Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868

Smith, Jesse Nathaniel

Birth Date: 2 Dec. 1834

Death Date: 5 June 1906

Gender: Male

Age: 12 as time of crossing

Company: Daniel Spencer/Perrigrine Sessions Company (1847)

Departure: 18 June 1847

Arrival: 24-25 September 1847

Company Information:

185 individuals and 75 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post on the Elkhorn River about 27 miles west of Winter Quarters, Nebraska.

Sources:

Journal History, 21 June 1847, p. 8 Source Locations

Smith, Jesse Nathaniel, Journal of Jesse Nathaniel Smith, the Life Story of a Mormon Pioneer, 1834-1906 [1953], 11-12.

Smith, John, Journal, 1846 Feb-1854 May, fd. 4, in Papers 1833-1854, 40-52

Spouse # 1: Emma Saraphine WEST

Marriage: 13 May 1852

Parowan, Iron, Utah

Spouse # 2: Margaret Fletcher WEST

Marriage: 27 Jan 1856

Parowan, Iron, Utah

Spouse # 3: Janet Mauretta JOHNSON

Marriage: 9 Oct 1866

Salt Lake City, S.L., Utah

Spouse # 4: Augusta Maria OUTZEN

Marriage: 3 Jun 1869

Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Spouse # 5: Emma Ellen LARSON

Marriage: 28 Oct 1881

St. George, Washington, Utah

Father: Silas Smith (1779-1839)

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