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Smoot</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Abraham_Owen_Smoot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Abraham_Owen_Smoot.jpg/150px-Abraham_Owen_Smoot.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="242" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Abraham_Owen_Smoot.jpg/225px-Abraham_Owen_Smoot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Abraham_Owen_Smoot.jpg/300px-Abraham_Owen_Smoot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1288" data-file-height="2080" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Photo of A. O. Smoot by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Roscoe_Savage" title="Charles Roscoe Savage">C. R. Savage</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Abraham Owen Smoot</div> (1815-02-17)February 17, 1815 <div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Owenton,_Kentucky" title="Owenton, Kentucky">Owenton, Kentucky</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">March 6, 1895(1895-03-06) (aged 80) <div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Provo,_Utah" title="Provo, Utah">Provo, Utah Territory</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Monuments</th><td class="infobox-data">Smoot Administration Building, <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">Brigham Young University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">American</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Title</th><td class="infobox-data title">Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City,_Utah" class="mw-redirect" title="Salt Lake City, Utah">Salt Lake City, Utah</a>; Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Provo,_Utah" title="Provo, Utah">Provo, Utah</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Term</th><td class="infobox-data">1857–1866; 1868–1881</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jedediah_M._Grant" title="Jedediah M. Grant">Jedediah M. Grant</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_H._Wells" title="Daniel H. Wells">Daniel H. Wells</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Margaret Thompson McMeans</li> <li>Sarah Gibbens</li> <li>Emily Hill</li> <li>Diana Caroline Tanner Eldredge</li> <li>Anne Kirstine Mauritsen</li> <li>Hannah Caroline Rogers</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">24 (biological) 11 (adopted)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Signature</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/File:Signature_of_Abraham_Owen_Smoot_(18152%E2%80%931895).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Signature_of_Abraham_Owen_Smoot_%2818152%E2%80%931895%29.png/150px-Signature_of_Abraham_Owen_Smoot_%2818152%E2%80%931895%29.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Signature_of_Abraham_Owen_Smoot_%2818152%E2%80%931895%29.png/225px-Signature_of_Abraham_Owen_Smoot_%2818152%E2%80%931895%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Signature_of_Abraham_Owen_Smoot_%2818152%E2%80%931895%29.png/300px-Signature_of_Abraham_Owen_Smoot_%2818152%E2%80%931895%29.png 2x" data-file-width="583" data-file-height="109" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table> Abraham Owen Smoot (February 17, 1815 – March 6, 1895) was an American <a href="/wiki/Mormon_pioneer" class="mw-redirect" title="Mormon pioneer">pioneer</a>, businessman, religious leader, and politician. He spent his early life in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern United States</a> and was one of seven children. After being baptized a member of the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Christ_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)">Church of Christ</a>, predecessor to <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> (LDS Church), Smoot served as a <a href="/wiki/Mormon_missionary" title="Mormon missionary">missionary</a> in Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina, and England. He received no formal education, but learned to read as a child and later attended the <a href="/wiki/School_of_the_Prophets" title="School of the Prophets">School of the Prophets</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kirtland,_Ohio" title="Kirtland, Ohio">Kirtland, Ohio</a>. Like other early members of the LDS Church, Smoot practiced <a href="/wiki/Plural_marriage" class="mw-redirect" title="Plural marriage">plural marriage</a>, eventually marrying six women and having 24 children. After migrating west to <a href="/wiki/Utah_Territory" title="Utah Territory">Utah Territory</a>, he was elected as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Salt_Lake_City" title="List of mayors of Salt Lake City">second mayor of Salt Lake City</a> and maintained this position from 1857 to 1866. He was then assigned by <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young" title="Brigham Young">Brigham Young</a> to move to <a href="/wiki/Provo,_Utah" title="Provo, Utah">Provo</a>, where he served as <a href="/wiki/Stake_president" class="mw-redirect" title="Stake president">stake president</a> and mayor from 1868 to 1881. He assisted financially in the construction of the <a href="/wiki/Provo_Tabernacle" title="Provo Tabernacle">Provo Tabernacle</a>—today the <a href="/wiki/Provo_City_Center_Temple" title="Provo City Center Temple">Provo City Center Temple</a>—as well as that of the <a href="/wiki/Utah_Southern_Railroad_(1871%E2%80%931881)" title="Utah Southern Railroad (1871–1881)">Utah Southern Railroad</a>. Smoot was the first president of the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Trustees" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of Trustees">board of trustees</a> of <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="Brigham Young Academy">Brigham Young Academy</a> (BYA)—which later developed into <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">Brigham Young University</a> (BYU). He was an early financial supporter of the institution and was nicknamed the "foster father" of the academy. His goal was to make education available to young Latter-day Saints. Today, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Brigham_Young_University_buildings" title="List of Brigham Young University buildings">Smoot Administration Building</a> at BYU is named after him. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abraham_O._Smoot&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life">edit</a>]</div> Abraham Owen Smoot was born on February 17, 1815, in <a href="/wiki/Owenton,_Kentucky" title="Owenton, Kentucky">Owenton, Kentucky</a>, to George W. Smoot and Nancy Ann (née Rowlett) Smoot.<a href="#cite_note-:7-1">[1]</a> He was of Scottish, Irish, and English descent. He had two brothers and five sisters.<a href="#cite_note-Whitney_1904_99-2">[2]</a> His mother's uncle, Colonel <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Owen" title="Abraham Owen">Abraham Owen</a>, served <a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison" title="William Henry Harrison">William Henry Harrison</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tippecanoe" title="Battle of Tippecanoe">Battle of Tippecanoe</a>. He was also related to General <a href="/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson" title="Stonewall Jackson">Stonewall Jackson</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:1-3">[3]</a>: 8  His family moved twice in his childhood, first to southwestern Kentucky and then to the banks of the Blood River in Tennessee. As a young boy, he worked as a farmer and was not educated.<a href="#cite_note-Whitney_1904_99-2">[2]</a> He also had a health issue as a child, which he called "a lung disease."<a href="#cite_note-:3-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-:1-3">[3]</a>: 9  His father died in 1828<a href="#cite_note-Whitney_1904_99-2">[2]</a> when Smoot was nine years old,<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 53  and his mother later remarried.<a href="#cite_note-Whitney_1904_99-2">[2]</a> His childhood years were mostly spent among his mother's family, the Rowletts. They had a lasting effect on young Smoot, particularly in teaching him to read. There were few schools in Henry County, Tennessee, so the Rowletts' instruction was valuable.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 54–55  Nancy Rowlett Smoot joined the Church of Christ in 1835,<a href="#cite_note-:8-6">[6]</a> and her son followed suit on March 22 of that same year. <a href="/wiki/Warren_Parrish" title="Warren Parrish">Warren Parrish</a> baptized him,<a href="#cite_note-Whitney_1904_99-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_W._Patten" title="David W. Patten">David W. Patten</a> performed his confirmation.<a href="#cite_note-:1-3">[3]</a>: 10  As a child, Smoot had wondered "if the Lord had a church upon the earth". When he heard Parrish and Patten preach, he felt that his question had been answered.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 256  Patten, while confirming Smoot, promised that the young man would be able to overcome his health issue. Smoot recorded that he "began to grow strong immediately."<a href="#cite_note-:1-3">[3]</a>: 10  Soon after his baptism, Smoot was given the responsibility of leading a small group of church members in <a href="/wiki/Benton_County,_Tennessee" title="Benton County, Tennessee">Benton County, Tennessee</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:2-8">[8]</a> He befriended <a href="/wiki/Wilford_Woodruff" title="Wilford Woodruff">Wilford Woodruff</a>, who began preparing him for <a href="/wiki/Missionaries_(LDS_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Missionaries (LDS Church)">missionary</a> work.<a href="#cite_note-:1-3">[3]</a>: 11–12  The two became companions on a short mission to Tennessee and Kentucky,<a href="#cite_note-:4-9">[9]</a> then traveled to <a href="/wiki/Kirtland,_Ohio" title="Kirtland, Ohio">Kirtland, Ohio</a>, together to attend the <a href="/wiki/School_of_the_Prophets" title="School of the Prophets">School of the Prophets</a>. After arriving in November 1836, the two began learning <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>. This experience instilled the knowledge of the value of education in Smoot.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 62, 220  While in Kirtland, Smoot met <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith" title="Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith</a> and was able to see the sheets of <a href="/wiki/Papyrus" title="Papyrus">papyrus</a> that were said to contain the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Abraham" title="Book of Abraham">Book of Abraham</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Whitney_1904_99-2">[2]</a> He also recorded suffering from <a href="/wiki/Typhoid_fever" title="Typhoid fever">typhoid fever</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pleurisy" title="Pleurisy">pleurisy</a> while living in Ohio. After a blessing from Brigham Young, <a href="/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball" title="Heber C. Kimball">Heber C. Kimball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Willard_Richards" title="Willard Richards">Willard Richards</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hyrum_Smith" title="Hyrum Smith">Hyrum Smith</a>, he recovered.<a href="#cite_note-:1-3">[3]</a>: 16  He received his <a href="/wiki/Patriarchal_blessing" title="Patriarchal blessing">patriarchal blessing</a> from <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith_Sr." title="Joseph Smith Sr.">Joseph Smith Sr.</a> and planned to return home to Tennessee for his health. After his miraculous recovery, Joseph Smith asked Smoot to work in the southern states as a missionary.<a href="#cite_note-:1-3">[3]</a>: 17  <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Missions">Missions</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abraham_O._Smoot&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Missions">edit</a>]</div> On February 4, 1836, Smoot was ordained an <a href="/wiki/Elder_(LDS_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Elder (LDS Church)">elder</a><a href="#cite_note-:2-8">[8]</a> and began preaching in Kentucky and Tennessee with Woodruff, Patten, and others.<a href="#cite_note-Whitney_1904_99-2">[2]</a> This first mission lasted nine months. Smoot met both hostile mobs and people who readily accepted baptism.<a href="#cite_note-:2-8">[8]</a> While preaching, he continued to preside over the branch of the church in his hometown. That fall, Smoot's group of missionaries headed north to Kirtland to join the main body of church members assembled there.<a href="#cite_note-:1-3">[3]</a>: 12–15  Smoot received an assignment from Joseph Smith to gather a group of people from his home state of Tennessee to move to <a href="/wiki/Far_West,_Missouri" title="Far West, Missouri">Far West, Missouri</a>. He recruited his family and others, successfully creating a party of about 200 people. After helping his family settle in nearby <a href="/wiki/Daviess_County,_Missouri" title="Daviess County, Missouri">Daviess County, Missouri</a>,<a href="#cite_note-:1-3">[3]</a>: 17–18  Smoot assisted in surveying the nearby valley of <a href="/wiki/Adam-ondi-Ahman" title="Adam-ondi-Ahman">Adam-ondi-Ahman</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 6  In 1838, he embarked on a five-month proselytizing mission to southern Missouri and Arkansas. Once he returned to Far West, Missouri state forces invaded;<a href="#cite_note-Whitney_1904_99-2">[2]</a> and Smoot, alongside Joseph and Hyrum Smith,<a href="#cite_note-:2-8">[8]</a> was taken prisoner on November 1 during the <a href="/wiki/1838_Mormon_War" title="1838 Mormon War">1838 Mormon War</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:1-3">[3]</a>: 24  He then moved to the new settlement of <a href="/wiki/Zarahemla,_Iowa" class="mw-redirect" title="Zarahemla, Iowa">Zarahemla, Iowa</a>, and was chosen as a member of the <a href="/wiki/High_council_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="High council (Latter Day Saints)">high council</a>. In April 1842, Smoot began another mission, this time to <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a>. He preached in <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston</a>, but found no success and returned to <a href="/wiki/Nauvoo,_Illinois" title="Nauvoo, Illinois">Nauvoo, Illinois</a>, that July. During <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith_1844_presidential_campaign" title="Joseph Smith 1844 presidential campaign">Joseph Smith's 1844 presidential campaign</a>, Smoot was assigned to travel to Tennessee and oversee both political and missionary efforts in the area.<a href="#cite_note-:1-3">[3]</a>: 28–31  While preaching and electioneering in <a href="/wiki/Dresden,_Tennessee" title="Dresden, Tennessee">Dresden, Tennessee</a>, Smoot came in contact with those who opposed his beliefs. One night, a man attempted to assassinate Smoot, but narrowly missed; the "bullet passed near [his] head and lodged in the ceiling". On another occasion, when "a mob of two hundred men" threatened Smoot while he was speaking, a few audience members protected him after he made the <a href="/wiki/Masonic_ritual_and_symbolism" title="Masonic ritual and symbolism">Masonic sign</a> that signaled danger.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 260  Smoot later wrote: "During my experience I have seen the power of God manifested upon various occasions in preserving my life".<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 263  When he learned of the <a href="/wiki/Martyrdom_of_Joseph_and_Hyrum_Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith">deaths of Joseph and Hyrum</a>, Smoot returned to Nauvoo.<a href="#cite_note-:1-3">[3]</a>: 34–35  His next assignment was to lead a branch of the church in <a href="/wiki/Keokuk,_Iowa" title="Keokuk, Iowa">Keokuk, Iowa</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 126  In 1844, he served another mission in Alabama as part of his charge from Brigham Young to direct the church in the South.<a href="#cite_note-Whitney_1904_99-2">[2]</a> He gathered a group from this region to move to Nauvoo and eventually journey west.<a href="#cite_note-:2-8">[8]</a> In between his missions, Smoot volunteered as a police officer in Nauvoo and an officiator in the <a href="/wiki/Nauvoo_Temple" title="Nauvoo Temple">Nauvoo Temple</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Whitney_1904_99-2">[2]</a> In 1851, Smoot undertook another mission, this time to England.<a href="#cite_note-:2-8">[8]</a> His goal this time was to bring converts to the church back to the United States, sponsored by the <a href="/wiki/Perpetual_Emigration_Fund" title="Perpetual Emigration Fund">Perpetual Emigration Fund</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:4-9">[9]</a> Smoot left England within the same month of his arrival and, once back in the U.S., accompanied the band of British immigrants on the trek west. He contracted <a href="/wiki/Cholera" title="Cholera">cholera</a> while traveling, but recovered.<a href="#cite_note-:1-3">[3]</a>: 56–59  The group arrived in Utah in September 1852.<a href="#cite_note-:7-1">[1]</a> In total, Smoot served nine proselyting missions for the LDS Church,<a href="#cite_note-:13-10">[10]</a> in addition to twice serving as a <a href="/wiki/Bishop_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Bishop (Latter Day Saints)">bishop</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a> In 1880, when he was 65 years old, Smoot was assigned by <a href="/wiki/John_Taylor_(Mormon)" title="John Taylor (Mormon)">John Taylor</a> to travel with his son, <a href="/wiki/Reed_Smoot" title="Reed Smoot">Reed Smoot</a>, to the <a href="/wiki/Sandwich_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Sandwich Islands">Hawaiian Islands</a>. This was partly a mission for the church<a href="#cite_note-:9-11">[11]</a> and partly a trip designed to improve Smoot's health.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> While in Hawaii, he met with <a href="/wiki/King_Kalakaua" class="mw-redirect" title="King Kalakaua">King Kalakaua</a> and taught him about the faith.<a href="#cite_note-:9-11">[11]</a> Reed, in letters to his mother, wrote that his father exercised and toured the islands every day, despite being there for purpose of gaining some rest.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 151  <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marriages_and_family">Marriages and family</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abraham_O._Smoot&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Marriages and family">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Abraham_O_Smoot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Abraham_O_Smoot.jpg/220px-Abraham_O_Smoot.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Abraham_O_Smoot.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="350" /></a><figcaption>Abraham O. Smoot, c. 1880</figcaption></figure> In early 1838, while serving as a missionary in Missouri and Arkansas, Smoot began writing letters to a widow<a href="#cite_note-:1-3">[3]</a>: 19  named Margaret Thompson McMeans Adkinson. She was six years older than Smoot.<a href="#cite_note-:5-13">[13]</a> He married her on November 11, 1838<a href="#cite_note-:6-14">[14]</a> in Far West, Missouri<a href="#cite_note-:10-15">[15]</a> while a prisoner of war.<a href="#cite_note-Whitney_1904_99-2">[2]</a> Once construction of the <a href="/wiki/Nauvoo_Temple" title="Nauvoo Temple">Nauvoo Temple</a> was completed, the couple was <a href="/wiki/Sealing_(Mormonism)" title="Sealing (Mormonism)">sealed</a> and "receive[d] their blessings".<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 133  Adkinson had one son from her first marriage named William,<a href="#cite_note-Whitney_1904_99-2">[2]</a> whom Smoot adopted. Smoot described his new wife as "zealous and devoted to her religion and ready to sacrifice or endure anything to further its interests."<a href="#cite_note-:1-3">[3]</a>: 26  The two were forced out of Missouri and fled to Iowa.<a href="#cite_note-Whitney_1904_99-2">[2]</a> Smoot was the only man in the company and the driver of the wagon.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> Adkinson then accompanied Smoot on the way to his mission in South Carolina; the couple stopped in Tennessee and, after visiting with her family, Adkinson returned north to Nauvoo. She later traveled with him to Alabama for his mission there.<a href="#cite_note-Whitney_1904_99-2">[2]</a> On January 9, 1846, Smoot began practicing <a href="/wiki/Plural_marriage" class="mw-redirect" title="Plural marriage">plural marriage</a>. He was <a href="/wiki/Sealing_(Mormonism)" title="Sealing (Mormonism)">sealed</a> to his second wife, Sarah Gibbens, then to his third, Emily Hill, with the approval of Adkinson. She gave her "fullest and freest consent" for Smoot to enter into polygamy;<a href="#cite_note-:1-3">[3]</a>: 40  she saw it as "a pure, chaste principle revealed to the Saints through the Prophet Joseph Smith."<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 134  Hill was a widow with two children from her previous marriage, William and Artimisia.<a href="#cite_note-Whitney_1904_99-2">[2]</a> She was 39 years old, and Gibbens was 45.<a href="#cite_note-:5-13">[13]</a> On November 23, 1847, once the family had crossed the plains and settled in the <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_Valley" title="Salt Lake Valley">Salt Lake Valley</a>, Hill gave birth to Smoot's first biological child, Albert.<a href="#cite_note-:1-3">[3]</a>: 48  She eventually had three more children: Margaret, Emily, and Zina Beal.<a href="#cite_note-Whitney_1904_99-2">[2]</a> In 1850, the family relocated to <a href="/wiki/Big_Cottonwood_Canyon" title="Big Cottonwood Canyon">Big Cottonwood Canyon</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:1-3">[3]</a>: 53  Gibbens did not emigrate to Utah and requested a <a href="/wiki/Divorce" title="Divorce">divorce</a> from Smoot in 1852.<a href="#cite_note-:6-14">[14]</a> In 1855, Smoot married Diana Tanner Eldredge.<a href="#cite_note-:1-3">[3]</a>: 70  The following year, he married Anne Kirstine Mauritsen, an immigrant from <a href="/wiki/Brekka" title="Brekka">Brekka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>. Eldredge gave birth to thirteen children and Mauritsen to seven.<a href="#cite_note-Whitney_1904_99-2">[2]</a> He later married Hannah Caroline Rogers<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> in 1886 in <a href="/wiki/Logan,_Utah" title="Logan, Utah">Logan, Utah</a>.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> He reportedly went to <a href="/wiki/Prison" title="Prison">prison</a> for a time because of his plural marriages.<a href="#cite_note-:10-15">[15]</a> In addition to having six wives, Smoot was sealed to some of the deceased ancestors of his wife, including Margaret Adkinson, who had died unmarried.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 147  Smoot had twenty-four biological children by three of his wives: Hill, Eldredge, and Mauritsen.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 2  These include Reed Smoot, politician and US Senator;<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Smoot" title="Brigham Smoot">Brigham Smoot</a>, missionary in <a href="/wiki/Samoa" title="Samoa">Samoa</a>;<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ida_Smoot_Dusenberry" title="Ida Smoot Dusenberry">Ida Smoot Dusenberry</a>, member of the <a href="/wiki/Relief_Society_General_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="Relief Society General Board">Relief Society General Board</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:15-22">[22]</a>: 619  Another of his daughters, Zina Beal Smoot, was married to <a href="/wiki/Apostle_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Apostle (Latter Day Saints)">apostle</a> <a href="/wiki/Orson_F._Whitney" title="Orson F. Whitney">Orson F. Whitney</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:15-22">[22]</a>: 678  He also adopted eleven children over the course of his life,<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 2  many of whom were the children of his wives by their previous husbands.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 147–148  One of these, William Cockhorn Adkinson, became—at a young age—a member of the <a href="/wiki/Quorum_of_the_Seventy" class="mw-redirect" title="Quorum of the Seventy">Quorum of the Seventy</a> formed in Nauvoo.<a href="#cite_note-:15-22">[22]</a>: 711  Adkinson, as well as "several of [Caroline Rogers'] children by Aaron Daniels" were <a href="/wiki/Sealing_(Mormonism)" title="Sealing (Mormonism)">sealed</a> to Smoot in the temple.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 133, 148  As a father, Smoot was strict in teaching his children Christian values; he wanted them to grow up to be stout believers. Their memories of him denote a stern but loving father.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 148–149  As was common at the time, the extended Smoot family lost multiple members to disease. When, his young grandchildren died, Smoot comforted the parents—his children—through letters and visits. He provided his advice whenever it was asked for.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 152–154  <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Migration_west">Migration west</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abraham_O._Smoot&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Migration west">edit</a>]</div> Sickness prevented Smoot from leaving Nauvoo, Illinois with the first group of Mormon pioneers. He and "a large company of his southern friends" began the trek west in May 1846. Two of his wives, Adkinson and Hill, traveled with him, but Sarah Gibbens did not. By July, the group arrived in <a href="/wiki/Council_Bluffs,_Iowa" title="Council Bluffs, Iowa">Council Bluffs, Iowa</a>, where Smoot was called as a bishop. He was <a href="/wiki/Ordination" title="Ordination">ordained</a> to that office in January 1847<a href="#cite_note-:1-3">[3]</a>: 41–43  when the company reached <a href="/wiki/Winter_Quarters_(North_Omaha,_Nebraska)" title="Winter Quarters (North Omaha, Nebraska)">Winter Quarters, Nebraska</a>, and joined the other pioneers.<a href="#cite_note-Whitney_1904_99-2">[2]</a> There, Smoot was named the leader of the fourth hundred, a group of a hundred families<a href="#cite_note-:1-3">[3]</a>: 44  and 120 wagons.<a href="#cite_note-:3-4">[4]</a> He offered "both temporal and spiritual guidance" to his group of 317 people as they made the journey west together.<a href="#cite_note-:2-8">[8]</a> Smoot's company arrived in Utah in September 1847.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> They were the second group of pioneers to arrive in the Salt Lake Valley.<a href="#cite_note-:1-3">[3]</a>: 46  <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Involvement_with_abolitionism_and_slavery">Involvement with abolitionism and slavery</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abraham_O._Smoot&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Involvement with abolitionism and slavery">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Mormonism_and_slavery" title="Mormonism and slavery">Mormonism and slavery</a></div> Smoot's southern ancestors were slaveholders,<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> and he later became a slaveholder in the Utah territory. However, as a Latter-day Saint missionary, he actively supported Joseph Smith's presidential platform, which called for the gradual elimination of slavery. On a mission to Tennessee, Smoot tried to have 3,000 copies of Smith's presidential platform printed, but the printer refused, since it was illegal to distribute abolitionist literature in the state.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> While proselyting with Wilford Woodruff in July 1836, Smoot read the April issue of the <a href="/wiki/Messenger_and_Advocate" title="Messenger and Advocate">Messenger and Advocate</a> to refute accusations of their being abolitionists.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> In Utah Territory, Abraham and Margaret Smoot owned at least two men and one girl—Tom,<a href="#cite_note-:14-27">[27]</a> Jerry, and Lucy.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> Tom died in 1862, still a slave.<a href="#cite_note-:14-27">[27]</a> Modern historians have called Smoot, along with Brigham Young, <a href="/wiki/Charles_C._Rich" title="Charles C. Rich">Charles C. Rich</a>, and <a href="/wiki/William_H._Hooper" class="mw-redirect" title="William H. Hooper">William H. Hooper</a>, a "respectable minority" of Utah Territory citizens "in favor of slavery."<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> Smoot was later involved in the 1879 discussions among church leaders about the origins of the <a href="/wiki/Priesthood_(LDS_Church)" title="Priesthood (LDS Church)">priesthood</a> and <a href="/wiki/Temple_(LDS_Church)" title="Temple (LDS Church)">temple</a> restrictions for black Latter-day Saints.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> He hosted a gathering at his home in Provo, Utah, with John Taylor, <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_Jr." title="Brigham Young Jr.">Brigham Young Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zebedee_Coltrin" title="Zebedee Coltrin">Zebedee Coltrin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/L._John_Nuttall" title="L. John Nuttall">L. John Nuttall</a>. Smoot remembered that when Patten, Parish, and <a href="/wiki/Thomas_B._Marsh" title="Thomas B. Marsh">Thomas B. Marsh</a> were missionaries in the South in 1835 and 1836, they took the question of ordaining black men to Joseph Smith. Southern <a href="/wiki/Slave_codes" title="Slave codes">slave codes</a> limited the ability of enslaved people to assemble or preach.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> Smoot recalled, "his decision as I understood, was that they were not entitled to the Priesthood, nor yet to be baptized without the consent of their Masters. In [later] years ... I became acquainted with Joseph myself in Far West about the year 1838. I received from Joseph substantially the same instructions. It was on my application to him what should be done with the Negro in the South as I was preaching to them. He said I could baptize them by the consent of their Masters, but not to confer the Priesthood upon them."<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> Pertaining to this statement, professor Gordon C. Thomasson has remarked: "It is extremely difficult to imagine [Smoot] inventing his oft-cited testimony, nor is it likely that the statements can be attributed totally to prejudice acquired or reinforced while serving as [a missionary]."<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leadership_in_Utah">Leadership in Utah</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abraham_O._Smoot&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Leadership in Utah">edit</a>]</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Smoot_Building.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Smoot_Building.jpg/219px-Smoot_Building.jpg" decoding="async" width="219" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Smoot_Building.jpg/329px-Smoot_Building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Smoot_Building.jpg/438px-Smoot_Building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/List_of_Brigham_Young_University_buildings" title="List of Brigham Young University buildings">Smoot Administration Building</a> at BYU</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Salt_Lake_City">Salt Lake City</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abraham_O._Smoot&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Salt Lake City">edit</a>]</div> Smoot led companies of pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847, 1852, and 1856.<a href="#cite_note-:1-3">[3]</a>: 44, 64, 71  In Salt Lake valley, he served as bishop of the LDS Church's Fifteenth Ward. He was also Utah Territory's first elected <a href="/wiki/Justice_of_the_peace" title="Justice of the peace">justice of the peace</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:11-34">[34]</a> Alongside <a href="/wiki/Shadrach_Roundy" title="Shadrach Roundy">Shadrach Roundy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jedediah_M._Grant" title="Jedediah M. Grant">Jedediah M. Grant</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John_S._Fullmer" title="John S. Fullmer">John S. Fullmer</a>, Smoot started the Great Salt Lake Valley Carrying Company, a business venture that involved the transportation of goods and people across the <a href="/wiki/Great_Plains" title="Great Plains">Great Plains</a> during the <a href="/wiki/California_Gold_Rush" class="mw-redirect" title="California Gold Rush">California Gold Rush</a>. Smoot himself led thirteen such trips.<a href="#cite_note-:1-3">[3]</a>: 50–52  He was also an <a href="/wiki/Alderman" title="Alderman">alderman</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Sugar_House,_Salt_Lake_City" title="Sugar House, Salt Lake City">Sugar House</a> district from 1854 to 1857. He was elected as the second mayor of Salt Lake City in 1857, after the death of his business partner and the city's first mayor, Grant.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> Smoot was re-elected and served as mayor until 1866. During this time, he was also a bishop in Salt Lake City.<a href="#cite_note-Whitney_1904_99-2">[2]</a> After stepping down as mayor, he served for twelve years in the upper house of the <a href="/wiki/Utah_legislature" class="mw-redirect" title="Utah legislature">Utah legislature</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:8-6">[6]</a><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Utah_Stake_Tabernacle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Utah_Stake_Tabernacle.jpg/220px-Utah_Stake_Tabernacle.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Utah_Stake_Tabernacle.jpg/330px-Utah_Stake_Tabernacle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Utah_Stake_Tabernacle.jpg/440px-Utah_Stake_Tabernacle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1556" data-file-height="1355" /></a><figcaption>Provo Tabernacle, 1914, which Smoot helped fund and construct</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Provo_and_Brigham_Young_Academy">Provo and Brigham Young Academy</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abraham_O._Smoot&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Provo and Brigham Young Academy">edit</a>]</div> Early in 1868, Young called Smoot to be president of the church's Utah Stake in Provo. Young was concerned with the unity and cooperation of church members and he expected Smoot to improve the situation. According to family tradition, Smoot initially protested the call. After more than three decades of church and civic service, including nine missions, Smoot was apparently looking forward to enjoying the comforts brought by his hard work and successful business ventures.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a> When Young told Smoot about the assignment, he reportedly said, "There are three places, all on a par, one is as good as the other. They are Provo, Hell, or Texas. You can take your choice."<a href="#cite_note-:3-4">[4]</a> Although Smoot supposedly responded, "I would sooner go to Hell than to Provo," he eventually chose Provo.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> Smoot thought that church service should come before personal interests; while writing about this experience of moving to Provo, Smoot concluded: "We should be willing to be dictated by the priesthood in all our ways."<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 215  By February 1868, Smoot had settled in Provo with his family.<a href="#cite_note-Whitney_1904_99-2">[2]</a>: 101  Young had named him the Presiding Bishop of Provo; some members there had departed from the teachings of the church and needed a leader to unify them.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 215–217  Within his first week in the city, Smoot was elected mayor, an office he held until 1881.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> His motto as the political and religious leader of Provo was: "Ye Elders of Israel, know that ye are right and then go straight ahead."<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 219  He reportedly received no compensation for his public service in both Provo and Salt Lake City.<a href="#cite_note-:8-6">[6]</a> Under his leadership, the <a href="/wiki/Utah_Southern_Railroad_(1871%E2%80%931881)" title="Utah Southern Railroad (1871–1881)">Utah Southern Railroad</a>, multiple streets, and the Provo Tabernacle were built.<a href="#cite_note-:3-4">[4]</a> Smoot contributed personally to the fund for the Tabernacle and worked to raise money from the community as well.<a href="#cite_note-:1-3">[3]</a>: 139–154  He was a major investor in the Provo Woolen Mills and eventually became president of the business. Smoot was also co-founder and president of the First National Bank of Provo<a href="#cite_note-:8-6">[6]</a> and the Provo Lumber Manufacturing and Building Company.<a href="#cite_note-Whitney_1904_99-2">[2]</a> Smoot was the first president of the board of trustees of BYA<a href="#cite_note-:8-6">[6]</a> from 1875 until his death in 1895.<a href="#cite_note-:7-1">[1]</a> Board members such as <a href="/wiki/Harvey_H._Cluff" title="Harvey H. Cluff">Harvey H. Cluff</a> and <a href="/wiki/Martha_Jane_Knowlton_Coray" title="Martha Jane Knowlton Coray">Martha Jane Knowlton Coray</a> served under the direction of Smoot for twenty years.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 225  Smoot is credited with making major financial contributions to BYA<a href="#cite_note-:8-6">[6]</a> that allowed for its continued operations. Enrollment increased from 70 students to 313 during Smoot's tenure. BYA eventually developed into BYU. Today, BYU's administration building is named after Smoot.<a href="#cite_note-:3-4">[4]</a> Despite personal financial success, Smoot was heavily weighed down by the burden of debts from the construction of the Provo Tabernacle and Academy Building, for which he was personally liable,<a href="#cite_note-Whitney_1904_99-2">[2]</a> until his passing.<a href="#cite_note-:9-11">[11]</a> He <a href="/wiki/Mortgage_loan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mortgage loan">mortgaged</a> his property in order to sustain BYA.<a href="#cite_note-:12-38">[38]</a> In January 1884, a fire destroyed the Lewis Building, BYA's place of operation. Smoot quickly convened a meeting and was able to arrange school to be held that evening; thus, "only one day was lost". He appealed for financial support from the church multiple times, but this request was not granted during his lifetime.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 230, 234  After Young's death, Smoot was colloquially called BYA's "foster father".<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 217, 229  In both Salt Lake and Provo, Smoot continued his studies at the School of the Prophets, which he first began in Kirtland, Ohio as a young man. He "had limited formal book learning but he was anxious that his children and the children in the church be given educational opportunities."<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 220–222 <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Abraham_Owen_Smoot_2-20-06.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Abraham_Owen_Smoot_2-20-06.jpg/220px-Abraham_Owen_Smoot_2-20-06.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Abraham_Owen_Smoot_2-20-06.jpg/330px-Abraham_Owen_Smoot_2-20-06.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Abraham_Owen_Smoot_2-20-06.jpg/440px-Abraham_Owen_Smoot_2-20-06.jpg 2x" data-file-width="588" data-file-height="427" /></a><figcaption>Grave marker of A. O. Smoot in the Provo City Cemetery</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_legacy">Death and legacy</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abraham_O._Smoot&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Death and legacy">edit</a>]</div> Smoot died on March 6, 1895, in Provo, Utah. He had celebrated his 80th birthday with a large gathering of family members just 17 days prior. His health had declined after an incident in 1893 when he was hit by a falling tree. Smoot's funeral was held on March 10, 1895, in the Provo Tabernacle<a href="#cite_note-:9-11">[11]</a> and was called "the most impressive ever witnessed in pioneer Utah territory."<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 235  The LDS Church's <a href="/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)" title="First Presidency (LDS Church)">First Presidency</a>—which included <a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Snow" title="Lorenzo Snow">Lorenzo Snow</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Smith" title="John Henry Smith">John Henry Smith</a>—were in attendance. Speakers included <a href="/wiki/George_Q._Cannon" title="George Q. Cannon">George Q. Cannon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_E._Taylor" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph E. Taylor">Joseph E. Taylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Smith" title="Joseph F. Smith">Joseph F. Smith</a>, Woodruff, and <a href="/wiki/Karl_G._Maeser" title="Karl G. Maeser">Karl G. Maeser</a>. According to <a href="/wiki/The_Latter_Day_Saints%27_Millennial_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="The Latter Day Saints' Millennial Star">The Latter Day Saints' Millennial Star</a>, "the attendance at the funeral was the largest seen in Provo."<a href="#cite_note-:8-6">[6]</a> In addition, Woodruff recorded that Smoot's funeral procession was "the longest [he had] ever seen in Utah."<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> Smoot was survived by two of his wives and nineteen of his children.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a>: 236  In 1962, BYU's administration building was named after Smoot. In 2015, he was remembered and celebrated at BYU's <a href="/wiki/Homecoming" title="Homecoming">homecoming</a> events.<a href="#cite_note-:3-4">[4]</a> In 1994, it was recorded that Smoot had "more than 3,000 descendants."<a href="#cite_note-:12-38">[38]</a> He has been called "one of the most prominent and influential men in the history of the State [of Utah]."<a href="#cite_note-:11-34">[34]</a> A collection of 257 manuscripts documenting Smoot's life, including his journals, letters, <a href="/wiki/Patriarchal_blessing" title="Patriarchal blessing">patriarchal blessing</a>, and mission call, is included in the <a href="/wiki/L._Tom_Perry_Special_Collections_Library" title="L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library">L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library</a> at BYU's <a href="/wiki/Harold_B._Lee_Library" title="Harold B. Lee Library">Harold B. Lee Library</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:13-10">[10]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abraham_O._Smoot&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-:7-1">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:7_1-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-:7_1-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-:7_1-2">c</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFNeilsonWaite2017" class="citation book cs1">Neilson, Reid L.; Waite, Nathan N. 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O. Smoot missionary diaries</a> at the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lib.byu.edu/collections/">Harold B. Lee Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">Brigham Young University</a>. Click "see diary" to see scans of the original diaries.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archives.lib.byu.edu/repositories/14/resources/5647">A. O. Smoot papers, MSS 896</a> at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sites.lib.byu.edu/sc/">L. Tom Perry Special Collections</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">Brigham Young University</a>. Contains missionary journals and correspondence written to Abraham Smoot.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archives.lib.byu.edu">A. O. Smoot papers, MSS 574</a> at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sites.lib.byu.edu/sc/">L. Tom Perry Special Collections</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">Brigham Young University</a>. Contains letters and <a href="/wiki/Patriarchal_blessing" title="Patriarchal blessing">patriarchal blessing</a>.</li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jedediah_M._Grant" title="Jedediah M. Grant">Jedediah M. 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Harrison">Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Wilson_(mayor)" title="Ted Wilson (mayor)">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmer_DePaulis" title="Palmer DePaulis">DePaulis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deedee_Corradini" title="Deedee Corradini">Corradini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Anderson" title="Rocky Anderson">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Becker_(Utah_politician)" title="Ralph Becker (Utah politician)">Becker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Biskupski" title="Jackie Biskupski">Biskupski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erin_Mendenhall" title="Erin Mendenhall">Mendenhall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Members_of_the_Council_of_Fifty_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:LDScouncil50" title="Template:LDScouncil50"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:LDScouncil50" title="Template talk:LDScouncil50"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:LDScouncil50" title="Special:EditPage/Template:LDScouncil50"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Members_of_the_Council_of_Fifty_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Council_of_Fifty_(LDS_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the Council of Fifty (LDS Church)">Members</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Fifty" title="Council of Fifty">Council of Fifty</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_J._Adams" title="George J. Adams">Adams</a> (1844–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Almon_W._Babbitt" title="Almon W. Babbitt">Babbitt</a> (1844–56)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Badlam" title="Alexander Badlam">Badlam</a> (1844–45, 1851–68)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezra_T._Benson" title="Ezra T. Benson">Benson</a> (1846–69)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Bent" title="Samuel Bent">Bent</a> (1844–46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Milton_Bernhisel" title="John Milton Bernhisel">Bernhisel</a> (1844–81)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Bonney" title="Edward Bonney">Bonney</a> (1844–45)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uriah_Brown_(inventor)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Uriah Brown (inventor) (page does not exist)">Brown</a> (1844–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Budge" title="William Budge">Budge</a> (1882–1919)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bullock_(Mormon)" title="Thomas Bullock (Mormon)">Bullock</a> (1846–82)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_T._Burton" title="Robert T. Burton">Burton</a> (1867–1907)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reynolds_Cahoon" title="Reynolds Cahoon">Cahoon</a> (1844–61)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_T._Caine" title="John T. Caine">Caine</a> (1881–1911)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_H._Cannon" title="Abraham H. Cannon">A. H. Cannon</a> (1884–96)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angus_M._Cannon" title="Angus M. Cannon">A. M. Cannon</a> (1880–1915)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Q._Cannon" title="George Q. Cannon">G. Q. Cannon</a> (1867–1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Q._Cannon" title="John Q. Cannon">J. Q. Cannon</a> (1884–1931)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Carrington" title="Albert Carrington">Carrington</a> (1845–89)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiram_B._Clawson" title="Hiram B. Clawson">Clawson</a> (1882–1912)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Clayton_(Mormon)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Clayton (Mormon)">Clayton</a> (1844–79)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeter_Clinton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jeter Clinton (page does not exist)">Clinton</a> (1867–92)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_W._Cluff" title="William W. Cluff">Cluff</a> (1880–1915)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_W._Coolidge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joseph W. Coolidge (page does not exist)">Coolidge</a> (1844–48)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Van_Cott" title="John Van Cott">Cott</a> (1880–83)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpheus_Cutler" title="Alpheus Cutler">Cutler</a> (1844–49)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lewis_Dana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lewis Dana (page does not exist)">Dana</a> (1845–48)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cyrus_Daniels&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cyrus Daniels (page does not exist)">Daniels</a> (1845–46)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jonathan_Dunham&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jonathan Dunham (page does not exist)">Dunham</a> (1845)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marenus_G._Eaton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marenus G. Eaton (page does not exist)">Eaton</a> (1844–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horace_S._Eldredge" title="Horace S. Eldredge">Eldredge</a> (1848–88)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Emmett" title="James Emmett">Emmett</a> (1844–45)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_W._Farnham&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John W. Farnham (page does not exist)">Farnham</a> (1845–?)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorin_Farr" title="Lorin Farr">Farr</a> (1880–1909)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amos_Fielding&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Amos Fielding (page does not exist)">A. Fielding</a> (1844–75)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Fielding" title="Joseph Fielding">J. Fielding</a> (1844–63)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucian_R._Foster" title="Lucian R. Foster">Foster</a> (1845–46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Fullmer" title="David Fullmer">D. Fullmer</a> (1845–79)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_S._Fullmer" title="John S. Fullmer">J. S. Fullmer</a> (1845–82)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_F._Gibbs" title="George F. Gibbs">Gibbs</a> (1882–1924)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_D._Grant&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George D. Grant (page does not exist)">G. D. Grant</a> (1845–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heber_J._Grant" title="Heber J. Grant">H. J. Grant</a> (1882–1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jedediah_M._Grant" title="Jedediah M. Grant">J. M. Grant</a> (1844–56)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_P._Greene" title="John P. Greene">Greene</a> (1844)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_W._Hardy" title="Leonard W. Hardy">Hardy</a> (1882–84)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abram_Hatch" title="Abram Hatch">Hatch</a> (1883–1911)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Haws&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peter Haws (page does not exist)">Haws</a> (1844–46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_L._Heywood" title="Joseph L. Heywood">Heywood</a> (1848–82)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Davis_S._Hollister&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Davis S. Hollister (page does not exist)">Hollister</a> (1844–46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Hooper" title="William Henry Hooper">Hooper</a> (1867–82)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Hunter_(Mormon)" title="Edward Hunter (Mormon)">Hunter</a> (1867–83)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orson_Hyde" title="Orson Hyde">Hyde</a> (1844–78)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_James_(Latter_Day_Saints)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samuel James (Latter Day Saints) (page does not exist)">James</a> (1844–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Jennings_(mayor)" title="William Jennings (mayor)">Jennings</a> (1880–86)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Johnson" title="Benjamin F. Johnson">Johnson</a> (1844–1905)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_S._Kimball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles S. Kimball (page does not exist)">C. S. Kimball</a> (1867–1925)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Patten_Kimball" title="David Patten Kimball">D. P. Kimball</a> (1867–83)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball" title="Heber C. Kimball">H. C. Kimball</a> (1844–68)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heber_P._Kimball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Heber P. Kimball (page does not exist)">H. P. Kimball</a> (1867–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Layton" title="Christopher Layton">Layton</a> (1883–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_D._Lee" title="John D. Lee">Lee</a> (1844–77)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feramorz_Little" title="Feramorz Little">Little</a> (1880–87)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_P._Lott" title="Cornelius P. Lott">Lott</a> (1844–50)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amasa_Lyman" title="Amasa Lyman">A. M. Lyman</a> (1844–67)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_M._Lyman" title="Francis M. Lyman">F. M. Lyman</a> (1880–1916)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Marks_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="William Marks (Latter Day Saints)">Marks</a> (1844–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Miller_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="George Miller (Latter Day Saints)">Miller</a> (1844–46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Morley" title="Isaac Morley">Morley</a> (1845–65)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_R._Murdock_(Mormon)" title="John R. Murdock (Mormon)">Murdock</a> (1880–1913)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._John_Nuttall" title="L. John Nuttall">Nuttall</a> (1880–1905)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Pack" title="John Pack">Pack</a> (1845–46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_E._Page" title="John E. Page">Page</a> (1845–46)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_D._Parker&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John D. Parker (page does not exist)">Parker</a> (1844–82)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Penrose" title="Charles W. Penrose">Penrose</a> (1882–1925)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canute_Peterson" title="Canute Peterson">Peterson</a> (1882–1902)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._W._Phelps_(Mormon)" title="W. W. Phelps (Mormon)">Phelps</a> (1844–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orson_Pratt" title="Orson Pratt">O. Pratt</a> (1844–81)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parley_P._Pratt" title="Parley P. Pratt">P. P. Pratt Sr.</a> (1844–57)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parley_P._Pratt_Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Parley P. Pratt Jr. (page does not exist)">P. P. Pratt Jr.</a> (1867–97)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._Preston_(Mormon)" title="William B. Preston (Mormon)">Preston</a> (1880–1908)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Reynolds_(Mormon)" title="George Reynolds (Mormon)">Reynolds</a> (1881–1909)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_C._Rich" title="Charles C. Rich">C. C. Rich</a> (1844–82)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_C._Rich" title="Joseph C. Rich">J. C. Rich</a> (1867–1908)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Richards_(Mormon_apostle)" title="Franklin D. Richards (Mormon apostle)">F.D. Richards</a> (1849–99)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_S._Richards" title="Franklin S. Richards">F. S. Richards</a> (1880–1934)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heber_J._Richards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Heber J. Richards (page does not exist)">H. J. Richards</a> (1867–1919)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levi_Richards" title="Levi Richards">L. Richards</a> (1844–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phinehas_Richards" title="Phinehas Richards">P. Richards</a> (1848–74)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willard_Richards" title="Willard Richards">W. Richards</a> (1844–54)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Rigdon" title="Sidney Rigdon">Rigdon</a> (1844–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porter_Rockwell" title="Porter Rockwell">Rockwell</a> (1844–78)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_P._Rockwood" title="Albert P. Rockwood">Rockwood</a> (1845–79)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadrach_Roundy" title="Shadrach Roundy">Roundy</a> (1845–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Sharp_(Mormon)" title="John Sharp (Mormon)">Sharp</a> (1867–91)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Shumway" title="Charles Shumway">Shumway</a> (1845–82)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_W._Shurtliff" title="Lewis W. Shurtliff">Shurtliff</a> (1883–1922)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elias_Smith_(Mormon)" title="Elias Smith (Mormon)">E. Smith</a> (1844–88)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_A._Smith" title="George A. Smith">G.A. Smith</a> (1844–75)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyrum_Smith" title="Hyrum Smith">H. Smith</a> (1844)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(nephew_of_Joseph_Smith)" title="John Smith (nephew of Joseph Smith)">John Smith</a> (1880–1911)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Smith" title="John Henry Smith">J. H. Smith</a> (1844–1911)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith" title="Joseph Smith">Jos. Smith</a> (1844)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Smith" title="Joseph F. Smith">J. F. Smith</a> (1867–1918)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silas_S._Smith" title="Silas S. Smith">S. S. Smith</a> (1880–1910)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Smith_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="William Smith (Latter Day Saints)">W. Smith</a> (1844–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_R._Smith_(Utah_politician)" title="William R. Smith (Utah politician)">W. R. Smith</a> (1880–94)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Smoot</a> (1867–95)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erastus_Snow" title="Erastus Snow">E. Snow</a> (1844–88)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Snow" title="Lorenzo Snow">L. Snow</a> (1849–1901)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willard_Snow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Willard Snow (page does not exist)">W. Snow</a> (1848–53)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Spencer_(Mormon)" title="Daniel Spencer (Mormon)">D. Spencer</a> (1845–68)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orson_Spencer" title="Orson Spencer">O. Spencer</a> (1844–55)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hosea_Stout" title="Hosea Stout">Stout</a> (1867–89)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_J._Taylor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George J. Taylor (page does not exist)">G. J. Taylor</a> (1867–1914)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Taylor_(Mormon)" title="John Taylor (Mormon)">J. Taylor</a> (1844–87)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Taylor_(Mormon)" title="John W. Taylor (Mormon)">J. W. Taylor</a> (1884–1916)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_W._Taylor" title="William W. Taylor">W. W. Taylor</a> (1880–84)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Teasdale" title="George Teasdale">Teasdale</a> (1882–1907)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Thatcher" title="Moses Thatcher">Thatcher</a> (1880–1909)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezra_Thayre" title="Ezra Thayre">Thayre</a> (1844–45)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theodore_Turley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Theodore Turley (page does not exist)">Turley</a> (1845–71)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorenzo_D._Wasson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lorenzo D. Wasson (page does not exist)">Wasson</a> (1844–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_H._Wells" title="Daniel H. Wells">D. H. Wells</a> (1848–91)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junius_F._Wells" title="Junius F. Wells">J. F. Wells</a> (1880–1930)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newel_K._Whitney" title="Newel K. Whitney">Whitney</a> (1844–50)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyman_Wight" title="Lyman Wight">Wight</a> (1844–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_R._Winder" title="John R. Winder">Winder</a> (1881–1910)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilford_Woodruff" title="Wilford Woodruff">Woodruff</a> (1844–98)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lucien_Woodworth&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lucien Woodworth (page does not exist)">Woodworth</a> (1844–48)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_D._Yearsley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David D. Yearsley (page does not exist)">Yearsley</a> (1844–49)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young" title="Brigham Young">B. Young Sr.</a> (1844–77)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_Jr." title="Brigham Young Jr.">B. Young Jr.</a> (1867–1903)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_M._Young_(Mormon)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John M. Young (Mormon) (page does not exist)">John Young</a> (1849–70)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Willard_Young" title="John Willard Young">J. W. Young</a> (1867–1924)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Young" title="Joseph Young">Jos. Young</a> (1845–81)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Angell_Young" title="Joseph Angell Young">J. A. Young</a> (1867–75)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phineas_Young" title="Phineas Young">P. Young</a> (1845–79)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seymour_B._Young" title="Seymour B. Young">S. B. 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