List of descendants of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith
This is a list of the descendants of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith , the founding family of the Latter Day Saint movement .
Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith
Name
Birth Date
Birth Place
Death Date
Death Place
Notes
Joseph Smith Sr.
July 12, 1771
Topsfield , Massachusetts
September 14, 1840
Nauvoo, Illinois
Born to Asael Smith and Mary Duty. At the age of 24, he married Lucy Mack in Tunbridge , Vermont on January 24, 1795. He was one of the Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon 's Golden Plates and was the first Presiding Patriarch of the early Latter Day Saint church.
Lucy Mack Smith
July 8, 1775
Gilsum , New Hampshire
May 14, 1856
Nauvoo, Illinois
Born to Solomon Mack (a Revolutionary War veteran) and Lydia Gates. She was 20 when she married Joseph Smith Sr. She is perhaps best remembered for her biography of her son, Joseph Smith Jr.
Unnamed son
A first son died in childbirth in 1797 in Tunbridge, VT.[ 1]
Alvin Smith
Name
Birth Date
Birth Place
Death Date
Death Place
Notes
Alvin Smith
February 11, 1798
Tunbridge, VT
November 19, 1823
Palmyra , New York
Alvin Smith never married and had no descendants. Took a leading role in helping the Smith family work toward paying their debts and building their home. A vision claimed by his younger brother Joseph is said to have included Alvin and played a significant role in the establishment of the Mormon doctrine of redemption of those who die without a knowledge of the gospel and baptism of the dead .
Hyrum Smith
Name
Birth Date
Birth Place
Death Date
Death Place
Notes
Hyrum Smith
February 9, 1800
Tunbridge, VT
June 27, 1844
Carthage , Illinois
As of 2005, had an estimated 13,583 known descendants.[ 2] He is perhaps best remembered for being killed with his brother Joseph Smith Jr. in Carthage Jail .
Marriage to Jerusha Barden, November 2, 1826 in Manchester, New York
Jerusha Barden
February 15, 1805
Norfolk, Connecticut
October 13, 1837
Kirtland, Ohio
Children
Lovina Smith Walker
September 16, 1827
Manchester, New York
October 8, 1876
Farmington , Utah Territory
Mary Smith
June 27, 1829
Manchester, New York
May 29, 1832
Kirtland, Ohio
John Smith
September 22, 1832
Kirtland, Ohio
November 6, 1911
Salt Lake City , Utah
The fifth Presiding Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Hyrum Smith Jr.
April 27, 1834
Kirtland, Ohio
September 21, 1841
Nauvoo, Illinois
Jerusha Smith
January 13, 1836
Kirtland, Ohio
June 27, 1912
Harper Ward, Utah
Sarah Smith Griffin
October 2, 1837
Kirtland, Ohio
November 6, 1876
Ogden, Utah
Marriage to Mary Fielding Smith, December 24, 1837 in Kirtland, Ohio
Mary Fielding Smith
July 21, 1801
Bedfordshire , England
September 21, 1852
Salt Lake City, Utah Territory
Remarried to Heber C. Kimball on September 14, 1844
Children
Joseph F. Smith
November 13, 1838
Far West, Missouri
November 19, 1918
Salt Lake City, Utah
The sixth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and last President of the Church to have personally known Joseph Smith Jr.
Martha Ann Smith
May 14, 1841
Nauvoo, Illinois
October 19, 1923
Provo , Utah
Sophronia Smith
Name
Birth Date
Birth Place
Death Date
Death Place
Notes
Sophronia Smith
May 17, 1803
Tunbridge, VT
October 28, 1876
Colchester, Illinois
As of 2005, has five known descendants[ 3]
Married to Calvin W. Stoddard, December 2, 1827 in Palmyra, New York
Calvin W. Stoddard
September 7, 1801
Groton , Connecticut
November 19, 1836
Macedon , New York
Children
Eunice Stoddard
March 22, 1830
Palmyra, New York
June 24, 1831
Kirtland, Ohio
Mariah Stoddard
April 12, 1832
Kirtland, Ohio
October 8, 1896
Colchester, Illinois
Married to William McCleary, February 11, 1838 in Kirtland, Ohio
William McCleary
October 9, 1793
Rupert, Vermont
June 1846
Iowa
Sophronia and William had no children together.
Joseph Smith Jr.
Name
Birth Date
Birth Place
Death Date
Death Place
Notes
Joseph Smith Jr.
December 23, 1805
Sharon , Vermont
June 27, 1844
Carthage, Illinois
As of 2005, has 1112 known descendants[ 3]
Marriage to Emma Hale, January 18, 1827 in South Bainbridge, New York
Emma Hale Smith
July 10, 1804
Harmony Township , Pennsylvania
May 30, 1879
Nauvoo, Illinois
Married to Joseph Smith Jr. , until his death in 1844. She was the first president of the Ladies' Relief Society of Nauvoo,[ 4] [ 5] a women's service organization and was an early leader and member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Children
Alvin Smith
June 15, 1828
Harmony, Pennsylvania
June 15, 1828
Harmony, Pennsylvania
Died the same day as birth.
Thaddeus Smith
April 30, 1831
near Kirtland, Ohio
April 30, 1831
near Kirtland, Ohio
Died the same day as birth. Twin to Louisa Smith
Louisa Smith
April 30, 1831
near Kirtland, Ohio
April 30, 1831
near Kirtland, Ohio
Died the same day as birth. Twin to Thaddeus Smith
Joseph Murdock
May 1, 1831
Kirtland, Ohio [ 6]
March 29, 1832
Hiram, Ohio
Adopted. Twin of Julia Murdock. His mother died in childbirth. On May 10, 1831, he was adopted by Joseph and Emma. Died before he reached his first birthday when a mob tarred and feathered his father, Joseph. The child died from exposure (many accounts say pneumonia ) five days after the event from the condition that doctors said he developed the night of the mob violence.
Julia Murdock
May 1, 1831
Kirtland, Ohio [ 6]
September 12, 1880
Nauvoo, Illinois
Adopted. Twin of Joseph Murdock. Married Elisha Dixon in 1849 in Nauvoo, Illinois. They were married four years when Elisha was killed in an accident in 1853 in Galveston, Texas . In 1855 she married John Middleton. After 20 years of marriage, they separated in 1877.
Joseph Smith, III
November 6, 1832
Kirtland, Ohio
December 10, 1914
Independence, Missouri
Joseph Smith III was the first Prophet–President of what became known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints .
Frederick Granger Williams Smith
June 20, 1836
Kirtland, Ohio
April 13, 1862
Nauvoo, Illinois
Frederick was never baptized into the Latter Day Saint movement.[ 7] He married Anna Marie Jones on November 13, 1857.[ 8] His only daughter, Alice Fredericka Smith never married and had no children, leaving no living descendants.[ 8]
Alexander Hale Smith
June 2, 1838
Far West, Missouri
August 12, 1909
Nauvoo, Illinois
Married Elizabeth Agnes Kendall on June 23, 1861 He was an apostle and Presiding Patriarch of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Don Carlos Smith
June 13, 1840
Nauvoo, Illinois
September 15, 1841
Nauvoo, Illinois
Died at age 1.
David Hyrum Smith
November 18, 1844
Nauvoo, Illinois
August 29, 1904
Elgin, Illinois
Born approximately five months after the death of Joseph Smith, and was a counselor to his brother, Joseph Smith III, in the First Presidency of the RLDS Church. Married Clara Hartshorn on May 10, 1870 and had one daughter.[ 9] On January 19, 1877, he was confined to an asylum for the mentally ill in Elgin, Illinois and remained there for the remainder of his life (twenty-seven years).[ 9]
Samuel H. Smith
Name
Birth Date
Birth Place
Death Date
Death Place
Notes
Samuel H. Smith
March 13, 1808
Tunbridge, VT
July 30, 1844
Nauvoo, Illinois
As of 2005, has 460 known descendants[ 3] One of the Eight Witnesses to the Book of Mormon 's golden plates . Some church members assumed that Samuel would succeed his brother Joseph as the president of the Latter Day Saint church (see Lineal Succession (Latter Day Saints) ). However, Samuel fell ill shortly after their deaths and died just one month later, possibly from internal injuries he suffered while fleeing the mob on horseback on the day his brothers were murdered.[ 10] The cause of death was attributed to "bilious fever".[ 10]
Marriage to Mary Bailey on August 13, 1834 in Kirtland, Ohio
Mary Bailey
December 20, 1808
Bedford, New Hampshire
January 25, 1841
Nauvoo, Illinois
Children
Susannah Bailey Smith
October 27, 1835
Kirtland, Ohio
December 14, 1905
Dell Rapids, South Dakota
Mary Bailey Smith
March 27, 1837
Mentor, Ohio
October 14, 1916
Samuel Harrison Bailey Smith
August 1, 1838
Shady Grove, Daviess County, Missouri
June 12, 1914
Salt Lake City, Utah
Lucy Bailey Smith
January 21, 1841
Nauvoo, Illinois
February 1841
Nauvoo, Illinois
Marriage to Levira Clark on April 29, 1841 in Nauvoo, Illinois
Levira Clark
July 30, 1815
Levonia, New York
January 1, 1893
Salt Lake City, Utah
Children
Levira Annette Clark Smith
April 29, 1842
Nauvoo, Illinois
December 18, 1888
St. Louis, Missouri
Lovisa Annette Clark Smith
August 28, 1843
Nauvoo, Illinois
September 1843
Nauvoo, Illinois
Lucy Jane Clark Smith
August 20, 1844
Nauvoo, Illinois
August 1844
Nauvoo, Illinois
Ephraim Smith
Name
Birth Date
Birth Place
Death Date
Death Place
Notes
Ephraim Smith
March 13, 1810
Royalton, Vermont
March 13, 1810
Royalton, Vermont
William Smith
Name
Birth Date
Birth Place
Death Date
Death Place
Notes
William Smith
March 13, 1811
Royalton, Vermont
November 13, 1893
Osterdock, Iowa
Was a Petitioner for Patriarchate of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and the 3rd Presiding Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . As of 2005, had 234 known descendants[ 3]
Marriage to Caroline A. Grant on February 14, 1833 in Kirtland, Ohio
Caroline A. Grant
January 22, 1814
Windsor, New York
May 22, 1845
Nauvoo, Illinois
Children
Mary Jane Smith
January 7, 1834
Kirtland, Ohio
December 21, 1878
Brookfield, Missouri
Caroline L. Smith
August 1836
Kirtland, Ohio
January 9, 1878
Fort Worth, Texas
Marriage to Roxie R. Grant on May 19, 1847 in Knox, Illinois
Roxie R. Grant
March 16, 1825
Naples, New York
March 30, 1900
Lathrop, Missouri
Children
Thalia Grant Smith
September 21, 1848
Altonia, Illinois
November 27, 1924
Independence, Missouri
Hyrum Wallace Smith
August 17, 1850
Altonia, Illinois
January 27, 1935
Lennox, California
Marriage to Eliza E. Sanborn on November 12, 1857 in Kirtland, Ohio
Eliza E. Sanborn
April 16, 1827
Cattaraugus, New York
March 7, 1889
Elkader, Iowa
Children
William Enoch Smith
July 23, 1858
Erie, Pennsylvania
February 13, 1930
Mitchell, South Dakota
Edson Don Carlos Smith
September 16, 1862
Elkader, Iowa
February 13, 1939
Salt Lake City, Utah
Louise Mae Smith
May 8, 1866
Elkader, Iowa
Mallory Township, Iowa
Marriage to Rosella Goyette on December 21, 1889 in Clinton, Iowa
Rosella Goyette
May 16, 1830
Montreal, Canada
April 6, 1923
Clinton, Iowa
No children
Katharine Smith
Name
Birth Date
Birth Place
Death Date
Death Place
Notes
Katharine Smith
July 28, 1813
Lebanon, New Hampshire
February 1, 1900
Fountain Green, Illinois
As of 2005, has 92 known descendants[ 3]
Marriage to Wilkins J. Salisbury on January 8, 1831 in Kirtland, Ohio
Wilkins Jenkins Salisbury
January 6, 1809
Rushville, New York
November 27, 1853
Plymouth, Illinois
Children
Elizabeth Salisbury
April 9, 1832
Kirtland, Ohio
July 15, 1832
Kirtland, Ohio
Lucy Salisbury
October 3, 1834
Kirtland, Ohio
October 18, 1892
Burlington, Iowa
Soloman Jenkins Salisbury
September 18, 1835
Kirtland, Ohio
January 12, 1927
Burnside, Illinois
Alvin Salisbury
June 7, 1838
Missouri
August 21, 1880
Fountain Green, Illinois
Don C. Salisbury
October 25, 1841
Plymouth, Illinois
April 6, 1919
Ferris, Illinois
Emma C. Salisbury
March 25, 1844
Plymouth, Illinois
October 10, 1846
Alexandria, Missouri
Lorin Ephriam Salisbury
May 4, 1845
Beardstowne, Illinois
November 18, 1849
Webster, Illinois
Frederick Vilian Salisbury
January 27, 1850
Webster, Illinois
February 24, 1934
Independence, Missouri
Marriage to Joseph Younger Aft 1853 in Illinois
Joseph Younger
1805
Lebanon, New Hampshire
1900
No children
Don Carlos Smith
Name
Birth Date
Birth Place
Death Date
Death Place
Notes
Don Carlos Smith
March 25, 1816
Norwich, Vermont
August 7, 1841
Nauvoo, Illinois
As of 2005, has six known descendants[ 3]
Marriage to Agnes Moulton Coolbrith on July 30, 1835 in Kirtland, Ohio
Agnes Moulton Coolbrith
July 11, 1811
Scarborough, Maine
December 26, 1876
Los Angeles, California
After Don Carlos died in 1841, Coolbrith married Joseph Smith in 1842, as a Plural Wife.[ 11]
Children
Agnes Charlotte Smith
August 1, 1836
Kirtland, Ohio,
January 31, 1873
Sophronia C. Smith
May 24, 1838
New Portage, Illinois
October 3, 1843
Nauvoo, Illinois
Ina Coolbrith (born: Josephine D. Smith)
March 10, 1841
Nauvoo, Illinois
February 29, 1928
Berkeley, California
An American poet , writer, librarian , and a prominent figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary community. Ina Coolbrith was the first poet laureate of California .[ 11]
Lucy Smith
Name
Birth Date
Birth Place
Death Date
Death Place
Notes
Lucy Smith
July 18, 1821
Palmyra, New York [ 12]
December 9, 1882
Colchester, Illinois
As of 2005, has 92 known descendants[ 3]
Marriage to Arthur Milliken on June 4, 1840 in Nauvoo, Illinois
Arthur Millikin
May 9, 1817
Saco, Maine
April 23, 1882
Colchester, Illinois
Children
Don Carlos Smith Millikin
October 13, 1843
Saco, Maine
November 26, 1932
Hamilton, Illinois
Sarah M. Millikin
September 13, 1844
Nauvoo, Illinois
November 23, 1934
Portland, Oregon
George William Dell Millikin
March 4, 1848
Nauvoo, Illinois
January 16, 1913
Colchester, Illinois
Florence Arabella Millikin
May 23, 1850
Webster, Illinois
October 21, 1927
Colchester, Illinois
Julia Amelia Millikin
June 17, 1853
Fountain Green, Illinois
June 7, 1888
Salt Lake City, Utah
Frances A. Millikin
October 26, 1856
Fountain Green, Illinois
March 14, 1858
Colchester, Illinois
Charles Arthur Millikin
August 31, 1858
Colchester, Illinois
May 12, 1884
Colchester, Illinois
Clara Irene Millikin
August 23, 1861
Colchester, Illinois
March 26, 1948
Macomb, Illinois
Clarence Hyrum Millikin
March 26, 1865
Colchester, Illinois
April 5, 1922
Macomb, Illinois
See also
References
^ Bushman, Richard L. (1984). Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Mormonism . Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press. pp. 29, 198 . ISBN 0-252-01143-0 .
^ "Family of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith: The First Family of the Restoration" , Ensign , December 2005
^ a b c d e f g "Family of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith: The First Family of the Restoration" , Ensign , December 2005.
^ Times and Seasons , April 1, 1842, 743
^ History of the Church , 4:567, 5:25
^ a b "The Photograph Album of Julia Murdock Smith Middleton" , Rick Grunder – Books
^ Early members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1993, By Susan Easton Black, Brigham Young University. Dept. of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University. Religious Studies Center, p. 436
^ a b "History: Frederick Granger William Smith" . The Joseph Smith Jr. and Emma Hale Smith Historical Society. Retrieved October 10, 2013 .
^ a b "History: David Hyrum Smith" . The Joseph Smith Jr. and Emma Hale Smith Historical Society. Retrieved October 10, 2013 .
^ a b LaRene Porter Gaunt and Robert A. Smith, "Samuel H. Smith: Faithful Brother of Joseph and Hyrum," Liahona , August 2008, pp. 44–51.
^ a b Compton, Todd (1997), In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith , Salt Lake City: Signature Books , p. 153, ISBN 1-56085-085-X
^ "Genealogy of President Joseph Smith Junior" , The Joseph Smith Papers , 1834-1836.