Willard Gilbert Smith
Birth Date
On 1827 May 9 (Born)
Death Date
On 1903 November 21 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Amherst Township, Lorain, Ohio, United States
1827 May 9
Mother
Amanda Barnes (1809 - 1886)
Father
Warren Smith
Date Details
Occurred On 1827 May 9
Baptized by Simeon Carter
1835 May 9 (Age 8)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company D
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 19)
Members in Company
Rank
Musician
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Company Unknown (1848)
1848 (Age 20)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Occurred 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
Started On 1858 October 27
Joined Company
Ended 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
Location Served
England
Date Details
Started On 1860 April 25
Set Apart
Ended On 1863 April 25
Released
Traveled in
Company Unknown (1863)
1863 (Age 35)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Returning Missionary
Date Details
Occurred 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
Francis Marion Lyman
Location Served
Southern States
Date Details
Started On 1893 April 6
Set Apart
End Date Not Found
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
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, 10 August 1861.
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 27 April 1893.
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 3 January 1893.
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 21 March 1893.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 25 April 1860, Vol. B, Page 1, Line 15.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 6 April 1893, Vol. B, Page 136, Line 57.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 6 April 1893, Vol. A, Page 127, Line 57.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 25 April 1860, Vol. A, Page 1, Line 15.
Pioneer
Smith, Alma Lamoni, Journal
Smith, Alma Lamoni, Journal, October.
Read Transcript
Mormon Battalion
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846, Page 1.
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, 1927, Page 41.
Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848
"Mormon Battalion, Volunteers", Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848.