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1. Rootsweb.com Worldconnect 11 Nov 2002 has 7 databases all reporting name as Samuel Joseph and wife as either Rachel or Rachel Irene Yocum born 12 Mar 1837 at either Pennsylvania or Asheland Co., Ohio. All concur she died 24 Mar 1921 at Fremont, Douglas, NE with one indicating burial 27 Mar 1921 at Maple Grove Cemetery in Cedar Bluffs, Saunders, NE [note: I could not find her in the online listing or burials]. Marriage is given as 1856 possibly in Pottawattamie Co., Iowa. Two report his death as 28 Oct 1867 in Savannah, Andrew, MO. Children reported all born in Pottawattamie County, Iowa are:
Mary Jane, b. 15 Jan 1856.
Susan Maggie, b. 12 Nov 1859.
Clara, b. 1 Feb 1861.
William Teedee, b. 1863.
Samuel Joseph, Jr., b. 28 Feb 1864 [Wheeler's Grove in Potta. Co.].
2. The following quote about William Yocum is related to Joseph's wife Rachel Yocum per FHL film 934962 "History of Pottawattamie Co., Iowa," by Field and Reed, 1907, pp. 228, 229: "Norwalk township was organized June 6, 1873... The first settlers were Mormons, but finally they all went on with the last detachment to Utah... The principal early settlers were Joseph Holman, Ezekiel Downs, Asa Downs, William Cox, William Hendrix, Johnson Lane and William Yocum. They all arrived and settled from 1845 to 1850. William Yocum was a wreck physically. He came from Missouri and while there joined the mob at Horn's [Haun's] mill against the Mormons. During the fight he received seven bullets in his body, from the effects of which he never recovered. He died in Pottawattamie county."
[William was not part of the mob but one of the LDS brethren. From July 1841, "History of the {LDS} Church," p. 389: Brother William Yocum had his leg amputated by Dr. John F. Weld, who operated free of charge, he was wounded at Haun's Mill, Oct 30th, 1838, and had lain on his back ever since, and now it was found the only chance to save his life was to have his leg cut off. He was also shot through the head at the same massacre." He died 29 Nov 1853 in Weston, Pottawattamie, Iowa. Hyrum Smith in his report of the affair after noting that several had fled into the thickets which had preserved them from the massacre, mentions: "One of the name of Yocum has lately had his leg amputated in consequence of wounds he then received. He had a ball shot through his head, which entered near his eye and came out the back part of his head,a nd another ball passed through one of his arms. {Church History, vol. 2, chapter 30}"]
3. Censuses:
1850 US: Dist. 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 98a, dwelling 542, 28 Sep 1850, next door is George and Mary Graybll:
John Smith, 51, SC.
Sarah, 43, NY.
Lydia, 16, IN.
Stephen, 14, IN.
Joseph, 12, IN.
Rhoda Ann, 9, IL.
Hyrum 6, IL.
Samuel Carlos, 4, IA.
Abraham, 1, IA.
1851 Iowa State: Pottawattamie County. FHL film 1022203. The entire state was counted but only Pottawattamie listed everyone by name in the household and their ages; other counties only listed the head of the household and a numerical count without names of the various ages by sex in the household. No date is given when the census was taken but it was certified in Dec. 1851; however, the other counties show a Sep 1851 date which also appears more likely for Pottawattamie as well in light of ages given some children with known birthdays in October. Census return:
Smith: John 50, Sarah 43, Lydia 16, [unreadable: may be Joseph 13], Rhoda A. 9, Hiram 7, Samuel C. 4, Abraham 2. [Note that the following related families are in this census and very close neighbors: Simeon P. Graybill, Michael/Polly Graybill with Polly's mother Catherine Eller Stoker, Eller/Margaret Stoker, Jacob/Catherine Stoker, Philip/Catherine Gatrost, David/Barbara Stoker, Edward/Sarah Davis, and William/Almira Stoker. Other relatives in same county but separated by several pages of census include the following families: Thomas/Hannah Pilling whose daughter Hannah, later marries William Lenore Graybill, Levi/Patience Graybill, John W./Sarah Stoker, Hannah Ford whose son Martin later marries Zibiah M. Stoker, and John/Sarah Smith.]
BIOGRAPHY:
1. See notes of father John Smith for extensive biography on entire family including this individual and their spouses.
2. Susan Easton Black, compiler, "Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints," (Religious Studies Center, BYU, 1993, copy in Family History Library in Salt Lake City), p. 474: "Joseph Smith. Birth: 13 Feb 1838, Caldwell County, MO. Joseph Smith was baptized and confirmed a member of the RLDS on 15 Jun 1860 at Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by E.C. Briggs. Sources: Early Reorganization Minutes, 1852-1871, Book A and 1872-1905, Book C; Black, 'Membership of the LDS: 1830-1848, 40:32; North Star, Iowa, RLDS Branch Records, Temple Index Bureau."
3. The book "Mormon Redress Petitions, Documents of the 1833-1838 Missouri Conflict," edited by Clark V. Johnson, contains a copy of the "Scroll Petition" dated 28 Nov 1843 at Nauvoo, IL addressed to the U.S. Congress by members of the LDS Church who had property destroyed by Missouri mobs in the 1830's. Included with over a couple thousand signatures are those of Jno. and Sarah Smith and some of his children from his first wife who was deceased at the time of the petition: Hannah, Elizabeth, Stephen. Jos., and Rhoda A.
4. FHL film 934962, items 3 and 4, "History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa," by Field and Reed, 1907, pg. 197: "Grove Township... Many of these early settlers left Nauvoo intending to go to Utah, but for one reason or another they paused here and finally concluded to remain and few, if any, have had cause to regret it. The first to organize a religious body in the township were the Latter Day Saints. E.W. Briggs and W.W. Blair were the organizers, and the original members were John Smith and wife, E.W. Knapp and wife, A.J. Field and wife, James Otto and wife, Levi Graybill and wife, John Winegar and wife, Joseph Smith and wife, and Stephen Smith. John Smith was their first president and E.W. Knapp the first clerk. Services were held at residences of the different members and later at schoolhouses, but the society becoming more numerous and wealthy, in 1874 they erected a modest church building at a cost of $763. The membership had increased until in 1881 it had reached ninety and maintained a regular Sabbath School."
5. The following partial quote is included in the biography of Stephen Smith, brother of this individual, per FHL film 934962, items 3 and 4, "History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa," by Field and Reed, 1907, pp. 1066-1067 [see notes for Stephen Smith in this database for full quotation]: "Stephen Smith, now living retired but still residing on his farm on section 27, Grove township, came to Pottawattamie county about the 1st of November, 1847. On this day he arrived in Council Bluffs, where he spent the winter. In the following April his father arrived in Macedonia township, bringing his family with him, and there he built the first house within what is now the borders of the township. John Smith, the father, resided there for eight years or more, and in the fall of 1853 or 1854 became a resident of Grove township, settling on section 8, where he continued to reside until his death occurred, in 1870, when he was 72 years of age... His birth had occurred in North Carolina and he had resided for some time in Indiana prior to coming to Iowa. The wife, who bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Martha Koonts, was born in Indiana, and from that state they removed to Adams county, Illinois, where the death of Mrs. Smith occurred, in 1840. Stephen Smith was born in Henry county, Indiana, January 28, 1836. His father wedded a second time, having wedded Miss Sarah Winegar in Adams county, Illinois, after losing his first wife. She accompanied her husband to Pottawattamie county and died here in 1882 [error; should be 1880]. By the two marriages there were seven sons and six daughters. Those of the family who came to Pottawattamie county were: Mary, Patience, Hannah, Elizabeth, Lydia, Rhoda [error: Lydia Rhoda is one individual and not two], Anna, Stephen, Joseph, Hiram, Carlos and Abraham. [Note: I believe Anna being included in this list to be an error in that it appears she died in Indiana as an infant.] Two brothers of the family died in early Childhood. Of the children Stephen, Lydia, and Abraham are still living, the sister being a resident of Cheyenne county, Kansas, while the brother makes his home in northwestern Nebraska. Stephen Smith was eleven years of age when he came with his father to Pottawattamie county..."
6. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 110-111, lists the following children of Joseph and Rachel:
Mary Jane, b. 1858, m. Henry George Flowers.
Susan, b. 1859, m. James Bozze.
Clara, b. 1863, m. Douglas Norton.
Samuel Joseph, m. Maryetta Elizabeth Denton.
The Pitt book cited below gives a lengthy downline of Joseph and Rachel Smith.
BIRTH:
1. Per RLDS membership citation above.
MARRIAGE:
1. Rachel Irene Yocum possibly in 1856 in Pottawattamie Co., Iowa per Ancestry.com cited above. They did have five children per Worldconnect database:1624388 with the oldest Mary Jane Smith being born 15 Jan 1856. This would make marriage no later than 1855. The Pitt book cited below notes last name spelling as Yochum.
DEATH:
1. Per Ancestry.com cited above.
2. Worldconnect database:1624388 reports death for Rachel as 24 Mar 1921 in Fremont, Douglas, Nebraska (and birth of 1837 in Asheland County, Ohio).
SOURCES_MISC:
1. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 125-140.
2. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 151.
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
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