title: List of descendants of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith
text: # List of descendants of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith
  
  This is a list of the descendants of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith, the founding family of the Latter Day Saint movement.
  
  ## Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith
  
  | Name | Birth Date | Birth Place | Death Date | Death Place | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Joseph Smith Sr. | July 12, 1771 | Topsfield, Massachusetts | September 14, 1840 | Nauvoo, Illinois | Born to Asael Smith and Mary Duty. At the age of 24, he married Lucy Mack in Tunbridge, Vermont on January 24, 1795. He was one of the Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon's Golden Plates and was the first Presiding Patriarch of the early Latter Day Saint church. |
  | Lucy Mack Smith | July 8, 1775 | Gilsum, New Hampshire | May 14, 1856 | Nauvoo, Illinois | Born to Solomon Mack (a Revolutionary War veteran) and Lydia Gates. She was 20 when she married Joseph Smith Sr. She is perhaps best remembered for her biography of her son, Joseph Smith Jr. |
  
  ### Unnamed son
  
  * A first son died in childbirth in 1797 in Tunbridge, VT.
  
  ### Alvin Smith
  
  | Name | Birth Date | Birth Place | Death Date | Death Place | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Alvin Smith | February 11, 1798 | Tunbridge, VT | November 19, 1823 | Palmyra, New York | Alvin Smith never married and had no descendants. Took a leading role in helping the Smith family work toward paying their debts and building their home. A vision claimed by his younger brother Joseph is said to have included Alvin and played a significant role in the establishment of the Mormon doctrine of redemption of those who die without a knowledge of the gospel and baptism of the dead. |
  
  ### Hyrum Smith
  
  | | Name | Birth Date | Birth Place | Death Date | Death Place | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Hyrum Smith | February 9, 1800 | Tunbridge, VT | June 27, 1844 | Carthage, Illinois | As of 2005, had an estimated 13,583 known descendants. He is perhaps best remembered for being killed with his brother Joseph Smith Jr. in Carthage Jail. |
  | Marriage to Jerusha Barden, November 2, 1826 in Manchester, New York ||||||||
  | | Jerusha Barden | February 15, 1805 | Norfolk, Connecticut | October 13, 1837 | Kirtland, Ohio | |
  | Children |||||||
  | | Lovina Smith Walker | September 16, 1827 | Manchester, New York | October 8, 1876 | Farmington, Utah Territory | |
  | | Mary Smith | June 27, 1829 | Manchester, New York | May 29, 1832 | Kirtland, Ohio | |
  | | John Smith | September 22, 1832 | Kirtland, Ohio | November 6, 1911 | Salt Lake City, Utah | The fifth Presiding Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). |
  | | Hyrum Smith Jr. | April 27, 1834 | Kirtland, Ohio | September 21, 1841 | Nauvoo, Illinois | |
  | | Jerusha Smith | January 13, 1836 | Kirtland, Ohio | June 27, 1912 | Harper Ward, Utah | |
  | | Sarah Smith Griffin | October 2, 1837 | Kirtland, Ohio | November 6, 1876 | Ogden, Utah | |
  | Marriage to Mary Fielding Smith, December 24, 1837 in Kirtland, Ohio ||||||||
  | | Mary Fielding Smith | July 21, 1801 | Bedfordshire, England | September 21, 1852 | Salt Lake City, Utah Territory | Remarried to Heber C. Kimball on September 14, 1844 |
  | Children |||||||
  | | Joseph F. Smith | November 13, 1838 | Far West, Missouri | November 19, 1918 | Salt Lake City, Utah | The sixth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and last President of the Church to have personally known Joseph Smith Jr. |
  | | Martha Ann Smith | May 14, 1841 | Nauvoo, Illinois | October 19, 1923 | Provo, Utah | |
  
  ### Sophronia Smith
  
  | | Name | Birth Date | Birth Place | Death Date | Death Place | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Sophronia Smith | May 17, 1803 | Tunbridge, VT | October 28, 1876 | Colchester, Illinois | As of 2005, has five known descendants |
  | Married to Calvin W. Stoddard, December 2, 1827 in Palmyra, New York ||||||||
  | | Calvin W. Stoddard | September 7, 1801 | Groton, Connecticut | November 19, 1836 | Macedon, New York | |
  | Children |||||||
  | | Eunice Stoddard | March 22, 1830 | Palmyra, New York | June 24, 1831 | Kirtland, Ohio | |
  | | Mariah Stoddard | April 12, 1832 | Kirtland, Ohio | October 8, 1896 | Colchester, Illinois | |
  | Married to William McCleary, February 11, 1838 in Kirtland, Ohio ||||||||
  | | William McCleary | October 9, 1793 | Rupert, Vermont | June 1846 | Iowa | Sophronia and William had no children together. |
  
  ### Joseph Smith Jr.
  
  | | Name | Birth Date | Birth Place | Death Date | Death Place | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Joseph Smith Jr. | December 23, 1805 | Sharon, Vermont | June 27, 1844 | Carthage, Illinois | As of 2005, has 1112 known descendants |
  | Marriage to Emma Hale, January 18, 1827 in South Bainbridge, New York ||||||||
  | | Emma Hale Smith | July 10, 1804 | Harmony Township, Pennsylvania | May 30, 1879 | Nauvoo, Illinois | Married to Joseph Smith Jr., until his death in 1844. She was the first president of the Ladies' Relief Society of Nauvoo, a women's service organization and was an early leader and member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints |
  | Children ||||||||
  | | Alvin Smith | June 15, 1828 | Harmony, Pennsylvania | June 15, 1828 | Harmony, Pennsylvania | Died the same day as birth. |
  | | Thaddeus Smith | April 30, 1831 | near Kirtland, Ohio | April 30, 1831 | near Kirtland, Ohio | Died the same day as birth. Twin to Louisa Smith |
  | | Louisa Smith | April 30, 1831 | near Kirtland, Ohio | April 30, 1831 | near Kirtland, Ohio | Died the same day as birth. Twin to Thaddeus Smith |
  | | Joseph Murdock | May 1, 1831 | Kirtland, Ohio | March 29, 1832 | Hiram, Ohio | Adopted. Twin of Julia Murdock. His mother died in childbirth. On May 10, 1831, he was adopted by Joseph and Emma. Died before he reached his first birthday when a mob tarred and feathered his father, Joseph. The child died from exposure (many accounts say pneumonia) five days after the event from the condition that doctors said he developed the night of the mob violence. |
  | | Julia Murdock | May 1, 1831 | Kirtland, Ohio | September 12, 1880 | Nauvoo, Illinois | Adopted. Twin of Joseph Murdock. Married Elisha Dixon in 1849 in Nauvoo, Illinois. They were married four years when Elisha was killed in an accident in 1853 in Galveston, Texas. In 1855 she married John Middleton. After 20 years of marriage, they separated in 1877. |
  | | Joseph Smith, III | November 6, 1832 | Kirtland, Ohio | December 10, 1914 | Independence, Missouri | Joseph Smith III was the first Prophet–President of what became known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. |
  | | Frederick Granger Williams Smith | June 20, 1836 | Kirtland, Ohio | April 13, 1862 | Nauvoo, Illinois | Frederick was never baptized into the Latter Day Saint movement. He married Anna Marie Jones on November 13, 1857. His only daughter, Alice Fredericka Smith never married and had no children, leaving no living descendants. |
  | | Alexander Hale Smith | June 2, 1838 | Far West, Missouri | August 12, 1909 | Nauvoo, Illinois | Married Elizabeth Agnes Kendall on June 23, 1861 He was an apostle and Presiding Patriarch of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. |
  | | Don Carlos Smith | June 13, 1840 | Nauvoo, Illinois | September 15, 1841 | Nauvoo, Illinois | Died at age 1. |
  | | David Hyrum Smith | November 18, 1844 | Nauvoo, Illinois | August 29, 1904 | Elgin, Illinois | Born approximately five months after the death of Joseph Smith, and was a counselor to his brother, Joseph Smith III, in the First Presidency of the RLDS Church. Married Clara Hartshorn on May 10, 1870 and had one daughter. On January 19, 1877, he was confined to an asylum for the mentally ill in Elgin, Illinois and remained there for the remainder of his life (twenty-seven years). |
  
  ### Samuel H. Smith
  
  | | Name | Birth Date | Birth Place | Death Date | Death Place | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Samuel H. Smith | March 13, 1808 | Tunbridge, VT | July 30, 1844 | Nauvoo, Illinois | As of 2005, has 460 known descendants One of the Eight Witnesses to the Book of Mormon's golden plates. Some church members assumed that Samuel would succeed his brother Joseph as the president of the Latter Day Saint church (see Lineal Succession (Latter Day Saints)). However, Samuel fell ill shortly after their deaths and died just one month later, possibly from internal injuries he suffered while fleeing the mob on horseback on the day his brothers were murdered. The cause of death was attributed to "bilious fever". |
  | Marriage to Mary Bailey on August 13, 1834 in Kirtland, Ohio ||||||||
  | | Mary Bailey | December 20, 1808 | Bedford, New Hampshire | January 25, 1841 | Nauvoo, Illinois | |
  | Children ||||||||
  | | Susannah Bailey Smith | October 27, 1835 | Kirtland, Ohio | December 14, 1905 | Dell Rapids, South Dakota | |
  | | Mary Bailey Smith | March 27, 1837 | Mentor, Ohio | October 14, 1916 | | |
  | | Samuel Harrison Bailey Smith | August 1, 1838 | Shady Grove, Missouri | June 12, 1914 | Salt Lake City, Utah | |
  | | Lucy Bailey Smith | January 21, 1841 | Nauvoo, Illinois | February 1841 | Nauvoo, Illinois | |
  | Marriage to Levira Clark on 29 Apr 29, 1841 in Nauvoo, Illinois ||||||||
  | | Levira Clark | July 30, 1815 | Levonia, New York | January 1, 1893 | Salt Lake City, Utah | |
  | Children ||||||||
  | | Levira Annette Clark Smith | April 29, 1842 | Nauvoo, Illinois | December 18, 1888 | St. Louis, Missouri | |
  | | Lovisa Annette Clark Smith | August 28, 1843 | Nauvoo, Illinois | September 1843 | Nauvoo, Illinois | |
  | | Lucy Jane Clark Smith: | August 20, 1844 | Nauvoo, Illinois | August 1844 | Nauvoo, Illinois | |
  
  ### Ephraim Smith
  
  | Name | Birth Date | Birth Place | Death Date | Death Place | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ephraim Smith | March 13, 1810 | Royalton, Vermont | March 13, 1810 | Royalton, Vermont | |
  
  ### William Smith
  
  | | Name | Birth Date | Birth Place | Death Date | Death Place | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | William Smith | March 13, 1811 | Royalton, Vermont | November 13, 1893 | Osterdock, Iowa | Was a Petitioner for Patriarchate of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and the 3rd Presiding Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As of 2005, had 234 known descendants |
  | Marriage to Caroline A. Grant on February 14, 1833 in Kirtland, Ohio ||||||||
  | | Caroline A. Grant | January 22, 1814 | Windsor, New York | May 22, 1845 | Nauvoo, Illinois | |
  | Children ||||||||
  | | Mary Jane Smith | January 7, 1834 | Kirtland, Ohio | December 21, 1878 | Brookfield, Missouri | |
  | | Caroline L. Smith | August 1836 | Kirtland, Ohio | January 9, 1878 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
  | Marriage to Roxie R. Grant on May 19, 1847 in Knox, Illinois ||||||||
  | | Roxie R. Grant | March 16, 1825 | Naples, New York | March 30, 1900 | Lathrop, Missouri | |
  | Children ||||||||
  | | Thalia Grant Smith | September 21, 1848 | Altonia, Illinois | November 27, 1924 | Independence, Missouri | |
  | | Hyrum Wallace Smith | August 17, 1850 | Altonia, Illinois | January 27, 1935 | Lennox, California | |
  | Marriage to Eliza E. Sanborn on November 12, 1857 in Kirtland, Ohio ||||||||
  | | Eliza E. Sanborn | April 16, 1827 | Cattaraugus, New York | March 7, 1889 | Elkader, Iowa | |
  | Children ||||||||
  | | William Enoch Smith | July 23, 1858 | Erie, Pennsylvania | February 13, 1930 | Mitchell, South Dakota | |
  | | Edson Don Carlos Smith | September 16, 1862 | Elkader, Iowa | February 13, 1939 | Salt Lake City, Utah | |
  | | Louise Mae Smith | May 8, 1866 | Elkader, Iowa | | Mallory Township, Iowa | |
  | Marriage to Rosella Goyette on December 21, 1889 in Clinton, Iowa ||||||||
  | | Rosella Goyette | May 16, 1830 | Montreal, Canada | April 6, 1923 | Clinton, Iowa | No children |
  
  ### Katharine Smith
  
  | | Name | Birth Date | Birth Place | Death Date | Death Place | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Katharine Smith | July 28, 1813 | Lebanon, New Hampshire | February 1, 1900 | Fountain Green, Illinois | As of 2005, has 92 known descendants |
  | Marriage to Wilkins J. Salisbury on January 8, 1831 in Kirtland, Ohio ||||||||
  | | Wilkins Jenkins Salisbury | January 6, 1809 | Rushville, New York | November 27, 1853 | Plymouth, Illinois | |
  | Children ||||||||
  | | Elizabeth Salisbury | April 9, 1832 | Kirtland, Ohio | July 15, 1832 | Kirtland, Ohio |
  | | Lucy Salisbury | October 3, 1834 | Kirtland, Ohio | October 18, 1892 | Burlington, Iowa | |
  | | Soloman Jenkins Salisbury | September 18, 1835 | Kirtland, Ohio | January 12, 1927 | Burnside, Illinois | |
  | | Alvin Salisbury | June 7, 1838 | Missouri | August 21, 1880 | Fountain Green, Illinois | |
  | | Don C. Salisbury | October 25, 1841 | Plymouth, Illinois | April 6, 1919 | Ferris, Illinois | |
  | | Emma C. Salisbury | March 25, 1844 | Plymouth, Illinois | October 10, 1846 | Alexandria, Missouri | |
  | | Lorin Ephriam Salisbury | May 4, 1845 | Beardstowne, Illinois | November 18, 1849 | Webster, Illinois | |
  | | Frederick Vilian Salisbury | January 27, 1850 | Webster, Illinois | February 24, 1934 | Independence, Missouri |
  | Marriage to Joseph Younger Aft 1853 in Illinois ||||||||
  | | Joseph Younger | 1805 | Lebanon, New Hampshire | 1900 | | No children |
  
  ### Don Carlos Smith
  
  | | Name | Birth Date | Birth Place | Death Date | Death Place | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Don Carlos Smith | March 25, 1816 | Norwich, Vermont | August 7, 1841 | Nauvoo, Illinois | As of 2005, has six known descendants |
  | Marriage to Agnes Moulton Coolbrith on July 30, 1835 in Kirtland, Ohio ||||||||
  | | Agnes Moulton Coolbrith | July 11, 1811 | Scarborough, Maine | December 26, 1876 | Los Angeles, California | After Don Carlos died in 1841, Coolbrith married Joseph Smith in 1842, as a Plural Wife. |
  | Children ||||||||
  | | Agnes Charlotte Smith | August 1, 1836 | Kirtland, Ohio, | January 31, 1873 | | |
  | | Sophronia C. Smith | May 24, 1838 | New Portage, Illinois | October 3, 1843 | Nauvoo, Illinois | |
  | | Ina Coolbrith (born: Josephine D. Smith) | March 10, 1841 | Nauvoo, Illinois | February 29, 1928 | Berkeley, California | An American poet, writer, librarian, and a prominent figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary community. Ina Coolbrith was the first poet laureate of California. |
  
  ### Lucy Smith
  
  | | Name | Birth Date | Birth Place | Death Date | Death Place | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Lucy Smith | July 18, 1821 | Palmyra, New York | December 9, 1882 | Colchester, Illinois | As of 2005, has 92 known descendants |
  | Marriage to Arthur Milliken on June 4, 1840 in Nauvoo, Illinois ||||||||
  | | Arthur Millikin | May 9, 1817 | Saco, Maine | April 23, 1882 | Colchester, Illinois | |
  | Children ||||||||
  | | Don Carlos Smith Millikin | October 13, 1843 | Saco, Maine | November 26, 1932 | Hamilton, Illinois |
  | | Sarah M. Millikin | September 13, 1844 | Nauvoo, Illinois | November 23, 1934 | Portland, Oregon | |
  | | George William Dell Millikin | March 4, 1848 | Nauvoo, Illinois | January 16, 1913 | Colchester, Illinois | |
  | | Florence Arabella Millikin | May 23, 1850 | Webster, Illinois | October 21, 1927 | Colchester, Illinois | |
  | | Julia Amelia Millikin | June 17, 1853 | Fountain Green, Illinois | June 7, 1888 | Salt Lake City, Utah | |
  | | Frances A. Millikin | October 26, 1856 | Fountain Green, Illinois | March 14, 1858 | Colchester, Illinois | |
  | | Charles Arthur Millikin | August 31, 1858 | Colchester, Illinois | May 12, 1884 | Colchester, Illinois |
  | | Clara Irene Millikin | August 23, 1861 | Colchester, Illinois | March 26, 1948 | Macomb, Illinois | |
  | | Clarence Hyrum Millikin | March 26, 1865 | Colchester, Illinois | April 5, 1922 | Macomb, Illinois | |
  