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William Read Smith


Birth11 August 1826Rear of Youge, Leeds, Upper Canada
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for William Read Smith (1826-1894), memorial #45717.

    Davis County Clipper, Davis County Clipper (Bountiful, Utah: Clipper Pub. Co., 1892-1988), "Gone To Rest," 18 January 1894, p. 1, column 4.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 266, n. 8; citing Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846.
Death15 January 1894Centerville, Davis, Utah Territory, United States
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    Salt Lake Herald, Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, Utah: W.C. Dunbar & E.L. Sloan, 1870-1920), "Called Home," 16 January 1894, p. 8, column 3.
Burial18 January 1894Centerville, Davis, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Read Smith, ID: KWJJ-B98.
FatherPeter Smith
MotherMary Agnes Read
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   • Emeline Leavitt
Married3 March 1853Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Read Smith and Emeline Leavitt, ID: KWJJ-B98 and ID: KWJR-XTQ.
          Children:
               Sarah Louisa
               Phoebe Emiline Smith
               William Reed Smith
               Joseph Smith
               Luna Smith
               Charles Leavitt Smith
               George Smith
               Lucy Smith


   • Amelia Mariah Cherry
Married6 May 1856Centerville, Davis, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Read Smith and Amelia Mariah Cherry, ID: KWJJ-B98 and ID: KWJR-XTS.
          Children:
               Hyrum Smith
               Annie Mariah Smith
               Margaret Ann Smith
               Jesse Cherry Smith
               Aaron Benjamin Smith
               Dora Smith


   • Isadora Adeline Brown
Married19 April 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Read Smith and Isadora Adeline Brown, ID: KWJJ-B98 and ID: KWNF-3FS.

   • Mary Elizabeth Ricks
Married23 April 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Read Smith and Mary Elizabeth Ricks, ID: KWJJ-B98 and ID: KWJV-MSQ.
          Children:
               Boy1 Smith
               Boy2 Smith
               Mary Eleanor Smith
               Willard Reed Smith
               Franklin Read Smith
               Josephine Smith
               James Carlos Smith
               Mahala Smith
               Clara Smith
               Mabel Smith


   • Eleanor Felshaw
Married5 April 1867
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Read Smith and Eleanor Felshaw, ID: KWJJ-B98 and ID: K2WW-R5S.
          Children:
                Smith
               Melvie Read Smith
               David Felshaw Smith
               Moses Carlos Smith
               Eleanor Lois Smith

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• 1826Rear of Youge, Leeds, Johnstown, Upper Canada, British North America
• 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1860Centerville, Davis, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1860 Population CensusCenterville, Davis, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusCenterville, Davis, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusCentreville Precinct, Davis, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Allen Taylor CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure5 Jul 1849
       Arrival10 Oct 1849
• Chester Loveland CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure26 Sept 1857
       Arrival1 Nov 1857
• Company Unknown (1867)View Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure1867
       Arrival1867

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