Augusta Maria Outzen Smith was born in 1854 in Randers, Denmark, the daughter of Jens Christian and Martha Maria Christensen Outzen. Her parents attended meetings held by Erastus Snow in 1853 or 1854 and a year later were baptized into the Mormon Church. In 1869 Augusta married Jesse Nathaniel Smith (1834-1906) and became his fourth wife. A year later Augusta and the rest of her family emigrated to the United States. She lived in Parowan, Utah for ten years and found being a plural wife a pleasant experience. In 1879 her husband was called to preside over the eastern Arizona Stake. He was there for a year before moving Augusta and the rest of his family to Snowflake, Arizona. She worked as a teacher in the Snowflake Ward for over thirty years. The mother of eleven children, Augusta passed away in 1932.
From the description of Autobiography of Augusta Maria Outzen Smith, ca. 1920. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122446410
