Upon hearing the restored gospel taught by Simeon Carter, the Smith's joined the Church in 1831, then moved to Kirtland the following year. During the summer of 1838, the Smith family, consisting of Warren and Amanda, Willard, Sardius (sometimes given as Sardis), twins' Alma and Alvira, and Ortencia, left Ohio bound for Missouri with the "Kirtland Camp." However, because of problems encountered during the journey, the Smith's eventually fell in with a smaller group, consisting of ten families headed by Joseph Young.
The company arrived at Haun's Mill in eastern Caldwell County on 28 October. Here, they intended to remain for a few days before continuing the rest of the way to Far West. Two days after their arrival at the Mormon settlement, the fateful tragedy occurred.(2) Willard Smith's account is as follows: (Willard Smith was only eleven years old at the time.)
He married Huldah Cordelia Thurston on April 15, 1865 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
-by Alexander L. Baugh
Mormon Histories site
Upon hearing the restored gospel taught by Simeon Carter, the Smith's joined the Church in 1831, then moved to Kirtland the following year. During the summer of 1838, the Smith family, consisting of Warren and Amanda, Willard, Sardius (sometimes given as Sardis), twins' Alma and Alvira, and Ortencia, left Ohio bound for Missouri with the "Kirtland Camp." However, because of problems encountered during the journey, the Smith's eventually fell in with a smaller group, consisting of ten families headed by Joseph Young.
The company arrived at Haun's Mill in eastern Caldwell County on 28 October. Here, they intended to remain for a few days before continuing the rest of the way to Far West. Two days after their arrival at the Mormon settlement, the fateful tragedy occurred.(2) Willard Smith's account is as follows: (Willard Smith was only eleven years old at the time.)
He married Huldah Cordelia Thurston on April 15, 1865 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
-by Alexander L. Baugh
Mormon Histories site
Family Members
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Cordelia Rosetta Smith Reeder Ellingford
1866–1938
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Amanda Caroline Smith Campbell
1868–1925
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Willard Gilbert Smith
1870–1932
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David Franklin Smith
1872–1937
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Deseretta T. Smith
1874–1880
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Georgianna Smith Hatch
1876–1925
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Sarah T. Smith
1878–1880
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Eliza R. T. Smith
1880–1880
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Alberta Moressa Smith Porter
1881–1975
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Estella Zina Smith Mulliner
1884–1972
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Frances Smith Lee
1886–1909
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Gertrude Ortentia Smith Rawlins
1888–1977
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