Smith family artifacts, circa 1832-1911.

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Smith family artifacts, circa 1832-1911.

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Collection consists of physical artifacts of Hyrum Smith and his son John Smith. These include a walking stick of Hyrum Smith, a walking cane of John Smith purchased while on his mission to Denmark, Hyrum Smith's metal scales, John Smith's pistol and carrying case, Hyrum Smith's razor and case (ownership of this item is dubious; it may have belonged to his grandson, Hyrum Fisher Smith), Hyrum Smith's coin purse and notebook, a knife of uncertain ownership, and six portraits (two of Hyrum Smith, two of John Smith, one of Lucy Mack Smith, and one of Jerusha B. Smith).

13 items.

Harold B. Lee Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7383634

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Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844

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Letter written by Hyrum Smith and signed for Joseph Smith from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Oliver Granger. Smith writes of a Mr. Devenport from New York who brought a judgement in favor of Boynton & Hyde, and urges Granger to pay the "just" debt. He also writes of the deaths of D.C. Smith and Robert B. Thompson from "quick consumption", mentions Brother Phelps and Hiram Kimball, and describes drought conditions. Smith concludes by writing "this is an Eventful Period...A day of Darkness...what ever ...

Smith, Lucy, 1775-1856

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Lucy Mack Smith, born on July 8, 1775, in Gilsum, New Hampshipre, was the mother of the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith. She married Joseph Smith, Sr., in January 1796, and they eventually had ten children. Lucy Smith was actively involved in the founding of the Mormon Church, and also wrote the memoir Biographical sketches of Joseph Smith, the prophet, and his pregenitors for many generations (1853). She died in Nauvoo, Illinois, on May 14, 1856. From the description of Memoirs of Lucy ...

Smith family.

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Smith, John, 1832-1911

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John Smith, son of Hyrum and Jerusha Barden Smith, was born 22 September 1832, in Kirtland, Ohio. His mother died when he was five, while his father was in Missouri. Three months later, on 24 December 1837, his father married Mary Fielding. In June 1844 John's father, Hyrum Smith, was murdered. Nineteen months later, the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo began. In February 1847, John joined Heber C. Kimball's family on their westward journey. On the westward journey, near Council Bluffs, Iowa, John assi...

Smith, Jerusha Barden, 1805-1837

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Jerusha Barden Smith (1805-1837) married Hyrum Smith in 1826 and bore him six children. She was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints by David Whitmer in 1830. Jerusha Barden Smith was born February 15, 1805 in Norfolk, Connecticut, to Seth and Sarah Barden. She (or the family) moved to Greene, New York, by 1820. She married Hyrum Smith on November 2, 1826 in Manchester, New York, after which they moved to Palmyra. The marriage produced six...