Warren Smith

NOTE: Amanda Melissa Barnes married two different men both of which were named Warren Smith. Do not merge the two Warren Smiths together.

Warren Smith (1808 - 1885), son of Charles Smith and Rachel Warren, was born near Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee on 20 October 1808. He married Lydia Alexander, daughter of Randall and Maria Alexander, in 1830 at Weakley County, Tennessee. They had five children. In May 1840, he married Amanda Barnes Smith (widow of another Warren Smith) at Nauvoo, Illinois. Amanda had four children from her previous marriage; she and Warren Smith had three children together before divorcing. He had three additional plural wives.

Warren Smith came to Utah in September 1850 as the captain of his own company. He went to Carson City, Nevada, where he lived 20 years, returning to Utah in 1874. He died at the age of 76 on 12 May 1884 at American Fork, Utah County, Utah Territory.

Marriages and Children

1. Lydia Alexander (1810 - 1839), married 1830 Weakley County, Tennessee
   1. Melissa Smith (born circa 1830), married Stephen Mott
   2. Eldredge Smith (born circa 1832), married Sarah Dudley
   3. Benjamin Mark Smith (1834 - 1912), married Agnes E. Wood
   4. Martha Smith (1836 - 1858), married Henry Chipman
   5. Abinadi Smith (born circa 1838), married Docia Wheeler
2. Amanda Melissa Barnes Smith (1809 - 1886), married May 1840 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois; later divorced
   1. Amanda Melvina Smith (1842 Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois - 1843)
   2. Warren Barnes Smith (born 20 December 1844), married Elizabeth Echo Mercer
   3. Sarah Smith (born September 1846), married George Burnham
3. Rachel Blackburn (1813 - 1876), married 1844; divorced before 1850
   1. Charles Smith (1845 Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois - 1880)
   2. Ephraim Smith (1847 Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois - 1918)
4. Mahala Dudley (1822 - 1885), widow of George Givens Johnston, married c.1851
   1. Hyrum Carson Smith (1852 - 1920)
   2. Lydia Smith (1853 - 1860)
   3. Joseph Carson Smith (1855 - 1875)
   4. Agnes Smith (1857 - 1860)
5. Sarah Blackburn; no issue

Sources

• Find A Grave Memorial# 26769367
• Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah photographs, page 260
• Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, page 1170

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