Elias Smith (1804 - 1888)

Born 6 Sep 1804 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Brown) Smith — married 6 Aug 1845 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Husband of Amy Jane (King) Smith — married 15 Apr 1857 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, Utah

Descendants

Died 24 Jun 1888 at age 83 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

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Elias became a member of the LDS Church between 1830 - 1848.

Elias Smith was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Biography

Elias Smith was a cousin of Joseph Smith, a convert to the Church, a resident of Kirtland Nauvoo, a pioneer of Utah, editor of The Deseret News, and probate Judge of Salt Lake County.

• Fact: Residence (1850) Salt Creek Township, Davis, Iowa, United States
• Fact: Residence (1860) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
• Fact: Residence (1870) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
• Fact: Residence (1880) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
• Fact: Burial (28 June 1888) Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

Research Notes

DNA

Descendant of Robert Smith (c1625-1693 MA) m Mary French, group NE53 on SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project. SmithConnections SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project, group R1b-NE53 Robert Smith.

Sources

• 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ48-8N8 : 19 December 2020), Elias Smith, Salt Creek Township, Davis, Iowa, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH24-9KR : 18 February 2021), Elias Smith, 1860.

• 1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCY-FRY : 24 May 2021), Elias Smith, 1870.

• 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSK-QSB : 20 February 2021), Elias Smith, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district ED 47, sheet 127B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,337.

• Biography: "Utah, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 1847-1868," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KL71-7DG : 1 March 2021), Elias Smith, ; excerpted from Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Pioneers Books, 1913).

• Biography: "Utah, Latter-Day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WGF1-XZT2 : 30 September 2019), Elias Smith, .

• Burial: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK9-SFHD : 7 August 2020), Elias Smith, ; Burial, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States of America, Salt Lake City Cemetery; citing record ID 25089166, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Find A Grave: Memorial #25089166.

• Burial: "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZZM4-B5T2 : 23 February 2021), Elias Smith, 1888.

• Death: "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HFYD-4J6Z : 28 January 2020), Elias Smith, .

• Genealogy: "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 08 August 2021, 17:36), entry for Hon Elias Smith (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KWN5-R6B ); contributed by various users.

• Marriage to Lucy Brown: "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFK3-L59 : 19 February 2021), Elias Smith and Lucy Brown, 07 Aug 1845; citing Hancock, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 954,177.

• Pioneer Database: "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-H5P4 : 10 February 2018), Elias Smith, 29 Sep 1851; from "Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: 1847-1868," database, > The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/ : 2004-).