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Smith, Lucy Mack

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8 July 1775

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, History, 1844–1845, bk. 2, [1]; JS History, 1834–1836, 10.

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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. History, 1844–1845. 18 books. CHL. MS 2049. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.

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.

–14 May 1856.

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.

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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.

Oilcloth painter, nurse, fund-raiser, author.

Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845, bk. 3, [7]; Arrington et al., Mothers of the Prophets, 9, 20; McCune, Personalities in the Doctrine and Covenants, 128; Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches.

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Smith, Lucy Mack. History, 1844–1845. 18 books. CHL. MS 2049. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.

Arrington, Leonard J., Susan Arrington Madsen, and Emily Madsen Jones. Mothers of the Prophets. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 2001.

McCune, George Moody, ed. Personalities in the Doctrine and Covenants and Joseph Smith—History. Salt Lake City: Hawkes Publishing, 1991.

Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.

Born at Gilsum, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire.

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; Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845, bk. 2, [1]; JS History, 1834–1836, 10.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Smith, Lucy Mack. History, 1844–1845. 18 books. CHL. MS 2049. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.

Daughter of Solomon Mack Sr. and Lydia Gates.

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; Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 44.

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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.

Moved to Montague, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, 1779; to Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont, 1788; to Gilsum, 1792; and to Tunbridge, 1794.

Anderson, Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage, 64, 69; Arrington et al., Mothers of the Prophets, 3–4; Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 36–37.

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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.

Arrington, Leonard J., Susan Arrington Madsen, and Emily Madsen Jones. Mothers of the Prophets. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 2001.

Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.

Married to Joseph Smith Sr. by Seth Austin, 24 Jan. 1796, at Tunbridge.

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.

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U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Asael Smith Family Bible, 1795–1950. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information at CHL. MS 19012.

Moved to Randolph, Orange Co., 1802; to Tunbridge, before May 1803; to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, 1804; to Sharon, Windsor Co., by Aug. 1804; to Tunbridge, by Mar. 1808; to Royalton, by Mar. 1810; to Lebanon, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, 1811; to Norwich, Windsor Co., 1813; and to Palmyra, Ontario Co., New York, 1816–Jan. 1817.

Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT, Town and Vital Records, 1785–1878, vol. A, p. 402, microfilm 28,990, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; JS History, 1834–1836, 10; Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845, bk. 2, [9]; bk. 3, [4]–[6]; Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 45, 56, 58, 66; Porter, “Study of the Origins,” 17n19, 18–19, 24, 28–29n46, 31–32; Coray, Notebook, ca. 1841–ca. 1850, 25; Vogel, Early Mormon Documents, 5:384.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Smith, Lucy Mack. History, 1844–1845. 18 books. CHL. MS 2049. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.

Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.

Porter, Larry C. “A Study of the Origins of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the States of New York and Pennsylvania, 1816–1831.” PhD diss., Brigham Young University, 1971. Also available as A Study of the Origins of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the States of New York and Pennsylvania, 1816–1831, Dissertations in Latter-day Saint History (Provo, UT: Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History; BYU Studies, 2000).

Coray, Martha Jane Knowlton. Notebook, ca. 1841–ca. 1850. BYU.

Vogel, Dan, ed. Early Mormon Documents. 5 vols. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1996–2003.

Member of Western Presbyterian Church of Palmyra, early 1820s.

“Records of the Session of the Presbyterian Church in Palmyra,” 10 Mar. 1830; JS History, vol. A-1, 2; Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845, bk. 4, [7]–[8]; Backman and Allen, “Membership of Certain of Joseph Smith’s Family,” 482.

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“Records of the Session of the Presbyterian Church in Palmyra, New York.” 1830. CHL. MS 858.

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.

Smith, Lucy Mack. History, 1844–1845. 18 books. CHL. MS 2049. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.

Backman, Milton V., and James B. Allen. “Membership of Certain of Joseph Smith’s Family in the Western Presbyterian Church of Palmyra.” BYU Studies 10 (Summer 1970): 482–484.

Moved to Manchester, Ontario Co., 1825.

“Palmyra-Manchester, New York,” in Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History, 889–890; Porter, “Study of the Origins,” 76–77.

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Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History. Edited by Arnold K. Garr, Donald Q. Cannon, and Richard O. Cowan. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2000.

Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 6 Apr. 1830, most likely at Seneca Lake, Seneca Co., New York.

JS History, 1839 [draft], [9], [11]; JS History, vol. A-1, 37–38; Porter, “Study of the Origins,” 251–252.

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JS History, 1838–ca. 1841 (draft) / Smith, Joseph. History, 1838–ca. 1841. Draft. CHL.

Lived at The Kingdom, unincorporated settlement near Waterloo, Seneca Co., Nov. 1830–May 1831.

Porter, “Study of the Origins,” 268–271, 316; Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 167, 172–173.

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Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.

Led company of approximately eighty Fayette, Seneca Co., branch members from Seneca Co. to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, May 1831.

Porter, “Study of the Origins,” 314–316, 320–321; Katharine Smith Salisbury Younger, Fountain Green, IL, to “Dear Sisters,” 16 May 1886, Saints’ Herald, 3 July 1886, 404–405; Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 172–173, 182–183.

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Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.

Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.

Stockholder in Kirtland Safety Society.

Kirtland Safety Society Stock Ledger, Chicago Historical Society.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Kirtland Safety Society. Stock Ledger, 1836–1837. Collection of Manuscripts about Mormons, 1832–1954, Chicago History Museum. Copy at CHL.

Left Ohio for Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, May 1838.

Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845, bk. 15, [3], [6]; Letter from Don Carlos Smith, 6 July 1838; “Smith, Joseph, senior,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:182.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Smith, Lucy Mack. History, 1844–1845. 18 books. CHL. MS 2049. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.

Jenson, Andrew. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4 vols. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901–1936.

Fled to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, Feb. 1839.

JS History, vol. C-1, 885; Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 253–254, 257; “Smith, Joseph, senior,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:182.

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Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.

Located at Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, spring 1839.

Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 261–262; “Smith, Joseph, senior,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:182.

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Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.

Husband died, 1840.

Asael Smith Family Bible, 12; JS Family Bible; Eliza R. Snow, “Elegy,” Times and Seasons, Oct. 1840, 1:190–191.

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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.

Joined Female Relief Society, Mar. 1842, in Nauvoo.

Relief Society Minute Book, 24 Mar. 1842.

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Relief Society Minute Book / “A Book of Records Containing the Proceedings of the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo,” Mar. 1842–Mar. 1844. CHL. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.

Lived with daughter Lucy Smith Millikin in Colchester, McDonough Co., Illinois, 1846–1852.

Anderson, Lucy’s Book, 210–211.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Anderson, Lavina Fielding, ed. Lucy’s Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith’s Family Memoir. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2001.

Died in Nauvoo.

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.

Her narrative history of Smith family, published as Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith, 1853, has been an invaluable resource for study of JS and early church.

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