Heber J. Grant, man of steel, prophet of God

by Francis M. Gibbons

Heber Jeddy Grant (1856-1945) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Jedediah Morgan Grant and Rachel Ridgeway Ivins. Heber eventaully became the husband of three wives and the father of twelve children. In 1882 he became an apostle of the LDS Chuech and in 1918 he became the seventh president of the Church.