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1847–1868

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17 February 1815
Death Date
6 March 1895
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Abraham Owen Smoot

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  • Abraham O. Smoot was Captain of a large pioneer company made up of two "Fifties."  George B. Wallace was Captain of the First Fifty; Samuel Russell was Captain of the Second Fifty.  The two Fifties traveled in tandem. In the years following, he captained several emigrant companies assisting hundreds across the plains to the Salt Lake Valley.

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

  • Age at Departure: 32
  • Company Captain
  • Head of Household
  • Died en Route

Traveled with

  • Almira Emily Smoot (Age: 31)
  • William Jasper Harris (Age: 10)

Abraham O. Smoot/Samuel Russell Company (1847)

  • Age at Departure: 32
  • Company Captain

Livingston and Kinkead Freight Train (1850)

  • Age at Departure: 34
  • Company Captain

Abraham O. Smoot Company (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 37
  • Company Captain

Abraham O. Smoot Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 41
  • Company Captain

Sources

  • "A Pioneer Gone.  President A. O. Smoot of Provo," Ogden Daily Standard, 7 March 1895, 4. 
  • Allen, Andrew Jackson, Reminiscences and journal, 1857 July-1884 Apr., 1-2.
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  • Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849.
  • Church Emigration Book
  • Geo. B. Matson in The Book of the Pioneers Volume 2 (Utah Semi-Centennial Commission, 1897), 28.
  • George Benjamin Wallace Emigrating Company journal, 1847 June-September.
  • George Washington Hill collection in Cache Valley Historical Material, circa 1955, reel 4, item 57, 18-31.
  • Grant, Caleb, [Report], Dec. 12, 1856, in Journal History, 9 Nov. 1856, 31-35.
  • Green [sic], Caleb, Journal.
  • Hannah T. Brower autobiography, circa 1911.
  • Haskell, Thales Hastings, Autobiography, 1867.
  • James Palmer reminiscences, circa 1884-1898, 103-13.
  • James Smithies diary, 1846-1859, 3A-6A, 6B-19A.
  • "Manti. John Crawford Dead," Deseret Evening News , 5 Sep. 1903, 7.
  • Martha S. Heywood reminiscences, undated, Journal, 1850 January-1856 August.
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  • Smoot, Abraham O., "Early Experience of A. O. Smoot," in Early Scenes in Church History , Eighth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series [1882], 25.
  • Stuart, David M., Reminiscences, in David M. Stuart, Pioneer Missionary, True Life Story of David M. Stuart [1988], 5.
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