SMITH, Jesse Nathaniel Sr. b. 2 Dec 1834 Stockholm, St Lawrence, New York, United States d. 5 Jun 1906 Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States

1834 - 1906 (71 years)

Name	SMITH, Jesse Nathaniel
Suffix	Sr.
Birth	2 Dec 1834	Stockholm, St Lawrence, New York, United States
Gender	Male
WAC	10 Mar 1854	EHOUS
_TAG	Reviewed on FS
Death	5 Jun 1906	Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States
Burial	7 Jun 1906	R V Mike Ramsay Memorial Cemetery, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States
Headstones	Submit Headstone Photo
Person ID	I39240	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

Father	SMITH, Silas , b. 1 Oct 1779, Derryfield, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States Derryfield, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United Statesd. 13 Sep 1839, Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, United States (Age 59 years)
Mother	AIKEN, Mary , b. 13 Aug 1797, Barnard, Windsor, Vermont, United States Barnard, Windsor, Vermont, United Statesd. 27 Apr 1877, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States (Age 79 years)
Marriage	4 Mar 1828	Stockholm, St. Lawrence, New York, United States [1, 2]
Notes	~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 4 May 1877, SGEOR.
Family ID	F2058	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1	OUTZEN, Augusta
Family ID	F21519	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

Family 2	WEST, Emma Seraphine , b. 3 Jan 1836, Chalklevel, Benton, Tennessee, United States Chalklevel, Benton, Tennessee, United Statesd. 15 Oct 1910, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States (Age 74 years)
Marriage	13 May 1852	Parawan, Iron, Utah [3]
Family ID	F21517	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

Family 3	WEST, Margaret Fletcher , b. 22 May 1838, Chalklevel, Benton, Tennessee, United States Chalklevel, Benton, Tennessee, United Statesd. 1 Feb 1864, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States (Age 25 years)
Marriage	27 Jan 1856	Stockholm, St. Lawrence, New York, United States
Family ID	F21518	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

Family 4	LARSON, Emma Ellen , b. 6 Apr 1863, West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utahd. 2 Jun 1943, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona (Age 80 years)
Marriage	Abt 1859	Stockholm, St. Lawrence, New York, United States
Family ID	F21520	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

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Pedigree of Jesse Nathaniel Smith back to Adam. (Jesse N. Smith Family Association Salt Lake City, Utah) Journal of Jesse N. Smith 1834-1906 - The Life Story of a Mormon Pioneer in possession of Lawrence Edward Turley father of David Lawrence Turley who married Alice Marie Clarkson.

BIOGRAPHY: Jesse Nathaniel Smith was born December 2, 1834 in Stockholm, New York, son of Silas and Mary Aikens Smith, and first cousin to the Prophet Joseph Smith. Jesse experienced first hand many church history events, including Missouri drivings, having arrived at Far West just as the Saints were Leaving, the erection of the Nauvoo temple, and the Nauvoo exodus. His father died when he was only four years old, 3 months shy of turning five.
Jesse crossed the plains to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847 with the Mormon pioneers. He was called to help colonize Parowan in 1851, he acted as a scout and surveyor for Church colony sites in southern Utah. He served as city clerk, city councilman, mayor, and city magistrate of Parowan, district attorney of Iron County, Captain in the militia, a member of the Utah Territorial Legislature, and a member of the Parowan Stake presidency—all before he had reached the age of twenty-six.
In 1860, he was called on a mission to Denmark. He later presided over the Scandinavian Mission (and was to preside over it a second time still later in life). Though always faithful in serving the Lord, Jesse N. was not without trials. Upon returning from his first service as Mission President, when three weeks from home, he wrote,
“Bread stuffs were scarce and I started for home with a very scanty supply of provisions, no grain for my poor horses, and no money to buy with, however, my hopes were high with thoughts of home. Reached Provo in process of time, but called on no one for the scarcity was felt in nearly every house. As I was slowly wending my way through the wide lane southeast of town, I met Bro. Soren Christoffersen of Manti with several teams.
“He expressed the liveliest pleasure at seeing me and said he remembered a turn I had done him in collecting and forwarding to him from Denmark about 2400 Rdlr. As he thrust his hand in his pocket, visions of dinners for myself and grain for my poor horses, flitted before my imagination, but alas for the unreality of my dream, he withdrew his hand slowly and sadly from his pocket, remarking that he had heavy purchases to make in the city of a threshing machine and other farm machinery, and his expenses would doubtless be heavy but if I ever came to Manti and would kindly call on him in his own home he would do something right handsome for me.”
Jesse N. made it home; upon arriving he had little time to mourn the death of his second wife, who had passed while he was in Scandinavia. Shortly after this he met and married his third wife, Janet Mauretta Johnson.
In Snowflake, Jesse was a farmer, stockman, cooperative mercantile and bank organizer, a probate judge, and served in the Arizona Territorial Legislature. Widely traveled and self-educated, he amassed a large library and became conversant in five languages. He served the Church in Arizona as the first president of the Eastern Arizona Stake from 1879 to 1887, and as the first president of the Snowflake Stake from 1887 until his death June 5, 1906. He was also called to be a patriarch.

Sources

[S146] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002), downloaded 26 Aug 2009 (Reliability: 3).
[S989] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), downloaded 26 Aug 2009 (Reliability: 3).
[S146] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002), citing book SIS for batch T990244, sheet 00, downloaded 17 Sep 2009 (Reliability: 3).