Willard Gilbert Smith
Birth Date
On 1827 May 9 (Born)
Death Date
On 1903 November 21 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Amherst Township, Lorain, Ohio, United States
1827 May 9
Mother
Amanda Barnes
Father
Warren Smith
Baptized
1835 May 9 (Age 8)
Enlisted in
Mormon Battalion Company D
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 19)
Members in Company
Rank
Musician
Additional Information
Played The Drum.
Date Details
On 1846 July 16
Enlisted In Company
On 1847 July 16
Discharged
Traveled in
Company Unknown (1848)
1848 (Age 20)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Circa 1848
Joined Company
Circa 1848
Company Arrived
Traveled in
William Huntington Freight Train (1858)
1858 October 27 – December 9 (Age 31)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
On 1858 October 27
Joined Company
On 1858 December 9
Company Arrived
Served in
British Mission
1860 April 25 – 1863 April 25 (Age 32)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Quorum When Called
31st
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
United States
Set Apart By
Orson Hyde
Set Apart By
Orson Hyde
Date Details
On 1860 April 25
Set Apart
On 1863 April 25
Released
Traveled in
Company Unknown (1863)
1863 (Age 35)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Returning Missionary
Date Details
Circa 1863
Joined Company
Circa 1863
Company Arrived
Married
Huldah Cordelia Thurston
1865 April 15 (Age 37)
Married
Inger Johansen
1870 May 10 (Age 43)
Served in
Southern States Mission
1893 April 6 (Age 65)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Morgan, Morgan, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
F m Lyman
Set Apart By
Francis Marion Lyman
Died in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
1903 November 21 (Age 76)
Media
Willard Gilbert Smith (1827 - 1903)
Willard Gilbert Smith (1827 - 1903) Profile
Sources
Person
SALT Lake Tribune
"Pioneer is Called", SALT Lake Tribune, (22 November 1903), Page 3.
Mission
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations 1877-1918
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations 1877-1918, 3 January 1893.
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations 1877-1918, 21 March 1893.
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations 1877-1918, 27 April 1893.
KEEP BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971
KEEP BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, 10 August 1861.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 25 April 1860, Vol. 2, Page 1, Line 15.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 6 April 1893, Vol. 2, Page 136, Line 57.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 6 April 1893, Vol. 1, Page 127, Line 57.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 25 April 1860, Vol. 1, Page 1, Line 15.
Pioneer
Smith, Alma Lamoni, Journal
Smith, Alma Lamoni, Journal, October.
Transcript for Smith, Alma Lamoni, Journal 1857 Oct.-[1858] Dec., 108-10
Mormon Battalion
Historian's Office correspondence files, 1856-1926
"Willard G. Smith letter to Anthon H. Lund", Historian's Office correspondence files, 1856-1926, (1903).
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
"Mormon Battalion lists", Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, (1927), Page 41.
Selected Pension Application Files Relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-48
"Mormon Battalion, Volunteers", Selected Pension Application Files Relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-48.
[Mormon Battalion] Descriptive roll, 1846
"Descriptive roll", [Mormon Battalion] Descriptive roll, 1846, (1846), Page 1.
