Birth Date
    24 August 1824
    Death Date
    16 January 1896
    Gender
    Male

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    Jesse Wells Smith

    Alternate Names

      Wells Smith

    • He initially came to the Valley in 1848, but he several years later he is seen on the plains again as a participant of the efforts to rescue the companies stranded in Wyoming. He went by the name of Wells throughout his life. 

    Company Unknown (1848)

    • Age at Departure: 23

    Traveled with

    Rescue Companies (1856)

    • Age at Departure: 32

    Sources