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1847–1868

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Birth Date
29 October 1807
Death Date
21 June 1882
Gender
Male
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James Smithies

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  • He came with his wife and children. His birth and death dates are confirmed by the Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.

Abraham O. Smoot/George B. Wallace Company (1847)

  • Age at Departure: 39
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Nancy Ann Smithies (Age: 37)
  • Mary Smithies (Age: 9)
  • Robert Smithies (Age: 7)
  • Sarah Ellen Smithies (Age: Infant)

Sources

  • Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849.
  • George Benjamin Wallace Emigrating Company journal, 1847 June-September.
  • Haskell, Thales Hastings, Autobiography, 1867.
  • James Smithies diary, 1846-1859, 3A-6A, 6B-19A.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 21 June 1847, 38.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company general files, 1850-1887.
  • Peter Olsen Hansen papers, circa 1869-1893, Journal, circa 1876, 67-69.
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.