William James Smith (1832 - 1899)

Born 15 Sep 1832 in Williamstown, Oswego County, New York, USA

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 23 May 1899 at age 66 in Smithfield, Cache County, Utah, USA

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Biography

b. 15 Sep 1832, Williamstown, Oswego County, New York; d. 23 May 1899, Smithfield, Cache County, Utah ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Parents

Son of William Smith and Rhoda Hough

Married

Julia Ann Hammer, 1 Jan 1854, Smithfield, Cache, Utah

Children

• Julia Elnora (Smith) Smith Merrill b. 2 Nov 1855, Farmington, Davis, Utah; d. 22 Jul 1941, Huntington Park, Los Angeles, California ^[4] 1) m. 22 Sep 1872, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Joseph Jeremiah Smith, 2) m. 10 Jun 1903. Logan, Cache, Utah Freeborn Shepherd Merrill, Find A Grave Memorial# 179730
• William Hyrum Smith, 15 Aug 1857, Farmington, Davis, Utah; d. 31 Aug, 1858, Find A Grave Memorial# 111838516
• George Riley Smith b. 6 Jun 1859, Farmington, Davis, Utah; d. 16 Nov 1936, Smithfield, Cache, Utah; m. first Louise Thompson, 13 Mar 1889, Logan, Cache;,m. seĉond Anna Sofia Anderson, 19 Jul 1900, Logan, Cache, Utah^[5] Find A Grave Memorial# 179255
• John Lott Smith b. 16 Aug 1860, Farmington, Davis, Utah; d. 26 Jun 1861, USA Find A Grave Memorial# 111838753
• James Austin Smith 23 Sep 1862, Smithfield, Cache, Utah; d. 6 Jul 1931, Smithfield, Cache, Utah; m. 12 Mar 1890, Logan, Cache, Utah, Eliza Jane Gittins ^[6] Find A Grave Memorial# 179425
• Nancy Jane (Smith) Pitcher b. 3 Mar 1865, Bloomington, Bear Lake, Idaho; d. 12 Aug 1945, Smithfield, Cache, Utah ^[7] Find A Grave Memorial# 180552
• Emily Smith b. 5 Aug 1868, Bloomington, Bear Lake, Idaho; d. 9 Jan 1897, Smithfield, Cache, Utah; m. 18 Mar 1885, Logan, Cache, Utah, Josiah Austin Hammer, Find A Grave Memorial# 181945
• Rhoda Ann (Smith) Coleman b. Oct 1869, Morgan, Morgan, Utah; d. 17 Dec 1954, Smithfield, Cache, Utah ^[8] m. 6 Nov 1890, Smithfield, Cache, Utah, John Coleman. Find A Grave Memorial# 180301
• Clara Elizabeth (Smith) Bingham Hansen b. Nov. 25, 1872, Farmington, Davis, Utah; d. 17 Oct. 1925, Smithfield, Cache, Utah ^[9] 1) m. 7 Jun 1890, Mexico, Willard Bingham; 2) m. 4 Aug 1925, James Hanson. ^[10] Find A Grave Memorial# 179078
• Ida Theressa Smith b. 5 Apr 1873, Smithfield, Cache, Utah; d. 1874, Smithfield, Cache, Utah. Find A Grave Memorial# 111840293
• Anetta (Smith) Homer Wood b. 13 Apr 1877, Smithfield, Cache, Utah; d. 20 Dec 1948, Saint Anthony, Fremont, Idaho ^[11] 1) m. 18 May 1899, Benjamin Petty Homer; 2) m. 4 Jun 1913, Logan, Cache, Utah, William Samuel Wood; 3) m. 19 Sep 1925,Gooding, Gooding, Idaho, Millard Jacob Middlesworth. Find A Grave Memorial# 21757292
• Wells Alvin Smith b. 15 Apr 1880, Smithfield, Cache, Utah; d. 21 Mar 1966, Logan, Cache, Utah; m. 29 Apr 1902, Smithfield, Cache, Utah, Effie Clarissa Pitcher. Find A Grave Memorial# 178078

Burial

Smithfield City Cemetery, Smithfield, Cache County, Utah, USA

• Fact: Residence (1840) Williamstown, Orange, Vermont, United States
• Fact: Residence (from 1839 to 1844) Nauvoo Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• Fact: Immigration (1848) Deseret, United States
• Fact: Emigration (1848)
• Fact: Residence (1860) Cache, Utah Territory, United States
• Fact: Residence (1870) Morgan, Morgan, Utah Territory, United States
• Fact: Burial (26 May 1899) Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch When William was 13 years old his mother, Rhoda, died. A month later his father married Emily Jane Spinning. So it is quite all right to list William as the step son of Emily Jane Spinning.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=179426 : accessed 8 June 2017), memorial #179426 for William James Smith (1832 - 1899) - Find A Grave Memorial.
2. ↑ "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8P1-T6G : 5 December 2014), William J. Smith, 23 May 1899; citing Cache Co., Utah, reference p8; FHL microfilm 431,094.
3. ↑ "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8P1-T6G : 5 December 2014), William J. Smith, 23 May 1899; citing Cache Co., Utah, reference p8; FHL microfilm 431,094.
4. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPZD-L1M : 26 November 2014), Hammer in entry for Julia Elnora Merrill, 22 Jul 1941; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
5. ↑ "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZGK-388 : 11 September 2015), Julia A. Hammer in entry for George Riley Smith, 1936.
6. ↑ "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZGY-QY5 : 11 September 2015), Julia Hammer in entry for James Austin Smith, 1931.
7. ↑ "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZPN-NQB : 11 September 2015), Julia Ann Hammer in entry for Nancy Jane Pitcher, 1945
8. ↑ "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZPT-VN4 : 11 September 2015), Julia Ann Hammer in entry for Rhoda Ann Smith Coleman, 1954
9. ↑ "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZGL-1JY : 11 September 2015), Julia Ann Hammer in entry for Clara Elizabeth Hanson, 1925.
10. ↑ "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X21K-2DM : 25 January 2016), Julia Hammer in entry for James Hansen and Clara E Bingham, 1925.
11. ↑ "Idaho Death Certificates, 1938-1961," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M1-LMPT : 1 February 2016), Julia Ann Hammer in entry for Anetta Smith Homer Wood, 20 Dec 1948; citing Death, St Anthony, Fremont, Idaho, United States, Department of Health and Welfare, Boise

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 29 January 2021, 12:23), entry for William James Smith(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KWJ8-N6J); contributed by various users.