SMITH (FAMILY)

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The 'Smith Family' is the name of a U.S. political family. 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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Members

John Henry Smith

Silas Sanford Smith

Joseph Fish

Nephi Jensen

Jeff Groscost

★ 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)

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Members

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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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 Pricilla Smith married to Augusta Gibbons and at his death to her 2nd cousin Jesse Moroni Smith

Joseph Fish

27 Jun 1840 - 10 Dec 1926

★ 'Arizona Territorial Legislature' 18th session

★ Married Adelaide Smith, daughter of Jesse Nathaniel Smith

Nephi Jensen

★ 16 Feb 1876 - 2 Sep 1955

★ 'Utah State Legislature' 1906-08

★ Married Margareth Fife Smith daughter of Jesse Nathaniel Smith

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

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)

Oliver Goddard Snow

★ Born: 20 Feb 1849

★ 'Utah Territorial Legislature' 1880-82

★ Son of Lorenzo Snow and Mary Adaline Goddard

See also

★ List of descendants of Joseph Smith, Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith

★ Latter Day Saint political history