# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alvin-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-31T23:26:03.977Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alvin-smith"
name: "Alvin Smith"
slug: "alvin-smith"
description: "Alvin Smith was the eldest brother of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Alvin took a leading role in helping the Smith family work toward paying their debts and building their home. His death at age 25 resulted in his younger brothers Hyrum and Joseph taking more of a leading role in family affairs. Joseph later claimed that he had a vision in which Alvin, who was not baptized while alive, was in the celestial kingdom, which is the highest of the heavenly degrees of glory in mormon theology. His presence in the life of young Joseph Smith and in that vision played a significant role in the establishment of the Latter Day Saint doctrines of redemption of those who die without a knowledge of the gospel, as well as the practice of baptism for the dead in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."
tagline: "Later Day Saints Smith family member"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alvin_Smith.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1798-02-11"
deathDate: "1823-11-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.73
  momentum:             3.080305989938562
  historical:           3.306914666666667
  currentAttention:     10.98901098901099
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  58
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Smith_(brother_of_Joseph_Smith)"
    title: "Alvin Smith (brother of Joseph Smith)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Smith"
    title: "Alvin Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Smith"
    title: "Alvin Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4738229"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations