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Smith
,
Mary
Catherine
Birth and Death Dates
1842-1916
Call Number
MSS
SC
1103
Material Type
Biography
Biography
Mary
Catherine
Smith
was
born
March
22
,
1842
to
Conrad
Smith
and
Ann
Elizabeth
Geeseman
near
Quincy
,
Pennsylvania
.
Four
years
later
(two
weeks
after
the
birth
of her
parent's
eleventh
child)
Mary's
mother
passed
away
leaving
her
children
in the
care
of her
eldest
daughter
Harriet
.
Harriet
soon
married
Valentine
Rock
in
January
1848
, but
one
month
later
their
family
would
suffer
another
loss
.
Mary's
father
Conrad
also
passed
away
,
leaving
his
large
family
orphaned
.
Luckily
Harriet
and her
new
husband
had the
means
and
kindness
to
adopt
all
of the
younger
children
and
become
their
legal
guardians
.
Mary
Catherine
was
only
six-years-old
at the
time
of her
father's
death
.
It
was in
Harriet
and
Valentine's
home
that
Mary
first
heard
the
gospel
preached
by
missionaries
of the
Church
of
Jesus
Christ
of
Latter-day
Saints
.
Mary
was
baptized
a
member
of the
church
in
December
of
1852.She
and her
sister
Harriet
were the
first
in their
family
to
take
this
important
step
.
Valentine
was
baptized
the
next
year
.
Elder
Angus
M
.
Cannon
baptized
21
more
people
in the
area
. Her
family
decided
to
make
the
long
journey
west
to
join
the
Saints
in
Zion
so
they
made
preparations
and
left
their
home
in
1856
.
Due
to
many
different
circumstances
however
it
would be
three
years
before
any
member
of the
family
would
reach
the
Salt
Lake
Valley
.
Mary
Catherine
finally
arrived
in
Salt
Lake
City
,
Utah
in the
fall
of
1859
. She
soon
found
employment
and a
room
in the
home
of
Daniel
H
.
Wells
, then a
counselor
in the
First
Presidency
of the
church
to the
prophet
Brigham
Young
,
Mary
assisted
his
wives
with
cooking
and
keeping
house
. She
married
Samuel
H
.
B
.
Smith
,
nephew
of the
prophet
Joseph
Smith
,
April
17
,
1860
in the
Endowment
House
.
President
Brigham
Young
performed
the
sealing
and
Samuel's
cousin
Joseph
F
.
Smith
was
one
of the
few
people
present
.
Samuel
and
Mary
would
later
be
called
to
settle
Bear
Lake
Valley
where
their
oldest
son
S
.
B
. would be
born
.
After
returning
home
to
Salt
Lake
they had a
daughter
named
Mary
Emma
who
died
shortly
after
her
birth
. A
year
later
another
daughter
Florence
May
was
born
. In the
spring
of
1870
Mary
was
faced
with
another
challenge-the
marriage
of her
husband
to his
second
wife
Julia
Winter
.
Mary
then had
another
son
whom
she
named
Joseph
Bailey
; he was
followed
by
Alvin
,
Jenta
Kate
,
Cumorah
,
Don
Carlos
and
finally
Junius
.
Mary
Catherine
died
September
26
,
1916
.
Abstract
This
collection
contains
the
biographies
of the
James
Leithead
Family
.
Each
biography
consists
of
copied
pages
and
many
include
pictures
of the
subjects
and of their
families
. Also
included
in the
collection
are
family
group
sheets
for
many
of the
people
,
providing
vital
records
for the
families
.
While
the
majority
of the
women
included
are
directly
related
to
James
Leithead
the
collection
does
not
make
each
relationship
clear
other
than those of his
wives
and
children
.
Mary
Catherine
Smith
is
one
of the
women
included
in the
collection
although
the
collection
does
not
specify
how
Mary
relates
to the
Leithead
family
, but her
story
follows
the
pattern
of
pioneer
life
that also
describes
the
Leitheads
.
Mary's
biography
takes
up
33
pages
in the
collection
.
It
was
written
by
Ruby
K
.
Smith
at the
request
of
Mary's
youngest
daughter
Cumorah
Smith
Burns
.
Mary's
history
is
articulate
and
descriptive
in
nature
and
accurately
portrays
the
experiences
of
Mary's
life
.
It
begins
with a
brief
introduction
describing
the
events
that
lead
to the
gathering
of the
Saints
in
Utah
and to
Mary's
pioneer
trek
to
Utah
.
Once
in
Utah
she had the
great
blessing
to be
accepted
into the
society
of
prominent
members
of the
Church
of
Jesus
Christ
of
Latter-day
Saints
.
Mary's
biography
provides
readers
with an
intimate
glimpse
of
life
during
Salt
Lake
City's
early
history
;
detailing
the
trials
and
faith
of a
young
woman
who
crossed
the
plains
, was
called
to
settle
uninhabited
areas
and
share
her
husband
and
home
with
another
woman
. She
faced
the
loss
of
two
of her
precious
children
.
Within
the
pages
of her
biography
there
is
a
poem
which
Mary
wrote
after
the
death
of her
young
son
Don
Carlos
.
Ruby
describes
the
memories
that
Mary's
children
had of their
mother
and their
home
. A
tribute
written
by
Cumorah
to her
mother
is
also
included
in the
collection
.
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