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Smith, Asael, 1744-1830

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1744 - 1830

Biography

Asael Smith (1744-1830) was the grandfather of Joseph Smith, Jr.

Citation:
Joseph Smith's New England Heritage, 2003: title page (Asael Smith) p. 114 (b. 1744; d. 1830)

Mormon genealogies, 1946: page 2 (The ancestry of the Prophet Joseph Smith; Asahel Smith; b. 1744; d. 1830)

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Martha Coray notebook

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 230
Scope and Contents Notebook includes Coray's interview notes used in compiling of Lucy Mack Smith's history of Joseph Smith.Smith family history notes contain John and Clarissa Smith's account of visit by Joseph Smith Sr. to Smith family members, including his father, Asael Smith, in Lawrence County, New York, in 1830; John Smith's account of his and Joseph Smith Sr.'s reunion with their mother, Mary Duty Smith, at Kirtland, Ohio, and their subsequent journey eastward to visit Church branches and...
Dates: 1845

Martha Coray notebook

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS230
Dates: 1845

Mormon Manuscript Retrieval Project collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 19
Abstract Photocopies of reminiscences, histories, maps, and miscellaneous materials relating to the early Mormon experience in Ohio and New Hampshire. A. Gary Anderson and Milton V. Backman, Jr., faculty members of the Department of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University, did research on Mormon Church history. Anderson worked in New Hampshire in 1973 and Backman did research in Ohio in 1974. Their project was to collect copies of manuscripts and documents relating to the early members...
Dates: 1772-1974

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