RICKS, Sarah Ann^[1]

1832 - 1864  (31 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	RICKS, Sarah Ann
  Nickname	Sally
  Birth	28 Dec 1832	Olive, Madison, Illinois, United States
  Gender	Female
  WAC	18 Aug 1852	POFFI
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
  Death	30 Jun 1864	Paragonah, Iron, Utah, United States
  Burial	30 Jun 1864	Parowan City Cemetery, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States
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  Person ID	I39244	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

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  F21524

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  Family	SMITH, Silas Sanford Jr. ,   b. 20 Oct 1830, Stockholm, St. Lawrence, New York, United States Stockholm, St. Lawrence, New York, United Statesd. 11 Oct 1910, Layton, Davis, Utah, United States (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1853
  Family ID	F21523	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  My ancestor [George Benjamin Wallace] wrote the following in his journal Friday Nov 23 (1855) Stormy. It snowed most of the day. About 2 o’clock Bro. Lyman and Company left for Salt Lake City. I wrote a letter and sent it to my family by Bro. Frost. In the evening I spoke to the Saints, also Bro Nobles. We had a good meeting. After meeting we went to Bro. Jesse Smith’s house and stayed all night. His mother [Mary Aikens] was there and we spent a happy evening with them. The next morning Silas Smith’s wives [Clarinda and Sarah] came in and breakfasted with us. They were Bro. Rich’s [Ricks] daughters. Good women. Sarah Ann Ricks was born December 28, 1832 in Olive Township, Madison County, Illinois. The Ricks family moved from Trigg County, Kentucy to Illinois when Sarah was about three years of age. Sarah Ann (Sally Ann) spent her early childhood on the family farm. In 1841, at age eight, Sally Ann joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints along with other members of her family. When Sally Ann was about twelve, the family moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. Sally Ann was a young sixteen-year-old girl when they crossed the plains to Utah in 1848. She had spent two years of her life, from age thirteen to fifteen, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. On April 17, 1853, at the age of twenty, Sally Ann married Silas Sanford Smith, as his second wife, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her sister Clarinda was his first wife. In May 1854, the family was called to help settle Southern Utah and became one of the early settlers of Parowan, Utah, in Iron County. In 1857, they moved a short distance to help settle Paragonah. In personal appearance, Sally Ann was very fair, had sandy hair, and a beautiful complexion. She was of medium build and possessed a mild and quiet disposition. She was not easily discouraged, and had an abiding and sustaining faith in her husband and her religion. Sally Ann, like other pioneer women of the time, was always busy keeping her family clothed and fed. She enjoyed crocheting and quilting, and left some beautiful samples, which are among the treasured possessions of the family. Indians were a constant menace to the inhabitants of the early settlements, and the first few years of their married life, Silas found it necessary to spend a large part of his time in the military service, recovering stolen livestock and punishing the offenders. While he was away, the family frequently found it necessary to take refuge in the fort under the protection of the home guard. It was stated by relatives, that because of the great distance away, the slow method of travel, and the danger of Indian attacks, that Sally Ann wasn’t able to visit her family very often. She was able to visit her parents only one time after her marriage and the move south. She often cried because she missed them so much. In March 1864, while living in Paragonah, Clarinda died nine days after the birth of her fifth baby and left her children in the care of Sally Ann. Then about three months after the death of Clarinda, Sally Ann gave birth to her fifth baby. Fourteen days later, Sally Ann died, leaving the care of the family to relatives and friends. Sally Ann died June 30, 1864 in Paragonah, Utah. Sally Ann’s baby, Hiram, died when only about two months old. Sally Ann’s four remaining children would give her twenty-three grandchildren. ========== Joel Ricks' two oldest daughters were named Clarinda and Sarah Ann (Thomas E. Ricks' sisters). They both were married to a man named Silas Sanford Smith--in polygamy.  Silas Sanford Smith's father was Silas Smith (son of Asahel Smith and Mary Duty), a brother to Joseph Smith Sr., so Joseph Smith Sr. was Silas Sanford's uncle.  This made Silas Sanford Smith a first cousin to the Prophet Joseph.  Therefore, Clarinda and Sarah's children were first cousins once removed to the Prophet Joseph and 2nd cousins to Joseph's children. They were called to help settled southern Utah and lived in Paragonah and Parowan in Iron County.  They had no doctors and lived in very harsh circumstances there. Silas married Clarinda Ricks (born in 1835) in 1851, and her sister Sarah Ann Ricks (born in 1832) in 1853. Clarinda died soon after the birth of her fifth child in March 1864. Her little daughter, Leonora, had died in September 1863 at the age of 4. Sarah Ann took care of her own children and her sister, Clarinda's four remaining children, until June 1864, when she died soon after the birth of her fifth child born June 16,1864. Her baby son, Hyrum Barton Smith, died in August 1864. In July 1865, Silas married a fifteen-year-old girl, named Martha Bennett, to help him care for the eight children from his first two wives. The oldest children were only three or four years younger than Martha, but Martha stepped up to the challenge and cared for the eight children, plus over the next 35 years, she gave birth to twelve children of her own, ten of whom lived to adulthood.  Martha's mother was the daughter of Ashael Smith Jr. (brother to Joseph Smith Sr.), and so was a first cousin to Silas Sanford Smith, making Martha and Silas first cousins once removed. Sarah Ann Ricks was born December 28, 1832, in Olive Township, Madison County, Illinois. The Ricks family moved from Trigg County, Kentucky to Illinois when Sarah was about three years of age. Sarah Ann (Sally Ann) spent her early childhood on the family farm. In 1841 at age eight, Sally Ann joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints along with other members of her family. When Sally Ann was about twelve, the family moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. Sally Ann was a young sixteen-year-old girl when they crossed the plains to Utah in 1848. She had spent two years of her life, from age thirteen to fifteen, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. On April 17, 1853 at the age of twenty, Sally Ann married Silas Sanford Smith, as his second wife, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her sister Clarinda was his first wife. In May 1854, the family was called to help settle Southern Utah and became one of the early settlers of Parowan, Utah, in Iron County. In 1857 they moved a short distance to help settle Paragonah. In personal appearance, Sally Ann was very fair, had sandy hair, and a beautiful complexion. She was of medium build and possessed a mild and quiet disposition. She was not easily discouraged, and had an abiding and sustaining faith in her husband and her religion. Sally Ann, like other pioneer women of the time, was always busy keeping her family clothed and fed. She enjoyed crocheting and quilting, and left some beautiful samples, which are among the treasured possessions of the family. Indians were a constant menace to the inhabitants of the early settlements, and the first few years of their married life, Silas found it necessary to spend a large part of his time in the military service, recovering stolen livestock and punishing the offenders. While he was away the family frequently found it necessary to take refuge in the fort under the protection of the home guard. It was stated by relatives that because of the great distance away, the slow method of travel, and the danger of Indian attacks, that Sally Ann wasn't able to visit her family very often. She was able to visit her parents only one time after her marriage and the move south. She often cried because she missed them so much. In March 1864, while living in Paragonah, Clarinda died nine days after the birth of her fifth baby and left her children in the care of Sally Ann. Then about three months after the death of Clarinda, Sally Ann gave birth to her fifth baby. Fourteen days later, Sally Ann died, leaving the care of the family to relatives and friends. Sally Ann died June 30, 1864 in Paragonah, Utah. Sally Ann's baby, Hiram, died when only about two months old. Sally Ann's four remaining children would give her twenty-three grandchildren.

  
  

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  [S146] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002), citing microfilm 183393, page 93, downloaded 15 Sep 2009 (Reliability: 3).