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ABRAHAM OWEN SMOOT7
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HIS DESCENDANTS
Abraham Owen Smoot, son of George and Anne (Rowlett) Smoot, was born February 7, 1815, at "Pleasant Home" in what is now Owen County, Kentucky. His father died when he was less than six years of age. His mother in 1835 became a convert to the Mormon Church through the influence of missionaries who were then traveling in northern Kentucky. On March 22, 1835, he was baptized in the faith by Elder Warren Parrish. In the fall of 1836, he visited Kirkland, Ohio, and soon afterwards assisted in organizing and leading a group of converts from Kentucky to the community then at Far West, Missouri.
When the State militia and a mob of Westerners captured the settlement in Missouri, Abraham Smoot was made a prisoner. At this time, November 11, 1838, he married his first wife, Margaret Thompson (McMeans) Atkinson, born in South Carolina, the daughter of Anthony and Esther Hunter McMeans, of Chester County, South Carolina. Her father was a native of that State, while her mother was born in Scotland. By her first husband William Cochrane Atkinson, she had one son, William Cochrane Atkinson (q.v.), who took the name of Smoot upon his adoption by his step-father. No children were born to this first union.
On January 9, 1846, Abraham Owen Smoot married his second and third wives--Sarah Gibbens, born October 20, 1800, in Cumberland County, Kentucky, and Emily Hill, born November 25, 1816, in Pendelton District, of South Carolina, the daughter of John and Martha (Carlin) Hill, then the widow of Zachariah Harris.
Children of Abraham and Emily (Hill) Smoot
2. Albert Ether Smoot, born 1847, d.s.p.
3. Emily Anne Smoot, born 1851, died spinster.
4. Margaret Thompson Smoot, born Aug. 27, 1854, died Apr. 21, 1932, married Nov. 25, 1874, Wilson Howard, son of Mahlon and Aurilla (Coray) Dusenberry, born Apr. 7, 1841, Pike Co., Ill., died Mar. 20, 1925, Issues: Abraham Owen, born Dec. 5, 1875; Lorena, born Apr. 3, 1878; Ada, born Apr. 6, 1881; Cora Emily, born Sept. 13, 1883; Eva, born Jan. 23, 1887; and Edith, born May 16, 1891.
5. Zina Beal Smoot, born Feb. 20, 1859, died May 20, 1900, married Dec. 18, 1879, Orson Ferguson, born July 1, 1855, died May 16,
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1931, son of Horace Kimball and Helen Mar (Kimball) Whitney. Issues: Horace Newel, born Oct. 27, 1880; Heber K., born June 3, 1882; Emily, born Jan. 29, 1885; Helen Mar, born Aug. 1, 1887; Margaret, born Aug. 24, 1889; Charles Byron, born July 3, 1891; Albert Owen, born Sept. 15, 1893; Paul Van Cott, born Apr. 24, 1899; and Virginia Clayton, born Apr. 24, 1899.Abraham Owen Smoot took as his fourth wife, Diana Tanner Eldredge, born March 28, 1837, Marion County, Indiana, daughter of Ira and Nancy (Black) Eldredge. Her father was a native of New York, while her mother was of Maryland birth.
Children of Abraham and Diana (Eldredge) Smoot
5. Abraham Owen Smoot married twice. q.v.
6. Nancy Diana Smoot, born June 7, 1858, married Sept. 1, 1881, David Rogers, born May 4, 1854, died June 29, 1928, son of George and Hester (Rogers) Beebe. Issues: George Owen, born Aug. 12, 1882; Reba Luella, born May 29, 1885; Calvin Eldredge, born Dec. 21, 1889; Joseph Ellwood, born Oct. 12, 1890; and Hester Diana, born Mar. 20, 1895.
7. Olive Smoot, born Feb. 10, 1860, married Oct. 18, 1876, James William Bean, born Nov. 19, 1853, son of James Addison and Harriet Catherine (Fausett) Bean. Issues: Luella, born Oct. 8, 1877; Estella, born Oct. 8, 1877; William Cullen, born May 4, 1879; Diana, born Feb. 7, 1881; Harriet Virginia, born Nov. 1, 1883; Pauline, born Oct. 9, 1885; Azua, born Aug. 22, 1887; Margaret, born Dec. 6, 1888; Ross Smoot, born Mar. 17, 1890; Lee Addison, born Aug. 12, 1891; Orea, born June 6, 1894; Ruth, born June 8, 1896; Seth, born Oct. 8, 1897; George Elmer, born Apr. 13, 1899; and Joseph Wayne, born Oct. 25, 1900.
8. Elizabeth Smoot, born Dec. 7, 1861, died Dec. 13, 1932; married Oct. 16, 1879, Milton Henry Hardy, born Sept. 17, 1845, Essex Co., Mass., died Aug. 23, 1905, son of Josiah and Sarah (Parker) Hardy. Issues: Avera, born Feb. 21, 1882; Thethe Ina, born Aug. 1, 1888; Milton Oro, born July 27, 1890; LeGrand Haven, born June 13, 1894; and Morrow Smoot, born Aug. 22, 1897.
9. Ella Deseret Smoot, born Aug. 23, 1869, died Oct. 20, 1916, married May 25, 1892, George Edgar Robison, born Aug. 3, 1869, died Feb. 10, 1926, son of Joseph Vickery and Martha Jane (Olmstead) Robison. Issues: Arnold Edgar, born Aug. 4, 1894; and Joseph Smoot, born June 8, 1902.
10. Vilate Smoot, born Nov. 30, 1874, married Jan. 4, 1893, Thomas Fairclough Pierpont, born Sept. 16, 1870, son of Thomas and Naomi (King) Pierpont. Issues: Pauline Diana, born Mar. 8, 1894; child, born and died 1896; Clifford Smoot, born May 7, 1897; Naomi, born Dec. 26, 1899; Clarence, born 1900; Vilate, born Jan. 3, 1902; Margaret, born Nov. 10, 1904; Thomas
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George, born Dec. 21, 1906; Ruth, born Feb. 28, 1908; and John Barney, born June 1, 1910.
11. Orson Parley Smoot married twice. q.v.
12. Horace Alma Smoot married Edna Louise Stubbs. q.v.
Abraham Owen Smoot took for his fifth wife Anna Kirstine, born December 19, 1833, at Onsoien, Norway, the daughter of Morris Oversen and Anna (Sorensen) Morrison.
Children of Abraham and Anna (Morrison) Smoot
13. Anna Christina Smoot, born June 7, 1858, died Mar. 2, 1904, married Feb. 9, 1882, George Shepard Taylor, born July 16, 1860, died Jan. 16, 1924, son of George Hamilton and Anstis Elmina (Shepard) Taylor. Issues: Ethel, born Dec. 25, 1882; Hazel, born Dec. 25, 1882; George Merle, born Oct. 17, 1888; Elmina Smoot, born Sept. 8, 1890; Anna Kirstina, born July 9, 1895; Miriam May, born May 27, 1898.
14. Alice Smoot, born Feb. 6, 1860, married Myron Clark Newell, born Sept. 26, 1856, son of Elliot Afred and Maria Louisa (Roberts) Newell. Issues: Myron Clark, born June 25, 1880; Clyde Smoot, born Sept. 29, 1882; Flora, born Jan. 13, 1885; Emma, born Sept. 10, 1886; Annie born Nov. 10, 1888; Morris, born May 5, 1890; Alice, born Sept. 18, 1892; Mary, born Nov. 15, 1894; Helen, born Dec. 28, 1896; and Afton, born Mar. 5, 1899.
15. Reed Smoot married twice. q.v.
16. George Morrison Smoot married Mary Ann Larson. q.v.
17. Agnes Mary Smoot, born July 3, 1866, married Sept. 28, 1887, Charles Albert, born July 27, 1865, son of Charles Dean and Martha Jane (Dusenberry) Glazier. Issues: Charles Wilson, born Sept. 1, 1888; Maline, born Apr. 20, 1890; Martha, born Sept. 12, 1892; Forrest Smoot, born July 7, 1894; Nyle, born Apr. 11, 1900; Dorothy, born Jan. 31, 1902; and Helen, born Sept. 12, 1907.
18. Brigham Roland Smoot married Margaret Annella Nesbit. q.v.
19. Ida Maline Smoot, born May 5, 1873, married Apr. 29, 1891, George Albert, born Nov. 6, 1867, son of Warren Newton and Adelaide Elizabeth (Webb) Dusenberry. Issues: Earle Smoot, born Feb. 1, 1892; and Margaret Alice, born July 23, 1895.
In 1847 Abraham Smoot was the leader of the third company to enter Salt Lake Valley, the largest that year, consisting of 120 wagons. He became one of the leading forces in the colony and church, establishing his domicile at Provo, Utah County.
Margaret, his first wife, died September 1, 1884, and was interred in Provo. Emily died March 20, 1882. Anna his last wife died January 20, 1894. Abraham Smoot died at Provo on March 6, 1895, leaving one widow--Diana who survived until January 29, 1914.
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William Cochrane Adkinson Smoot8
(1828 - 1920)William Cochrane Adkinson Smoot, adopted son of Abraham Owen Smoot and actual son of William and Margaret (McMeans) Adkinson, was born January 30, 1828, in Roane County, Tennessee. He was baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on February 8, 1836, and participated in the persecutions of his people in Far West, Missouri, and Nauvoo, Illinois, where in January 1846, he was ordained a Seventy of the Church. As a member of the first pioneer company, he entered the Sale Lake Valley in July 1847.
On January 29, 1852, he married Martha Ann, daughter of Peregrine and Julia Ann (Killgore) Sessions, who was born September 22, 1835, in Oxford County, Maine.
Children of William and Martha Ann (Sessions) Smoot
1. William C. A. Smoot married Mary Ann Sarah Jones. q.v.
2. Martha Ann Smoot, born 1854, died 1867.
3. Abraham Owen Smoot, born 1857, died 1876.
4. Margaret Esther Smoot, born Oct. 9, 1858, died Mar. 10, 1908.
5. Julia Eliza Smoot, born July 24, 1860, married John Derring.
6. Josephine Smoot, born Jan. 17, 1862, married Nephi Huskinson.
7. Lucinda Smoot, born 1864, died 1876.
8. Albert Carlos Smoot married Mary Evalyn Fisger. q.v.
9. Louisa Thompson Smoot, born 1867, died 1889.
10. Linnia Amanda Smoot, born 1869, died 1885.
11. Sarah Emma Smoot, born Aug. 1, 1871, died Jan. 20, 1892, married Brigham LeRay Decker.
12. Peregrine Smoot married Sarah Ellen Worthen. q.v.
13. Wilson Parley Smoot, born Jan. 31, 1875.
14. Phillipine Smoot, born Dec. 31, 1876.
William Smoot married secondly June 21, 1857, Margaret Phoebe, daughter of John and Nancy Beal (Smoot) Freeman, who was born September 27, 1840, in Johnson County, Illinois.
Children of William and Margaret (Freeman) Smoot
15. John Woodruff Smoot married Catherine Aurelia King. q.v.William Smoot took for his third wife Mahala, born February 4, 1840, in Sandusky County, Ohio, the daughter of Philip James and Mary (Vogt) Garn. The marriage occurred on February 3, 1877. She had married previously on April 1, 1858, Daniel Garn who died in 1870, leaving her a widow with five children. She herself drove a team across the plains to Utah in 1855.
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Children of William and Mahala (Garn) Smoot
16. Rhoda Ellis Smoot, born Jan. 16, 1878, died Mar. 29, 1900.
17. Wilford Hunter Smoot, born May 11, 1880.
18. William Thompson Smoot, born June 30, 1882, married May 30, 1908, ----. Issues: Myrtle, born and died 1915. and Beth W., born Aug. 12, 1916.William Smoot ultimately established his home in Sugar House Ward of Salt Lake City, where he served as Counselor in the Bishopric, and as a Bishop of the Church from 1866 to 1877. Prior to this event in 1855 he filled a mission to the Indians, and later was a missionary for two years in the Southern States.
His first wife, Martha Ann, died in Sugar House, Salt Lake City, on January 12, 1877. He continued to reside in Salt Lake City until his death which occurred on January 31, 1920. His third wife, Mahala, survived until April 3, 1922. His second wife married Joseph Warren Damron on February 16, 1862, and became the mother of ten children. She died October 30, 1930, in Delta, Millard County, Utah.
Abraham Owen Smoot8
(1856 - 1911)Abraham Owen Smoot, son of Abraham and Diana (Eldredge) Smoot, was born March 11, 1856, at Salt Lake City, Utah. He married first Electa, daughter of Isaac and Electa (Wood) Bullock, on October 30, 1878. She had been born on March 6, 1859, at Provo, Utah.
Children of Abraham and Electa (Bullock) Smoot
1. Abraham Owen Smoot married Phoebe Jemina Campbell. q.v.
2. Isaac Albert Smoot married Nettie Smart Parkinson. q.v.
3. Allie Smoot, born Apr. 3, 1882, married June 22, 1910, Jacob Coleman, born Jan. 20, 1879. Issues: Aline, born July 2, 1911; child, born and died 1913; Robert Smoot, born June 13, 1915; Martha, Nov. 1, 1916; James Milan, born Feb. 4, 1919; Sherman, born Dec. 5, 1922; and Genevieve, born Apr. 9, 1925.
4. Electa LaPreal Smoot, born Sept. 25, 1883. married Aug. 26, 1903. LeRoy, born Aug. 16, 1881, son of Henry A. and Sarah (De Gray) Dixon. Issues: Leroy Smoot, born Nov. 19, 1904; Paul Smoot, born Apr. 17, 1906; Allie, born Apr. 15, 1909; Sarah Vera, born Mar. 11, 1911; Mauine, born Oct. 7, 1913; Helen, born July 22, 1915; Arthur Smoot, born Nov. 5, 1918.
5. Fern Smoot, born Mar. 23, 1885, married Sept. 9, 1908, Wells Lovett, born Apr. 26, 1882, son of George H. and Alsina (Wilkins) Brimhall. Issues: Sina, born June 5, 1910; Wells Smoot, born July 19, 1914; and Victor Owen, born Dec. 26, 1921.
6. Ethel Smoot, born 1887, died circa 1889.
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His first wife died April 18, 1887. He married secondly on June 2, 1894, Zina Melinda, born December 30, 1870, Springville, Utah, the daughter of Don Carlos and Melinda (Singleton) Huntington.
Children of Abraham and Zina (Huntington) Smoot
7. Erma Maxine Smoot, born May 14, 1895.Abraham Owen Smoot was active in civic affairs, and a prominent Democrat in his State, serving as county assessor and collector, city councilman, State senator, and United States commissioner. He died at Provo City, on May 22, 1911. His widow survived until January 19, 1922.
Orson Parley Smoot8 Orson Parley Smoot, son of Abraham Owen and Diana (Eldredge) Smoot, was born May 15, 1876, in Provo City, Utah. He married Alexandrina Snell.
(1876 - 1936)Children of Orson and Alexandrina (Snell) Smoot
1. Wendell McMeans Smoot married Rebecca Clawson. q.v.On February 21, 1906, he married secondly Ellen, born July 13, 1877, at American Fork, Utah, the daughter of John and Anna (Hansen) Conder, and the widow of Edward W. Broadbent.
Children of Orson and Ellen (Conder) Smoot
2. Cleo Hannah Smoot, born Feb. 19, 1907.
3. Douglas P. Smoot, born Jan. 1, 1909, married Jennie Hollam, q.v. 4. Conder Eldredge Smoot, born May 25, 1912, married Phyllis Worthen, born Aug. 6, 1909.
5. Helen Ella Smoot, born July 27, 1916.Orson Smoot was educated at the Brigham Young University at Provo, and was one-time manager of the Smoot Lumber Company. He died at Salt Lake City on January 13, 1936.
Horace Alma Smoot8 Horace Alma Smoot, son of Abraham Owen and Diana Tanner (Eldredge) Smoot, was born October 22, 1880, at Provo, Utah. On June 11, 1902, he married Edna Louise, born September 5, 1880, at Provo, the daughter of Peter and Anne (Wride) Stubbs.
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Children of Horace and Edna Louise (Stubbs) Smoot
1. Alma Vivian Smoot, born Apr. 21, 1903, married June 23, 1926, Martha, born April, 22, 1903, dau. of William and Alice (Walker) Millard. Issues: Martha Jean, born July 21, 1927; Robert Alma, born Jan. 1, 1929; Alene, born June 20, 1930; Joan, born Mar. 7, 1932; Rulon Le Grand, born Feb. 14, 1934; and William Horace, born Oct. 28, 1935.
2. Edgar Stubbs Smoot, born Apr. 17, 1905, married Sept. 7, 1927, Dora Millard, born Apr. 14, 1905, dau. of William J. and Alice (Walker) Millard. Issues: Harold Edgar, born Nov. 19, 1928; Stanley Millard, born Sept. 23, 1930; and Carol Dean, born Apr. 6, 1935.
3. Diana Smoot, born Nov. 6, 1908, married June 5, 1929, James Leslie Turner. Issues: Diana, born Sept. 20, 1930, and Shirley Gay, born Sept. 22, 1934. 4. Maurine Smoot, born Jan. 1, 1911.
5. Edna Louise Smoot, born May 8, 1913.
6. Richard Eldredge Smoot, born Feb. 21, 1916.
7. Horace Neldon Smoot, born Nov. 14, 1919.
8. Dona Fay Smoot, born Oct. 20, 1925.
Hon. Reed Smoot8 Reed Smoot, son of Abraham Owen and Anna Kirstine (Morrison) Smoot, was born January 10, 1862, at Salt Lake City, Utah. On September 17, 1884, he married Alpha May, born August 6, 1863, at Salt Lake City, the daughter of Horace Sunderlin and Chloe Antoinette (Redfield) Eldredge.
Children of Reed and Alpha May (Eldredge) Smoot
1. Harold Reed Smoot married Alice Nibley. q.v.
2. Chloe Smoot, born Dec. 4, 1888, married Aug. 24, 1910, Ariel Frederick, born June 26, 1880, son of Thomas Barthelemie and Lucie (Smith) Cardon. Issues: Reed Smoot, born Aug. 12, 1911; John Ariel, born Oct. 26, 1915; and Robert Leroy, born June 25, 1919.
3. Seth Eldredge Smoot, born and died 1891.
4. Harlow Eldredge Smoot married Anita Parkinson. q.v.
5. Anne Kirstine Smoot, born Jan. 16, 1893, married Sept. 17, 1913, Grover Augustus, born Aug. 25, 1890, son of Henry August and Carrie A. (Nelson) Rebentisch. Issues: Hamilton Smoot, born Mar. 31, 1916; Anne K., born Nov. 11, 1921; and Grover Reed, born Feb. 5, 1925.
6. Zella Esther Smoot, born Jan. 15, 1900, married Oct. 4, 1920, Carlyle, born Aug. 20, 1895, son of President Charles Wilson Nibley and Julia Budge his wife. Issues: Carlyle, born May 9, 1923; Reed Smoot, born Feb. 7, 1926; and Owen Smoot.
7. Ernest Winder Smoot married Martha Gehring. q.v.
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He served as a missionary to Great Britain in 1890 and 1891, and as counselor to President Edward Partridge of the Utah Stake from 1895 to 1900. On April 8, of the latter year he was ordained an Apostle of the Church by President Lorenzo Snow.
On January 20, 1903, Reed Smoot was elected to the United States Senate by the Legislature of Utah. Formal protests were signed by a group of citizens of Salt Lake City, demanding his expulsion from the Senate on the grounds that he was a Mormon Apostle and a believer in polygamy. The case soon assumed national attention. Thousands of petitions and protests signed by religious organizations and women's associations poured in from all parts of the United States. From January 16, 1904, to June 11, 1906, his case was before the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, which then reported 7 to 5 adversely to Senator Smoot. From December 13, 1906, to February 20, 1907, the case was before the Senate and the final vote rejected the resolution and permitted Senator Smoot to retain his seat in the Senate.
During the long period he sat in the Senate, from 1903 to 1933, he served on some of the most important committees, and was finally Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. Since 1933 he has devoted his time to his public ministry as an apostle and to problems of administration in the leading councils of the Church. In private life he has many business, financial, and mining interests.
His wife died on November 6, 1928, at Washington, D. C., and on July 2, 1930, at Salt Lake City, he married Alice, born October 29, 1876, at Westvale, Yorkshire, England, the daughter of James and Martha (Hurst) Taylor, but more recently the widow of Edwin Spencer Sheets.
George Morrison Smoot8
(1864 - 1915)George Morrison Smoot, son of Abraham Owen and Anna Kirstine (Morrison) Smoot, was born January 9, 1864, at Salt Lake City, Utah. On December 19, 1888, at Manti, Utah, he married Mary Ann, born April 1, 1865, at Round Valley, Morgan County, Utah, the daughter of Niels and Bengta (Flygare) Larson.
Children of George and Mary Ann (Larson) Smoot
1. Zella Smoot, born 1890, died 1904.
2. Morrison Smoot, born and died 1891.
3. Mary Erma Smoot, born Dec. 5, 1893, married Oct. 8, 1914, Golden Stewart, born Apr. 9, 1892, son of William and Lillie (Stewart) Horsley, Issues: George Smoot, born May 30, 1916; and Zella, born Apr. 27, 1920.
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4. Margaret Anne Smoot, born Dec. 31, 1895, married June 21, 1916, James Benjamin, born Mar. 3, 1891, son of James and Alice (Gunn) Castleton. Issue: Jay Smoot, born Aug. 1, 1917.George Morrison Smoot served as missionary to Scandinavia and a counselor to the Bishopric at Lakeview from 1901 to 1903, and as Bishop of Vineyard Ward from 1903 to 1906. He was president of the Smoot Investment Company and maintained other business and mining interest. His wife departed on December 15, 1914, at Provo City, while he died shortly afterwards on January 17, 1915.
Brigham Roland Smoot8 Brigham Roland Smoot, son of Abraham Owen and Anna Kirstine (Morrison) Smoot, was born June 15, 1869, at Salt Lake City, Utah. On June 20, 1900, he married Margaret Annella Nesbit who was born March 26, 1870. To this union two children were born--Roland Nesbit, born May 7, 1901, and Annella Kerstina, born Oct. 12, 1902.
William Cochrane Adkinson Smoot8
(1853 - 1933)William Cochrane Adkinson Smoot, son of William and Martha Ann (Sessions) Smoot, was born February 8, 1853, at Salt Lake City, and died there January 7, 1933. He married on March 28, 1878, Mary Ann Sarah, born July 7, 1858, at Provo, the daughter of Samuel Stephen and Lydia Elizabeth (Hooker) Jones. All of their children were born at Provo.
Children of William and Mary (Jones) Smoot
1. Edna Smoot, born Jan. 7, 1879, married Jan. 10, 1900, Lewis Ephraim, born Jan. 15, 1875, son of Soren and Caroline (Morgensen) Iverson. Issues: Ruth; June; and Louis Smoot, born June 9, 1903.
2. William Cochrane Smoot, born June 3, 1882, died May 14, 1925, married Jan. 4, 1908, Ella Parker.
3. Rulon Stephen Smoot, born Nov. 28, 1883, married Apr. 18, 1909, Margaret Walker.
4. Genevieve Smoot, born Aug. 30, 1886, married Aug. 28, 1908, W. R. Spettigue.
5. Vermilla Smoot, born Oct. 30, 1889, married Apr. 12, 1910, Edward Robert Beck, born Jan. 6, 1888. Issues: Vermilla Smoot, born Mar. 1, 1911; Mary Isadora, born Dec. 19, 1913; Edward Smoot, born Sept. 5, 1915; Jack Campbell, born July 25, 1917; and Audrey Margaret, born June 7, 1919.
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Albert Carlos Smoot9 Albert Carlos Smoot, son of William Cochrane Adkinson and Martha Ann (Sessions) Smoot, was born December 10, 1865, at Salt Lake City. He married Mary Evalyn, born March 26, 1867, at East Mill Creek, Utah, the daughter of James Madison and Edith Evalina (Pierce) Fisher. Issues: Albert Fisher Smoot, born August 13, 1893, married Stella Cowan; Evelyn Fern Smoot, born February 5, 1898; and Blaine Fisher Smoot, born 1906, died 1930.
Peregrine Smoot9
(1873 - 1916)Peregrine Smoot, son of William C. A. and Martha Ann (Sessions) Smoot, was born March 12, 1873, at Salt Lake City, and died there March 14, 1916. He married Sarah Ellen Worthen, born November 2, 1876. Issues: Elva, born about 1898, and Perry, born October 15, 1905.
John Woodruff Smoot9
(1860 - 1930)John Woodruff Smoot, son of William C. A. and Margaret Phoebe (Freeman) Smoot, was born March 18, 1860, at Parowan, Utah; and died June 1, 1930, at Deseret, Utah. About 1882 he married Catherine Aurella King born June 13, 1864, at Fillmore, Utah, and died December 8, 1918, at Coyoto, same State.
Children of John Woodruff and Catherine (King) Smoot
1. Alice Smoot, born 1883, died 1891.
2. Milton Leroy Smoot, born Aug. 8, 1886, married Mar. 6, 1921, Amy Riddle Ricketts, born Dec. 25, 1883. Issue: Milton La Rell, born Sept. 30, 1923.
3. Helen Margaret Smoot, born Jan. 3, 1888, married 1911, Clell Miller Riddle, born June 26, 1887. Issues: Clell Mace, born Dec. 2, 1912; Garn Smoot, born Aug. 18, 1914; Bernice, born Dec. 10, 1916; Madora, born June 5, 1919; Orin Keith, born Aug. 3, 1921; Margaret, born July 3, 1923; and Kenneth Aurell, born June 14, 1929.
4. Joseph Lester Smoot, born Jan. 2, 1891, married 1912, Edna Louise Haws. Issues: Lester Haws, born Apr. 8, 1912; R. L., born July 8, 1915; William Wilson, born 1918; and Addie, born Sept. 4, 1922.
5. Ferrol Smoot, born Oct. 16, 1892, married 1910, Mary Astor Ross, born Sept. 19, 1893. Issues: Jay Ferrol, born Apr. 3, 1913; Iris, born July 7, 1918; La Rue; and Roy. 6. Jessie Smoot, born and died 1895.
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7. Arnold Owen Smoot, born Feb. 19, 1896, married July 24, 1921, Lola Fullmer.
8. La Rue Smoot, born July 24, 1901, married Dec. 23, 1922, Harold H. Golden. Issues: Ancil, born Nov. 24, 1923; Harold Max, born June 2, 1925; and Jinnie Ray, born Aug. 26, 1926.Abraham Owen Smoot III9 Abraham Owen Smoot, son of Abraham Owen and Electa (Bullock) Smoot, was born September 9, 1879, at Provo, Utah. On August 17, 1904, he married Phoebe Jemina, born November 9, 1881, at Fillmore, the daughter of Orson G. and Ann (Dewsnup) Campbell.
Children of Abraham and Phoebe (Campbell) Smoot
1. Electa Smoot, born 1905, died 1912.
2. Abraham Owen Smoot IV. born Oct. 12, 1906, married Reva, born Nov. 27, 1902, dau. of Ezra and Maud (Donald) Stevens. Issues: Colleen May Daniels, b. May 1, 1924; Abraham Owen V., b. Nov. 3, 1933.
3. Anna Smoot, born Jan. 29, 1909.
4. Fern Smoot, born Mar. 19, 1911.
5. Vera Smoot, born Apr. 19, 1915.
Isaac Albert Smoot, son of Abraham Owen and Electa (Bullock) Smoot, was born November 3, 1880, at Provo, Utah. He has been active in Church, political, and business affairs, and is the authority on the genealogy of the Utah branch of the Smoot family. From 1902-1903 he was engaged in mining, later acted as district manager of the Mountain States Telephone Co. From 1912-1914 he was assessor of Utah County, and from 1914-1918 State land commissioner for Idaho. In 1916 he was elected Democratic Chairman of Fremont County, Idaho, and in 1928 was elected to the Utah House of Representatives and again in 1932, when he was Speaker of the House. Since 1933 he has been postmaster of Salt Lake City. In his Church he has served as member of a Bishopric and on the Granite Stake High Council. In 1903-1906 he filled a mission to England. On March 31, 1909, he married Nettie Smart, born April 9, 1886, at Franklin, Idaho, the daughter of Samuel R. and Charlotte (Smart) Parkinson. Isaac Albert Smoot9
Children of Isaac Albert and Mettie (Parkinson) Smoot
1. Ruth Parkinson Smoot, born June 25, 1910, Preston, Utah.
2. Albert Parkinson Smoot, born Dec. 6, 1914, Provo, Utah.
3. Richard Parkinson Smoot, born Nov. 21, 1917, Boise, Ida.
4. Stephen Parkinson Smoot, born June 13, 1928, Salt Lake City.
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Wendell McMeans Smoot9 Wendell McMeans Smoot, son of Orson Parley and Alexandrina (Snell) Smoot, was born February 28, 1897, at Spanish Forks, Utah. He married Rebecca, born August 27, 1897, daughter of Stanley and Mary (Jones) Clawson. Issues: Rebecca, born November 20, 1919; Wendell McMeans, born January 15, 1921; and Stanley Clawson, born November 11, 1925.
Douglas Parley Smoot9 Douglas Parley Smoot, son of Orson Parley and Ellen (Conder) Smoot, was born January 1, 1909, at Provo, Utah. His wife is Jennie Hollam, born March 21, 1910, at Spanish Ford, Utah. Issues: Clio Beth, born August 23, 1928; Norma Helen, born July 21, 1930; and Leon Douglas, born July 26, 1934.
Harold Reed Smoot9 Harold Reed Smoot, son of Reed and Alpha May (Eldredge) Smoot, was born March 16, 1887, at Provo, Utah, and was married to Alice Nibley on September 21, 1910. She was born April 3, 1890, at Logan, Utah, the daughter of President Charles Wilson Nibley and Rebecca Ann Neibaur, his wife. Three children were born--Alice, born Aug. 16, 1911; Charles Reed, born May 16, 1915; and Harold Nibley.
Harlow Eldredge Smoot9 Harlow Eldredge Smoot, son of Reed and Alpha May (Eldredge) Smoot, was born May 2, 1891, at Salt Lake City, Utah. On June 26, 1912, he married Anita Parkinson, born January 11, 1891, at Franklin, Idaho, the daughter of Samuel Chandler and Mary Anne (Hobbs) Parkinson.
Children of Harlow and Ansta (Parkinson) Smoot
1. Seth Eldredge Smoot, born May 9, 1913, married Aug. 15, 1933, Lillian Gladys, born May 21, 1912, dau. of Philip Harrison and Mary Mehitable (Wilson) Hurst. Issues: Harlow Eldredge, born July 4, 1935.
2. Anita Smoot, born Sept. 27, 1916.
3. Reed Smoot, born June 8, 1919.
4. Samuel Parkinson Smoot, born Dec. 31, 1920.
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During the World War he enlisted as a private and after eighteen months of service he was discharged with the rank of captain. At present (1936) he is with the engineering department of the Utah Power and Light Company.
Ernest Winder Smoot9 Ernest Winder Smoot, son of Reed and Alpha May (Eldredge) Smoot, was born January 19, 1902, at Provo City, Utah. His wife was Martha Gehring, born April 13, 1902, who died after an illness of several years on September 21, 1934, at Washington, D. C. Three children were born-- Allie May on January 11, 1924; Ernest; and Martha Ann.
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"The Smoots of Maryland and Virginia" by Harry Wright Newman, originally published privately in Washington D.C. in 1936. This edition edited and published by Frederick K. Smoot and the Smoot Family Association, copyright 2001.
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