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SMITH was born date unknown. Spouse: Burt B. MITCHELL. Burt B. MITCHELL and Isabell SMITH were married date unknown. Children were: Myron Atwood MITCHELL. Jacob SMITH was born on 26 JAN 1673/74 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts. He died on 17 JAN 1737/38 at Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts. Many discrepancies between the family group sheets filed and accepted for the multi-generation project and the book "Life of Joseph F. Smith" Group Sheet lists birth date as 26 Jan 1674, The book lists 29 Jan 1675. The Group Sheet lists wife as Rebecca Symonds. The book lists no wife. Parents: Robert SMITH and Mary FRENCH. Spouse: Rebecca SYMONDS. Jacob SMITH and Rebecca SYMONDS were married between 1691 and 1722. Jacob SMITH was born about 1797. Spouse: Annie VARNEY. Jacob SMITH and Annie VARNEY were married about 1825 in England. James SMITH was christened/baptized on 11 APR 1837 in Southill, Bedfordshire, England. He has Ancestral File Number 3W1J-R7. He died at England. 2. By British Gen. Dept. Order No. 2458 L/R. sent to Emma Crane Draper. Parents: William SMITH and Mary WILES. James SMITH was born date unknown. Parents: James SMITH and Elizabeth NOYES. Spouse: Prudence LITTLE. James SMITH and Prudence LITTLE were married date unknown. Children were: Sarah SMITH, James SMITH. James SMITH was born date unknown. Parents: James SMITH and Prudence LITTLE. Spouse: Sarah B. LITTLE. James SMITH and Sarah B. LITTLE were married in DEC 1817 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. James SMITH died in 1787 at Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was born date unknown. Parents: James SMITH and Elizabeth MOODY. Spouse: Elizabeth NOYES. James SMITH and Elizabeth NOYES were married date unknown. Children were: Parker SMITH, Lizzie SMITH, John SMITH, Samuel SMITH, Sarah SMITH, James SMITH, Enoch SMITH. James SMITH was christened/baptized on 21 JAN 1732 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He died on 16 APR 1788 at Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. SOURCE: "Life and Times in Hopkinton, NH" Charles Chase Lord, 1991. Parents: Josiah SMITH and Martha CHUTE. Spouse: Elizabeth STUART. James SMITH and Elizabeth STUART were married on 5 DEC 1757 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Children were: Katherine SMITH, Richard SMITH, Betty SMITH, James SMITH, Nanny SMITH. James SMITH was born on 10 SEP 1645 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He died in OCT 1690. SOURCE: "Reminiscences of a Nonagenarian" Sarah Anna Emery, Newburyport, 1879. Parents: Thomas SMITH and Mrs Rebecca SMITH. Spouse: Sarah COKER. James SMITH and Sarah COKER were married on 26 JUL 1667 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Children were: James SMITH. James SMITH was born on 16 OCT 1670 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. SOURCE: "Reminiscences of a Nonagenarian" Sarah Anna Emery, Newburyport, 1879. Parents: James SMITH and Sarah COKER. Spouse: Jane KENT. James SMITH and Jane KENT were married in 1695 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Children were: James SMITH. James SMITH was born on 25 NOV 1696 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. James ten sons and daughter all grew to man's and woman's estate, comprising a fine family, the young ladies being specially noted for beauty and grace. SOURCE: "Reminiscences of a Nonagenarian" Sarah Anna Emery, Newburyport, 1879. Parents: James SMITH and Jane KENT. Spouse: Elizabeth MOODY. James SMITH and Elizabeth MOODY were married on 9 DEC 1719 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Children were: Sarah SMITH, Samuel SMITH, William SMITH, James SMITH, Richard SMITH, Mollie SMITH, Jenny SMITH, Betty SMITH, Stephen SMITH, Moses SMITH. James SMITH was born on 17 AUG 1767 in Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. SOURCE: "Life and Times in Hopkinton, NH" Charles Chase Lord, 1991. Parents: James SMITH and Elizabeth STUART. James SMITH was born on 17 AUG 1767. Spouse: Mary COLBY. James SMITH and Mary COLBY were married on 24 AUG 1791 in New Hampshire. (SOURCE: FHL Number 1001304; SMITH, James, Marriage: Polly COLBY, Date: 24 Aug 1791; Recorded in: Birth and Marriage Index for New Hampshire.) Children were: Betsey SMITH, Lucinda SMITH, James SMITH, Polly SMITH, Polly SMITH, Cyrus SMITH, James SMITH, Covers Johnson SMITH, Benjamin Colby SMITH, Elias Frost SMITH. James SMITH was born on 26 JUL 1768 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. (SOURCE: Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850 for Haverhill.) Parents: Timothy SMITH and Lydia COLBY. James SMITH was born on 20 SEP 1790 in Plaistow, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: FHL Film: 1001041; Index to births, early to 1900 New Hampshire. Registrar of Vital Statistics.) He appeared in the census on 16 AUG 1850 in Hampstead, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He died on 21 DEC 1866 at Hampstead, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Parents: Joseph SMITH and Mary SAWYER. Spouse: Sally COLBY. James SMITH and Sally COLBY were married about 1816. Children were: Martha Jane Colby SMITH, Moses C. SMITH, Daniel James SMITH. James SMITH was born on 3 SEP 1796 in Grantham, Sullivan County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: FHL Film: 1001041; Index to births, early to 1900 New Hampshire. Registrar of Vital Statistics.) He died on 24 JUL 1800. Parents: James SMITH and Mary COLBY. James SMITH was born on 13 APR 1797. He died on 23 MAR 1865. SOURCES: (1). "History of Sanbornton, New Hampshire" Vol II.-Genealogies, by Rev. M. T. Runnels, 1881; (2). "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970. Parents: Andrew SMITH and Elizabeth COLBY. James SMITH was born on 1 JUL 1806 in Grantham, Sullivan County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: FHL Film: 1001041; Index to births, early to 1900 New Hampshire. Registrar of Vital Statistics.) Parents: James SMITH and Mary COLBY. James SMITH was born on 6 JUN 1815 in Francestown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. He died on 28 OCT 1835 at New Jersey. Parents: John SMITH and Lucretia COLBY. James SMITH was born in 1824. Son of James Smith and Lucretia Norwood. He died date uknown. He was a mariner. Spouse: Lousia Ann COLBY. James SMITH and Lousia Ann COLBY were married on 6 OCT 1847 in Rockport, Essex County, Massachusetts. James Lee SMITH was born on 25 AUG 1956 in Harrisonville, Case County, Missouri. Spouse: Eldena Marie DAMRON. James Lee SMITH and Eldena Marie DAMRON were married in 1978 in Oklahoma. Children were: Jeremy Todd SMITH, Alyssa Lynn SMITH. Jane SMITH was born on 4 JUL 1842 in Southill, Bedfordshire, England. She was christened/baptized on 16 OCT 1842 in Southill, Bedfordshire, England. She has Ancestral File Number 3W1J-TK. 2. By British Gen. Dept. Order No. 2458 L/R. sent to Emma Crane Draper. Parents: William SMITH and Mary WILES. Janice Margaret SMITH was born on 17 OCT 1937 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. Parents: Harry SMITH and Ruth Celesia LORD. Spouse: Richard Rand OLSON. Richard Rand OLSON and Janice Margaret SMITH were married on 17 SEP 1960 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado. Children were: Cheryl Ann OLSON, Richard Edward OLSON, Lisa Margaret OLSON, Kirk Rand OLSON. Jeffrey Dewitt SMITH was born on 4 OCT 1968 in Anaheim, Orange County, California. Parents: Rawley Dewitt SMITH and Bettie Lee BLUM. Jenny SMITH was born date unknown. Parents: James SMITH and Elizabeth MOODY. Jeremy Todd SMITH was born on 23 JUN 1979 in Woodward, Woodward County, Oklahoma. Parents: James Lee SMITH and Eldena Marie DAMRON. Jerusha SMITH was born on 13 JAN 1836. Parents: Hyrum SMITH and Jerusha BARDEN. Jesse SMITH I was born on 20 APR 1768 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts. He died in 1853. SOURCE: "History of Joseph Smith By His Mother", Edited by Scot Facer Proctor & Maurine Jensen Proctor, 1996 Bookcraft, Salt Lake City, Utah. ISBN I-57008-267-7 2. Family Tree Maker/World Family Tree Vol. 7, File #2296 Parents: Asael SMITH I and Mary DUTY. Spouse: Hannah PEABODY. Jesse SMITH I and Hannah PEABODY were married on 20 JAN 1792. Children were: Benjamin P. SMITH, Eliza SMITH, Ira SMITH, Harvey SMITH, Harriet SMITH, Stephen SMITH, Mary SMITH, Catherine SMITH, Royal SMITH, Sarah SMITH. Jesse Clement SMITH was born on 30 NOV 1787 in Plaistow, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: FHL Film: 1001041; Index to births, early to 1900 New Hampshire. Registrar of Vital Statistics.) Parents: Joseph SMITH and Mary SAWYER. Jesse J. SMITH was born on 6 OCT 1808. He died on 1 JUL 1834. Parents: Asael SMITH II and Elizabeth (Betsy) SHELLENGER. Jesse Nathaniel SMITH was born on 2 DEC 1834. Parents: Silas SMITH and Mary AIKENS. Jessie S. SMITH was born in MAY 1897 in Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. She appeared in the census on 7 JUN 1900 in Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. (living with grandparents, George Sargent family.) Parents: Charles E. SMITH and Jessie G. SARGENT. Joan SMITH was christened/baptized on 15 MAR 1612 in Flitton w/Silsoe, Bedfordshire, England. She died at England. Parents: William (Wm.) SMITH and Joan BETTS. Joanna SMITH was born on 22 MAY 1686 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. (SOURCE: Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850 for Salisbury. Daughter of Richard Smith and Elizabeth.) Spouse: Philip FLANDERS. Philip FLANDERS and Joanna SMITH were married on 2 FEB 1709/10 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. (SOURCE: Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850 for Salisbury.) Children were: Sarah FLANDERS, Philip FLANDERS, Zepporah FLANDERS, Joanna FLANDERS, Abigail FLANDERS, Richard FLANDERS, Abia FLANDERS. John SMITH was christened/baptized on 15 NOV 1812 in Northill, Bedfordshire, England. He has Ancestral File Number FGZN-GK. He died at England. Parents: William SMITH and Molly WOODWARD. Spouse: Rhoda SEABY. John SMITH and Rhoda SEABY were married on 9 NOV 1834. John SMITH was born date unknown. Parents: James SMITH and Elizabeth NOYES. John SMITH was born about 1637 in Buckenham, Norfolk, England. He died in 1691 at Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He has Ancestral File Number 9GNB-4D. Parents: Captain Henry SMITH and Mrs Elizabeth SMITH. John SMITH was born on 9 MAR 1647/48 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. SOURCE: "Reminiscences of a Nonagenarian" Sarah Anna Emery, Newburyport, 1879. Parents: Thomas SMITH and Mrs Rebecca SMITH. Spouse: Rebecca POORE. John SMITH and Rebecca POORE were married on 26 NOV 1667 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Children were: Josiah SMITH. John SMITH was born on 9 JUN 1759. He died on 24 AUG 1824 at Francestown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Spouse: Lucretia COLBY. John SMITH and Lucretia COLBY were married on 26 MAY 1795 in Francestown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Children were: William SMITH, Sarah SMITH, Sally SMITH, Ebenezer SMITH, Nancy SMITH, Ira SMITH, James SMITH. John SMITH was born on 16 JUL 1781 in Derryfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Derryfield now Manchester He died on 23 MAY 1854. Smith, John, the fifth presiding Patriarch of the Church, was born July 16, 1781, in Derryfield (now Manchester), Rockingham county, N. H. He was a son of Asahel and Mary Smith (formerly Mary Duty) and uncle to the Prophet Joseph. In 1815 he married Clarissa Lyman, by whom he had three children—George Albert, Caroline and John Lyman. The subject of Joseph Smith's mission was introduced to John Smith by his brother Joseph, the Prophet's father, which resulted in his baptism Jan. 9, 1832, at a time of sickness near to death, and when the ice had to be cut to reach the water; but from that time he gained health and strength, although he had been given up by the doctors to die of consumption. He was baptized and confirmed by his brother Joseph Smith, sen., and at the same time ordained an Elder. In 1833, he moved to Kirtland, Ohio, where he, on June 3, 1831, was ordained a High Priest by Lyman Wight, and in 1838 to Far West, Caldwell county, Missouri, and thence to Adam-Ondi-Ahman, [p.183] in Daviess county, where he presided over that branch of the Church until expelled by the mob in 1839, and arrived in Illinois on the 28th of February of that year. He located at Green Plains, six miles from Warsaw, where he put in a crop of corn, split rails, and performed much hard labor unsuited to his health and years, but obliged to be done for the support of his family. In June he moved to Commerce (since Nauvoo), and on October 5th was appointed to preside over the Saints in Iowa. On the 12th he moved to Lee county to fulfill that mission. In October, 1843, he moved to Macedonia, Hancock county, Illinois, having been appointed to preside over the Saints in that place. He was ordained a Patriarch Jan. 10, 1844, by Joseph the prophet, and in November, of that year, was driven by mobbers from Macedonia to Nauvoo, where he continued to administer patriarchal blessings, to the joy of thousands, until Feb. 9, 1846, when he was compelled by the mob violence of the free and sovereign State of Illinois to again leave his home and cross the Mississippi river, with his family, in search of a peaceful location, far off amid savages and deserts, in the valleys of the mountains. After passing a dreary winter on the right bank of the Missouri, at Winter Quarters, he again took up the weary ox train march on the 9th of June, 1847, and reached Great Salt Lake valley Sept. 23rd, where he presided over the Church in the mountains until October, 1848. Jan. 1, 1849, he was ordained presiding Patriarch over the Church, under the hands of Pres. Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball. He moved out of the Fort on to his city lot in February, 1849, and this was the only spot on which he had been privileged to cultivate a garden two years in succession during the last twenty-three years of his life. In addition to a vast amount of varied and efficient aid to thousands in the way of salvation, during his long and faithful ministry, he administered 5,560 patriarchal blessings, which were recorded in seven large and closely written books, which are now at the Historian's office. He died in Salt Lake City May 23, 1854. "He closed the arduous duties of a well occupied probation," writes the editor of the "Deseret News," "and passed to a position of rest, where his works will nobly follow and honor him and where he will continue his able counsels for the prosperity and welfare of Zion." SOURCE: 1. "History of Joseph Smith By His Mother", Edited by Scot Facer Proctor & Maurine Jensen Proctor, 1996 Bookcraft, Salt Lake City, Utah. ISBN I-57008-267-7 2. Family Tree Maker/World Family Tree Vol. 7, File #2296 Parents: Asael SMITH I and Mary DUTY. Spouse: Clarissa LYMAN. John SMITH and Clarissa LYMAN were married on 11 SEP 1815. Children were: George A. SMITH, Caroline SMITH, John L. SMITH II. John SMITH was born on 31 DEC 1795 in Plaistow, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: FHL Film: 1001041; Index to births, early to 1900 New Hampshire. Registrar of Vital Statistics.) Parents: Joseph SMITH and Mary SAWYER. John SMITH was born on 22 SEP 1832. Smith, John, the sixth presiding Patriarch of the Church and the present incumbent of that office, is the son of Hyrum Smith and Jerusha Burden, and was born Sept. 22, 1832, in Kirtland, Geuaga (now Lake) county, Ohio. His mother died Oct. 13, 1837. She had six children-two sons and four daughters, and she died when the youngest was eight days old. His father was away from home at the time of her death. Dec. 24, 1837, his father married Miss Mary Fielding, who bore him two children, a son and a daughter. In the spring of 1838 John went with his father's family to Far West, Caldwell county, Missouri, where he shared with the rest of the Saints in the persecutions. In the fall of 1838 his father, his uncle Joseph and others, were taken prisoners by a ruthless mob, and, after being abused in many ways, threatened with death, etc., were finally lodged in Liberty, Clay county jail. During the winter his father's family, in connection with many others, were driven out of Missouri. Although small, John suffered much from cold and hunger. The family landed at Quincy, Ill.., early in 1839, where they remained a short time. Brother Hyrum Smith came home from Liberty jail April 22, 1839. The family subsequently went up the Mississippi river to a place called Commerce, afterwards the city of Nauvoo. Soon afterwards they moved about two miles down the river, where they remained in comparative peace for a short season. His father and his uncle, Joseph the Prophet, were martyred in Carthage jail by a bloodthirsty mob, June 27, 1844. In the month of February, 1847, John left his father's folks and started west with Heber C. Kimball's family. At this time he did not know where the people were going, but he supposed to California. This company crossed the Mississippi river on a ferryboat, and encamped on Sugar creek, about nine miles out. After two or three days, boy-like, he got homesick and went back to see his folks. During his stay at home, which was only for a few days, the river froze over, and he crossed back on skates, and joined the company. During the journey he had to drive loose stock, drive team, herd cattle and horses, and do any kind of work he could. Many times he was drenched in the rain. On one occasion Brother Heber P. Kimball and himself were driven by the force of the storm, stock and all, for a mile or so, although they were on horseback. The company journeyed westward through Iowa, stopping many times by the way in consequence of storms and soft roads, or, to speak more correctly, no roads but soft prairie. They finally landed on the hill where now stands Council Bluffs city, and crossed over the Missouri river at anoint near the present site of Omaha, called at that time Sarpee's Trading Post, among the Pottawatamie Indians. They then went up about six miles to the Little Pupillon, and remained a short time. During his stay there he became acquainted with Col. Thomas L. Kane, who was taken very sick, and John was his nurse for two weeks. In or about the month of August they moved into Winter Quarters, where the town of Florence now stands. In the fore part of September he learned that his father's family were on the road, and he went, in company with Brother Almon W. Babbitt, back about one hundred and fifty miles and met them. They came to Winter Quarters, where they remained two winters. John went to work with hired help, built a log house for the winter, and during the summer of 1847 made fence, tilled the soil, and took a man's place in the hay and harvest field, as he was the only male member of the family who was able to work. In April, 1848, the family started for Great Salt Lake valley. It was rather a hard journey, as they did not have teams enough. John had to drive a team composed of wild steers, cows and oxen, with two wagons tied together, and, before they had traveled more than two miles, a wagon tongue broke and they had to camp for the night. On the way over the plains he broke and they had to camp for the steers to work. He had to take a man's place, by standing guard at night, and in the day time to be the boy who brought the wood and water, herded the cows and assisted to double teams over bad places, up hills, etc. On one occasion a circumstance occurred which he will never forget. One day about sundown, while the party were encamped on the Platte river, it was reported that a woman was lost. Without ceremony he took his coat on his arm and a piece of corn bread in his hand and started out up the road, to follow a party of the company which had left at noon. He had not gone far when he came up with a dead carcass, which was covered with wolves fighting and howling. He walked past as fast and as quietly as possible. He traveled six miles before he came up with any wagons. During this distance he passed about twenty such frightful scenes, but he got through safe, and he thinks he was unnoticed by the wolves. He stopped for the balance of the night with an acquaintance, and at daybreak proceeded on his journey, and found the lost woman, a little after sunrise, safe with her mother, six miles from where he stayed for the night. On Sept. 22, 1848, his sixteenth birthday, he drove five wagons down the "Big Mountain," east of Salt Lake City; it was dark long before he got into camp with the last wagon. On the way, one wheel of his wagon ran into a tree which was about fifteen inches through. He had to lie on his back and chop the tree down with a dull ax before he could go any further. The next day he arrived in the Great Salt Lake valley. In the spring of 1850 John was enrolled in a company of horsemen, called the "Battalion of Life Guards," for the purpose of standing guard, or going out at a minute's warning, to protect the settlements from the marauding Indians, who were very angry at that time. For about ten years he was compelled to keep on hand a saddle horse and everything necessary for that purpose. Many times he was called and got up in the night and started off at once; at other times he had to leave in the heat of harvest, and then his wife was obliged to take his place in the field. This he had to do in connection with working in the canyon and attending to the farm to support the family. Sept. 21, 1852, his stepmother died, leaving him to provide for a family of eight, three of them-one man and two women-being old people, the youngest over sixty-three years old; also one brother and three sisters younger than himself. He was at that time twenty years, less one day, old. Dec. 25, 1853, he married Miss Helen Maria Fisher, who bore him nine children, five sons and four daughters. In the spring of 1856 he went on horseback to Salmon river with Pres. Brigham Young's party, a distance of 480 miles, and returned, which trip occupied six weeks' time. Feb. 18, 1855, Brother Smith was ordained to the office of Patriarch under the hands of Presidents Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball and Jedediah M. Grant, and Apostles Orson Hyde, Orson Pratt, Wilford Woodruff, George A. Smith and Lorenzo Snow, Pres. Young being mouth. It may be well here to state that this is the only office in the Church which is handed down from father to son by right of lineage. His grandfather, Joseph Smith, sen., was the first Patriarch to the Church. He was ordained by his son, the Prophet Joseph Smith. John's father, Hyrum Smith, was ordained to this office by his father; and John would doubtless have been ordained by his father if he had lived until John had arrived at a proper age. Sept. 16, 1859, John started for Florence with a four-mule team, to bring his sister and her husband and family to Utah. He traveled in company with Elder John Y. Greene across the plains, and made the trip from Salt Lake City to Florence in thirty-two days, laying over on the road two days of the time—distance, 1011 miles. During his stay in the East he took his sister and her two youngest children and traveled across Iowa to Montrose, a distance of 350 miles, in eight days, with a pair of mules and a light wagon, and visited Nauvoo and different places in Illinois, reviewed many places of his boyhood, and found quite a number of his connections. He returned to Florence in February, 1860, where he spent considerable time in assisting to put wagons and handcarts together, and in doing all he could to expedite the starting of the European emigrants on the plains. In the month of June he was appointed by Elder George Q. Cannon, who had charge of the emigrants that season, to organize a company and take charge of it across the plains. He went to work at once, got a company of more than forty wagons in readiness, loaded his sister and family, and started out. The trip was made in seventy days. At the general conference, April, 1862, he was called to take a mission to Scandinavia. On the 17th of May following he started out on horseback, without purse or scrip, to cross the plains and the ocean. He was invited by Elder John R. Murdock to go with him to the Missouri river, as he had charge of a company of wagons and teams to bring out emigrants. Brother Smith accepted the invitation, and Brother Murdock assisted him with provisions. All went well until about noon one day, as the company left the Sweetwater river, when Brother Smith was taken down with mountain fever. During the night the fever was very severe, and the pain through every joint was excruciating. Toward the latter part of the night he was administered to by some of the Elders, and in the morning was able to pursue his journey on horseback. He was very weak and had to get down often from his horse to rest. At Fort Laramie he sold his horse, which was worth $90, for $40, and at Florence his saddle, which was worth $20, for $10. He met friends, who gave him money to assist him on his journey. His fare from Florence to Liverpool was about $100. When he arrived in Liverpool he had twenty-one shillings in his pocket. This paid his fare to London, where he had to get a passport from the American Minister before he could cross the continent of Europe. There he borrowed money to take him through (which he afterwards paid) from Hull, England, to Hamburg, Germany. The boat met headwinds and a rough sea, and all on board were sick; even the captain had to get on deck for air. At Hamburg he met his cousin, Elder Jesse N. Smith, who had preceded him about eighteen months. Brother Jesse had with him an interpreter, and all went well. They landed at Korsoer, Denmark, Sept. 6, 1862. Brother Smith remained on this mission until April 13, 1864, when he sailed from Copenhagen, on his return home. While on this mission he studied hard and obtained a good understanding of the Scandinavian languages—Danish-Norwegian and Swedish. On arriving at Grimsby, England, they found some emigrants for Zion awaiting them, who had traveled by way of Lubeck, and they all, about three hundred in number, continued their journey by rail to Liverpool. There he was appointed president of the ship's company. He embarked in the large sailing ship, "Monarch of the Sea," bound for New York, having on board 973 souls of the Saints-Danes, Swedes, Norwegians, Germans, Scotch, Welsh, Irish, English and Americans-the largest company of Latter-day Saints which, up to that time, had left the shores of Europe. They were over forty days out at sea, with head winds a good deal of the time. On the banks of Newfoundland they saw a number of very large icebergs. On their arrival at Castle Gardens, New York, June 3, 1864, they went immediately on board the steamboat "St. Johns," and sailed up the Hudson river to Albany; from there they traveled by rail to St. Joseph, Missouri, and thence by steamboat up the Missouri river to Wyoming, Nebraska. On Brother Smith's arrival at Wyoming, he was appointed to take charge on the plains of a Scandinavian company of thirty wagons. He was there joined by more wagons in charge of Captain Patterson, making in all over sixty, for safety against the Indians, as the latter were very hostile that season, many people having been killed, and horses, mules and cattle stolen, and wagons burned. Many times on the journey ranchers, traders, and also officers at government posts would use every argument possible to induce them to stop for safety. The answer Brother Smith would give them was, "We are used to Indian warfare, and we have only provisions enough to take us home, even if we keep moving; and we would rather run our risk of fighting Indians than starve on the plains." The company reached Salt Lake City, Oct. 1, 1864. After a few days the immigrants were distributed among their respective friends in the various settlements, but for several years Brother Smith was kept busy as an interpreter for the Scandinavians. Since that time he has been engaged in the duties of his calling as a Patriarch, traveling through the settlements of the Saints, and attending to other business, and on the farm. Up to date he has given to the Saints 15,660 patriarchal blessings. Parents: Hyrum SMITH and Jerusha BARDEN. John A. SMITH was born on 6 JUL 1832. He died on 27 NOV 1834. Parents: Silas SMITH and Mary AIKENS. John B. SMITH was born in NOV 1849 in New York. He appeared in the census on 12 JUN 1900 in Hiddenwood, Walworth County, South Dakota. He appeared in the census on 10 MAY 1910 in Hiddenwood, Walworth County, South Dakota. In 1910 he was a farmer in Hiddenwood, Walworth County, South Dakota. He died on 3 JUN 1936 at Walworth County, South Dakota. Spouse: Julia R. COLBY (twin). John B. SMITH and Julia R. COLBY (twin) were married about 1882 in New York. Children were: Newell B. SMITH, Walter C. SMITH, George J. SMITH, Vena SMITH. John Charles SMITH was born on 20 NOV 1907 in Clifton, Iroquois County, Illinois. He died on 27 APR 1965. (BOOK SOURCE: "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970.) Parents: Weldon Charles SMITH and Allie Mary COLBY. John L. SMITH II was born on 17 NOV 1828. Parents: John SMITH and Clarissa LYMAN. Jonathan SMITH was born on 28 APR 1800 in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts. He died on 29 SEP 1855 at Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. Spouse: Lovey E. BRICKETT. Jonathan SMITH and Lovey E. BRICKETT were married on 10 SEP 1833 in Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Children were: Lovey Ann SMITH, Clarinda Stevens SMITH. Joseph SMITH was born on 15 AUG 1643 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He died on 14 JUL 1661 at Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He has Ancestral File Number 9GNB-7W. Parents: Captain Henry SMITH and Mrs Elizabeth SMITH. Joseph SMITH was born on 22 JAN 1739/40 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. (SOURCE: Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850 for Haverhill.) He died on 25 JAN 1816 at New Hampshire. Spouse: Mary SAWYER. Joseph SMITH and Mary SAWYER were married on 2 DEC 1784 in Atkinson, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Children were: Samuel SMITH, Jesse Clement SMITH, James SMITH, Isaac SMITH, John SMITH. Joseph SMITH Sr. was born on 12 JUL 1771 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was ordained a High Priest on 3 JUN 1831. Officiator: Lyman Wight He was ordained a Patriarch on 18 DEC 1833 in Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio. Officiator: Joseph Smith, Jr. He was given a Patriartcal Blessing on 18 DEC 1833 in Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio. Officiator: Joseph Smith, Jr. He died on 14 SEP 1840 at Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois. He was buried on 15 SEP 1840 in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois. He was a Farmer. He was ordained a Elder. JOSEPH, third child and second son of Asael, was born in Topsfield, July 12, 1771. He moved to Tunbridge, Vt., in 1791. In 1816, he moved to New York and settled in Manchester. He was one of the six original members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, organized April 6, 1830. In 1833, he was called to the office of Presiding Patriarch of the Church. He married January 24, 1796, Lucy Mack, daughter of Solomon and Lydia (Gates) Mack. They had ten children, seven sons, three daughters, and were the parents of the Prophet Joseph and Patriarch Hyrum Smith. Comments: Joseph was ordained into the 1st High Council February 17, 1834, in Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph was a member of the Nauvoo 4th ward. Joseph was one of the eight witnesses of the Book of Mormon. He worked on the Kirtland Temple. He was made Assistant Counselor to the First Presidency, September 3, 1837. Joseph was a member of the High Council in Kirtland. Joseph was exposed to severe persecutions in Ohio and Missouri. He made a missionary trip to Stockholm, St. Lawrence, New York, visiting relatives and others. He made another journey through New York, Massachusetts, and other States, holding a great number of meetings and giving many patriarchal blessings. Joseph was the first presiding Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and father of the prophet Joseph Smith. He removed with his father to Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont in 1791 and assisted in clearing a large farm of a heavy growth of timber. At his marriage he owned a handsome farm in Tunbridge. In 1802 he rented it and engaged in mercantile business, and soon after embarked in a venture of ginseng to send to China, and was swindled out of the entire proceeds by the shipmaster and agent; he was consequently obliged to sell his farm and all of his effects to pay his debts. About the year 1816 he removed to Palmyra, Wayne, New York, bought a farm and cleared two hundred acres, which he lost in consequence of not being able to pay the last instalment of the purchase money at the time it was due. This was the case with a great number of farmers in New York who had cleared land under similar contracts. He afterwards moved to Manchester, Ontario, New York and procured a comfortable home with sixteen acres of land where he lived until he moved to Kirtland, Ohio. He was the first person who received his son Joseph's testimony after he had seen the angel, and exhorted him to be faithful and diligent to the message he had received. In August 1830, in company with his son Don Carlos, he took a mission to St. Lawrence county, New York, touching on his route at several of the Canadian ports, where he distributed a few copies of the Book of Mormon, visited his father, brothers, and sisters residing in St. Lawrence county. He bore testimony to the truth which resulted eventually in all the family coming into the Church except his brother Jesse and his sister Susan. He removed with his family in 1831 to Kirtland, Ohio. He was chosen a member of the first High Council organized in Kirtland on February 17, 1834. In 1836 he traveled in company with his brother John 2,400 miles in Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and New Hampshire visiting the branches of the Church in those States and bestowing patriarchal blessings on several hundred persons, preaching the gospel to all who would hear, and baptizing many. They arrived in Kirtland on October 2, 1836. During the persecutions in Kirtland, in 1837, he was made a prisoner but fortunately obtained his liberty, and after a very tedious journey in the spring and summer of 1838 he arrived at Far West, Missouri. After his sons, Hyrum and Joseph, were thrown into the Missouri jails by the mob, he fled under the extermination order of Governor Lilburn W. Boggs, and made his escape in midwinter to Quincy, Illinois. Later he moved to Commerce, Illinois--spring of 1839. He was one of the founders of Nauvoo. The exposures he suffered brought on consumption of which he died. While in Quincy, Illinois he fed hundreds of the poor Saints who were fleeing from the Missouri persecutions even though he, himself, had arrived there penniless. Places of Residence: 1816 Palmyra, Wayne County, New York 1831 Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio 1838 Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri 1839 Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois Note 2: Smith, Joseph, senior Smith, Joseph, senior, the first presiding patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and father of the Prophet Joseph Smith, was born July 12, 1771, in Topsfield, Essex county, Mass., he was the second son of Asahel Smith and Mary Duty. The subject of this sketch was born in Topsfield, March 7, 1744; he was the youngest son of Samuel and Priscilla Smith. Samuel was born January 26, 1714, in Topsfield; he was the eldest son of Samuel and Rebecca Smith. Samuel was born in Topsfield, Januaray 26, 1666, and was the son of Robert and Mary Smith, who emigrated from Old England. Joseph Smith, sen., removed with his father to Tunbridge, Orange county, Vermont, in 1791, and assisted in clearing a large farm of a heavy growth of timber. He married Lucy, daughter of Solomon and Lydia Mack, Jan. 24, 1796, by whom he had ten children, namely: Alvin, born Feb. 11, 1798; Hyrum, born Feb. 9, 1800; Sophronia, born May 16, 1803; Joseph, born Dec. 23, 1805; Samuel Harrison, born March 13, 1808; Ephraim, born March 13, 1810; William, born March 13, 1811; Catherine, born July 28, 1812; Don Carlos, born March 25, 1816; and Lucy, born July 18, 1824. At his marriage he owned a handsome farm in Tunbridge. In 1802 he rented it and engaged in mercantile business, and soon after embarked in a venture of ginseng to send to China, and was swindled out of the entire proceeds by the shipmaster and agent; he was consequently obliged to sell his farm and all of his effects to pay his debts. About the year 1816 he removed to Palmyra, Wayne county, New York, bought a farm and cleared two hundred acres, which he lost in consequence of not being able to pay the last instalment of the purchase money at the time it was due. This was the case with a great number of farmers in New York who had cleared land under similar contracts. He afterwards moved to Manchester, Ontario county, New York, procured a comfortable home with sixteen acres of land, where he lived until he removed to Kirtland, Ohio. He was the first person who received his son Joseph's testimony after he had seen the angel, and exhorted him to be faithful and diligent to the message he had received. He was baptized April 6, 1830. In August, 1830, in company with his son Don Carlos, he took a mission to St. Lawrence county, New York, touching on his route at several of the Canadian ports, where he distributed a few copies of the Book of Mormon, visited his father, brothers and sisters residing in St. Lawrence county, bore testimony to the truth, which resulted eventually in all the family coming into the Church, excepting his brother Jesse and sister Susan. He removed with his family to Kirtland in 1831, where he was ordained to the High Priesthood June 3, 1831, by Lyman Wight. He was ordained a Patriarch and president of the High priesthood, under the hands of Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, Sidney Rigdon and Frederick G. Williams, Dec. 18, 1833, and was chosen a member of the first High Council, organized in Kirtland, Ohio, Feb. 17, 1834. In 1836 he traveled in company with his brother John 2,400 miles in Ohio, New York, [p.182] Pennsylvania, Vermont and New Hampshire, visiting the branches of the Church in those States, and bestowing patriarchal blessings on several hundred persons, preaching the gospel to all who would hear, and baptizing many. They arrived at Kirtland Oct. 2, 1836. During the persecutions in Kirtland, in 1837, he was made a prisoner, but fortunately obtained his liberty, and after a very tedious journey in the spring and summer of 1838, he arrived at Far West, Mo. After his sons, Hyrum and Joseph, were thrown into the Missouri jails by the mob, he fled from under the exterminating order of Governor Lilburn W. Boggs, and made his escape in midwinter to Quincy, Ill., from whence he removed to Commerce in the spring of 1839, and thus became one of the founders of Nauvoo. The exposures he suffered brought on consumption, of which he died Sept. 14, 1840, aged 69 years, two months and two days. He was 6 feet 2 inches tall, was very straight, and remarkably well proportioned. His ordinary weight was about two hundred lbs., and he was very strong and active. In his young days he was famed as a wrestler, and, Jacob like, he never wrestled with but one man whom he could not throw. He was one of the most benevolent of men, opening his house to all who were destitute. While at Quincy, Ill., he fed hundreds of the poor Saints who were fleeing from the Missouri persecutions, although he had arrived there penniless himself. SOURCES: (1). "History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Period I"., History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet by Himself, Volume I. Published by the Church, The Deseret Book Company, SLC 1946; (2). Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996, Family History Library, 35 North West Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150; (3). "History of Joseph Smith By His Mother", Edited by Scot Facer Proctor & Maurine Jensen Proctor, 1996 Bookcraft, Salt Lake City, Utah. ISBN I-57008-267-7; (4). "LDS Family History Suite", The LDS Vital Records Library. Parents: Asael SMITH I and Mary DUTY. Spouse: Lucy MACK. Joseph SMITH Sr. and Lucy MACK were married on 24 JAN 1796 in Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont. Children were: Infant SMITH, Alvin SMITH, Hyrum SMITH, Sophronia SMITH, Joseph SMITH Jr., Samuel Harrison SMITH V, Ephraim SMITH, William SMITH, Katherine SMITH, Don Carlos SMITH, Lucy SMITH.
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