Abraham O. Smoot Company

Date Formed

1852 June 1

Date Ended

1852 September 3

Location Formed

Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States

Location Ended

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Organization Type

Migration

Organization Participants in Database

265

About 250 individuals and 33 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from Kansas City, Missouri.

Vehicle Type

Wagon

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Formed in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States

1852 June 1

Abraham Owen Smoot Appointed as Company Captain

1852 June 1 – September 3

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Organization was Ended

Ended in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1852 September 3

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Andrew J. Allen reminiscences and journal, 1857 July-1884 April, July 1857. Read Transcript

Biographical information relating to Mormon pioneer overland travel database, 2003-2017

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Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963

"Life Sketch of Levi Wolstenholme Sr.", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 2. Read Transcript
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Deseret Evening News

"Manti. John Crawford Dead", Deseret Evening News, September 5, 1903, Page 7.

Deseret News

Early scenes in Church history: Designed for the instruction and encouragement of young Latter-day Saints (1882)

"Early Experience of A. O. Smoot", Early scenes in Church history: Designed for the instruction and encouragement of young Latter-day Saints (1882), 8, Page 17-25. Read Transcript

George Benjamin Wallace Emigrating Company journal

George Benjamin Wallace Emigrating Company journal, June 1847. Read Transcript

Gideon A. Murdock autobiography and journal, 1872-1923

Gideon A. Murdock autobiography and journal, 1872-1923, Vol. 1, Page 4-5. Read Transcript

Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914

"Elijah H. Maxfield to S. S. Jones", Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, September 28, 1906. Read Transcript

Hannah T. Brower autobiography, circa 1911

Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008

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Irene Hascall letter to Ophelia M. Andrews, March 5, 1848. Read Transcript

Isaac Brockbank, Jr

James Palmer reminiscences, circa 1884-1898

James Palmer reminiscences, circa 1884-1898, Page 103-13. Read Transcript

James Smithies diary, 1846-1859

James Smithies diary, 1846-1859. Read Transcript

John M. Woolley reminiscences, circa 1851

John M. Woolley reminiscences, circa 1851, Page 71-74. Read Transcript

Life Sketch of Emma Sarah Evans Smith Balser

Life Sketch of Emma Sarah Evans Smith Balser. 1905. Page 2. Read Transcript

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Martha S. Heywood reminiscences, undated, January 1850. Read Transcript

Millennial Star

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Nelson, Bengt, "An Autobiography of Bengt Nelson, Sr., Together with a sketch of his wife Ellen J. Nelson," 9-10, 15-16. Read Transcript

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Semi-Centennial Commission Book of the Pioneers, 1897

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Thales H. Haskell autobiography, 1867

Thales H. Haskell autobiography, 1867. Read Transcript

The life of James Thomas Wilson

The life of James Thomas Wilson, 1889, Page 32-39.

William Broomhead diary

William Broomhead diary, October 1856. Read Transcript

Woman's Exponent

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Young, Thomas, Autobiographical sketch

Young, Thomas, Autobiographical sketch. Read Transcript