Smith (family)

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The Smith Family is the name of a U.S. family with many members prominent in religion and politics. Many individuals in this particular family were also noted religious leaders; this article focuses only on those with political activity. This political family's most famous member was Joseph Smith, Jr. It is linked by marriage to a number of other families, notably the Richards-Young Family, Kimball-Snow-Woolley Family, Pratt-Romney Family, Udall Family, Taft Family, and the Wells-Bennett-Grant Family.

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[edit] Members

[edit] Joseph Smith, Jr.

1805 - 1844

  • Mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois 1842-44. Candidate for President of the United States 1844.
  • Brother of William B. Smith
  • Uncle of Joseph F. Smith
  • 1st Cousin of George Albert Smith.
  • 1st Cousin of Silas Sanford Smith
  • 1st Cousin of Jesse Nathaniel Smith
  • 1st cousin once removed of John Henry Smith
  • 6th cousin of Brigham Young
  • Married: Likely had at least 34 wives. He married his 1st wife, Emma Hale in 1827. 14 of his wives were politically connected:
  • Fanny Young, sister of Brigham Young.
  • Melissa Snow, sister of Eliza Roxy Snow and Lorenzo Snow
  • Eliza Roxy Snow, sister of Melissa Snow and Lorenzo Snow. Eliza married Brigham Young after Smith’s death.
  • Helen Mar Kimball, daughter of Heber C. Kimball, and mother of Orson Ferguson Whitney. Helen married Horace Kimball Whitney after Smith’s death.
  • Sarah Ann Whitney, aunt of Orson Ferguson Whitney. Sarah married Heber C. Kimball after Smith’s death.
  • Rhonda Richards, sister of Willard Richards and 1st cousin of Brigham Young.
  • Agnes Coolbrith (Smith), widow of Joseph’s own brother, Don Carlos Smith. She married to George A. Smith after Joseph’s death.
  • Zina Jacobs, who married Brigham Young after Smith’s death.
  • Desdomona Fulmer, who remarried to Ezra Taft Benson after Smith’s death.
  • Olive Frost, sister of Mary Ann Frost (who married Parley P. Pratt)
  • Lucy Walker, Nancy Winchester, Presendia Buell, and Martha McBride Knight who all married to Heber C. Kimball after Smith’s death.
  • Emily Dow Partridge, married to Brigham Young after Smith's death.

[edit] William B. Smith

  • 13 Mar 1811 - 13 Nov 1894
  • Illinois State Legislature 1842
  • Brother of Joseph Smith, Jr.
  • Uncle of Joseph F. Smith,
  • 1st Cousin of George Albert Smith.
  • 1st Cousin of Silas Sanford Smith
  • 1st Cousin of Jesse Nathaniel Smith
  • 1st Cousin once removed of John Henry Smith
  • Married: Caroline Amanda Grant, sister of Jedidiah Morgan Grant and Roxie Ann Grant
  • Married: Roxie Ann Grant after her sister Caroline’s death.

[edit] Joseph F. Smith

  • Born: 13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
  • Utah Territorial Legislature 1865-70, 1872, 1874, 1880, 1882
  • Nephew of Joseph Smith, Jr.
  • Son of Hyrum Smith & Mary Fielding (who remarried to Heber C. Kimball after Hyrum’s death).
  • 1st cousin once removed of George Albert Smith
  • 1st Cousin once removed of Silas Sanford Smith
  • 1st Cousin once removed of Jesse Nathaniel Smith
  • 2nd Cousin of John Henry Smith

[edit] George Albert Smith

  • Born: 26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
  • Utah Territorial Legislature 1851, 1867; Utah Territorial Supreme Court 1855, Utah Territory delegate to U.S. Congress 1856
  • Father of John Henry Smith
  • 1st Cousin of Joseph Smith, Jr.
  • 1st Cousin of William B. Smith
  • 1st Cousin of Silas Sanford Smith
  • 1st Cousin of Jesse Nathaniel Smith
  • 1st Cousin once removed of Joseph F. Smith

[edit] John Henry Smith

  • 18 Sep 1848 - 13 Oct 1911
  • Utah Territorial Legislature 1882
  • Son of George Albert Smith
  • 1st Cousin once removed of Joseph Smith Jr.
  • 1st Cousin once removed of William B. Smith
  • 1st Cousin once removed of Silas Sanford Smith
  • 1st Cousin once removed of Jesse Nathaniel Smith
  • 2nd Cousin of Joseph F. Smith

[edit] Silas Sanford Smith

  • 26 Oct 1830 - 11 Oct 1910
  • Utah Territorial Legislature 1859, 69, 78
  • Brother of Jesse Nathaniel Smith
  • 1st Cousin of Joseph Smith, Jr.
  • 1st Cousin of William B. Smith
  • 1st Cousin of George Albert Smith
  • 1st Cousin, once removed of Joseph F. Smith
  • 1st Cousin once removed of John Henry Smith
  • 4th great uncle of Jeff Groscost

[edit] Jesse Nathaniel Smith

  • Usually called Jesse N. Smith
  • 2 Dec 1834 - 5 Jun 1906
  • Mayor of Parowan, Utah 1859; Arizona Territorial Legislature 19th Session
  • Brother of Silas Samford Smith
  • 1st Cousin of Joseph Smith, Jr.
  • 1st Cousin of William B. Smith
  • 1st Cousin of George Albert Smith
  • 1st Cousin, once removed of Joseph F. Smith
  • 1st Cousin once removed of John Henry Smith
  • 3rd Great grandfather of Jeff Groscost
  • His daughter, Margareth Fife Smith married Nephi Jensen
  • His daughter, Adelaide Smith married Joseph Fish
  • His son Asahel Henry Smith married Pauline Udall, daughter of David King Udall
  • Father of Priscilla Smith married to Augusta Gibbons and at his death to her 2nd cousin Jesse Moroni Smith

[edit] Joseph Fish

27 Jun 1840 - 10 Dec 1926

[edit] Nephi Jensen

  • 16 Feb 1876 - 2 Sep 1955
  • Utah State Legislature 1906-08
  • Married Margareth Fife Smith daughter of Jesse Nathaniel Smith

[edit] Jeff Groscost

  • Died November 3, 2006
  • Arizona State Legislature 1992-2000 (speaker in 1998)
  • 3rd Great grandson of Jesse Nathaniel Smith
  • 4th Great nephew (can also be stated as 3rd great grand nephew) of Silas Samford Smith

[edit] Lorenzo Snow

  • 3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
  • Utah Territorial Legislature 1853-82
  • Father of Oliver Goddard Snow
  • Brother of Melissa Snow, who married Joseph Smith.
  • Brother of Eliza Roxy Snow who married Joseph Smith, then remarried to Brigham Young after Smith’s death.
  • 9 Wives including:
  • Married Eleanor Houtz, aunt of Ivy Stewart Houtz (Woolley)
  • Phebe Carter Woodruff, daughter of Wilford Woodruff

[edit] Oliver Goddard Snow

  • Born: 20 Feb 1849
  • Utah Territorial Legislature 1880-82
  • Son of Lorenzo Snow and Mary Adaline Goddard

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