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The Smith Family is the name of a U.S. political family. Many individuals in this particular family were also noted religious leaders; this article focuses only on those with political activity. This political family's most famous member was Joseph Smith, Jr. It is linked by marriage to a number of other families, notably the Richards-Young Family , Kimball-Snow-Woolley Family , Pratt-Romney Family , Udall Family , Taft Family , and the Wells-Bennett-Grant Family .


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Joseph Smith, Jr.

1805 - 1844
  • Mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois 1842-44. '''Candidate for President of the United States''' 1844.

  • Brother of William B. Smith

  • Uncle of Joseph F. Smith

  • 1st Cousin of George Albert Smith .

  • 1st Cousin of Silas Sanford Smith

  • 1st Cousin of Jesse N. Smith

  • 1st cousin once removed of John Henry Smith

  • Married: Likely had at least 34 wives. He married his 1st wife, Emma Hale in 1827. 14 of his wives were politically connected:

  • Fanny Young, sister of Brigham Young .

  • Melissa Snow, sister of Eliza Roxy Snow and Lorenzo Snow

  • Eliza Roxy Snow, sister of Melissa Snow and Lorenzo Snow. Eliza married Brigham Young after Smith’s death.

  • Helen Mar Kimball, daughter of Heber C. Kimball, and mother of Orson Ferguson Whitney . Helen married Horace Kimball Whitney after Smith’s death.

  • Sarah Ann Whitney, aunt of Orson Ferguson Whitney. Sarah married Heber C. Kimball after Smith’s death.

  • Rhonda Richards, sister of Willard Richards and 1st cousin of Brigham Young.

  • Agnes Coolbrith (Smith), widow of Joseph’s own brother, Don Carlos Smith. She married to George A. Smith after Joseph’s death.

  • Zina Jacobs , who married Brigham Young after Smith’s death.

  • Desdomona Fulmer, who remarried to Ezra Taft Benson after Smith’s death.

  • Olive Frost, sister of Mary Ann Frost (who married Parley P. Pratt )

  • Lucy Walker, Nancy Winchester, Presendia Buell, and Martha McBride Knight who all married to Heber C. Kimball after Smith’s death.



William B. Smith

  • 13 Mar 1811 - 13 Nov 1894

  • Illinois State Legislature 1842

  • Brother of Joseph Smith, Jr.

  • Uncle of Joseph F. Smith,

  • 1st Cousin of George Albert Smith.

  • 1st Cousin of Silas Sanford Smith

  • 1st Cousin of Jesse N. Smith

  • 1st Cousin once removed of John Henry Smith

  • Married: Caroline Amanda Grant, sister of Jedidiah Morgan Grant and Roxie Ann Grant

  • Married: Roxie Ann Grant after her sister Caroline’s death.



Joseph F. Smith

  • Born: 13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918

  • Utah Territorial Legislature 1865-70, 1872, 1874, 1880, 1882

  • Nephew of Joseph Smith, Jr.

  • Son of Hyrum Smith & Mary Fielding (who remarried to Heber C. Kimball after Hyrum’s death).

  • 1st cousin once removed of George Albert Smith

  • 1st Cousin once removed of Silas Sanford Smith

  • 1st Cousin once removed of Jesse N. Smith

  • 2nd Cousin of John Henry Smith



George Albert Smith

  • Born: 26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875

  • Utah Territorial Legislature 1851, 1867; '''Utah Territorial Supreme Court''' 1855, '''Utah Territory delegate to U.S. Congress''' 1856

  • Father of John Henry Smith

  • 1st Cousin of Joseph Smith, Jr.

  • 1st Cousin of William B. Smith

  • 1st Cousin of Silas Sanford Smith

  • 1st Cousin of Jesse N. Smith

  • 1st Cousin once removed of Joseph F. Smith



John Henry Smith

  • 18 Sep 1848 - 13 Oct 1911

  • Utah Territorial Legislature 1882

  • Son of George Albert Smith

  • 1st Cousin once removed of Joseph Smith Jr.

  • 1st Cousin once removed of William B. Smith

  • 1st Cousin once removed of Silas Sanford Smith

  • 1st Cousin once removed of Jesse N. Smith

  • 2nd Cousin of Joseph F. Smith



Silas Sanford Smith

  • 26 Oct 1830 - 11 Oct 1910

  • Utah Territorial Legislature 1859, 69, 78

  • Brother of Jesse Nathaniel Smith

  • 1st Cousin of Joseph Smith, Jr.

  • 1st Cousin of William B. Smith

  • 1st Cousin of George Albert Smith

  • 1st Cousin, once removed of Joseph F. Smith

  • 1st Cousin once removed of John Henry Smith

  • 4th great uncle of Jeff Groscost


  • Jesse Nathaniel Smith

  • Usually called Jesse N. Smith

  • 2 Dec 1834 - 5 Jun 1906

  • Mayor of Parowan, Utah 1859; '''Arizona Territorial Legislature''' 19th Session

  • Brother of Silas Samford Smith

  • 1st Cousin of Joseph Smith, Jr.

  • 1st Cousin of William B. Smith

  • 1st Cousin of George Albert Smith

  • 1st Cousin, once removed of Joseph F. Smith

  • 1st Cousin once removed of John Henry Smith

  • 3rd Great grandfather of Jeff Groscost

  • His daughter, Margareth Fife Smith married Nephi Jensen

  • His daughter, Adelaide Smith married Joseph Fish

  • His son Asahel Henry Smith married Pauline Udall, daughter of David King Udall



Joseph Fish

27 Jun 1840 - 10 Dec 1926
  • Arizona Territorial Legislature 18th session

  • Married Adelaide Smith, daughter of Jesse Nathaniel Smith



Nephi Jensen

  • 16 Feb 1876 - 2 Sep 1955

  • Utah State Legislature 1906-08

  • Married Margareth Fife Smith daughter of Jesse Nathaniel Smith



Jeff Groscost

  • Arizona State Legislature 1992-2000 (speaker in 1998)

  • 3rd Great grandson of Jesse Nathaniel Smith

  • 4th Great nephew (can also be stated as 3rd great grand nephew) of Silas Samford Smith



Lorenzo Snow

  • 3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901

  • Utah Territorial Legislature 1853-82

  • Father of Oliver Goddard Snow

  • Brother of Melissa Snow, who married Joseph Smith.

  • Brother of Eliza Roxy Snow who married Joseph Smith, then remarried to Brigham Young after Smith’s death.

  • 9 Wives including:

  • Married Eleanor Houtz, aunt of Ivy Stewart Houtz (Woolley)



Oliver Goddard Snow

  • Born: 20 Feb 1849

  • Utah Territorial Legislature 1880-82

  • Son of Lorenzo Snow and Mary Adaline Goddard