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1847–1868

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Birth Date
28 October 1833
Death Date
7 September 1912
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John Young Smith

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  • He served as chaplain of the company. Evidence that he came in 1859 is confirmed in information found in Church financial records.

George Rowley Company (1859)

  • Age at Departure: 25
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Frances Smith (Age: 27)
  • Alexander Smith (Age: 2)
  • Martha Smith (Age: Infant)

Sources

  • "Handcart Veteran Summoned to Rest," Deseret Evening News, 7 September 1912, 1.
  • Henry Hobbs journal, 1859 May-1860 July.
  • John Young Smith diary, in Ila May Fisher Maughan, Joseph McKay-Martha Blair: Their Progenitors, Posterity and Lineal Lines-A Documented History, 1135-1967  (1967), 41-48.
  • "Latter Day Saints' Immigration," Deseret News, 24 August 1859, 197.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 278.
  • Thomas McIntyre journal, 1854 November-1913 May, 16-68.