Smith, Job, 1828-1913
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1828 - 1913
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Remembering Winter Quarters/Council Bluffs writings of the Mormon pioneers at the Missouri River
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329606]
Identifier: MSS SC 2964
Scope and Contents
Compilation by Karen and Paul Larsen, of excerpts from diaries and reminiscences of Latter-day Saints who resided in the Winter Quarters/Council Bluffs area between about 1846 and 1852. Includes writings of Job Taylor Smith, Eliza Maria Patridge Lyman, Helen Mar Kimball Whitney, Aroet Lucius Hale, Anna Clark Hale, Jane Snyder Richards, Joseph Fielding, Bathsheba Wilson Bigler Smith, Lucy Meserve Smith, Richard Ballantyne, Sarah Studevant Leavitt, Alfred Boaz Lambson, Allen Joseph Stout,...
Dates:
1998
Job Smith diary and autobiography
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232489010]
Identifier: MSS 881
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diary and autobiography. Smith writes about his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England, his immigration to the United States in 1843, and life at Nauvoo, Council Bluffs, and Winter Quarters. The account is retrospective until 1849 and some of the early materials are written in Pitman shorthand. Smith returned to England in 1849 and served as president of the Bedfordshire Branch for five years. Smith concluded his mission in 1854 and made the...
Dates:
1849-1877