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Joseph Smith Pedigree Chart

This pedigree chart provides genealogical information for JS and his grandparents; parents, aunts, and uncles; siblings; and children. The month, day, and place of births, deaths, and marriages are identified when known. The plural wives of JS and his brothers and are not listed here. Further information about many of the people listed here can be found on the People of the Time section of this website.

Family of Asael Smith and Mary Duty (Paternal Grandparents)

Asael Smith

Birth:

7 Mar. 1743/4, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts

Death:

31 Oct. 1830, , St. Lawrence County, New York

Spouse:

Mary Duty

Birth:	11 Oct. 1743, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts 3 Rowley, Essex Co., MA, Records of Births, Marriages, Intentions of Marriage, and Deaths, 1715–1860, vol. 2, p. 4, microfilm 761,321, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Vital Records of Rowley Massachusetts, 72. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL. Vital Records of Rowley Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Vol. 1. Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1928.
Death:	27 May 1836, Kirtland Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and... More Info , Geauga County, Ohio 4 Obituary for Mary Smith, LDS Messenger and Advocate, June 1836, 2:336; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [24]. Comprehensive Works Cited Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837. Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605.
Marriage:	12 Feb. 1767, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts 5 Asael Smith Family Bible, 5–6, [63]; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [5]; Topsfield, Essex Co., MA, Records of Birth, Marriage, Death, and Intentions of Marriage, 1677–1833, vol. B, p. 59, microfilm 887,762, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012. Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605. U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Children:

Jesse Smith

Birth:	20 Apr. 1768, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts 6 Topsfield, Essex Co., MA, Records of Birth, Marriage, Death, and Intentions of Marriage, 1677–1833, vol. B, p. 59, microfilm 887,762, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Manchester, Hillsborough Co., NH, Town Records, vol. 1, p. [2], microfilm 15,362, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Asael Smith Family Bible, 6, [63]. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL. Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Death:	16 Mar. 1853, St. Lawrence County More Info , New York 7 West Stockholm, New York, Cemeteries, Buckton Cemetery, “Smith,” microfilm 1,451,081, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Marriage:	Hannah Peabody, 20 Jan. 1793, Middleton, Essex County, Massachusetts 8 Middleton, Essex Co., MA, Town Records, 1728–1884, Middleton Town Records, 1751–1801, “Intentions of Marriage,” 7 Jan. 1793, microfilm 876,102, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Evangelical Congregational Church, Middleton, Essex Co., MA, Church Records, 1729–1854, 20 Jan. 1793, microfilm 876,104, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Asael Smith Family Bible, [64]; Vital Records of Middleton Massachusetts, 99, 109. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL. Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012. Vital Records of Middleton Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1904.

Priscilla Smith

Birth:	21 Oct. 1769, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts 9 Asael Smith Family Bible, 6, [63]; Topsfield, Essex Co., MA, Records of Birth, Marriage, Death, and Intentions of Marriage, 1677–1833, vol. B, p. 59, microfilm 887,762, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Manchester, Hillsborough Co., NH, Town Records, vol. 1, p. [2], microfilm 15,362, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012. U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Death:	17 Apr. 1860, New York City Dutch founded New Netherland colony, 1625. Incorporated under British control and renamed New York, 1664. Harbor contributed to economic and population growth of city; became largest city in American colonies. British troops defeated Continental Army under... More Info , New York County, New York 10 New York, NY, Department of Health, Manhattan Death Registers, 1795–1865, vol. 32, “Waller,” 17 Apr. 1860, microfilm 447,563, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Marriage:	John Curtis Waller, 24 Aug. 1796, Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont 11 Royalton, Windsor Co., VT, Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1762–1997, vol. 1, p. 64, microfilm 28,748, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Asael Smith Family Bible, 8. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL. Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.

Birth:	12 July 1771, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts 12 Topsfield, Essex Co., MA, Records of Birth, Marriage, Death, and Intentions of Marriage, 1677–1833, vol. B, p. 59, microfilm 887,762, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Manchester, Hillsborough Co., NH, Town Records, vol. 1, p. [2], microfilm 15,362, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; JS History, 1834–1836, 10. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL. JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
Death:	14 Sept. 1840, Nauvoo Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas.... More Info , Hancock County, Illinois 13 Asael Smith Family Bible, 12; JS Family Bible; Eliza R. Snow, “Elegy,” Times and Seasons,Oct 1840, 1:190–191. Comprehensive Works Cited Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012. JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL. Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Marriage:	Lucy Mack 8 July 1775–14 May 1856. Oilcloth painter, nurse, fund-raiser, author. Born at Gilsum, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire. Daughter of Solomon Mack Sr. and Lydia Gates. Moved to Montague, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, 1779; to Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont, 1788... View Full Bio , 24 Jan. 1796, Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont 14 Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT, Town and Vital Records, 1785–1878, vol. A, p. 129, microfilm 28,990, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Asael Smith Family Bible, 8; JS History, 1834–1836, 10. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL. Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012. JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.

Birth:	21 May 1773, Windham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire 15 Topsfield, Essex Co., MA, Records of Birth, Marriage, Death, and Intentions of Marriage, 1677–1833, vol. B, p. 59, microfilm 887,762, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Manchester, Hillsborough Co., NH, Town Records, vol. 1, p. [2], microfilm 15,362, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Death:	21 July 1848, Iowaville, Van Buren County, Iowa 16 Elias Smith, Journal, 21 July 1848; Iowa Van Buren County: Iowaville Cemetery, 8; Hartley, “Latter-day Saints at Iowaville, Iowa: 1846–1847,” 41, 43. Comprehensive Works Cited Smith, Elias. Journals, 1836–1888. CHL. MS 1319. Iowa Van Buren County: Iowaville Cemetery and Passmore Cemetery Inscriptions. Keosauqua, IA: Van Buren County Genealogical Society, 2002. Hartley, William G. “Latter-day Saints at Iowaville, Iowa: 1846–1851.” Nauvoo Journal 7, no. 1 (Spring 1995): 38–43.
Marriage:	Elizabeth Schellenger, 21 Mar. 1802, Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont 17 Royalton, Windsor Co., VT, Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1762–1997, vol. 9, p. 4, microfilm 28,748, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Asael Smith Family Bible, 9–10; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [17]. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL. Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012. Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605.

Mary Smith

Birth:	4 June 1775, Windham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire 18 Topsfield, Essex Co., MA, Records of Birth, Marriage, Death, and Intentions of Marriage, 1677–1833, vol. B, p. 59, microfilm 887,762, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Manchester, Hillsborough Co., NH, Town Records, vol. 1, p. [2], microfilm 15,362, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Asael Smith Family Bible, 6, [63]. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL. Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Death:	ca. 1844 19 1840 U.S. Census, Lebanon, Grafton Co., NH, 194; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, St. George Temple, St. George, Washington Co., UT, Endowments for the Dead, 1877–1970, vol. D, p. 406, entry no. 9098, microfilm 170,543, U.S. and Canada Record Collection FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL. U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Marriage:	Isaac Pierce, 22 Dec. 1796 20 Asael Smith Family Bible, 9; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [15]. Comprehensive Works Cited Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012. Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605.

Samuel Smith

Birth:	15 Sept. 1777, Dunbarton or Derryfield, Hillborough County, New Hampshire 21 Asael Smith Family Bible, 6, [63]; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [7]; Manchester, Hillsborough Co., NH, Town Records, vol. 1, p. [2], microfilm 15,362, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Anderson, Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage, 118, 120. Comprehensive Works Cited Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012. Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605. U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL. Anderson, Richard Lloyd. Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage: Influences of Grandfathers Solomon Mack and Asael Smith. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2003.
Death:	1 Apr. 1830, Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York 22 Asael Smith Family Bible, 11; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [21]; St. Lawrence Co., NY, Surrogate’s Court, Probate Records, 1830–1919, vol. 1, pp. 77–78, microfilm 890,065, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012. Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605. U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Marriage:	Frances or Fanny Wilcox, Feb. 1816 23 St. Lawrence Co., NY, Surrogate’s Court, Probate Records, 1830–1919, vol. 1, pp. 77–78, microfilm 890,065, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Anderson, Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith, 66. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL. Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith. Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale: With Little Sketches of Their Immigrant Ancestors All of Whom Came to America between the Years 1620 and 1685, and Settled in the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 1929.

Birth:	1 Oct. 1779, Derryfield, Hillborough County, New Hampshire 24 Manchester, Hillsborough Co., NH, Town Records, vol. 1, p. [2], microfilm 15,362, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Asael Smith Family Bible, 6, [63]; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [7]. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL. Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012. Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605.
Death:	13 Sept. 1839, Pittsfield, Pike County, Illinois 25 Obituary for Silas Smith, Times and Seasons, Dec. 1839, 1:32; Asael Smith Family Bible, 12. Comprehensive Works Cited Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846. Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Marriages:	Ruth Stevens, 29 Jan. 1806 26 Asael Smith Family Bible, 10, [63]; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [19]; Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 39. Comprehensive Works Cited Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012. Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605. Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.
	Mary Aikens, 4 Mar. 1828 27 Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 39. Comprehensive Works Cited Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.

Birth:	16 July 1781, Derryfield, Hillborough County, New Hampshire 28 Asael Smith Family Bible, 6; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [7]. Comprehensive Works Cited Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012. Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605.
Death:	23 May 1854, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory 29 Asael Smith Family Bible, 13; obituary for John Smith, Deseret News, 25 May 1854, [2] Comprehensive Works Cited Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012. Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
Marriage:	Clarissa Lyman, 11 Sept. 1815 30 Asael Smith Family Bible, 11; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [20]. Comprehensive Works Cited Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012. Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605.

Susanna Smith

Birth:

18 May 1783, Derryfield, Hillborough County, New Hampshire

Death:

22 Mar. 1849, Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York

Stephen Smith

Birth:

23 Apr. 1785, Derryfield, Hillborough County, New Hampshire

Death:

25 July 1802, Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont

Sarah Smith

Birth:	16 May 1789, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts 35 Asael Smith Family Bible, 6; Anderson, Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith, 66. Comprehensive Works Cited Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012. Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith. Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale: With Little Sketches of Their Immigrant Ancestors All of Whom Came to America between the Years 1620 and 1685, and Settled in the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 1929.
Death:	27 May 1824, Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont 36 Asael Smith Family Bible, 11, [63]; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [21]. Comprehensive Works Cited Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012. Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605.
Marriage:	Joseph Sanford, 15 Oct. 1809 37 Asael Smith Family Bible, 7; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [8]. Comprehensive Works Cited Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012. Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605.

Family of Solomon Mack Sr. and Lydia Gates (Maternal Grandparents)

Solomon Mack Sr.

Birth:	15 Sept. 1732, Lyme, New London County, Connecticut 38 Lyme, New London Co., CT, Registrar of Vital Statistics, Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1700–1921, p. 35, microfilm 1,311,111, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Death:	23 Aug. 1820, Gilsum, Cheshire County, New Hampshire 39 Hayward, History of the Town of Gilsum, 64; Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 630–631, 90. Comprehensive Works Cited Hayward, Silvanus. History of the Town of Gilsum New Hampshire, from 1752 to 1879. Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke, 1881. Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 630–631, 90

Spouse:

Lydia Gates

Birth:	3 Sept. 1732, Hartford County, Connecticut 40 Anderson, Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith, 160; Fuller, Genealogy of Edward Fuller, 43; Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 44. Comprehensive Works Cited Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith. Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale: With Little Sketches of Their Immigrant Ancestors All of Whom Came to America between the Years 1620 and 1685, and Settled in the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 1929. Fuller, William Hyslop, comp. Genealogy of Some Descendants of Edward Fuller of the Mayflower. Vol. 3. Palmer, MA: C. B. Fiske, 1908. Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.
Death:	ca. 1818, Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont 41 Anderson, Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage, 236n91. Comprehensive Works Cited Anderson, Richard Lloyd. Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage: Influences of Grandfathers Solomon Mack and Asael Smith. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2003.
Marriage:	4 Jan. 1759, Hartford County, Connecticut 42 Second Congregational Church and Ecclesiastical Society, East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT, Church Records, vol. 1, p. 47, 4 Jan. 1759, microfilm 4,115, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Lyme, New London Co., CT, Registrar of Vital Statistics, Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1700–1921, p. 92, microfilm 1,311,111, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Children:

Jason Mack

Birth:	ca. 1760, Marlow, Cheshire County, New Hampshire 43 Hayward, History of the Town of Gilsum, 257; Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 714. Comprehensive Works Cited Hayward, Silvanus. History of the Town of Gilsum New Hampshire, from 1752 to 1879. Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke, 1881. Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 714
Death:	1841, Maine Initially established as district of Massachusetts, 1691. Admitted as state, 1820. Population in 1830 about 400,000. Population in 1840 about 500,000. Capital city and seat of government, Augusta. First visited by Latter-day Saint missionaries, Sept. 1832... More Info 44 Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845, bk. 1, 8–[9]; Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 110; Spilman, Semi-Centenarians of Butler Grove Township, 77. Comprehensive Works Cited Smith, Lucy Mack. History, 1844–1845. 18 books. CHL. MS 2049. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org. Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 110 Spilman, Thomas E. Semi-Centenarians of Butler Grove Township, Montgomery Co., Ill.: Also a Brief History of the Village of Butler. No publisher, 1878.
Marriage:	unknown wife 45 Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 54; Anderson, Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage, 224n67. Comprehensive Works Cited Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853. Anderson, Richard Lloyd. Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage: Influences of Grandfathers Solomon Mack and Asael Smith. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2003.

Lovisa Mack

Birth:	ca. 1761, Marlow, Cheshire County, New Hampshire 46 Anderson, Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage, 82; Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 714. Comprehensive Works Cited Anderson, Richard Lloyd. Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage: Influences of Grandfathers Solomon Mack and Asael Smith. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2003. Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 714
Death:	1794, Montague, Hampshire County New Hampshire 47 Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 28–29; Anderson, Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage, 84; Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 35. Comprehensive Works Cited Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853. Anderson, Richard Lloyd. Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage: Influences of Grandfathers Solomon Mack and Asael Smith. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2003. Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 35
Marriage:	Joseph Tuttle, 31 Jan. 1780, Montague, Hampshire County, Massachusetts 48 Montague, Franklin Co., MA, Town Records, 1719–1859, vol. 1, p. 201, microfilm 886,883, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Lovina Mack

Birth:	ca. 1762, Marlow, Cheshire County, New Hampshire 49 Anderson, Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage, 80, 82; Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 714. Comprehensive Works Cited Anderson, Richard Lloyd. Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage: Influences of Grandfathers Solomon Mack and Asael Smith. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2003. Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 714
Death:	ca. 1794, Gilsum, Cheshire County, New Hampshire 50 Anderson, Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage, 84; Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845, bk. 1, [12–14]. Comprehensive Works Cited Anderson, Richard Lloyd. Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage: Influences of Grandfathers Solomon Mack and Asael Smith. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2003. Smith, Lucy Mack. History, 1844–1845. 18 books. CHL. MS 2049. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.
Marriage:	unknown status

Lydia Mack

Birth:	ca. 1763, Marlow, Cheshire County, New Hampshire 51 Anderson, Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage, 82; Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 714. Comprehensive Works Cited Anderson, Richard Lloyd. Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage: Influences of Grandfathers Solomon Mack and Asael Smith. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2003. Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 714
Death:	8 Jan. 1826, Gilsum, Cheshire County, New Hampshire 52 Hayward, History of the Town of Gilsum, 73. Comprehensive Works Cited Hayward, Silvanus. History of the Town of Gilsum New Hampshire, from 1752 to 1879. Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke, 1881.
Marriage:	Samuel Bill, 26 Jan. 1786, Gilsum, Cheshire County, New Hampshire 53 Gilsum, Cheshire Co., NH, Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1754–1915, item 2, p. 439, microfilm 2,208,912, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Stephen Mack

Birth:	15 June 1766, Marlow, Cheshire County, New Hampshire 54 Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 30; Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 714. Comprehensive Works Cited Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853. Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 714
Death:	11 Nov. 1826, Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan Territory 55 Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 246; obituary for Stephen Mack, Daily National Journal, 30 Nov. 1826, [3]; Seeley, History of Oakland County Michigan, 76. Comprehensive Works Cited Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 246 Daily National Journal. Washington DC. 1824–1832. Seeley, Thaddeus D. History of Oakland County, Michigan: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests. Vol. 1. Chicago: Lewis, 1912.
Marriage:	Temperance Bond 8 Sept. 1771–15 Sept. 1850. Born in Gilsum, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire. Daughter of Stephen Bond and Mary Yemmons. Married Stephen Mack, 1788, in Gilsum. Moved to Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Moved to Norwich, Orange Co., 1816; to Detroit, by 1822; and... View Full Bio , 1788 56 Anderson, Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith, 162. Comprehensive Works Cited Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith. Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale: With Little Sketches of Their Immigrant Ancestors All of Whom Came to America between the Years 1620 and 1685, and Settled in the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 1929.

Daniel Gates Mack

Birth:	ca. 1770, Marlow, Cheshire County, New Hampshire 57 Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 714. Comprehensive Works Cited Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 714
Death:	by 1841, Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont 58 Spilman, Semi-Centenarians of Butler Grove Township, 77; Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 110. It is possible that Daniel Gates Mack died as early as 1830. (Anderson, Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage, 227n74.) Comprehensive Works Cited Spilman, Thomas E. Semi-Centenarians of Butler Grove Township, Montgomery Co., Ill.: Also a Brief History of the Village of Butler. No publisher, 1878. Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 110 Anderson, Richard Lloyd. Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage: Influences of Grandfathers Solomon Mack and Asael Smith. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2003.
Marriage:	Sally Ball, 27 Jan. 1799, Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont 59 Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT, Town and Vital Records, 1785–1878, vol. A, p. 131, microfilm 28,990, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Solomon Mack Jr.

Birth:	28 Jan. 1773, Gilsum, Cheshire County, New Hampshire 60 Anderson, Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith, 166. Comprehensive Works Cited Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith. Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale: With Little Sketches of Their Immigrant Ancestors All of Whom Came to America between the Years 1620 and 1685, and Settled in the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 1929.
Death:	12 Oct. 1851, Gilsum, Cheshire County, New Hampshire 61 Gilsum, Cheshire Co., NH, Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1754–1915, item 4, p. 34, microfilm 2,208,912, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Hayward, History of the Town of Gilsum, 64. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL. Hayward, Silvanus. History of the Town of Gilsum New Hampshire, from 1752 to 1879. Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke, 1881.
Marriages:	Esther Hayward, 29 Aug. 1797 62 Gilsum, Cheshire Co., NH, Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1754–1915, item 1, p. 275, microfilm 2,208,912, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Surry, Cheshire Co., NH, Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1759–1915, p. [80], 29 Aug. 1797, microfilm 2,231,706, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Hayward, History of the Town of Gilsum, 357. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL. Hayward, Silvanus. History of the Town of Gilsum New Hampshire, from 1752 to 1879. Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke, 1881.
	Huldah Hayward Whipple, after Apr. 1844 63 Anderson, Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith, 166. Comprehensive Works Cited Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith. Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale: With Little Sketches of Their Immigrant Ancestors All of Whom Came to America between the Years 1620 and 1685, and Settled in the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 1929.
	Betsy Way Alexander, 4 June 1845 64 Anderson, Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith, 166. Comprehensive Works Cited Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith. Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale: With Little Sketches of Their Immigrant Ancestors All of Whom Came to America between the Years 1620 and 1685, and Settled in the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 1929.

Birth:	8 July 1775, Gilsum, Cheshire County, New Hampshire 65 Gilsum, Cheshire Co., NH, Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1754–1915, item 1, p. 293, microfilm 2,208,912, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; JS Family Bible; Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 36; JS History, 1834–1836, 10. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL. JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL. Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853. JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
Death:	14 May 1856, Nauvoo Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas.... More Info , Hancock County, Illinois 66 Joseph Smith III, Nauvoo, IL, to Emma Knight, Fulton, IL, 16 May 1856, Miscellaneous Letters and Papers, CCLA.; “Death of Mother Lucy Smith,” The Mormon, 28 June 1856, 2; JS Family Bible. Comprehensive Works Cited Smith, Joseph, III. Letter, Nauvoo, IL, to Emma Knight, Fulton, IL, 16 May 1856. Miscellaneous Letters and Papers. CCLA. The Mormon. New York. 1856–1857. JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
Marriage:	Joseph Smith Sr. 12 July 1771–14 Sept. 1840. Cooper, farmer, teacher, merchant. Born at Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Asael Smith and Mary Duty. Nominal member of Congregationalist church at Topsfield. Married to Lucy Mack by Seth Austin, 24 Jan. 1796, at Tunbridge... View Full Bio , 24 Jan. 1796, Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont 67 Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT, Town and Vital Records, 1785–1878, vol. A, p. 129, microfilm 28,990, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Asael Smith Family Bible, 8; JS History, 1834–1836, 10. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL. Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012. JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.

Family of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack (Parents)

Birth:

12 July 1771, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts

Death:

14 Sept. 1840, , Hancock County, Illinois

Spouse:

Birth:	8 July 1775, Gilsum, Cheshire County, New Hampshire
Death:	14 May 1856, Nauvoo Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas.... More Info , Hancock County, Illinois
Marriage:	24 Jan. 1796, Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont 69 See preceding entry for Lucy Mack under “Family of Solomon Mack Sr. and Lydia Gates (Maternal Grandparents),”

Children:

unnamed son

Birth:	ca. 1796, Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont
Death:	ca. 1796, Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont 70 Asael Smith Family Bible, 8; Patriarchal Blessings, 1:1. Comprehensive Works Cited Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012. Patriarchal Blessings, 1833–. CHL. CR 500 2.

Birth:

11 Feb. 1798, Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont

Death:

19 Nov. 1823, , Wayne County, New York

Birth:	9 Feb. 1800, Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont 73 Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT, Town and Vital Records, 1785–1878, vol. A, p. 402, microfilm 28,990, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Hyrum Smith Family Bible; Patriarchal Blessings, 1:1; JS History, 1834–1836, 10. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL. Hyrum Smith Family Bible, 1834. In Hyrum Smith, Papers, ca. 1832–1844. BYU. Patriarchal Blessings, 1833–. CHL. CR 500 2. JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
Death:	27 June 1844, Carthage Located eighteen miles southeast of Nauvoo. Settled 1831. Designated Hancock Co. seat, Mar. 1833. Incorporated as town, 27 Feb. 1837. Population in 1839 about 300. Population in 1844 about 400. Site of acute opposition to Latter-day Saints, early 1840s. Site... More Info , Hancock County, Illinois 74 “Awful Assassination of Joseph and Hyrum Smith,” Times and Seasons, 1 July 1844, 5:560–561; JS Family Bible; Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845, 311–312. Comprehensive Works Cited Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846. JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL. Smith, Lucy Mack. History, 1845. CHL. MS 2049. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.
Marriages:	Jerusha Barden 15 Feb. 1805–13 Oct. 1837. Born in Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. Daughter of Seth Barden and Sarah. Moved to Greene, Chenango Co., New York, by 1820. Married Hyrum Smith, 2 Nov. 1826, in Manchester, Ontario Co., New York. Moved to Palmyra, Wayne Co... View Full Bio , 2 Nov. 1826 75 Hyrum Smith Family Bible; Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 40. Comprehensive Works Cited Hyrum Smith Family Bible, 1834. In Hyrum Smith, Papers, ca. 1832–1844. BYU. Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.
	Mary Fielding, View Full Bio 24 Dec. 1837, Kirtland Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and... More Info , Geauga County, Ohio 76 Hyrum Smith Family Bible; Geauga Co., OH, Probate Court, Marriage Records, vol. C, p. 262, microfilm 873,461, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited Hyrum Smith Family Bible, 1834. In Hyrum Smith, Papers, ca. 1832–1844. BYU. U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Birth:	16 May 1803, Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont 77 Stoddard Family Bible; Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT, Town and Vital Records, 1785–1878, vol. A, p. 402, microfilm 28,990, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Patriarchal Blessings, 1:3; JS History, 1834–1836, 10; Asael Smith Family Bible, 9. Comprehensive Works Cited Stoddard Family Bible, ca. 1826–1836. Copy of genealogical information under “Sophronia Smith Family Bible,” in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL. U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL. Patriarchal Blessings, 1833–. CHL. CR 500 2. JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1. Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Death:	22 July 1876, Fountain Green Unincorporated village (originally named Lick Grove, then Horse Lick Grove). Located about twenty miles east of Nauvoo, Illinois, and ten miles northeast of Carthage, Illinois. Area settled by Ute Perkins, 1826. Post office established, 1833. Named changed... More Info , Hancock County, Illinois 78 Obituary for Sophronia Smith McCleary, Saints’ Herald, 1 Oct. 1876, 607. Comprehensive Works Cited Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.
Marriages:	Calvin W. Stoddard 7 Sept. 1801–19 Nov. 1836. Farmer. Born at Palmyra, Ontario Co., New York. Son of Silas Stoddard and Bathsheba Sheffield. Lived at Ontario Co., 1810. Married Sophronia Smith, 30 Dec. 1827, at Palmyra. Resident of Macedon, Wayne Co., New York, June 1830. Proselytized... View Full Bio , 30 Dec. 1827, Palmyra First permanent white settlers arrived, ca. 1789. Included village of Palmyra. Erie Canal opened, 1825, in southern portion of township. Population in 1810 about 2,200. Population in 1830 about 3,400. Home of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith family, beginning... More Info , Wayne County, New York 79 Stoddard Family Bible; Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 40. Comprehensive Works Cited Stoddard Family Bible, ca. 1826–1836. Copy of genealogical information under “Sophronia Smith Family Bible,” in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL. Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.
	William McCleary 9 Oct. 1793–ca. 1847. Born at Rupert, Bennington Co., Vermont. Married Sophronia Smith Stoddard, 11 Feb. 1838, at Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio. Ordained an elder in Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Reuben Hedlock, 26 Feb. 1838, at Kirtland. Left... View Full Bio , 11 Feb. 1838, Kirtland Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and... More Info , Geauga County, Ohio 80 Stoddard Family Bible; Geauga Co., OH, Probate Court, Marriage Records, vol. C, p. 262, microfilm 873,461, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Marriage License for William McCleary and Sophronia Stoddard, 6 Feb. 1838, in Geauga Co., OH, Probate Court, Marriage Records, Licenses, 1833–1841, microfilm 873,464, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited Stoddard Family Bible, ca. 1826–1836. Copy of genealogical information under “Sophronia Smith Family Bible,” in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL. U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Joseph Smith Jr.

Birth:	23 Dec. 1805, Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont 81 JS Family Bible; Patriarchal Blessings, 1:3; JS History, 1834–1836, 9; Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 56. Comprehensive Works Cited JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL. Patriarchal Blessings, 1833–. CHL. CR 500 2. JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1. Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.
Death:	27 June 1844, Carthage Located eighteen miles southeast of Nauvoo. Settled 1831. Designated Hancock Co. seat, Mar. 1833. Incorporated as town, 27 Feb. 1837. Population in 1839 about 300. Population in 1844 about 400. Site of acute opposition to Latter-day Saints, early 1840s. Site... More Info , Hancock County, Illinois 82 “Awful Assassination of Joseph and Hyrum Smith,” Times and Seasons, 1 July 1844, 5:560–561; JS Family Bible; Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845, 311–312. Comprehensive Works Cited Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846. JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL. Smith, Lucy Mack. History, 1845. CHL. MS 2049. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.
Marriage:	Emma Hale 10 July 1804–30 Apr. 1879. Scribe, editor, boardinghouse operator, clothier. Born at Willingborough Township (later in Harmony), Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania. Daughter of Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis. Member of Methodist church at Harmony (later in Oakland... View Full Bio , 18 Jan. 1827, South Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York 83 JS History, ca. summer 1832, 5; JS Family Bible; JS History, 1834–1836, 9; Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845, Miscellany; Joseph Smith III, “Last Testimony of Sister Emma,” Saints’ Herald, 1 Oct. 1879, 289. Comprehensive Works Cited JS History, ca. Summer 1832 / Smith, Joseph. “A History of the Life of Joseph Smith Jr,” ca. Summer 1832. In Joseph Smith, “Letter Book A,” 1832–1835, 1–[6] (earliest numbering). Joseph Smith Collection. CHL. MS 155, box 2, fd. 1. JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL. JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1. Smith, Lucy Mack. History, 1844–1845. 18 books. CHL. MS 2049. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org. Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.

Birth:	13 Mar. 1808, Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont 84 Asael Smith Family Bible, 9; JS Family Bible; Patriarchal Blessings, 1:5; JS History, 1834–1836, 10. Comprehensive Works Cited Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012. JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL. Patriarchal Blessings, 1833–. CHL. CR 500 2. JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
Death:	30 July 1844, Nauvoo Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas.... More Info , Hancock County, Illinois 85 Obituary for Samuel H. Smith, Times and Seasons, 1 Aug. 1844, 5:606; “Deaths,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 7 Aug. 1844, [3]. Comprehensive Works Cited Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846. Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, IL. 1843–1845.
Marriages:	Mary Bailey 20 Dec. 1808–25 Jan. 1841. Born at Bedford, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire. Daughter of Joshua Bailey and Hannah Boutwell. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Samuel H. Smith, 26 June 1832, at Boston. Migrated from Boston to Kirtland... View Full Bio , 13 Aug. 1834, Kirtland Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and... More Info , Geauga County, Ohio 86 Geauga Co., OH, Probate Court, Marriage Records, vol. C, p. 60, microfilm 873,461, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
	Levira Clark, 30 May 1841, Scott County, Illinois 87 Scott Co., IL, County Court, Vital Records, vol. A, p. 44, microfilm 1,311,774, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Birth:

13 Mar. 1810, Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont

Death:

24 Mar. 1810, Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont

Birth:	13 Mar. 1811, Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont 89 JS Family Bible; JS History, 1834–1836, 10; Asael Smith Family Bible, 9; Patriarchal Blessings, 1:6. Comprehensive Works Cited JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL. JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1. Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012. Patriarchal Blessings, 1833–. CHL. CR 500 2.
Death:	13 Nov. 1893, Osterdock, Clayton County, Iowa 90 Obituary for William Smith, Saints’ Herald, 9 Dec. 1893, 787; Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Osterdock Branch, Osterdock, Clayton Co., IA, Church Records, Membership Records, 1880–1910, p. [1], microfilm 1,927,790, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–. U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Marriages:	Caroline Amanda Grant, 14 Feb. 1833, Kirtland Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and... More Info , Geauga County, Ohio 91 Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 41. Comprehensive Works Cited Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.
	Mary Jane Rollins, 22 June 1845, Nauvoo Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas.... More Info , Hancock County, Illinois 92 Hancock Co., IL, Marriage Register, 1829–1915, vol. A-2, p. 86, microfilm 954,177, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; “Married,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 2 July 1845, [3]. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL. Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, IL. 1843–1845.
	Roxey Ann Grant, 19 May 1847, Knox County, Illinois 93 Knox Co., IL, County Court, Marriage Certificates, 1830–1922, vol. 1, p. 84, microfilm 1,404,969, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Marriage license for William B. Smith and Roxey Ann Grant, 19 May 1847, in Knox Co., IL, County Court, Marriage Certificates, 1830–1922, microfilm 1,411,909, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
	Eliza Elsie Sanborn, 12 Nov. 1857, Lake County, Ohio 94 Lake Co., OH, Probate Court, Marriage Records, vol. C, p. 170, microfilm 974,916, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
	Rosanna Jewitt Surprise, 21 Dec. 1889, Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa 95 Clinton Co., IA, District Court, Marriage Records, 1840–1933, vol. 2, p. 389 entry no. 12066, microfilm 1,005,210, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Birth:	28 July 1813, Lebanon, Grafton County, New Hampshire 96 Patriarchal Blessings, 1:7; obituary for Katharine Smith Younger, Saints’ Herald, 14 Feb. 1900, 112; JS History, 1834–1836, 10. Comprehensive Works Cited Patriarchal Blessings, 1833–. CHL. CR 500 2. Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–. JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
Death:	2 Feb. 1900, Fountain Green Unincorporated village (originally named Lick Grove, then Horse Lick Grove). Located about twenty miles east of Nauvoo, Illinois, and ten miles northeast of Carthage, Illinois. Area settled by Ute Perkins, 1826. Post office established, 1833. Named changed... More Info , Hancock County, Illinois 97 Obituary for Katharine Smith Younger, Saints’ Herald, 14 Feb. 1900, 112. Comprehensive Works Cited Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.
Marriages:	Wilkins Jenkins Salisbury 6 Jan. 1809–28 Oct. 1853. Lawyer, blacksmith. Born at Rushville, Yates Co., New York. Son of Gideon Salisbury and Elizabeth Shields. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New York. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, by 1831. Married... View Full Bio , 8 June 1831, Kirtland Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and... More Info , Geauga County, Illinois 98 Marriage License for Wilkins Jenkins Salisbury and Katharine Smith, 8 June 1831, in Geauga Co., OH, Probate Court, Marriage Records, Licenses 1829–1833, microfilm 873,464, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Geauga Co., OH, Probate Court, Marriage Records, vol. B, p. 196, microfilm 873,461, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
	Joseph Younger, 3 May 1857, Hancock County Formed from Pike Co., 1825. Described in 1837 as predominantly prairie and “deficient in timber.” Early settlers came mainly from mid-Atlantic and southern states. Population in 1835 about 3,200; in 1840 about 9,900; and in 1844 at least 15,000. Carthage ... More Info , Illinois 99 Hancock Co., IL, Marriage Register, 1829–1915, vol. A-2, p. 44, microfilm 954,177, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Birth:	25 Mar. 1816, Norwich, Windsor County, Vermont 100 Asael Smith Family Bible, 9; Patriarchal Blessings, 1:7; JS History, 1834–1836, 10. Comprehensive Works Cited Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012. Patriarchal Blessings, 1833–. CHL. CR 500 2. JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
Death:	7 Aug. 1841, Nauvoo Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas.... More Info , Hancock County, Illinois 101 “Death of General Don Carlos Smith,” Times and Seasons, 16 Aug. 1841, 2:503–504. Comprehensive Works Cited Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Marriage:	Agnes Moulton Coolbrith 11 July 1811–26 Dec. 1876. Born at Scarborough, Cumberland Co., Maine. Daughter of Joseph Coolbrith and Mary Hasty Foss. Moved to Boston, by 1832. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1832, at Boston. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio... View Full Bio , 30 July 1835, Kirtland Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and... More Info , Geauga County, Ohio 102 Geauga Co., OH, Probate Court, Marriage Records, vol. C, p. 108, microfilm 873,461, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Birth:	18 July 1821, Palmyra First permanent white settlers arrived, ca. 1789. Included village of Palmyra. Erie Canal opened, 1825, in southern portion of township. Population in 1810 about 2,200. Population in 1830 about 3,400. Home of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith family, beginning... More Info , Ontario County, New York 103 Patriarchal Blessings, 1:8; Asael Smith Family Bible, 9; JS History, 1834–1836, 10. Comprehensive Works Cited Patriarchal Blessings, 1833–. CHL. CR 500 2. Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012. JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
Death:	9 Dec. 1882, Colchester, McDonough County, Illinois 104 Obituary for Lucy Smith Millikin, Saints’Herald, 13 Jan. 1883, 23. Comprehensive Works Cited Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.
Marriage:	Arthur Millikin 9 May 1817–23 Apr. 1882. Clerk, saddler, laborer, baggage master. Born at Saco, York Co., Maine. Son of Edward Millikin and Hannah Andrews. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ca. 1835. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, by 1837. ... View Full Bio , 4 June 1840, Nauvoo Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas.... More Info , Hancock County, Illinois 105 Hancock Co., IL, Marriages, 1829–1849, p. 32, entry no. 376, microfilm 229,486, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 41. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL. Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.

Family of Joseph Smith Jr. and Emma Hale

Joseph Smith Jr.

Birth:

23 Dec. 1805, Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont

Death:

27 June 1844, , Hancock County, Illinois

Spouse:

Birth:	10 July 1804, Harmony Township Located in northeastern Pennsylvania. Area settled, by 1787. Organized 1809. Population in 1830 about 340. Population in 1840 about 520. Contained Harmony village (no longer in existence). Josiah Stowell hired JS to help look for treasure in area, Oct. 1825... More Info , Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania 107 JS Family Bible; Patriarchal Blessings, 1:4; JS History, 1834–1836, 9. Comprehensive Works Cited JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL. Patriarchal Blessings, 1833–. CHL. CR 500 2. JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
Death:	30 Apr. 1879, Nauvoo Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas.... More Info , Hancock County, Illinois 108 “Editorial Items,” Saints’ Herald, 15 May 1879, 152. Comprehensive Works Cited Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.
Marriage:	18 Jan. 1827, South Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York 109 JS History, ca. summer 1832, 5; JS Family Bible; JS History, 1834–1836, 9; Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845, Miscellany; Joseph Smith III, “Last Testimony of Sister Emma,” Saints’ Herald, 1 Oct. 1879, 289. After JS’s death, Emma Hale Smith married Lewis C. Bidamon on 27 December 1847 in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois. (Obituary for Emma Bidamon, Saints’ Herald, 1 June 1879, 171.) Comprehensive Works Cited JS History, ca. Summer 1832 / Smith, Joseph. “A History of the Life of Joseph Smith Jr,” ca. Summer 1832. In Joseph Smith, “Letter Book A,” 1832–1835, 1–[6] (earliest numbering). Joseph Smith Collection. CHL. MS 155, box 2, fd. 1. JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL. JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1. Smith, Lucy Mack. History, 1844–1845. 18 books. CHL. MS 2049. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org. Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.

Children:

Birth:

15 June 1828, , Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

Death:

15 June 1828, , Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

110

Birth:	30 Apr. 1831, Kirtland Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and... More Info , Geauga County, Ohio
Death:	30 Apr. 1831, Kirtland Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and... More Info , Geauga County, Ohio

Birth:

30 Apr. 1831, , Geauga County, Ohio

Death:

30 Apr. 1831, , Geauga County, Ohio

111

(adopted 1831)

Birth:	30 Apr. 1831, Warrensville, Cuyahoga County, Ohio 112 Julia M. Smith and her brother Joseph Murdock Smith, children of John Murdock and Julia Clapp Murdock (who died shortly after her twins were born), were adopted by Joseph and Emma Smith. (JS History, 1834–1836, 9; John Murdock, Autobiography, 9, 19.) Comprehensive Works Cited JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1. Murdock, John. Autobiography, ca. 1859–1867. John Murdock, Journal and Autobiography, ca. 1830–1867. CHL. MS 1194, fd. 4.
Death:	12 Sept. 1880, Sonora, Hancock County, Illinois 113 Murdock, John Murdock: His Life and His Legacy, 301. Comprehensive Works Cited Murdock, S. Reed. John Murdock: His Life and His Legacy. Layton, UT: Summerwood Publishers, 2000.
Marriages:	Elisha Dixon, ca. 1850 114 1850 U.S. Census, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, 395[A]. Comprehensive Works Cited Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.
	John Jackson Middleton, 19 Nov. 1856, Hancock County Formed from Pike Co., 1825. Described in 1837 as predominantly prairie and “deficient in timber.” Early settlers came mainly from mid-Atlantic and southern states. Population in 1835 about 3,200; in 1840 about 9,900; and in 1844 at least 15,000. Carthage ... More Info , Illinois 115 Hancock Co., IL, Birth Certificates, Death Records, Marriage Records, Applications for Marriage Licenses, 1829–1947, record no. 2813, microfilm 1,533,000, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

(adopted 1831)

Birth:

30 Apr. 1831, Warrensville, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Death:

29 Mar. 1832, , Portage County, Ohio

117

Birth:	6 Nov. 1832, Kirtland Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and... More Info , Geauga County, Ohio 118 JS History, 1834–1836, 9; JS Family Bible. Comprehensive Works Cited JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1. JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
Death:	10 Dec. 1914, Independence Located twelve miles from western Missouri border. Permanently settled, platted, and designated county seat, 1827. Hub for steamboat travel on Missouri River. Point of departure for Santa Fe Trail. Population in 1831 about 300. Latter-day Saint population... More Info , Jackson County, Missouri 119 Elbert A. Smith, “Death of President Joseph Smith,” Saints’ Herald, 16 Dec. 1914, 1185–1186; Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Independence Branch, Independence, Jackson Co., MO, Church Records, 1873–1918, Membership Records, 1873–1918, entry no. 2413, microfilm 1,955,452, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Missouri State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death, no. 38758, Birth and Death Records, MSA; see also Anderson, Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith, 567–578. Comprehensive Works Cited Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–. U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL. Missouri State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. Certificate of Death, no. 38758. Birth and Death Records. MSA. Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith. Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale: With Little Sketches of Their Immigrant Ancestors All of Whom Came to America between the Years 1620 and 1685, and Settled in the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 1929.
Marriages:	Emmeline Griswold, 22 Oct. 1856, Nauvoo Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas.... More Info , Hancock County, Illinois 120 Hancock Co., IL, Birth Certificates, Death Records, Marriage Records, Applications for Marriage Licenses, 1829–1947, record no. 2789, microfilm 1,533,000, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
	Bertha Madison, 12 Nov. 1869, Sandwich, Kendall County, Illinois 121 Kendall Co., IL, Registers of Marriages, p. 141, microfilm 1,403,534, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
	Ada Rachel Clark, 12 Jan. 1898, Amaranth, Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada 122 Ontario, Canada, Marriages, Registrations, 1869–1927, vol. C, pp. 1–2, microfilm, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Birth:	20 June 1836, Kirtland Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and... More Info , Geauga County, Ohio 123 JS Family Bible; Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845, Miscellany. Comprehensive Works Cited JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL. Smith, Lucy Mack. History, 1844–1845. 18 books. CHL. MS 2049. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.
Death:	13 Apr. 1862, Nauvoo Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas.... More Info , Hancock County, Illinois 124 Hancock Co., IL, Probate Records, ca. 1831–1942, item 2, no. 52, microfilm, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Marriage:	Anna Marie Jones, 13 Sept. 1857, Hancock County Formed from Pike Co., 1825. Described in 1837 as predominantly prairie and “deficient in timber.” Early settlers came mainly from mid-Atlantic and southern states. Population in 1835 about 3,200; in 1840 about 9,900; and in 1844 at least 15,000. Carthage ... More Info , Illinois 125 Hancock Co., IL, Marriage Register, 1829–1915, vol. A-2, p. 42, microfilm 954, 177, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Anderson, Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith, 578. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL. Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith. Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale: With Little Sketches of Their Immigrant Ancestors All of Whom Came to America between the Years 1620 and 1685, and Settled in the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 1929.

Birth:	2 June 1838, Far West Originally called Shoal Creek. Located fifty-five miles northeast of Independence. Surveyed 1823; first settled by whites, 1831. Site purchased, 8 Aug. 1836, before Caldwell Co. was organized for Latter-day Saints in Missouri. William W. Phelps and John Whitmer... More Info , Caldwell County, Missouri 126 JS Family Bible; Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Stewartsville Branch, Stewartsville, DeKalb Co., MO, Church Records, Membership Records, 1871–1920, pp. 26–27, microfilm 1,976,416, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL. U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Death:	12 Aug. 1909, Nauvoo Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas.... More Info , Hancock County, Illinois 127 Hancock Co., IL, Register of Births and Deaths, 1877–1947, vol. E, p. 8, microfilm 955,145, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Rose Hill Cemetery, Lamoni, Decatur Co., IA, Funeral Records, 1901–1955, records no. 305, microfilm 1,887,643, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; editorial, Saints’ Herald,18 Aug. 1909, 771-774. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL. Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.
Marriage:	Elizabeth Agnes Kendall, 23 June 1861, Nauvoo Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas.... More Info , Hancock County, Illinois 128 Hancock Co., IL, Marriage Register, 1829–1915, vol. A-3, p. 453, microfilm 954,178, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Birth:

13 June 1840, , Hancock County, Illinois

Death:

15 Aug. 1841, , Hancock County, Illinois

129

unnamed son

Birth:

6 Feb. 1842, , Hancock County, Illinois

Death:

6 Feb. 1842, , Hancock County, Illinois

130

Birth:	17 Nov. 1844, Nauvoo Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas.... More Info , Hancock County, Illinois 131 JS Family Bible. Comprehensive Works Cited JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
Death:	29 Aug. 1904, Elgin, Kane County, Illinois 132 Editorial, Saints’ Herald, 7 Sept. 1904, 825–826; Kane Co., IL, Death Certificates and Indexes, 1877–1919, record no. 16493, microfilm 1,481,350, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Comprehensive Works Cited Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–. U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Marriage:	Clara Charlotte Hartshorn, 10 May 1870, Sandwich, De Kalb County, Illinois 133 De Kalb Co., IL, Marriage License for David H. Smith and Clara C. Hartshorn, 10 May 1870, De Kalb Co. Clerk and Recorder’s Office, Sycamore, IL; “Married,” Saints’ Herald, 15 May 1870, 319. Comprehensive Works Cited De Kalb Co., IL. Marriage License for David H. Smith and Clara C. Hartshorn, 10 May 1870. De Kalb Co. Clerk and Recorder’s Office, Sycamore, IL. Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.

1
Asael Smith Family Bible, 4, 6, [63]; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [4]; Topsfield, Essex Co., MA, Records of Birth, Marriage, Death, and Intentions of Marriage, 1677–1833, vol. B, p. 15, microfilm 887,762, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
2
Asael Smith Family Bible, 4; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [24]; 1830 U.S. Census, Stockholm, St. Lawrence Co., NY, 42; West Stockholm, New York, Cemeteries, Buckton Cemetery, “Smith,” microfilm 1,451,081, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605.
Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
3
Rowley, Essex Co., MA, Records of Births, Marriages, Intentions of Marriage, and Deaths, 1715–1860, vol. 2, p. 4, microfilm 761,321, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Vital Records of Rowley Massachusetts, 72.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Vital Records of Rowley Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Vol. 1. Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1928.
4
Obituary for Mary Smith, LDS Messenger and Advocate, June 1836, 2:336; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [24].
Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837.
Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605.
5
Asael Smith Family Bible, 5–6, [63]; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [5]; Topsfield, Essex Co., MA, Records of Birth, Marriage, Death, and Intentions of Marriage, 1677–1833, vol. B, p. 59, microfilm 887,762, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
6
Topsfield, Essex Co., MA, Records of Birth, Marriage, Death, and Intentions of Marriage, 1677–1833, vol. B, p. 59, microfilm 887,762, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Manchester, Hillsborough Co., NH, Town Records, vol. 1, p. [2], microfilm 15,362, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Asael Smith Family Bible, 6, [63].
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
7
West Stockholm, New York, Cemeteries, Buckton Cemetery, “Smith,” microfilm 1,451,081, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
8
Middleton, Essex Co., MA, Town Records, 1728–1884, Middleton Town Records, 1751–1801, “Intentions of Marriage,” 7 Jan. 1793, microfilm 876,102, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Evangelical Congregational Church, Middleton, Essex Co., MA, Church Records, 1729–1854, 20 Jan. 1793, microfilm 876,104, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Asael Smith Family Bible, [64]; Vital Records of Middleton Massachusetts, 99, 109.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Vital Records of Middleton Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1904.
9
Asael Smith Family Bible, 6, [63]; Topsfield, Essex Co., MA, Records of Birth, Marriage, Death, and Intentions of Marriage, 1677–1833, vol. B, p. 59, microfilm 887,762, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Manchester, Hillsborough Co., NH, Town Records, vol. 1, p. [2], microfilm 15,362, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
10
New York, NY, Department of Health, Manhattan Death Registers, 1795–1865, vol. 32, “Waller,” 17 Apr. 1860, microfilm 447,563, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
11
Royalton, Windsor Co., VT, Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1762–1997, vol. 1, p. 64, microfilm 28,748, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Asael Smith Family Bible, 8.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
12
Topsfield, Essex Co., MA, Records of Birth, Marriage, Death, and Intentions of Marriage, 1677–1833, vol. B, p. 59, microfilm 887,762, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Manchester, Hillsborough Co., NH, Town Records, vol. 1, p. [2], microfilm 15,362, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; JS History, 1834–1836, 10.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
13
Asael Smith Family Bible, 12; JS Family Bible; Eliza R. Snow, “Elegy,” Times and Seasons,Oct 1840, 1:190–191.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
14
Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT, Town and Vital Records, 1785–1878, vol. A, p. 129, microfilm 28,990, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Asael Smith Family Bible, 8; JS History, 1834–1836, 10.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
15
Topsfield, Essex Co., MA, Records of Birth, Marriage, Death, and Intentions of Marriage, 1677–1833, vol. B, p. 59, microfilm 887,762, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Manchester, Hillsborough Co., NH, Town Records, vol. 1, p. [2], microfilm 15,362, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
16
Elias Smith, Journal, 21 July 1848; Iowa Van Buren County: Iowaville Cemetery, 8; Hartley, “Latter-day Saints at Iowaville, Iowa: 1846–1847,” 41, 43.
Smith, Elias. Journals, 1836–1888. CHL. MS 1319.
Iowa Van Buren County: Iowaville Cemetery and Passmore Cemetery Inscriptions. Keosauqua, IA: Van Buren County Genealogical Society, 2002.
Hartley, William G. “Latter-day Saints at Iowaville, Iowa: 1846–1851.” Nauvoo Journal 7, no. 1 (Spring 1995): 38–43.
17
Royalton, Windsor Co., VT, Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1762–1997, vol. 9, p. 4, microfilm 28,748, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Asael Smith Family Bible, 9–10; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [17].
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605.
18
Topsfield, Essex Co., MA, Records of Birth, Marriage, Death, and Intentions of Marriage, 1677–1833, vol. B, p. 59, microfilm 887,762, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Manchester, Hillsborough Co., NH, Town Records, vol. 1, p. [2], microfilm 15,362, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Asael Smith Family Bible, 6, [63].
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
19
1840 U.S. Census, Lebanon, Grafton Co., NH, 194; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, St. George Temple, St. George, Washington Co., UT, Endowments for the Dead, 1877–1970, vol. D, p. 406, entry no. 9098, microfilm 170,543, U.S. and Canada Record Collection FHL.
Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
20
Asael Smith Family Bible, 9; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [15].
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605.
21
Asael Smith Family Bible, 6, [63]; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [7]; Manchester, Hillsborough Co., NH, Town Records, vol. 1, p. [2], microfilm 15,362, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Anderson, Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage, 118, 120.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage: Influences of Grandfathers Solomon Mack and Asael Smith. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2003.
22
Asael Smith Family Bible, 11; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [21]; St. Lawrence Co., NY, Surrogate’s Court, Probate Records, 1830–1919, vol. 1, pp. 77–78, microfilm 890,065, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
23
St. Lawrence Co., NY, Surrogate’s Court, Probate Records, 1830–1919, vol. 1, pp. 77–78, microfilm 890,065, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Anderson, Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith, 66.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith. Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale: With Little Sketches of Their Immigrant Ancestors All of Whom Came to America between the Years 1620 and 1685, and Settled in the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 1929.
24
Manchester, Hillsborough Co., NH, Town Records, vol. 1, p. [2], microfilm 15,362, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Asael Smith Family Bible, 6, [63]; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [7].
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605.
25
Obituary for Silas Smith, Times and Seasons, Dec. 1839, 1:32; Asael Smith Family Bible, 12.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
26
Asael Smith Family Bible, 10, [63]; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [19]; Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 39.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605.
Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.
27
Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 39.
Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.
28
Asael Smith Family Bible, 6; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [7].
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605.
29
Asael Smith Family Bible, 13; obituary for John Smith, Deseret News, 25 May 1854, [2]
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
30
Asael Smith Family Bible, 11; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [20].
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605.
31
Manchester, Hillsborough Co., NH, Town Records, vol. 1, p. [1], microfilm 15,362, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Asael Smith Family Bible, 6, [63]; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [7].
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605.
32
St. Lawrence Co., NY, Surrogate’s Court, Probate Records, 1830–1919, vol. 3, p. 63, microfilm 890,065, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
33
Asael Smith Family Bible, 6, [63]; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [7].
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605.
34
Asael Smith Family Bible, 7; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [7]; obituary for Stephen Smith, Weekly Wanderer, 14 Aug. 1802, [3].
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605.
Weekly Wanderer. Randolph, VT. 1801–1810.
35
Asael Smith Family Bible, 6; Anderson, Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith, 66.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith. Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale: With Little Sketches of Their Immigrant Ancestors All of Whom Came to America between the Years 1620 and 1685, and Settled in the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 1929.
36
Asael Smith Family Bible, 11, [63]; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [21].
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605.
37
Asael Smith Family Bible, 7; Asael Smith Family Genealogy Record, [8].
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Asael Smith Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1817–1846. CHL. MS 8605.
38
Lyme, New London Co., CT, Registrar of Vital Statistics, Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1700–1921, p. 35, microfilm 1,311,111, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
39
Hayward, History of the Town of Gilsum, 64; Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 630–631, 90.
Hayward, Silvanus. History of the Town of Gilsum New Hampshire, from 1752 to 1879. Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke, 1881.
Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 630–631, 90
40
Anderson, Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith, 160; Fuller, Genealogy of Edward Fuller, 43; Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 44.
Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith. Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale: With Little Sketches of Their Immigrant Ancestors All of Whom Came to America between the Years 1620 and 1685, and Settled in the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 1929.
Fuller, William Hyslop, comp. Genealogy of Some Descendants of Edward Fuller of the Mayflower. Vol. 3. Palmer, MA: C. B. Fiske, 1908.
Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.
41
Anderson, Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage, 236n91.
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage: Influences of Grandfathers Solomon Mack and Asael Smith. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2003.
42
Second Congregational Church and Ecclesiastical Society, East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT, Church Records, vol. 1, p. 47, 4 Jan. 1759, microfilm 4,115, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Lyme, New London Co., CT, Registrar of Vital Statistics, Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1700–1921, p. 92, microfilm 1,311,111, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
43
Hayward, History of the Town of Gilsum, 257; Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 714.
Hayward, Silvanus. History of the Town of Gilsum New Hampshire, from 1752 to 1879. Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke, 1881.
Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 714
44
Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845, bk. 1, 8–[9]; Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 110; Spilman, Semi-Centenarians of Butler Grove Township, 77.
Smith, Lucy Mack. History, 1844–1845. 18 books. CHL. MS 2049. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.
Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 110
Spilman, Thomas E. Semi-Centenarians of Butler Grove Township, Montgomery Co., Ill.: Also a Brief History of the Village of Butler. No publisher, 1878.
45
Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 54; Anderson, Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage, 224n67.
Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage: Influences of Grandfathers Solomon Mack and Asael Smith. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2003.
46
Anderson, Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage, 82; Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 714.
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage: Influences of Grandfathers Solomon Mack and Asael Smith. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2003.
Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 714
47
Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 28–29; Anderson, Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage, 84; Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 35.
Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage: Influences of Grandfathers Solomon Mack and Asael Smith. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2003.
Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 35
48
Montague, Franklin Co., MA, Town Records, 1719–1859, vol. 1, p. 201, microfilm 886,883, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
49
Anderson, Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage, 80, 82; Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 714.
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage: Influences of Grandfathers Solomon Mack and Asael Smith. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2003.
Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 714
50
Anderson, Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage, 84; Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845, bk. 1, [12–14].
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage: Influences of Grandfathers Solomon Mack and Asael Smith. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2003.
Smith, Lucy Mack. History, 1844–1845. 18 books. CHL. MS 2049. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.
51
Anderson, Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage, 82; Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 714.
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage: Influences of Grandfathers Solomon Mack and Asael Smith. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2003.
Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 714
52
Hayward, History of the Town of Gilsum, 73.
Hayward, Silvanus. History of the Town of Gilsum New Hampshire, from 1752 to 1879. Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke, 1881.
53
Gilsum, Cheshire Co., NH, Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1754–1915, item 2, p. 439, microfilm 2,208,912, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
54
Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 30; Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 714.
Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.
Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 714
55
Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 246; obituary for Stephen Mack, Daily National Journal, 30 Nov. 1826, [3]; Seeley, History of Oakland County Michigan, 76.
Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 246
Daily National Journal. Washington DC. 1824–1832.
Seeley, Thaddeus D. History of Oakland County, Michigan: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests. Vol. 1. Chicago: Lewis, 1912.
56
Anderson, Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith, 162.
Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith. Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale: With Little Sketches of Their Immigrant Ancestors All of Whom Came to America between the Years 1620 and 1685, and Settled in the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 1929.
57
Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 714.
Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 714
58
Spilman, Semi-Centenarians of Butler Grove Township, 77; Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 110. It is possible that Daniel Gates Mack died as early as 1830. (Anderson, Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage, 227n74.)
Spilman, Thomas E. Semi-Centenarians of Butler Grove Township, Montgomery Co., Ill.: Also a Brief History of the Village of Butler. No publisher, 1878.
Bennett, “Solomon Mack and His Family,” 110
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage: Influences of Grandfathers Solomon Mack and Asael Smith. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2003.
59
Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT, Town and Vital Records, 1785–1878, vol. A, p. 131, microfilm 28,990, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
60
Anderson, Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith, 166.
Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith. Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale: With Little Sketches of Their Immigrant Ancestors All of Whom Came to America between the Years 1620 and 1685, and Settled in the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 1929.
61
Gilsum, Cheshire Co., NH, Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1754–1915, item 4, p. 34, microfilm 2,208,912, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Hayward, History of the Town of Gilsum, 64.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Hayward, Silvanus. History of the Town of Gilsum New Hampshire, from 1752 to 1879. Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke, 1881.
62
Gilsum, Cheshire Co., NH, Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1754–1915, item 1, p. 275, microfilm 2,208,912, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Surry, Cheshire Co., NH, Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1759–1915, p. [80], 29 Aug. 1797, microfilm 2,231,706, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Hayward, History of the Town of Gilsum, 357.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Hayward, Silvanus. History of the Town of Gilsum New Hampshire, from 1752 to 1879. Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke, 1881.
63
Anderson, Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith, 166.
Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith. Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale: With Little Sketches of Their Immigrant Ancestors All of Whom Came to America between the Years 1620 and 1685, and Settled in the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 1929.
64
Anderson, Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith, 166.
Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith. Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale: With Little Sketches of Their Immigrant Ancestors All of Whom Came to America between the Years 1620 and 1685, and Settled in the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 1929.
65
Gilsum, Cheshire Co., NH, Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1754–1915, item 1, p. 293, microfilm 2,208,912, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; JS Family Bible; Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 36; JS History, 1834–1836, 10.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.
JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
66
Joseph Smith III, Nauvoo, IL, to Emma Knight, Fulton, IL, 16 May 1856, Miscellaneous Letters and Papers, CCLA.; “Death of Mother Lucy Smith,” The Mormon, 28 June 1856, 2; JS Family Bible.
Smith, Joseph, III. Letter, Nauvoo, IL, to Emma Knight, Fulton, IL, 16 May 1856. Miscellaneous Letters and Papers. CCLA.
The Mormon. New York. 1856–1857.
JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
67
Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT, Town and Vital Records, 1785–1878, vol. A, p. 129, microfilm 28,990, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Asael Smith Family Bible, 8; JS History, 1834–1836, 10.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
68
See preceding entry for Joseph Smith Sr. under “Family of Asael Smith and Mary Duty (Paternal Grandparents).”
69
See preceding entry for Lucy Mack under “Family of Solomon Mack Sr. and Lydia Gates (Maternal Grandparents),”
70
Asael Smith Family Bible, 8; Patriarchal Blessings, 1:1.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Patriarchal Blessings, 1833–. CHL. CR 500 2.
71
Asael Smith Family Bible, 9; JS Family Bible; Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT, Town and Vital Records, 1785–1878, vol. A, p. 130, microfilm 28,990, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
72
JS History, 1834–1836, 10; Morgan, Cemetery Records, 2; Patriarchal Blessings, 1:1; Joseph Smith Sr., “To the Public,” Wayne Sentinel, 29 Sept. 1824, [3].
JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
Morgan, Sara, comp. Cemetery Records, Palmyra, Wayne, New York. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society, 1945. Copy at FHL.
Patriarchal Blessings, 1833–. CHL. CR 500 2.
Wayne Sentinel. Palmyra, NY. 1823–1852, 1860–1861.
73
Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT, Town and Vital Records, 1785–1878, vol. A, p. 402, microfilm 28,990, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Hyrum Smith Family Bible; Patriarchal Blessings, 1:1; JS History, 1834–1836, 10.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Hyrum Smith Family Bible, 1834. In Hyrum Smith, Papers, ca. 1832–1844. BYU.
Patriarchal Blessings, 1833–. CHL. CR 500 2.
JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
74
“Awful Assassination of Joseph and Hyrum Smith,” Times and Seasons, 1 July 1844, 5:560–561; JS Family Bible; Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845, 311–312.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
Smith, Lucy Mack. History, 1845. CHL. MS 2049. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.
75
Hyrum Smith Family Bible; Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 40.
Hyrum Smith Family Bible, 1834. In Hyrum Smith, Papers, ca. 1832–1844. BYU.
Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.
76
Hyrum Smith Family Bible; Geauga Co., OH, Probate Court, Marriage Records, vol. C, p. 262, microfilm 873,461, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
Hyrum Smith Family Bible, 1834. In Hyrum Smith, Papers, ca. 1832–1844. BYU.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
77
Stoddard Family Bible; Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT, Town and Vital Records, 1785–1878, vol. A, p. 402, microfilm 28,990, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Patriarchal Blessings, 1:3; JS History, 1834–1836, 10; Asael Smith Family Bible, 9.
Stoddard Family Bible, ca. 1826–1836. Copy of genealogical information under “Sophronia Smith Family Bible,” in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Patriarchal Blessings, 1833–. CHL. CR 500 2.
JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
78
Obituary for Sophronia Smith McCleary, Saints’ Herald, 1 Oct. 1876, 607.
Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.
79
Stoddard Family Bible; Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 40.
Stoddard Family Bible, ca. 1826–1836. Copy of genealogical information under “Sophronia Smith Family Bible,” in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.
80
Stoddard Family Bible; Geauga Co., OH, Probate Court, Marriage Records, vol. C, p. 262, microfilm 873,461, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Marriage License for William McCleary and Sophronia Stoddard, 6 Feb. 1838, in Geauga Co., OH, Probate Court, Marriage Records, Licenses, 1833–1841, microfilm 873,464, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
Stoddard Family Bible, ca. 1826–1836. Copy of genealogical information under “Sophronia Smith Family Bible,” in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
81
JS Family Bible; Patriarchal Blessings, 1:3; JS History, 1834–1836, 9; Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 56.
JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
Patriarchal Blessings, 1833–. CHL. CR 500 2.
JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.
82
“Awful Assassination of Joseph and Hyrum Smith,” Times and Seasons, 1 July 1844, 5:560–561; JS Family Bible; Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845, 311–312.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
Smith, Lucy Mack. History, 1845. CHL. MS 2049. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.
83
JS History, ca. summer 1832, 5; JS Family Bible; JS History, 1834–1836, 9; Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845, Miscellany; Joseph Smith III, “Last Testimony of Sister Emma,” Saints’ Herald, 1 Oct. 1879, 289.
JS History, ca. Summer 1832 / Smith, Joseph. “A History of the Life of Joseph Smith Jr,” ca. Summer 1832. In Joseph Smith, “Letter Book A,” 1832–1835, 1–[6] (earliest numbering). Joseph Smith Collection. CHL. MS 155, box 2, fd. 1.
JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
Smith, Lucy Mack. History, 1844–1845. 18 books. CHL. MS 2049. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.
Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.
84
Asael Smith Family Bible, 9; JS Family Bible; Patriarchal Blessings, 1:5; JS History, 1834–1836, 10.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
Patriarchal Blessings, 1833–. CHL. CR 500 2.
JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
85
Obituary for Samuel H. Smith, Times and Seasons, 1 Aug. 1844, 5:606; “Deaths,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 7 Aug. 1844, [3].
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, IL. 1843–1845.
86
Geauga Co., OH, Probate Court, Marriage Records, vol. C, p. 60, microfilm 873,461, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
87
Scott Co., IL, County Court, Vital Records, vol. A, p. 44, microfilm 1,311,774, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
88
Asael Smith Family Bible, 9; JS Family Bible; JS History, 1834–1836, 10; Patriarchal Blessings, 1:1; Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 56.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
Patriarchal Blessings, 1833–. CHL. CR 500 2.
Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.
89
JS Family Bible; JS History, 1834–1836, 10; Asael Smith Family Bible, 9; Patriarchal Blessings, 1:6.
JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Patriarchal Blessings, 1833–. CHL. CR 500 2.
90
Obituary for William Smith, Saints’ Herald, 9 Dec. 1893, 787; Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Osterdock Branch, Osterdock, Clayton Co., IA, Church Records, Membership Records, 1880–1910, p. [1], microfilm 1,927,790, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
91
Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 41.
Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.
92
Hancock Co., IL, Marriage Register, 1829–1915, vol. A-2, p. 86, microfilm 954,177, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; “Married,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 2 July 1845, [3].
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, IL. 1843–1845.
93
Knox Co., IL, County Court, Marriage Certificates, 1830–1922, vol. 1, p. 84, microfilm 1,404,969, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Marriage license for William B. Smith and Roxey Ann Grant, 19 May 1847, in Knox Co., IL, County Court, Marriage Certificates, 1830–1922, microfilm 1,411,909, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
94
Lake Co., OH, Probate Court, Marriage Records, vol. C, p. 170, microfilm 974,916, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
95
Clinton Co., IA, District Court, Marriage Records, 1840–1933, vol. 2, p. 389 entry no. 12066, microfilm 1,005,210, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
96
Patriarchal Blessings, 1:7; obituary for Katharine Smith Younger, Saints’ Herald, 14 Feb. 1900, 112; JS History, 1834–1836, 10.
Patriarchal Blessings, 1833–. CHL. CR 500 2.
Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.
JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
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Obituary for Katharine Smith Younger, Saints’ Herald, 14 Feb. 1900, 112.
Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.
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Marriage License for Wilkins Jenkins Salisbury and Katharine Smith, 8 June 1831, in Geauga Co., OH, Probate Court, Marriage Records, Licenses 1829–1833, microfilm 873,464, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Geauga Co., OH, Probate Court, Marriage Records, vol. B, p. 196, microfilm 873,461, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
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Hancock Co., IL, Marriage Register, 1829–1915, vol. A-2, p. 44, microfilm 954,177, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
100
Asael Smith Family Bible, 9; Patriarchal Blessings, 1:7; JS History, 1834–1836, 10.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
Patriarchal Blessings, 1833–. CHL. CR 500 2.
JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
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“Death of General Don Carlos Smith,” Times and Seasons, 16 Aug. 1841, 2:503–504.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
102
Geauga Co., OH, Probate Court, Marriage Records, vol. C, p. 108, microfilm 873,461, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
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Patriarchal Blessings, 1:8; Asael Smith Family Bible, 9; JS History, 1834–1836, 10.
Patriarchal Blessings, 1833–. CHL. CR 500 2.
Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.
JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
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Obituary for Lucy Smith Millikin, Saints’Herald, 13 Jan. 1883, 23.
Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.
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Hancock Co., IL, Marriages, 1829–1849, p. 32, entry no. 376, microfilm 229,486, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 41.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.
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See preceding entry for Joseph Smith Jr. under “Family of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack (Parents).”
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JS Family Bible; Patriarchal Blessings, 1:4; JS History, 1834–1836, 9.
JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
Patriarchal Blessings, 1833–. CHL. CR 500 2.
JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
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“Editorial Items,” Saints’ Herald, 15 May 1879, 152.
Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.
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JS History, ca. summer 1832, 5; JS Family Bible; JS History, 1834–1836, 9; Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845, Miscellany; Joseph Smith III, “Last Testimony of Sister Emma,” Saints’ Herald, 1 Oct. 1879, 289. After JS’s death, Emma Hale Smith married Lewis C. Bidamon on 27 December 1847 in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois. (Obituary for Emma Bidamon, Saints’ Herald, 1 June 1879, 171.)
JS History, ca. Summer 1832 / Smith, Joseph. “A History of the Life of Joseph Smith Jr,” ca. Summer 1832. In Joseph Smith, “Letter Book A,” 1832–1835, 1–[6] (earliest numbering). Joseph Smith Collection. CHL. MS 155, box 2, fd. 1.
JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
Smith, Lucy Mack. History, 1844–1845. 18 books. CHL. MS 2049. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.
Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.
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JS History, 1834–1836, 9; Joseph Smith III, “Last Testimony of Sister Emma,” Saints’ Herald, 1 Oct. 1879, 289. Although the birth and death of this child is recorded in JS’s family Bible under the name of “Alvin Smith,” this information was recorded in the Bible decades after the event by someone other than JS or Emma Smith. The child’s gravestone does not give the child a name. (JS Family Bible; photograph of tombstone, 1907, George Edward Anderson, Glass Plate Negative Collection, 1897–1927, CHL.)
JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.
JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
Anderson, George Edward. Glass Plate Negative Collection, 1897–1927. CHL. PH 725. A selection of photographs from this collection are available in Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, T. Jeffery Cottle, and Ted D. Stoddard, ed., Church History in Black and White: George Edward Anderson’s Photographic Mission to Latter-day Saint Historical Sites; 1907 Diary, 1907–8 Photographs (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995).
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JS History, 1834–1836, 9. Although these twins are given the names of “Thadeus” and “Louisa” in JS’s family Bible, neither JS nor Emma Smith recorded the names. In 1879 Emma Smith stated that the twins had not been named. (JS Family Bible; Joseph Smith III, “Last Testimony of Sister Emma,” Saints’ Herald, 1 Oct. 1879, 289.)
JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.
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Julia M. Smith and her brother Joseph Murdock Smith, children of John Murdock and Julia Clapp Murdock (who died shortly after her twins were born), were adopted by Joseph and Emma Smith. (JS History, 1834–1836, 9; John Murdock, Autobiography, 9, 19.)
JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
Murdock, John. Autobiography, ca. 1859–1867. John Murdock, Journal and Autobiography, ca. 1830–1867. CHL. MS 1194, fd. 4.
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Murdock, John Murdock: His Life and His Legacy, 301.
Murdock, S. Reed. John Murdock: His Life and His Legacy. Layton, UT: Summerwood Publishers, 2000.
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1850 U.S. Census, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, 395[A].
Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.
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Hancock Co., IL, Birth Certificates, Death Records, Marriage Records, Applications for Marriage Licenses, 1829–1947, record no. 2813, microfilm 1,533,000, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
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Murdock, Autobiography, 9, 19.
Murdock, John. Autobiography, ca. 1859–1867. John Murdock, Journal and Autobiography, ca. 1830–1867. CHL. MS 1194, fd. 4.
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JS History, 1834–1836, 9; JS History, vol. A-1, 205, 209.
JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
JS History / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1838–1856. Vols. A-1–F-1 (original), A-2–E-2 (fair copy). Historian’s Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, boxes 1–7. The history for the period after 5 Aug. 1838 was composed after the death of Joseph Smith.
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JS History, 1834–1836, 9; JS Family Bible.
JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.
JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
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Elbert A. Smith, “Death of President Joseph Smith,” Saints’ Herald, 16 Dec. 1914, 1185–1186; Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Independence Branch, Independence, Jackson Co., MO, Church Records, 1873–1918, Membership Records, 1873–1918, entry no. 2413, microfilm 1,955,452, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Missouri State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death, no. 38758, Birth and Death Records, MSA; see also Anderson, Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith, 567–578.
Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Missouri State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. Certificate of Death, no. 38758. Birth and Death Records. MSA.
Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith. Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale: With Little Sketches of Their Immigrant Ancestors All of Whom Came to America between the Years 1620 and 1685, and Settled in the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 1929.
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Hancock Co., IL, Birth Certificates, Death Records, Marriage Records, Applications for Marriage Licenses, 1829–1947, record no. 2789, microfilm 1,533,000, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
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Kendall Co., IL, Registers of Marriages, p. 141, microfilm 1,403,534, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
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Ontario, Canada, Marriages, Registrations, 1869–1927, vol. C, pp. 1–2, microfilm, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
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JS Family Bible; Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845, Miscellany.
JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
Smith, Lucy Mack. History, 1844–1845. 18 books. CHL. MS 2049. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.
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Hancock Co., IL, Probate Records, ca. 1831–1942, item 2, no. 52, microfilm, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
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Hancock Co., IL, Marriage Register, 1829–1915, vol. A-2, p. 42, microfilm 954, 177, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Anderson, Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith, 578.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith. Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale: With Little Sketches of Their Immigrant Ancestors All of Whom Came to America between the Years 1620 and 1685, and Settled in the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 1929.
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JS Family Bible; Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Stewartsville Branch, Stewartsville, DeKalb Co., MO, Church Records, Membership Records, 1871–1920, pp. 26–27, microfilm 1,976,416, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
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Hancock Co., IL, Register of Births and Deaths, 1877–1947, vol. E, p. 8, microfilm 955,145, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Rose Hill Cemetery, Lamoni, Decatur Co., IA, Funeral Records, 1901–1955, records no. 305, microfilm 1,887,643, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; editorial, Saints’ Herald,18 Aug. 1909, 771-774.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.
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Hancock Co., IL, Marriage Register, 1829–1915, vol. A-3, p. 453, microfilm 954,178, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
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JS Family Bible; obituary for Don Carlos Smith, Times and Seasons, 1 Sept. 1841, 2:533; General Church Minutes, 16 Aug. 1841; Richards, Journal, 16 Aug. 1841.
JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Richards, Willard. Journals, 1836–1853. Willard Richards, Papers, 1821–1854. CHL. MS 1490, boxes 1–2.
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JS Family Bible; Woods, “Cemetery Record,” 136; Almira Mack Covey, Nauvoo, IL, to Harriet Mack Whittemore, Pontiac, MI, 24 Feb. 1842, Whittemore Family, Papers, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Jacob Scott, Appanoose Township, IL, to Mary Scott Warnock, Springfield, IL, 24 Mar. 1842, CCLA; see also Newell and Avery, Mormon Engima, 103. Although the Nauvoo sexton’s record appears to group the entries listed on its first page under the heading “1839,” many of these individuals died well after 1839; the entry for this unnamed infant gives no date or age at time of death.
JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
Woods, Fred E. “The Cemetery Record of William D. Huntington, Nauvoo Sexton.” Mormon Historical Studies, 3, no. 1 (Spring 2002): 131–163.
Whittemore Family, Papers, 1817–1978. Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Scott, Jacob. Letter, Appanoose Township, IL, to Mary Scott Warnock, Springfield, IL, 24 Mar. 1842. CCLA.
Newell, Linda King and Valeen Tippetts Avery. Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith, Prophet’s Wife, “Elect Lady,” Polygamy’s Foe, 1804–1879. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1984.
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JS Family Bible.
JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.
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Editorial, Saints’ Herald, 7 Sept. 1904, 825–826; Kane Co., IL, Death Certificates and Indexes, 1877–1919, record no. 16493, microfilm 1,481,350, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
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De Kalb Co., IL, Marriage License for David H. Smith and Clara C. Hartshorn, 10 May 1870, De Kalb Co. Clerk and Recorder’s Office, Sycamore, IL; “Married,” Saints’ Herald, 15 May 1870, 319.
De Kalb Co., IL. Marriage License for David H. Smith and Clara C. Hartshorn, 10 May 1870. De Kalb Co. Clerk and Recorder’s Office, Sycamore, IL.
Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.

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