COOLBRITH, Agnes Moulton

1811 - 1876  (65 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	COOLBRITH, Agnes Moulton
  Nickname	Ina
  Birth	11 Jul 1811	Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, United States
  Gender	Female
  WAC	10 Dec 1845	NAUVO
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
  Burial	Dec 1876	Oakland, Alameda, California, United States
  Death	26 Dec 1876	Oakland, Alameda, California, United States
  Person ID	I200	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

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  Family 1	SMITH, Don Carlos,   b. 25 Mar 1816, Norwich, Windsor, Vermont, United States d. 7 Aug 1841, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States (Age 25 years)
  Marriage	30 Jul 1835	Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States
  Children	+ 1. SMITH, Agnes Charlotte,   b. 1 Aug 1836, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States d. 31 Jan 1873 (Age 36 years)   2. SMITH, Sophronia C.,   b. 24 May 1838, New Portage, Summit, Ohio d. 3 Oct 1843, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States (Age 5 years) + 3. SMITH, Josephine Donna,   b. 10 Mar 1841, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States d. 29 Feb 1928, Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022
  Family ID	F54	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	PICKETT, William Sr.,   b. 2 Nov 1816, Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Abt 1893, Julian, San Diego, California, United States (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1846	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
  Children	1. PICKETT, Don Carlos,   b. 11 Dec 1847, St. Louis City, St. Louis, Missouri, United States d. 26 Jul 1928, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States (Age 80 years)   2. PICKETT, William Jr.,   b. 11 Dec 1847, St. Louis City, St. Louis, Missouri, United States d. 19 Oct 1931, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022
  Family ID	F197	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  !BIRTH: From Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale by Audentia Smith Anderson DEATH: nformation comes from book by Josephine DeWitt Rhodelhamel and Raymund Francis Wood, Ina Coolbrith Librarian and Laureate of California, Brigham YOung Press, p. 7, 141, 142. GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Agnes Moulton BURIAL Mountain View Cemetery, Josephine Donna Smith was born 10 March 1841 in Nauvoo, Illinois--just a few months previous to her father's death (Don Carlos Smith died 7 August 1941). She had two older sisters, Agnes Charlotte (born 7 August 1836) and Sophronia (born 22 April 1838) Sophronia died on 3 October 1843 when Josephine was only two years old. On 28 January 1846, Josephine's parents were sealed for time and all eternity in the Nauvoo Temple, with George A. Smith standing proxy for his cousin, Don Carlos. Agnes remained in Nauvoo with most o the rest of the Smiths ater the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum and the exodus of the saints west. She later married a lawyer named William Pickett, and they had twin boys, named William Jr. and Don Carlos Pickett after Agnes's two husbands. In 1851, Pickett moved his family briefly to Utah and then on to California, where Agnes and her children spent the remainder of their lives. She and her daughters kept their ties to Mormonism secret, but Josephine maintained some contact with Church leaders, especially with Joseph F. Smith. She evidenced many of the same literary talents as her father, as she later adopted the pen name of "Ina Coolbrith." She became California's first poet laureate in 1915. She was quite well known in the upper social circles in San Francisco and entertained such literary greats as Jack London, George Sterling, John Muir, and Mark Twain. She received literary honors, including serving as president of the Congress of Authors and president of the Women's Press Association. The United States Geographic Board named a Sierra peak in Summit County "Mount Ina Coolbrith" after her.