Joseph Smith Richards
Birth Date
On 1848 October 4 (Born)
Death Date
On 1914 October 30 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Pioneer
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Born in Blacks Fork Near Ft Bridger, Deseret
1848 October 4
Mother
Sarah Longstroth (1826 - 1858)
Father
Willard Richards (1804 - 1854)
Date Details
Occurred On 1848 October 4
Traveled in
Willard Richards Company (1848)
1848 October 4 – 10 (Age 0)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Heber John Richards (Age 9)
Ann Read (Age 56)
Willard Richards (Age 44)
Rhoda Ann Jenetta Richards (Age 4)
Susannah Lee (Age 39)
Amelia Elizabeth Peirson (Age 23)
Jane Hall (Age 22)
Sarah Longstroth (Age 22)
Nanny Lynn Longstroth (Age 20)
Augusta Braddock (Age 14)
Willard Brigham Richards (Age 1)
Date Details
Started On 1848 October 4
Born en Route
Ended On 1848 October 10
Company Arrived
Baptized
1857 March 5 (Age 8)
Served in
British Mission
1867 April 21 – 1870 August 21 (Age 18)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Elder
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Wilford Woodruff
Location Served
England, Switzerland
Date Details
Started On 1867 April 21
Set Apart
Ended On 1870 August 21
Released
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1914 October 30 (Age 66)
Media
Joseph Smith Richards (1848 - 1914)
Joseph Smith Richards (1848 - 1913) Profile
Sources
Person
Saints By Sea
"Joseph Smith Richards. ID: 91158", Saints By Sea.
Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967
Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 21 April 1867, Vol. A, Page 10, Line 392.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 21 April 1867, Vol. B, Page 10, Line 392.
Pioneer
Historical Department office journal, 1844-2012
"Robert L. Campbell, Journal extracts", Historical Department office journal, 1844-2012, 11, 12, (3 July 1848), Page 93-117, 35-243.
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Salt Lake Tribune
"Eminent Surgeon Dies In This City", Salt Lake Tribune, (31 October 1914), Page 14.