James Agee Smith

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868 Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer Company (1849) Age 61

Departure: 28 May 1849 Arrival: 22-25 September 1849

Company Information: About 100 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs).

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Birth: Dec. 6, 1787 Sullivan County Tennessee, USA

Death: Dec. 20, 1875 Paria Kane County Utah, USA

Obituary - Deseret News - 20 January 1876

James Agee Smith, son of Thomas Smith and Leah or Lear Agee was born December 6, 1787 in Sullivan County, Tennessee.

He was baptized and confirmed a member of the Mormon Church in 1841 in Gibson County, Tennessee.

He moved to Nauvoo, Illinois in 1842. Migrated to Utah with a company of Saints in one of the earliest companies. He had married Margaret Love, daughter of William Love and Rachel McCool.

They settled at Provo, Utah. Here he served on the High Council for a number of years. He was called by the church authorities to colonize Southern Utah, near St. George, a town called Washington.

They reared a family of seven. Margaret, his wife, died 21 March 1865, after which he moved to Pahreah with his son, Thomas Washington Smith - in Pahreah, Kane, Utah.

He died 20 December 1875 of incidents caused by old age, at the home of his son, Thomas Washington Smith in Pahreah, Kane County, Utah, having been a faithful husband, a loving father, and a true Latter-day Saint.

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Spouse:

• Margaret Love Smith (1790 - 1865)*

Children:

• Leah Holland Smith Young (1810 - 1897)*
• Rachel Smith Ross (1813 - 1900)*
• Thomas Washington Smith (1815 - 1892)*
• William Willard Smith (1819 - 1884)*

Burial: Washington City Cemetery Washington Washington County Utah, USA

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Maintained by: Brad York Originally Created by: Utah State Historical Society

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James Agee Smith (6 December 1787 – 20 December 1875) James Agee Smith, son of George Thomas & Leah Agee Smith, married Margaret Love 24 May 1810 in Smith County Tennessee.

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At Pahreah, December 20, 1875, of epilepsy and old age, JAMES AGEE SMIT

Life Sketch

Obituary - Deseret News - 26 January 1876 DIED.
At Pahreah, December 20, 1875, of epilepsy and old age, JAMES AGEE SMITH. Deceased was born in Sullivan county, Tennessee, Dec 6, 1787; was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1841, in Gibson county, Tenn.; gathered to Nauvoo in 1842; left there with the Church; emigrated to these valleys in 1849; was one of the first settlers at Provo; was one of the High Council at that place for several years; sold out there about the time of the move south; he shorty after became deceased; lived in Washington most of the time since then; he lived and died in full faith of a glorious resurrection and without a murmur. DUP History of Thomas Ross Thomas Ross was born September 15, 1814 in Guilford County, North Carolina. His parents were Andrew Ross, born August 12, 1784 and Anna or Mary Anna Kimmins(Cummins), born August 21, 1777. Both pa

Guardian for a second William Smith

In 1836, James was given custody of an orphan boy by the name of William Smith. They had another boy in the family named William, and family tradition is that this second William was not related to them (Gibson Co Court Records; FHL book 976.823/P2h page99: 6 Jun 1836): "James A. Smith appointed guardian of William Smith, an orphan."
Thomas Washington Smith--Life Story THOMAS WASHINGTON SMITH—LIFE STORY

Mathieu Agee (Ah-zhay) came to America in 1690 where he gave up nobility to follow the French Huguenot’s faith to get away from the persecution under King Louis XIV James Agee Smith-1787-1875-Pioneer Company-Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer and 2 people

Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer Company (1849)

Age at Departure: 61 Sources

1850 Utah Census. Deseret News [Weekly], 26 Jan. 1876, 831. Find a Grave (Website) Miller, Reuben, Journals, 1848 Thomas Washington Smith--1815-1892--By Elias Smith Thomas Washington Smith was my paternal grandfather. He was born 23 December 1815 in Smith County, Tennessee. James Agee Smith and Margaret Love were his parents. They were honest, hard working people James Agee Smith and Margaret Ann Love James Agee Smith and Margaret Ann Love By Ella Parker Carter—in Parker/Ross Memoirs, 1965, p. 319,321-322

James Agee Smith, the father of Rachel Smith (Ross) was born 6 December 1787, in Sullivan

Smith Books

"History of James Agee Smith" written by Geneve Smith Deul 2nd Printing 1999
2. James Edward Smith Sr and His Descendants by Rodney G. Jensen 3. Van Ausday by Audrey O Young 4. Athe Agee Register by Louis N. Agee - Note

"The Agee Register" Louis N. Agee: Pg. 641 !Letter: Memo: This family joined with the Mormons and went to Utah.Samue H. and William L. left enroute and returned to Tennesse. 5. Descendents of Sir George Thomas Smith and His Wife Lear Agee. Genealogical Record in Salt lake City, Utah by Dr. Purl M. Agee Thomas Washington Smith OBITUARY 1815-1892

Thomas Washington Smith was born 23 December 1815 in Smith County, Tennessee, son of James Agee Smith and Margaret Love.

He was baptized and confirmed a member of the LDS Church 6

Sources for 1842, 1852 Residences

RESIDENCE 1842: Hancock Co Illinois Tax list; 20 Aug 1842; FHL film 007706, ite
3, page 171; James Smith, cattle $40, horses $200, wagons $40, clocks $5, watches $5, money loaned $20, other property $80, net personal property $265.

RESIDENCE 1852: FHL film 979.2/K2r, page 94, WARD REGISTRY 1852-53; Provo Fifth Ward, included among others Jackson Smith, James Agee Smith, Phillip Smith, Thomas Wm Smith, W. Charles Smith, Wm W. Smith, Mitchell Stephens.

VITAL RECORDS: Information may be obta

VITAL RECORDS: Information may be obtained from David Ross Bowen 3710 Twinbrook St. SLC Utah 84109

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Utah did not become a State until the 4 Jan 1896, a Territory in 1850.

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