John Steedman [Parents] 1 was born in 1651 in , Kinross, Scotland. He married Meldrome.
GIVN JOHN
SURN STEEDMAN
Meldrome 1 was born in 1655 in Kinross, Kinross Parish, Scotland. She married John Steedman.
GIVN Miss
SURN MELDROME
They had the following children:
M i Robert Steedman M ii Peter Steedman 1 was born in 1679. He was christened on 10 Feb 1679.
John Bartley Smithson [Parents] was born on 6 Oct 1841 in Parkerville, Alabama. He died on 7 Aug 1910 in San Bernadino, California. He married Jane Cadd on 22 Jan 1866 in San Bernadino, California.
Jane Cadd.Jane married John Bartley Smithson on 22 Jan 1866 in San Bernadino, California.
Allen Freeman Smithson [Parents] 1, 2 was born on 14 Feb 1816 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina. He died on 27 Sep 1877 in Pahreah, Kane, Utah. He was buried on 30 Sep 1877 in Lebanon Cemetary, Pahreah, Kane, Utah. He married Luticia Hollis Holladay on 9 Apr 1840 in , Marion, Alabama.
Other marriages:Taylor, Jennett Burton
BIOGRAPHY: This story was published in the book "Our Pioneer Heritage Vol. II" by Kate B. Carter. -1959-
BIOGRAPHY: Allen Freeman Smithson was born February 11, 1816 in Pendleton District, Anderson county, South Carolina. He was the son of Bartley and Sarah Weatherford Smithson. On April 9, 1840 he married Letitia Holladay, daughter of John Holladay and Catherine Higgins. She was born November 24, 1824 in Marion county, Alabama. They were the parents of four children before they started on the westward journey with other Mississippians who had accepted the teachings of the Latter-Day Saint Church. The children were: John Bartley, born October 6, 1841; Sarah Catherine, born February 18, 1843; James David, born September 19, 1844. These three children were born in Fayette, Alabama while the fourth child, Mary Emma was born March 1, 1846 at Marion, Alabama. The Smithson family wintered (1846-1847) in Pueblo, Colorado coming into the valley of the Great Salt Lake late in July, 1847.
BIOGRAPHY: Several months after their arrival another child, Lehi, was born March 20, 1848. The following year Letitia became ill and passed away August 15, 1849, leaving Allen with five small children to care for. Jennett Burton Taylor, who arrived with her parents in the valley in the late summer of 1847, came into the motherless home and cared for the children. She was born in Darlington county, South Carolina, May 2, 1826, the daughter of Kenyon and Esther Traywick Taylor and was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Nauvoo, Illinois on the 18th of March, 1846. On the 16th of December, 1849, Jennett Burton Taylor married Allen Freeman Smithson in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City.
BIOGRAPHY: Their first son, Nephi, was born 16 September, 1850 in Salt Lake City. In the Biographical notes compiled by her daughter, Elizabeth Jennett (Smithson) Smith, she states that "her mother was very sick at that time, and one day as she was lying in bed, a strange man entered the room and asked to administer to her. After he had administered to her, he immediately left the room. Father stepped outside to see where the man had gone, and he was nowhere in sight--and he had left but a few seconds before! Mother and Father thought that he was one of the three Nephites.
BIOGRAPHY: "A short time afterwards they moved to San Bernadino, California. After living there about six years, they were called back to Utah, where they settled in Beaver in 1857. In 1858, they were called to go to Dixie in Southern Utah. There Father raised cotton which Mother carded, spun, and wove into cloth on a hand loom. Mother made all the family's clothing--jeans, Father's coats and trousers, and cloth for the children's clothes. She had a large family to care for, eleven sons and three daughters, besides the five children by Allen Freeman Smithson's first wife."
BIOGRAPHY: In 1871, Allen was called by Erastus Snow to Pahreah, Kane county, Utah to help settle that locality. He was made bishop of this community and retained that office until he died
BIOGRAPHY: September 27, 1877. Jennett Burton died in Layton, Arizona,
BIOGRAPHY: May 29, 1912.
BIOGRAPHY: A letter sent by Apostle Erastus Snow to Allen Freeman Smithson asking him to help establish a settlement on the Pahreah Creek in Kane county, Utah as follows:
BIOGRAPHY: St. George, Dec. 5,1871
BIOGRAPHY: Brother Allen Smithson
BIOGRAPHY: Washington, Washington county,
BIOGRAPHY: Dear Sir:
BIOGRAPHY: Bro. Thomas Smith desires you to accompany him to the Pahreah and if you can do so without feeling oppressed we shall be glad to have you go and assist in establishing that settlement. In making that change we wish to better the conditions of our brethren and not make them worry, and we hope there will be enough who will feel satisfied to extend the line of our settlement at the Colorado. We do not ask you to go if you do not feel satisfied so to do.
BIOGRAPHY: Very respectfully
BIOGRAPHY: (Signed) Erastus Snow.
BIOGRAPHY: The Daughters of Utah Pioneer records show that his son, James David Smithson, moved to Woodruff, Arizona where he passed away January 1, 1892 Safford, Graham County, Arizona.
BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Spencer Clawson,
BIOGRAPHY: Dear Sir:
BIOGRAPHY: I have heard that you are one of the committee for the semi-centennial of the pioneers of Utah. I suppose that I am one of the pioneers. My name is Mary E. Smith. My father's name is Allen Smithson. We stopped at Pueblo for a time and then came on in to Salt Lake valley in 1847, but I was very small then and do not recollect the name of the captain or any dates.
BIOGRAPHY: I will give the names of my father's family that came in with him. My oldest sister Sarah C. Couch. She lives at Muskegee Indian Territory; J. B. Smithson, my oldest brother, lives in San Bernadino, California. I have another brother, J. D. Smithson, living at Woodruff, Navajo county, Arizona. I have a younger brother but he was born in Salt Lake valley. I believe that our captain's name was Brown but I could not say for certain. I have heard my father say that he saw the first adobe made in the valley.
BIOGRAPHY: (Signed) Mary E. Smith
BIOGRAPHY: © 1996
ALLEN FREEMAN SMITHSON
BIOGRAPHY: Allen Freeman Smithson was born in South Carolina. He, with his father's family later went to Alabama. There he grew to man hood, and met and married Letisha Hollis Holiday. There they joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
BIOGRAPHY: In the year 1846 they, with a company of Saints, started west to the Rocky Mountains. Wintering at Pueblo, now in Colorado. In the spring of 1847 they heard of the body of the church going westward to the mountains so they started northward striking the trail of the pioneers. They went on into the Salt Lake Valley, arriving there on the 29th of July, five days after the first pioneers had landed.
BIOGRAPHY: August 16, 1849 his wife Letisha, died leaving five little children. John Bartley, Sarah Catherine, James Davis, Mary Emma and Lehi.
BIOGRAPHY: December 16, 1849 he married Jennett Burton Taylor. The family had made their home at Big Cottonwood near Salt Lake City until the last part of 1850 on the first part of 1851 when they, with a party of saints were called to colonize Southern California, under the leadership of Amasa M. Lyman. He helped survey San Bernadino and lived there until the last of 1857 when the church authorities called the people back to Utah. After they returned to Utah they settled for a short time at Beaver. In the fall of 1858 they went to Southern Utah, locating at the Cotton Farm, Washington. They stayed here helping to develop and build up the country until 1873 when they with others were called to the front for thus far in life they had been frontiersmen.
BIOGRAPHY: This time they located on a small creek in Kane County called Pahreah. Here they built a home in two different places on the creek. He was chosen Presiding Elder and Bishop of the ward and worked hard for the good of the people and building up the country. On the 27th of September 1877 he passed to the great beyond there to meet his reward for his long devoted life in the cause of truth and helping to advance God's purposes on earth.
BIOGRAPHY: Baptized by Elder B. L. Clapp
BIOGRAPHY: Confirmed by Elder Clapp and Crosby
BIOGRAPHY: height 6 ft. weight 165 blue eyes black hair
BIOGRAPHY: Died of Typhoid
BIOGRAPHY: © 1996
Luticia Hollis Holladay was born on 28 Nov 1824 in Mosco, Marion, Alabama. She died on 16 Aug 1869 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. She was buried on 16 Aug 1849 in Salt Lake Cemetary, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. She married Allen Freeman Smithson on 9 Apr 1840 in , Marion, Alabama.
1 NOTE !INDIVIDUAL GENERAL SOURCE NOTES: twin to Susannah Fleming
They had the following children:
M i John Bartley Smithson F ii Sarah Catherine Smithson M iii James Daniel Smithson F iv Mary Emma Smithson M v Lehi Smithson
Jacob Couch.Jacob married Sarah Catherine Smithson.
Sarah Catherine Smithson [Parents] was born on 19 Feb 1843 in Fayette, Fayette, Alabama. She died in Muskegee Indian Territory. She married Jacob Couch.
James Daniel Smithson [Parents] was born on 19 Sep 1844 in Fayette, Fayette, Alabama. He died on 10 Sep 1908 in , Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona. He was buried on 11 Sep 1908 in , Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona. He married Elizabeth Louisa Dorrity on 14 Feb 1865 in Kanosh, Millard, Utah.
Other marriages:Merrell, Julia
Savage,
Elizabeth Louisa Dorrity.Elizabeth married James Daniel Smithson on 14 Feb 1865 in Kanosh, Millard, Utah.
James Daniel Smithson [Parents] was born on 19 Sep 1844 in Fayette, Fayette, Alabama. He died on 10 Sep 1908 in , Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona. He was buried on 11 Sep 1908 in , Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona. He married Julia Merrell on 24 Jan 1895 in , Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona.
Other marriages:Dorrity, Elizabeth Louisa
Savage,
Julia Merrell.Julia married James Daniel Smithson on 24 Jan 1895 in , Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona.
James Daniel Smithson [Parents] was born on 19 Sep 1844 in Fayette, Fayette, Alabama. He died on 10 Sep 1908 in , Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona. He was buried on 11 Sep 1908 in , Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona. He married Savage.
Other marriages:Dorrity, Elizabeth Louisa
Merrell, Julia
Savage. married James Daniel Smithson.
Robert Adam Smith 1 was born on 5 Sep 1837 in Royal Hill, Gibson, Tennessee. He was christened on 17 Jan 1864. He died on 27 Aug 1917 in Safford, Graham, Arizona. He was buried on 29 Aug 1917 in Safford, Graham, Arizona. He married Mary Emma Smithson on 17 Jan 1864 in , Washington, Washington, Utah.
Mary Emma Smithson [Parents] 1 was born on 1 Mar 1846 in Parkerfield, Marion, Alabama. She died on 19 Nov 1921 in Stafford, Graham, Arizona. She was buried on 21 Nov 1921 in Stafford, Graham, Arizona. She married Robert Adam Smith on 17 Jan 1864 in , Washington, Washington, Utah.
They had the following children:
F i Mary Letisha Smith 1 was born on 15 Aug 1866 in , Washington, Washington, Utah. She died on 27 Aug 1880 in Pahreah, Kane, Utah. She was buried in 1880 in Pahreah, Kane, Utah. F ii Sabina Evelyn Smith F iii Lucinda Jennett Smith 1 was born on 25 Apr 1870 in , Washington, Washington, Utah. She died on 6 Oct 1959 in Safford, Graham, Arizona. She was buried on 9 Oct 1959 in Safford, Graham, Arizona. M iv Robert Allen Smith 1 was born on 27 Nov 1864 in , Washington, Washington, Utah. He died on 9 May 1959 in Safford, Graham, Arizona. He was buried on 11 May 1959 in Safford Cemetary, Safford, Graham, Arizona. F v Sarah Jane Smith F vi Nancy Margaret Smith 1 was born on 25 Jul 1874 in Pahreah, Kane, Utah. She died on 11 Jan 1971 in Safford, Graham, Arizona. She was buried on 14 Jan 1971 in Safford, Graham, Arizona. M vii Thomas William Smith F viii Susan Elizabeth Smith 1 was born on 25 Jan 1878 in Pahreah, Kane, Utah. She died on 20 May 1973 in Santa Paula, Ventura, California. She was buried on 23 May 1973 in Safford, Graham, Arizona. F ix Charlotte Henrietta Smith 1 was born on 29 Mar 1880 in Pahreah, Kane, Utah. She died on 5 May 1965. She was buried on 7 May 1965. F x Ellen Smith 1 was born on 22 Dec 1882 in Pahreah, Kane, Utah. She died on 26 Dec 1882 in Pahreah, Kane, Utah. She was buried in Dec 1882 in Pahreah, Kane, Utah. M xi James Byron Smith M xii John Bartley Smith 1 was born on 26 Oct 1887 in Safford, Graham, Arizona. He died on 17 Mar 1890. F xiii Henretta Charlotta Smith 1 was born on 29 Mar 1880 in Pahreah, Kane, Utah. She died on 7 May 1965.
James Bartlett Smithson [Parents] 1, 2 was born on 26 Jan 1767 in Lunenburg, Virginia. He died on 9 Dec 1838 in , Monroe, Mississippi. He was buried in , Monroe, Mississippi. He married Sarah Weatherford on 3 Dec 1799 in Lunenburg, Virginia.
1 NOTE !INDIVIDUAL GENERAL SOURCE NOTES: Also: ,MONROE,SC 1800 censusBartlett-Pendleton Dist., Anderson, SC 1810 censusBartlet-Pendleton Dist., Anderson, SC
Sarah Weatherford 1 was born in 1783 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina. She died on 27 Jan 1866 in , Monroe, Mississippi. She married James Bartlett Smithson on 3 Dec 1799 in Lunenburg, Virginia.
1 NOTE !INDIVIDUAL GENERAL SOURCE NOTES:
!INDIVIDUAL GENERAL SOURCE NOTES: MECKLENBURG/LUNENBURG,VA
They had the following children:
M i John Smithson M ii William Cox Smithson M iii Charles Colburn Smithson 1 was born on 15 Aug 1806 in Pendleton District, Anderson, South Carolina. He died on 24 Jun 1824. F iv Mary Ann Blanks Smithson F v Martha Smithson F vi Elizabeth Harrison Smithson M vii Allen Freeman Smithson F viii Susannah Smithson 1 was born on 12 Aug 1818 in Pendleton District, Anderson, South Carolina. She died on 20 Sep 1827 in , Monroe, Mississippi.
1 NOTE !INDIVIDUAL GENERAL SOURCE NOTES: DENVER, COF ix Parmellia Caroline Smithson M x Marion Pinkney Smithson M xi James Albert Smithson
Micajah Smithson [Parents] 1, 2 was born in 1736 in Hanover, Virginia. He died on 4 Jul 1823 in , Anderson, North Carolina. He married Mary Cox on 8 Aug 1766 in , Cumberland, Virginia.
1 NOTE !INDIVIDUAL GENERAL SOURCE NOTES: 1810 census ,Pendleton Distr.,Anderson, SC SC Wills Anderson Co,SC Bk1 Pg268
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 1SXH-V4X
Book: "FLAT CREEK: ITS LAND AND ITS PEOPLE" c. 1986 Woodward & Stinson Printing Company, Columbia, Tennessee - page 95
Mary Cox [Parents] 1, 2 was born in 1738 in , Hanover, Virginia. She died about 1780 in Cumberland Parish, Lunenburg, Virginia. She married Micajah Smithson on 8 Aug 1766 in , Cumberland, Virginia.
Book: "FLAT CREEK: ITS LAND AND ITS PEOPLE" c. 1986 Woodward & Stinson Printing Company, Columbia, Tennessee - page 95
They had the following children:
F i Keziah Smithson F ii Mary Smithson M iii Basil Coleman Smithson 1, 2 was born about 1759 in Mecklenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia. M iv Marson Cox Smithson M v Asa Smithson M vi Albert Francis Smithson M vii James Bartlett Smithson M viii Anson Smithson