SMITH, Asahel^{[1, 2]}

1773 - 1848  (75 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	SMITH, Asahel
  Born	21 May 1773	Windham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
  Gender	Male
  WAC	15 Dec 1845	NAUVO   [3]
  _TAG	Locked By FS
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
  Died	21 Jul 1848	Wapello, Louisa, Iowa, United States
  Buried	22 Jul 1848	Salima, Wapallo, Iowa, United States
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  Person ID	I19163	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	SMITH, Asael,   b. 7 Mar 1744, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 31 Oct 1830, Stockholm, St. Lawrence, New York, United States  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	DUTY, Mary Elizabeth,   b. 11 Oct 1743, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 27 May 1836, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States  (Age 92 years)
  Married	12 Feb 1767	Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts
  Notes	~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 25 Aug 1897
  Family ID	F38	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	SMITH, Jane,   b. 1775, Windham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
  Married	1794	Windham, Rockingham, New Hampshire   [4, 5]
  Notes	MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Windham, Rockingham, New Hamphshire.
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2021
  Family ID	F8143	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	SHELLENGER, Elizabeth,   b. 1 Dec 1785, Chatham, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 14 Oct 1846, Wapello, Louisa, Iowa, United States  (Age 60 years)
  Married	21 Mar 1802	Royalton, Windsor, Vermont
  Children	+ 1. SMITH, Elias,   b. 6 Sep 1804, Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, United States ,   d. 24 Jun 1888, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  (Age 83 years)   2. SMITH, Emily,   b. 1 Sep 1806, Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont, United States ,   d. 11 Aug 1893, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  (Age 86 years)   3. SMITH, Jessie Johnson,   b. 6 Oct 1806, Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont, United States ,   d. 1 Jul 1834  (Age 27 years) + 4. SMITH, Esther,   b. 20 Sep 1810, Stockholm, St. Lawrence, New York, United States ,   d. 31 Oct 1856, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  (Age 46 years) + 5. SMITH, Mary Jane,   b. 29 Apr 1815, Stockholm, St. Lawrence, New York, United States ,   d. 1 Mar 1878, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States  (Age 62 years) + 6. SMITH, Julia Priscilla,   b. 4 Mar 1815, Stockholm, St Lawrence, New York, United States ,   d. 14 Aug 1906, Windsor, Sonoma, California, United States  (Age 91 years)   7. SMITH, Martha,   b. 9 Jun 1817, Windsor, Vermont, United States ,   d. 12 Oct 1902, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States  (Age 85 years) + 8. SMITH, Silas Schellinger,   b. 6 Jun 1822, Stockholm, St. Lawrence, New York, United States ,   d. 11 Jun 1892, Meadow, Millard, Utah Territory, United States  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2021
  Family ID	F9425	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 21 Mar 1802 - Royalton, Windsor, Vermont WAC - 15 Dec 1845 - NAUVO  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Headstone for Mary (Polly) Smith Pierce in the School Street Cemetery, Lebanon, Grafton Co., New Hampshire Headstone for Mary (Polly) Smith Pierce in the School Street Cemetery, Lebanon, Grafton Co., New Hampshire
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• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: The fourth presiding Patriarch of the L.D.S. (Mormon) Church, was the son of Asael Smith and Mary Duty, and brother of Joseph Smith Sr., the Prophet's father. He married Betsy Schillinger March 21, 1802. In 1809 he settled in St. Lawrence county, N.Y. When Joseph Smith Sr. accompanied by his son Don Carlos, visited his father and brother in St. Lawrence county, in August, 1830, Asahel received his testimony. He became a warm advocate of the Book of Mormon and the restoration of the everlasting gospel, for which he received much abuse from his brother Jesse. He was baptized by Lyman E. Johnson, June 29, 1835, in Stockholm, St. Lawrence, New York, and removed with his family to Kirtland, Ohio, in 1836. Soon after his arrival there, he was ordained a High Priest by Don Carlos Smith. In 1837, he became a member of the High Council at Kirtland. He was chosen to fill a similar position in Lee county, Iowa, when a Stake of Zion was organized there on Oct. 5, 1839. He served in that capacity until Jan. 6, 1842, when the Stake organization in Iowa was discontinued. During this time he resided at Nashville, Iowa. He was ordained a Patriarch by the Twelve Apostles in Nauvoo, Oct. 7, 1844. After the rejection of William Smith (his nephew) in 1845, the patriarchal office, according to the hereditary order, belonged to Asahel Smith; but as his health was poor, he is not known to have taken any active part in the office of presiding Patriarch. He died July 20, 1848, at Iowaville, Wapello county, Iowa, en route to the West. The following is recorded about him in Church history: "His principles, precepts and examples were worthy of imitation, and shed a lustre that does honor to his high and holy calling; he died after a long and painful illness, and has left a numerous family to mourn his loss." (LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 1, p.182) Taken from Findagrave.com

  
  

• Sources

  [S12] Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998). [S11] Unknown, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Reliability: 3). [S16] International Genealogical Index(R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, citing microfilm 1033997, page 11, reference number 13, downloaded 17 Sep 2009 (Reliability: 3). [S146] International Genealogical Index(R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002), downloaded 17 Sep 2009 (Reliability: 3). [S16] International Genealogical Index(R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, downloaded 17 Sep 2009 (Reliability: 3).