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Joseph Smith

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Birthplace: Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie , Iowa, United States
Death: October 07, 1930 (81)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Immediate Family:

Husband of Eliza Bean
Father of Joseph Bean Smith; William Parley Smith; Edwin Frier Smith; Ernest Welcome Smith and Eliza Lavina Livingston

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About Joseph Smith

(son of William Joseph Smith and Mary Ann Frier). Born May 18, 1849, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Came to Utah with parents.

   Married:	Eliza Bean January 18, 1869, Salt Lake City (daughter of Joseph Bean and Sarah Beanland, pioneers September 16, 1859, Edward Stevenson company). She was born at Bradford, Yorkshire, England.

Their children:
Eliza Lavina born January 26, 1870, married Charles Livingston;

           Joseph born July 13, 1872, married Minnie Lloyd;
           William Parley born January 4, 1875;
           Edwin Frier born March 11, 1877;
           Ernest Welcome born March 6, 1879, married Sabina Smith;
           Sarah Beanland born March 9, 1882, married August Anderson;
           Milton and Mable born April 18, 1890;
           Benjamin Harrison born March 20, 1892, married Hattie Isabella Rupp.

Family home Salt Lake City.
Helped to build Deseret telegraph lines. Black Hawk Indian war veteran. Sheepraiser; woolgrower; business man and capitalist. Sources:

   Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah photographs, page 183
   Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, page 1171
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Joseph Smith's Timeline

1849
May 18, 1849
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie , Iowa, United States
1870
January 26, 1870
1872
July 13, 1872
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1875
January 4, 1875
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1877
March 11, 1877
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1879
March 5, 1879
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1930
October 7, 1930
Age 81
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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