Job Taylor Smith
Birth Date
On 1828 December 2 (Born)
Death Date
On 1913 January 3 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
1828 December 2
Mother
Ann Taylor
Father
Thomas Price Smith
Baptized by Thomas Kington
1840 May 18 (Age 11)
Traveled in
Brigham Young Company
1848 June 5 – September 24 (Age 19)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
On 1848 June 5
Joined Company
Between 1848 September 20 – 24
Company Arrived
Served in
British Mission
1849 October 6 – 1854 September 23 (Age 20)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Deseret, United States
Date Details
On 1849 October 6
Called
On 1849 October 19
Departed from Home
On 1854 September 23
Arrived at Home
Married
Adelaide Fowles
1852 January 5 (Age 23)
Called as Captain to
Job Smith Company
1854 June 16 – September 25 (Age 25)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Captain
Traveling Group
Adelaide Fowles (Age 23)
Date Details
On 1854 June 16
Joined Company
Between 1854 September 23 – 25
Company Arrived
Married
Jane Fowles
1855 May 6 (Age 26)
Served in
California Mission
1876 November 25 – 1877 April 16 (Age 48)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Orson Pratt
Set Apart By
Orson Pratt
Date Details
On 1876 November 25
Set Apart
On 1877 April 16
Arrived at Home
Served in
California Mission
1877 May 31 (Age 48)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
John Taylor
Set Apart By
John Taylor
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1913 January 3 (Age 84)
Media
Job Taylor Smith (1828 - 1913) Profile
Job Taylor Smith (1828 - 1913)
Sources
Person
Deseret Evening News
"Death of Job Smith", Deseret Evening News, (3 January 1913).
Early Church Information File, FamilySearch, images 2558-2589
Early Church Information File, FamilySearch, images 2558-2589.
Mission
Historical Department journal history of the Church
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 19 October 1849.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 6 October 1849.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 7 October 1849.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 1, Page 38, Line 1639.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 1, Page 36, Line 1555.
Missionary reports, 1831-1900
Missionary reports, 1831-1900.
Transcript for Missionary reports, 1831-1900, MS 6104, Church History Library
Nauvoo Restoration Inc., comp., Nauvoo Seventies list
Nauvoo Restoration Inc., comp., Nauvoo Seventies list, Vol. 3.
Temple Records Index Bureau, comp., NTER, 977.343/N1 K29c
Temple Records Index Bureau, comp., NTER, 977.343/N1 K29c, Page 147.
Pioneer
Deseret Evening News
"Funeral of Job Smith", Deseret Evening News, (6 January 1913).
"Impressive Funeral Of Job Smith, Pioneer", Deseret Evening News, (8 January 1913).
"Job Smith, Veteran, Goes To His Reward", Deseret Evening News, (4 January 1913).
Empey, William to Brigham Young
Empey, William to Brigham Young, 23 June 1854.
Transcript for Empey, William to Brigham Young, 23 June 1854, in Brigham Young, Office Files 1832-1878, box 23, fd. 12
Improvement Era
Job Smith, "An Experience on the Plains", Improvement Era, (August), Page 755.
Transcript for Smith, Job, "An Experience on the Plains," Improvement Era, Aug. 1908, 755-58
MS 14290: Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849
MS 14290: Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849, June.
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886, Vol. 1, Page 279.
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886, Vol. 1, Page 309.
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886, Vol. 1, Page 389.
Salt Lake Herald-Republican
"Job Taylor Smith, Pioneer Citizen, Ends Long Career", Salt Lake Herald-Republican, (4 January 1913), Page 1.
"Funeral Services for Job T. Smith Tuesday", Salt Lake Herald-Republican, (6 January 1913), Page 5.
Smith, Job, Autobiography, [ca. 1902], 41-42
Smith, Job, Autobiography, [ca. 1902], 41-42.
Transcript for Smith, Job, Autobiography, [ca. 1902], 41-42