Biographical sketches [microform] (Typescript).

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Biographical sketches [microform] (Typescript).

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Born in Pleasant Home, Owen County, Kentucky, son of George W. Smoot and Ann Rowlett. Conversion to Mormonism, 1835; proselyting with Wilford Woodruff through Kentucky and Tennessee; settlement in Kirtland, Ohio; removal to Far West, Missouri and participation in defending the Saints against the mob activity there; marriage to Martha Thompson McMeans, 1838; mission to the Southern States; mission to England; elected as the second mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah; removal to Provo, Utah and election to the office of mayor; started the Provo Woolen Mill and the First National Bank and service as president of both; service as president of the Brigham Young Academy.

15 p. ; partial reel : microfilm ; 35 mm.

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