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Abraham Owen Smoot


Birth17 February 1815Owenston, Owen, Kentucky, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Abraham Owen Smoot (1815-1895); memorial #24027333.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Abraham Owen Smoot, ID: KWJZ-7QC.

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), p. 26.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Abraham O Smoot, folder "Fourth 100, first 50, return, 1847 June" (#45), image 8, line 20; and entry for A O Smoot, folder "Abraham O. Smoot's 100, schedules, circa 1847 February" (#18), image 1, line 1; and entry for A. O. Smoot, folder "Third 100, second 50, returns, 1847 June" (#56), image 1, line 1; and entry for A. O. Smoot, folder "Fourth 100, second 50, travel reports, circa 1847 August" (#56), image 3, line 28; and entry for Abraham O Smoot, folder "Third 100, report, 1848 February" (#58), image 1, line 21; and entry for Smoot, folder "Second 100, second 50, travel report, circa 1847 August" (#53), image 2, line 44; entry for Abraham O Smoot, folder "Organization lists, 1847 June" (#34), image 4, line 42; entry for Abraham O Smoot, folder "Organization lists, 1847 June" (#34), image 9, line 42; entry for Abraham O. Smoot, Captain, folder "Organization lists, 1847 June" (#34), image 18, line 2.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 489-490; FHL microfilm 183374.

    Provo Dispatch, "Brief Biography," 7 March 1895, p. 1, column 2-4.
Death6 March 1895Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Abraham Owen Smoot (1815-1895); memorial #24027333.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Abraham Owen Smoot, ID: KWJZ-7QC.

    Provo Dispatch, "Brief Biography," 7 March 1895, p. 1, column 2-4.
Burial10 March 1895Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Abraham Owen Smoot (1815-1895); memorial #24027333.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Abraham Owen Smoot, ID: KWJZ-7QC.

    Provo Dispatch, "President A. O. Smoot's Funeral," 8 March 1895, p. 1, column 3.
FatherGeorge Washington Smoot
MotherNancy Ann Rowlett
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   • Margaret Thompson McMeans
Married12 November 1838Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Abraham Owen Smoot and Margaret Thompson McMeans, ID: KWJZ-7QC and ID: L8PP-C9G.

    Recorder of Deeds, Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991 (Jefferson City, Missouri: Missouri State Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Abram O Smoot and Margaret R Atkinson (12 November 1838); citing Caldwell County, Missouri, Recorder's Office, "Index to marriages, v. 1; Books A-C, including Index to "Colored Marriages", 1860-1886," image 24 of 246; FHL microfilm 2437719.
          Children:
               Hyrum Smoot


   • Sarah Gibbons
Marriedabout 1840Owen County, Kentucky, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Abraham Owen Smoot and Sarah Gibbens, ID: KWJZ-7QC and ID: 2MR5-PNM.

   • Almira Emily Hill
Married20 January 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 489-490; FHL microfilm 183374.
          Children:
               Abraham Albert Ether Smoot
               Emily Ann Smoot
               Margaret Thompson Smoot
               Zina Beal Smoot


   • Diana Tanner Eldredge
Married6 May 1855Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Abraham Owen Smoot and Diana Tanner Eldredge, ID: KWJZ-7QC and ID: L6MH-HW3.
          Children:
               Abraham Owen Smoot
               Nancy Diana Smoot
               Olive Smoot
               Elizabeth Smoot
               Ira Smoot
               Lenora Ann Smoot
               Joseph Edmund Smoot
               Ella Deseret Smoot
               Arthur E Smoot
               Vilate Smoot
               Orson Parley Smoot
               Horace Alma Smoot
               Wilford W Smoot


   • Anne Kirstine Mauritzen
Married17 February 1856Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Abraham Owen Smoot and Anne Kirstine Mauritzen, ID: KWJZ-7QC and ID: KWJZ-7QH.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 52; FHL microfilm 183374.
          Children:
               Anna Christine Smoot
               Alice Smoot
               Reed Smoot
               George Morrison Smoot
               Agnes May Smoot
               Brigham Roland Smoot
               Ida Maline Smoot


   • Hannah Caroline Rogers
Married11 March 1886Logan, Cache, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Abraham Owen Smoot and Hannah Caroline Rogers, ID: KWJZ-7QC and ID: KWJB-DX5.
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• 1840Lee County, Iowa, United States
• 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusLee County, Iowa TerritoryExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population Census20th Ward Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusProvo City 1st Ward, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusProvo City & Precinct, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Abraham O. Smoot/George B. Wallace 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)
       Departure18 Jun 1847
       Arrival25, 26, 29 Sept 1847
• Abraham O. Smoot/Samuel Russell 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)
       Departure17 Jun 1847
       Arrival25 Sept 1847
• Livingston and Kinkead Freight TrainView 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)
       Departure3 Jun 1855
       Arrival15 Aug 1855
• Abraham O. Smoot 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)
       Departure1 Jun 1852
       Arrival3 Sept 1852
• Abraham O. Smoot 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)
       Departure1 Jun 1852
       Arrival3 Sept 1852

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