MS 2708, Smoot, Abraham Owen 1815-1895. Abraham O. Smoot papers 1836-1893

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MS 2708, Smoot, Abraham Owen 1815-1895. Abraham O. Smoot papers 1836-1893

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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Church History Library

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Smoot, A. O. (Abraham Owen), 1815-1895

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Abraham O. Smoot was born 17 February 1815 in Owenton, Franklin County (later Owen County), Kentucky. He was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1835, when twenty years old, and led a group of Saints from the south to Far West, Missouri in 1837. He later served as captain of the second company to enter the Salt Lake Valley, arriving in September of 1847. He served approximately nine different missions for the Church, acted as president of the Perpetual Emigrating Fun...