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Jesse Wells Smith
He initially came to the Valley in 1848, but he several years later he is seen on the plains again as a participant of the efforts to rescue the companies stranded in Wyoming. He went by the name of Wells throughout his life.
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Jesse Wells Smith (1824 - 1896) Profile