Orson H. Smith family papers, 1888-1940.

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Orson H. Smith family papers, 1888-1940.

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Orson H. Smith was a miner at Glendale, Montana, and later at Butte. Papers consist of correspondence (1888-1940) to various family members, from family and friends. (SC 2507)

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Smith, Orson (Orson Gurney), 1853-1935

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Orson Gurney Smith was born July 4, 1853 in Keokuk, Iowa, to Thomas X. Smith and Margaret Gurney, who at the time were in the process of emigrating from their native England to Utah. Smith became the President of the Cache Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1890. His business dealings included the grain business as well as mining in Alaska, Nevada, and Idaho. He died August 9, 1935 in Logan, Utah. His funeral was held in the Logan Tabernacle, and he was buried in the Log...