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About William Smith Muir
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868 Jonathan H. Holmes/Samuel Thompson Company (1848) Age 25
Departure: 2 July 1848 Arrival: 6 September 1848
Company Information: This company consisted of 44 men and 1 woman, 39 of whom were returning Mormon Battalion veterans. In early May a small survey group set out from Sutter's Fort to find a trail across the Sierra Mountains that could be traversed by wagons. This company constructed a wagon road over Carson Pass which was later used by many traveling to and from California. They left Pleasant Valley (near Placerville) and crossed the Sierras to Carson Valley. At that point the company divided into smaller groups and traveled to Salt Lake City.
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868 Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer Company (1849) Age 26
Departure: unknown Arrival: 22-24 September 1849
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868 John W. Berry Company (1858) Age 35
Returning from a mission to England
Departure: 10-11 May 1858 Arrival: 21 June 1858
Sgt Company A, Mormon Battalion.
Birth: Jul. 19, 1822 Stirling, Scotland
Death: Nov. 27, 1896 Woods Cross Davis County Utah, USA
Son of Stephen Muir & Elizabeth Blackwood
Married Jane Stewart Robb, 1 Jan 1844, Parish of Ligie, Sterling, Scotland
Married Mary Ann Berry, 23 Oct 1853, Salt Lake City, Utah
Married Lucy Darke, 7 Jun 1862, Salt Lake City, Utah
Married Elizabeth Staples, 17 Jun 1865, Salt Lake City, Utah
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia Volume 4
Muir, William Smith, a member of the Mormon Battalion, Company A, was born July 19, 1822, at Bannockburn, Sterling, Scotland, a son of Stephen Muir and Elizabeth Blackwood. He was baptized in Scotland Jan. 17, 1842, by Robert Menzes, and emigrated to America in 1844, locating at Nauvoo. He enlisted in the Mormon Battalion, marched to California serving as a private, corporal and sergeant, went to San Francisco after being discharged, worked at the mines, passed through Great Salt Lake Valley in 1848 on his way to Winter Quarters, where he found his family, whom he had left in Nauvoo. He brought them to the Valley in 1849, and located in Bountiful. He filled a mission to England in 1855-1858, having been ordained a Seventy in Nauvoo in 1844. Bro. Muir died Nov. 27, 1897, at West Bountiful, Utah.
Mormon Battalion members
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Spouses:
- Jane Stewart Robb Muir (1822 - 1907)
- Mary Ann Berry Muir (1833 - 1874)
- Lucy Darke Muir (1837 - 1894)
- Elizabeth Staples Muir (1835 - 1901)
Children:
*Moses Muir (1852 - 1919)*
- Eliza Muir Oram (1854 - 1931)*
- Mary Ann Muir Grant (1854 - 1939)*
- Levi Richard Muir (1855 - 1921)*
- Priscilla Blackwood Muir Hatch (1858 - 1937)*
- Sarah Ellen Muir Thatcher (1862 - 1930)*
- Margaret Muir Hatch (1863 - 1946)*
- Frederick James Muir (1863 - 1936)*
- Wallace William Muir (1864 - 1915)*
- George Henry Muir (1865 - 1956)*
- Daniel Muir (1866 - 1939)*
- Benjamin Darke Muir (1867 - 1922)*
- Lillian Jane Muir Wilcox (1869 - 1925)*
- William Henry Muir (1870 - 1941)*
- Frank Muir (1870 - 1884)*
- Florence Mae Muir Oliver (1873 - 1938)*
- Marie Mary Woodin Muir (1878 - 1950)*
- Leo Joseph Muir (1880 - 1967)*
Burial: Bountiful Memorial Park Bountiful Davis County Utah, USA Plot: A-5-1-1
Son of Stephen Muir & Elizabeth Blackwood
Married Jane Stewart Robb, 1 Jan 1844, Parish of Ligie, Sterling, Scotland
Married Mary Ann Berry, 23 Oct 1853, Salt Lake City, Utah
Married Lucy Darke, 7 Jun 1862, Salt Lake City, Utah
Married Elizabeth Staples, 17 Jun 1865, Salt Lake City, Utah
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia Volume 4
Muir, William Smith, a member of the Mormon Battalion, Company A, was born July 19, 1822, at Bannockburn, Sterling, Scotland, a son of Stephen Muir and Elizabeth Blackwood. He was baptized in Scotland Jan. 17, 1842, by Robert Menzes, and emigrated to America in 1844, locating at Nauvoo. He enlisted in the Mormon Battalion, marched to California serving as a private, corporal and sergeant, went to San Francisco after being discharged, worked at the mines, passed through Great Salt Lake Valley in 1848 on his way to Winter Quarters, where he found his family, whom he had left in Nauvoo. He brought them to the Valley in 1849, and located in Bountiful. He filled a mission to England in 1855-1858, having been ordained a Seventy in Nauvoo in 1844. Bro. Muir died Nov. 27, 1897, at West Bountiful, Utah.
- Updated from Find A Grave Memorial via son Leo Joseph Muir by SmartCopy: Apr 4 2015, 5:18:44 UTC
- Military_service: California, United States - from 1846 to 16 July 1847
- Naturalization: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States - 18 April 1844
- Residence: West Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States
- Residence: Davis county, Davis, Utah Territory - 1850
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William Smith Muir's Timeline
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July 19, 1822
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Bannockburn, Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
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July 19, 1822
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Saint Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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January 17, 1842
Age 19
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October 20, 1844
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Nauvoo, Hancock, IL
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December 25, 1845
Age 23
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November 14, 1846
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Council Bluffs, Pttwtt, IA
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October 14, 1849
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Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT, United States
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May 14, 1851
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Salt Lake City, Slc, Ut
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May 11, 1852
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Woods Cross, Davis, Utah, USA
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