

Sources

History of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 7:711-13
"John F. Garver", Saints' Herald, vol. 96, no. 12 (1949) pp. 265–270

External links

Death certificate of John F. Garver

Community of Christ titles
Preceded by Israel A. Smith Lemuel F.P. Curry	Counselor in the First Presidency April 9, 1946–March 3, 1949	Succeeded by W. Wallace Smith
Preceded by Ulysses W. Greene	Council of Twelve Apostles October 13, 1922–April 9, 1946	Succeeded by D. Blair Jensen

Members of the First Presidency of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Community of Christ)

Pre-succession crisis

President	J. Smith Jr. (1830–44)
Counselors	Gause (1832) Rigdon (1832–44) Williams (1833–37) H. Smith (1837–41) Law (1841–44)

Post reorganization

Prophet-Presidents	J. Smith III (1860–1914) F.M. Smith (1915–46) I.A. Smith (1946–58) W.W. Smith (1958–78) W.B. Smith (1978–96) McMurray (1996–2005) Veazey (2005–)
Counselors	Marks (1863–72) Blair (1873–96) D. Smith (1873–85) Evans (1902–09) F.M. Smith (1902–15) E. Smith (1909–38) McDowell (1922–38) I.A. Smith (1938–46) Curry (1938–46) Garver (1946–49) Edwards (1946–66) W.W. Smith (1950–58) Draper (1946–78) Couey (1966–82) Tyree (1982–92) McMurray (1992–96) Robinson (2000–07) Judd (2000–05) Schaal (2005–12) Savage (2007–16) Murphy (2013–) Cramm (2016–)

Prophet-Presidents

J. Smith III (1860–1914)
F.M. Smith (1915–46)
I.A. Smith (1946–58)
W.W. Smith (1958–78)
W.B. Smith (1978–96)
McMurray (1996–2005)
Veazey (2005–)

Counselors

Marks (1863–72)
Blair (1873–96)
D. Smith (1873–85)
Evans (1902–09)
F.M. Smith (1902–15)
E. Smith (1909–38)
McDowell (1922–38)
I.A. Smith (1938–46)
Curry (1938–46)
Garver (1946–49)
Edwards (1946–66)
W.W. Smith (1950–58)
Draper (1946–78)
Couey (1966–82)
Tyree (1982–92)
McMurray (1992–96)
Robinson (2000–07)
Judd (2000–05)
Schaal (2005–12)
Savage (2007–16)
Murphy (2013–)
Cramm (2016–)

v t e Council of Twelve Apostles of the Community of Christ (formerly the RLDS Church)
Andersen Arnaud Tchong Austin Aylor Belrose Blair Blakeslee Bolton L. Booth P. Booth J. Briggs E. Briggs Brock Budd Butterworth Cable Caffall Carter Caswell Chesworth Cole Couey Cramm Cunningham Curtis Davey Deam Derry Draper Dynes Edwards Ellis Ells Ettinger Evans Farrow Garver J.A. Gillen J.W. Gillen Gleazer Graffeo Greene Griffiths Grover Gurley Jr. Gurley Sr. Hanson Harmon Hield E. Higdon W. Higdon Holmes Hurshman James Jensen Judd Kahtava J. Kelley W. Kelley Kirkpatrick Koury Lake Lambert Lents Lewis Linkhart Luff Luffman Mackay Maupin McConley McLaughlin Mejia Mesley Neff D. Newkirk R. Newkirk Oakman Oxley Powers Ralston Rasey Robinson Rushton Russell Schaefer Sekine Serig F. Sheehy Shippy Skoor Slauter A.E. Smith A.H. Smith F. Smith H. Smith T. Smith W. Smith Spencer Stuart Timms A. Tyree L. Tyree Veazey White G. White J. Wight D. Williams T. Williams Young

Council of Twelve Apostles of the Community of Christ (formerly the RLDS Church)