tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73103991776186430422024-03-05T02:15:00.204-08:00Abraham Owen SmootAbraham Owen Smoot (17 FEB 1815 - 6 MAR 1895)smootarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566968944487528874noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310399177618643042.post-81699427244670393012020-08-19T12:13:00.007-07:002022-09-22T15:15:24.307-07:00Abraham Owen Smoot - Slavery<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 14.98px;"></span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAMOoekf0sIisGDaZxz8KPiISkt-8Au_BcIcGBSGCjGhH5UebozbhnaO60XzQqjcMOAUg5IiP8z9rFJJBgtlEiqmw7PxVPk4fiSttQw4hGHxo39wa04yPE2bEXVurb01Ddu2v-TGzhv9xO/s2048/AOSmoot+Reunion+2015+-+1.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="2015 Abraham Owen Smoot Family Reunion at the BYU Wilkinson Center" border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAMOoekf0sIisGDaZxz8KPiISkt-8Au_BcIcGBSGCjGhH5UebozbhnaO60XzQqjcMOAUg5IiP8z9rFJJBgtlEiqmw7PxVPk4fiSttQw4hGHxo39wa04yPE2bEXVurb01Ddu2v-TGzhv9xO/w400-h267/AOSmoot+Reunion+2015+-+1.JPG" title="2015 Abraham Owen Smoot Family Reunion at the BYU Wilkinson Center" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2015 Abraham Owen Smoot Family Reunion at the BYU Wilkinson Center</td></tr></tbody></table><b style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 14.98px;"><br />We, the Abraham Owen Smoot Family Organization, denounce slavery. Slavery is wrong. It is terrible that it was very prevalent in the American culture and that it has existed in many cultures throughout history. Praise the Lord that our great grandparents finally took a stand and said “NO” to it—even though many of them were raised in a culture where it was accepted. Some of our great grandparents even gave their lives in an effort to eradicate it from American society. </span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">Dr. Dennis Lythgoe said, “I think you have to view it (slavery) in context. It was the standard practice of the day. When Southerners were converted to Mormonism, they naturally brought their slaves with them. Since the LDS Church had no official position against slavery, and the territorial government sanctioned slavery in 1852, the status quo was the status quo.” <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.84px;">(U of U graduate and Professor Emeritus of History, Bridgewater State University, Bridge Water, Mass.)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">Matt Grow said, “As a historian, I try to follow the advice of a British novelist. He said: ‘The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there’ <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.84px;">(L. P. Hartley, The Go-Between [1953], prologue).</span> That means when we visit the past, we don’t want to be an ‘ugly tourist.’ We want to try to understand people within their own context and their own culture. We want to be patient with what we perceive as their faults. We want to be humble about the limits of our own knowledge. And we want to have a spirit of charity about the past.” <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.84px;">(Ensign July 2020)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">Although we, the posterity of Abraham Owen Smoot, know much about him—we too <b>do not suppose</b> that we understand enough of the context, culture and happenings 160 years ago to be able to place judgment on the motives, decisions and virtues of those early pioneers. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b>No one </b>today has enough detail to recreate the way things were. <b>There is so much we do not know. <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">A. O. had no desire to go to Provo. In Salt Lake, he had just finished building a new home on South Temple Street. He had struggled hard to build his businesses in Salt Lake. He was well-established in the community and had recently served for 10 years as Salt Lake City mayor. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Latter-day Saints and friends of the Church throughout Utah continually turned to him because they trusted his judgment, his wisdom and his good heart. Native American chiefs and tribes revered him and viewed him as one of their closest friends and allies. These early settlers of the Salt Lake Valley chose him: <o:p></o:p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span face="calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">To be the first Justice of the Peace</span></li><li><span face="calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">To serve in the State Legislature multiple times</span></li><li><span face="calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">To serve as mayor of Salt Lake City and later as mayor of Provo</span></li></ul><div><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Brigham Young continually turned to him to take on heavy responsibility: <o:p></o:p></p></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span face="calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">To serve a total of nine proselyting missions in sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ</span></li><li><span face="calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">To serve as bishop five times: Winter Quarters, SLC 15th Ward, Cottonwood Ward, Sugarhouse Ward and as Presiding Bishop in the Provo Area </span></li><li><span face="calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">To nurture and grow a small startup B.Y. Academy</span></li><li><span face="calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">To build the Provo Tabernacle—which is now the Provo City Center Temple</span></li><li>To serve for 13 years as Stake President in Provo </li></ul><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">We have studied his writings, his sermons, and his sacrifices and what his contemporaries said about him. Brigham Young asked him to lead the 4<sup>th</sup> company of Saints to cross the plains and arrive in the Salt Lake Valley in September 1847. Then, crossing the plains 13 times, he helped bring many struggling families and supplies from the East to Utah. He also led the first Perpetual Immigration group from England to America. <b>Continually reaching out and serving the poor, the stranded and oppressed was his legacy. <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Brigham Young’s mandate to A. O. was to have the academy flourish—which then became his life’s mission. In his last 20<span style="color: red;"> </span>years, he gave his entire fortune, energy and time to keep the Brigham Young Academy afloat. He died in heavy debt as a result. His all-consuming commitment was to keep the academy doors open so the young people could receive the type of education that only the B. Y. Academy could provide. For a period of time, he personally paid the salaries of the teachers to keep the academy going. When the academy building burned to the ground, he was the visionary who rallied all possible resources to continue classes in various buildings spread throughout Provo—until he and others were able to earn the funds and build a new magnificent edifice for learning. As the President of the Academy’s Board of Directors and as the stake president, he carried a heavy load during this period. While on one of his long journeys away from home, he wrote back to his beloved wife, Anne: <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px;">“Annie I haven’t a piece of property that is not mortgaged. I have had to do it to </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px;">raise money to keep the Brigham Young Academy going. That was given to me </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px;">as a mission and I would sooner lose all than fail in fulfilling this responsibility. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px;">I love that school and I can see what it means to our youth to have a spiritual as </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px;">well as book learning. It must live.”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 11.4133px;">(Abraham Owen Smoot, A Testament of his Life, by Nixon and Smoot, pg. 247)</span></p></div></blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">His greatest impact has been on his more than 14,000 descendants. He was firm but tender, kind and nurturing. He instilled confidence, obedience and strong testimonies in his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><b>Before we judge a person, we must first come to know who the person really is. Hopefully, these facts provide a glimpse of the man—who has long been referred to as the Patriarch of the Brigham Young Academy.</b></div><div style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b>The BYU Administration Building bears his name because of his monumental sacrifice and contribution to this institution. Removing his name accomplishes nothing. In addressing racism at BYU, solutions are available. A diverse and well-qualified BYU Committee on Race, Equity and Belonging has been assembled. If you examine who is on this committee, you realize nothing will be overlooked. Racism will be addressed. Solutions are possible. <b>An attempt to smear and cancel A. O. Smoot and Brigham Young and what they did 160 years ago accomplishes nothing.</b> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">We can all hope that having his name on a building causes everyone to desire to know who he was. In doing so they will learn of a magnificent man who lived a diverse and difficult life and did phenomenal things for our community—which have since blessed thousands of people of every race. He came unto Jesus, and as a result, his transformed life showed his Christianity more and more the longer he lived. A. O. Smoot was a perfect example of someone who was born into the tradition of slavery but changed his ways. We need more examples like A. O. Smoot in the world, not less. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b>Executive Committee<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b>The Abraham Owen Smoot Family Organization<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Sharman Smoot, <i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px;">President</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Alan Smoot, <i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px;">Vice-President</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Bonnie Kofford, <i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px;">Secretary</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Janelle Brimhall Lysenko<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Shauna Smoot Essig<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Cullen Brimhall<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Abraham Owen Smoot VI<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Nanette Maxfield Garrett<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Mary Ellen Smoot<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Christine Beck Perry<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Julie Earl Larson<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Jonathan Lysenko<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Loretta Nixon<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Richard Nixon<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Kathrine Raile<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Melissa Engle Bilic<o:p></o:p></p></div>smootarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566968944487528874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310399177618643042.post-71076109606187600952020-01-20T09:53:00.001-08:002020-01-20T09:53:34.325-08:00Remembering L. 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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br />With great sadness, we share with you the passing on January 13<sup>th</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of our dear cousin, friend, hero and leader, Doug Smoot. He served as the President of our Abraham Owen Smoot Family Organization for 40 years (1975 – 2015). Through his undaunting commitment to family members on both sides of the veil, Doug will continue to impact all of our lives through his writings, books, films, reunions and his valiant restoration efforts of the Brigham Young Academy Square. In this life, he has marched forward with an unquenchable desire to lift others and to preserve and share the legacy, light and vision of those dear Smoot Family Members who have come before us. We cherish his friendship and celebrate his generosity and loving ways. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">We express our condolences and profound gratitude to Doug’s family. Over these many decades, their encouragement, countless hours, sacrifices and support have brought about much good and a profound impact on generations to come. As they have focused on preserving the inspiring legacy of the early members of the A. O. Smoot Family, they have created a legacy of service of their own. Thank the Lord for Doug’s infectious enthusiasm and determination that has deeply touched many of us. We are delighted that he is now reunited with both Marian and those early family members whose legacy Doug has worked to preserve and share. We love you Doug! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>We rejoice in belonging to the A.O. Smoot Family and enjoying the blessings of our great heritage.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>We extend a heartfelt greeting to each of you, our A.O. Smoot Family members, for a wonderful Christmas season.</b></div>
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<b>Our best wishes –<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Sharm Smoot, President<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Alan Smoot, Vice President<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>And the A.O. Smoot Executive Committee</b></div>
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The Provo City Center Temple was originally constructed as the Provo Tabernacle from 1883 to 1886 under the direction of A.O. Smoot who at the time was President of the Utah Stake.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The construction debt of $12,000 needed to be paid-off and another $20,000 raised before the Tabernacle could be finished & dedicated. A.O. invited stake members to contribute $.25 - $.50 and to sell loaves of bread and donate the amount received.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In 1889 he gave $1,000 for the first organ. At A.O. Smoot’s death in 1895, the Tabernacle was the site of his funeral. Finally, in 1898, the debt was cleared and the Tabernacle was dedicated.<o:p></o:p></div>
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After a fire in 2010 the Tabernacle was rebuilt and in 2016 it reopened as the Provo City Center Temple.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Information from: Abraham Owen Smoot: His Life and Service in Provo (1865-1895) by D. Robert Carter, Loretta D. Nixon & L. Douglas Smoot</span></div>
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smootarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566968944487528874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310399177618643042.post-24889978261670085802018-12-15T11:18:00.000-08:002018-12-15T11:18:13.466-08:00An update from Sharman Smoot<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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In behalf of the Abraham Owen Smoot Family, we welcome you to the Smoot Family website. <br />
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Abraham Owen together with Margaret, Emily, Diana, Anne, and Caroline were visionaries who had rock solid foundations of faith in Jesus Christ. Because of their faith and vision, they made monstrous sacrifices to do what the Lord needed them to do. They probably didn’t realized the legacy they were forging and the strong vision they have passed on. They just followed their hearts and divine guidance that came their way—taking one day at a time. The good that has been created because of their efforts is monumental.<br />
The A. O. Smoot Family has held large family reunions at BYU about every ten years. In 2015, three years ago, we celebrated A. O.’s 200 birthday. As a result of his leadership and sacrifice, he has often been referred to as Patriarch of the Brigham Young Academy—which later became Brigham Young University. Over 700 family members gathered; seven different generations were represented. In some family lines we are into the 9th generation. The first generation consists of A.O., Margaret, Emily, Diana, Anne & Caroline. Their 34 children make up the 2nd generation—with 163 in the 3rd Generation (grandchildren). Donna Faye Bott, the only living grandchild and member of the 3rd Generation, was present at the 200th Birthday. The 4th generation (great grandchildren) has a total of 338.</div>
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For that week-long Birthday Party, BYU produced the below video:<a data-cke-saved-href="https://youtu.be/4gs-ed9XUkU" href="https://youtu.be/4gs-ed9XUkU" target="_blank"> “Patriarch of the Academy”</a>—which was shown in the Marriott Center Weekly Devotional and the 2015 Homecoming Spectacular. It is worth watching!<br />
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Yes! You heard correctly. Seven generations were represented at his 200th Birthday Celebration! From a living granddaughter (3 rd generation) all the way down to members of the 9th generation. Over 14,000 total family members is our estimate—based on extrapolations from exact numbers of certain family lines. In addition to smaller family events in the next few years, another large family reunion at BYU will be held in 2025—which will also be BYU’s 150th Birthday. BYU was established on October 16, 1875.<br />
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We invite you to become involved with the Smoot Family Organization. Please contact us!<br />
If you desire, we will mail or email to you (free of charge) the <a data-cke-saved-href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HQnkDtsQt3gVp4fkdkzpCb-6GWRrGlLs/view" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HQnkDtsQt3gVp4fkdkzpCb-6GWRrGlLs/view" target="_blank">4 Generation Family Chart</a> —it displays the first four generations. Books that have been written about Abraham Owen and his family are available to purchase. Please join the Family Registry below and give us your contact info, so you can hear about family events. We would love to hear from you! Please call or write. Much inspiration is available on the website.<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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Sharman Smoot<br />
Abraham Owen Smoot Family Organization<br />
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Pull Together: </span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Via Reunions,
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Preserve: </span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Writings,
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Redeem: </span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Encourage, inspire
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<span class="s1">For many years she has been the only living grandchild (Third Generation) of Abraham Owen Smoot. (Of the first <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0cf9ViTDjk1eW12QWpBWGdiVzg/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Three Generations Sheet, Donna Faye is at the far bottom shown in green</a>.) Abraham Owen had 35 children (Second Generation) and 163 grandchildren (Third Generation). Although we have lost many family members of the Fourth Generation, we are happy that many of the Fourth Generation are still with us. </span><br />
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<span class="s1">Aline Coleman Smith, the oldest living member of the Fourth Generation, passed away just 2 months ago at the age of 105. </span><br />
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<span class="s1">Marian Bird Smoot, the wife of L. Douglas Smoot, former President of the A. O. Smoot organization, also passed away December 28, 2016. </span>Donna, Aline and Marian were all recognized at the Oct 2015 reunion.<br />
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Donna Faye Smoot Bott, 91, passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at the Brigham Community Hospital, due to Pneumonia.
She was born October 20, 1925, at home, in Farmington, Utah, the daughter of Horace Alma and Edna Louise Stubbs Smoot. She was the 10th child of 10 children. She was a tiny baby, just barely 5 pounds and 16 inches long. Her father ran the Lagoon Race Track and all the racers would come in to see her because she was so little. She attended school in Provo, Utah until the 10th Grade then graduated from Davis High in May of 1944. She then spent 3 years at Utah State University. She worked at Hill Air Force Base in Clearfield, then for the Internal Revenue Services, retiring from there in December 1982, after 20 years of Government Service. While working at Hill Field, she met and fell in love with John Henry Bott III. They were married on August 5, 1944 in the Logan LDS Temple. They lived in Farson, Wyoming for 3 years then moved back to Utah, finally moving to Corinne, Utah in 1956. John passed away February 2, 2012 after 64 years of marriage. She was a member of the Corinne 1st Ward, where she served in many teaching positions.
Donna Faye loved Christmas. As a child, Christmas was a happy time around their home. The house was always decorated inside and out with lights and decorations. They would get up early to open gifts & eat breakfast then would make the journey to each of the brothers & sisters homes to see what everyone had received for Christmas then would return home to have supper and finish the day. John and Donna Faye never had the opportunity to have children of their own, but had many "adopted" children and families. Donna Faye was a very talented person. She loved to cook and sew. She crochet many afghans, quilted, and made many crochet plastic projects for her friends and family. She loved her friends at the Community Center, where she would go each week to visit and work on projects. She was a member of the DUP and enjoyed the association she had with the ladies there.
She was preceded in death by her husband, 6 brothers, Alma (A.V.), Edgar, Neldon, Richard, & twin brothers (who died at birth), 3 sisters, Diana Turner, Maurine Bourne, Louise Hanson Stringham.
The family wishes to thank all the many friends who visited and helped Donna Faye throughout the years. Services will be Monday, March 6, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at the Corinne LDS Ward Chapel, 2335 N 4000 W, Corinne, UT. Viewings Sunday 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Myers Mortuary, 205 S. 100 E., Brigham City and on Monday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Church.
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July 2, 1911 ~ January 9, 2017
Aline Coleman Smith, 105-1/2, beloved mother, wife, aunt, sister, teacher, and sweet- spirited friend to so many, passed away peacefully on January 9th, 2017, surrounded by her loved ones. She was born July 2, 1911 in Provo, Utah to Jacob and Allie Smoot Coleman. She quickly assumed her role as caring eldest child and mother's helper, watching over her siblings throughout their childhoods. Her parents must have had a sense, even in those early years, that Aline would eventually take care of them - which she did for a number of years at the end of their lives. Jacob was a Provo City attorney and very active in local civic affairs throughout his life. Aline's mother, Allie, was the granddaughter of Abraham O. Smoot, mayor of both SLC and Provo and an ambitious, resourceful administrator in the formative years of BYU. Allie was also the source of Aline's sweet-tempered, generous personality. Aline was the oldest of five children and is survived by her "baby" sister, Genevieve "Jenny" Coleman Walker. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Virgil J. Smith, her son, Jay Coleman Smith, brothers, Dr. James Smoot Coleman and Dr. Sherman Smoot Coleman and sister, Martha Coleman Miner.
Aline attended elementary through high school at Brigham Young Training School, where she discovered her lifelong passion for dance. She went on to study Modern Dance with the illustrious early pioneers Ted Shawn and Ruth St. Denis in New York, and with Margaret H'Doubler at the University of Wisconsin. She graduated with high honors from BYU in 1933 with degrees in both Physical Education and Education.
Aline was instrumental in founding the dance program at BYU, and continued to teach and choreograph there for 10 years after her graduation. Choreography was her greatest passion, especially the crafting of large ensemble works to classical music. Her younger sister Martha, was an award-winning classical pianist who played for Aline's classes and dances; the two were a marvelous artistic team. Aline would imagine and choreograph dances in her mind as she listened to Martha's playing at home.
Aline married Virgil J. Smith in 1933. Their son Jay was born in 1939. Soon after, the family moved to Boise, Idaho, where Aline became very active in the YWCA, developing dance and movement programs for adults. During a trip to Copenhagen, Denmark she fell in love with Danish cross-stitch, needlepoint and petit point. Soon after, she embarked on what was to become a 30-year passion for creating original needlework of her own. These pieces adorn the furniture and walls of her loved ones to this day.
Following her husband Virgil's death in 1992, Aline moved to SLC to be closer to her large extended family and childhood friends. For many years, she and her sister, Martha, shared a home in Holladay full of music, art and good humor.
In 2006 they moved to Highland Cove, living just down the hall from one another.
Throughout her life, Aline was a great reader and avid student of literature and history. Even as her eyesight deteriorated, she continued to enjoy audiobooks - listening to 5 or 6 a week, which her younger sister Jenny supplied - scouring local libraries to keep up with
Aline's voracious reading appetite. Aline was also a member of Daughters of Utah Pioneers and Daria Book Club, where she made many lifelong friends.
Aline will be especially remembered for her loving, open-hearted generosity and wide- ranging friendships. She remained very close to her extended family and leaves behind a legion of friends at Highland Cove and throughout the region.
There will be a small family Graveside Service in Boise, Idaho at a later date.
Aline's family would like to especially thank all of her dear friends, the Olpin family, Dr. Margaret Lunt and her nurse Shannon for their love and kindness over the years, and CNS Hospice for their recent care.
Memorial donations in honor of Aline may be made to either DSBVI (Utah Blind Center) at 250 North 1950 West Ste. B, SLC, UT 84116-7902 or to the BYU Modern Dance fund at give.byu.edu/aline.
- See more at: <a href="http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/saltlaketribune/obituary.aspx?pid=183590743#sthash.5h9eYB61.dpuf" target="_blank">Legacy</a><br />
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1933–2016 (<a href="http://www.heraldextra.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/marian-bird-smoot/article_be2d5d73-92dd-5d92-b48d-58bcae432cde.html">obituary</a>)
Marian Bird Smoot passed away on December 28, 2016. She was born in Springville, Utah on September 7, 1933 to Maurice Clegg Bird and Mary Elizabeth Williams Bird. She was preceded in death by her parents and her older brother, Wallace, who was killed in a plane accident in 1954. Marian is survived by her sister, Mary Jane Palfreyman, brother, Richard Bird, her husband, L. Douglas Smoot, and daughters: Analee (Scott) Folster, LaCinda (John) Lewis, Michelle (Nathan) Hyde and Mindy (Conor) Robbins.<br />
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Marian met Doug in the third grade and they attended Springville High School together where she was the Art Queen, member of the Steno club, and a cheerleader. Marian designed and sewed the cheer outfits which were showcased in the Springville Art Museum. She loved to dance, run, play the drums, sew, paint and drive her Dad’s red truck. Doug and Marian graduated in 1952, and on September 15, 1953 they were married in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They recently celebrated 63 years of marriage.<br />
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Marian was a faithful member of the LDS church. She served in numerous callings including Relief Society President, Primary chorister and ward photographer. She was a great support to Doug in his many church callings. Marian served as President of BYU Women and on the Provo City Art Board which was responsible for raising funds for the Covey Center for the Arts.
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Marian loved music and had a beautiful alto voice. She and Doug donated their time, energy and financial resources to various theatre and art foundations, including Tuacahn, the Covey Center and the Springville Art Gallery. Marian also loved sports and cheered for BYU and the Jazz. She enjoyed tennis with friends and played competitively for years. Marian was an excellent homemaker, cook, collector and seamstress. She had a quick wit, a ready smile and a contagious laugh.<br />
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Marian and Doug traveled the world together, often with family. Her favorite place to be was on row one, the center seat of any activity where her family was involved. Marian is a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She will be greatly missed by her family, now numbering 62, including 20 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. Marian devoted her life to her posterity and her legacy will live on through them.<br />
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Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, January 5, 2017 at the Oak Hills Stake Center, 925 East North Temple Drive, Provo, Utah. Friends may call at the Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 East Center Street, Wednesday, January 4, from 6-8:00 p.m. and at the church Thursday, from 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. prior to services. Interment will be in the Provo City Cemetery. Condolences may be expressed at <a href="http://www.bergmortuary.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #206ec6; text-decoration: none;">www.bergmortuary.com</a>.
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<span class="s1">We also invite you to the Founders Luncheon following the Opening Ceremonies. The luncheon will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the Main Ballroom of the Wilkinson Student Center. President and Sister Worthen, members of the President’s Council, winners of the Brimhall Essay Contest, and other guests will attend. The registration deadline is Sep. 29.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">The children's activity is another option for children 12 and under and will be held simultaneously in an adjoining room. It includes a free sack lunch and entertainment. Children will also learn a song to sing at the Main Reunion Event. An older family member may accompany children; however, he/she will also need to sign up for the activity to receive the sack lunch.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>WED OCT 7 - Presentations about Provo Tabernacle and B.Y. Academy Square - for which A. O. Smoot was responsible</b></span></h3>
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<span class="s8">1. 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM </span>@ Provo Library Ballroom - Historic Provo Tabernacle Presentation (Becoming Provo City Center Temple) <span style="font-weight: normal;">Brigham Young Academy Square Library Ballroom – 500 North University Avenue, Provo. Power Point Presentation, Provo City Center Temple, History and Construction, Elder and Sister Newitt</span></h4>
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2. 11:00 am - 12:15 pm @ Provo Library Ballroom - Historic B.Y. Academy. <span style="font-weight: normal;">B.Y. Academy Square Library Ballroom 11am-12:15. Power Point Presentation about the Historic B.Y. Academy Bldg., history, preservation and library, Director Gene Nelson.</span></h4>
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3. 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm @ Provo Library Ballroom - Unveiling of Abraham Owen Smoot heroic size bronze statue. </h4>
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<span class="s1"><b>Homecoming Spectacular 7:30 PM @ BYU Marriott Center (<a href="http://ev9.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventList?groupCode=HS&linkID=byu&shopperContext=&caller=&appCode=" target="_blank">Register for Tickets</a>)</b></span><b> Thursday or Friday Evenings - Use Promo Code "founder"</b><br />
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8:30am - <span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">Free <a href="http://homecoming.byu.edu/details.cfm?id=38" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Pancake Breakfast (Click here for details)</a></span></div>
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8:45am - <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://homecoming.byu.edu/details.cfm?id=39" style="text-decoration: none;">Kid's Races</a></span></div>
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9:45am - <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://homecoming.byu.edu/details.cfm?id=28" style="text-decoration: none;">Cougar Run</a> <a href="https://www.runnercard.com/roadrace/public/raceGroup/975367" target="_blank">5K & Kids Races Registration (click here) </a></span></div>
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<b>10:00 am - <a href="http://homecoming.byu.edu/details.cfm?id=24" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Homecoming Parade (click here)</a> Provo, UT Parade Route</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We love <span class="il">parades</span>!!!! Abraham walked across the plains, he walked on his mission, and on the streets of Provo. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">All A. O. Smoot descendants old and young come join us in the <span style="color: blue;">BYU Homecoming <span class="il">Parade</span><span style="color: black;"> Saturday morning. </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">We need to be in place by</span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1700354675" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204 , 204 , 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: inherit; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9:30 am</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">. Meeting behind the Marriott Center. Come one and all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lato" , "sans";">This should be a wonderful parade.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Doug Smoot is the Grand Marshall. Other family members will be recognized during the parade. <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20.8px;">All of the descendants of A. O. Smoot (children and adults) are invited to walk together in the parade meeting between 9:00 - 9:30 AM Saturday morning in the parking lot by the Harman building and Marriott Center. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://homecoming.byu.edu/details.cfm?id=29" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Football Game (click here)</a> BYU vs East Carolina Pirates TBD @ LaVelle Edwards Stadium</span></h4>
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Discount tickets at <a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/BYUGROUP" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana;" target="_blank" title="http://www.tinyurl.com/BYUGROUP">www.tinyurl.com/BYUGROUP</a> use Promo Code "<span style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: "verdana";"><b>BYUSMOOT</b>". </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana";">This promo code will also give you discount tickets to other BYU football games.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lato" , "sans";"> i. A.O. Smoot Document Display – Perry Special Collections, Lee Library (John Murphy)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lato" , "sans";"> ii. A.O. Smoot Administration Building – A.O. Display-main floor lobby NE corner – </span><span style="font-family: "lato" , "sans";">updated </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lato" , "sans";"> iii. Family History Center – Lee Library-A.O. Smoot Family History (Name)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lato" , "sans";"> iv. Hinckley Alumni Building – 2 historic BYU films</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lato" , "sans";"> i. BY Academy Building (Provo Library, 500 N. University Ave)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lato" , "sans";"> ii. Provo Tabernacle (City Center Temple, 100 S. University Ave)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lato" , "sans";"> iii. Diana Eldredge Home (461 East Center Street)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lato" , "sans";"> iv. Provo’s ZCMI Site (NE Corner University Ave & Center Street)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lato" , "sans";"> v. Provo Woolen Mills Site, City Block, (100-200 West, 100-200 North)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lato" , "sans";"> vi. Smoot Lumber Yard Site (NE corner University Ave and 600 South)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lato" , "sans";"> vii. First National Bank Building (remodeled, NW corner University Ave and Center </span><span style="font-family: "lato" , "sans";">Street)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Q. If I were to pick one day to attend, which of those days is most important?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>A. Tuesday is the day where the main family events are happening. The most important is the 2:00 pm family reunion event.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>A. Curtis Isaak, Alumni Services Coordination. 801-422-7621. curtis_isaak@byu.edu</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>A. Marriott Center Parking lot on Tuesday morning. East of Wilkinson visitor parking for the Tuesday events. On Wednesday park around or underground by the B.Y. Academy building.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Q. What historic documents will be available to purchase?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>A. Three books: 1) Abraham Owen Smoot (1994) 2) Abraham Owen Smoot - His Life and Service in Provo (2015) 3) Miracle at Academy Square (2003). Academy painting print, note cards, post cards, and other items.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Q. If I have specific questions about the reunion, who could I speak with?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>A. Sharman Smoot @ 801-399-1000</b></span></div>
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When: Oct 6-10, 2015 - BYU Home Coming Week</div>
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Where: BYU, Provo, Utah and Surrounding area.</div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/a-o-smoot-chapter-smoot-family-establishes-homes-in-provo/article_24271720-d236-55a1-91cb-1e54a7c666c7.html" target="_blank">Chapter 2 - </a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'PT Serif', serif; line-height: 46px;"><a href="http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/a-o-smoot-chapter-smoot-family-establishes-homes-in-provo/article_24271720-d236-55a1-91cb-1e54a7c666c7.html" target="_blank">Smoot family establishes homes in Provo</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/central/provo/a-o-smoot-chapter-abraham-owen-smoot-president-of-utah/article_8f11feb9-681a-5799-8419-4f5b07a40c04.html" target="_blank">Chapter 3 - Abraham Owen Smoot, President of Utah Stake of Zion</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/central/provo/a-o-smoot-chapter-mayor-abraham-owen-smoot-development-of/article_204520c9-08c7-52fb-a848-599659387128.html" target="_blank">Chapter 4 - Mayor Abraham Owen Smoot, Development of Provo</a><br />
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"Journey to Temple Hill: The Brigham Young University Story" is a historical documentary about BYU's founding and early history.The program was produced by BYU University Communications in conjunction with the L. Tom Perry Special Collections at the Harold B. Lee Library.<br />
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The documentary draws upon interviews with past and current BYU presidents, historians, faculty and with descendants of BYU founders to describe the university's establishment and the challenges faced in its first three decades. (note: this includes L. Douglas Smoot and Loretta Nixon of the Abraham Owen Smoot Committee.)<br />
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Established in 1875, the university began as the Brigham Young Academy, housed in a single building on Provo Center Street. After a fire destroyed the building in 1884, the academy founders and faculty struggled to keep the institution alive, often going without salaries for months at a time.<br />
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In 2012, BYU marked the 100th anniversary of construction of the Karl G. Maeser Building, the first building on upper BYU campus on a piece of land known as "Temple Hill."<br />
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The documentary includes rare historical footage, photos and interviews with past BYU presidents Elder Dallin H. Oaks and Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Elder Merrill J. Bateman, emeritus general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ, as well as current BYU President Cecil O. Samuelson, also an emeritus general authority, are also featured.<br />
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Actor and theatre professor Rodger Sorensen, associate dean of the BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications, portrays Karl G. Maeser, BYU's spiritual and academic architect. The contributions of Abraham O. Smoot, first president of BYU's Board of Trustees, who sacrificed his own personal wealth to sustain the institution, are also highlighted.<br />
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The program includes original recordings of early academy students Eva Maeser Crandall, daughter of Karl G. Maeser, and Bryant Hinckley, one of Maeser's students and father of the late President Gordon B. Hinckley.<br />
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Karl Miller, who is seen in photos from the 1908 Maeser Building groundbreaking, also shares his unprecedented personal perspective in an interview that was recorded before his death in 2008. The 104 year-old Miller, who attended Brigham Young High and BYU and then worked on campus for his entire professional career, describes the groundbreaking on an area known as "Temple Hill," where the Maeser Building was constructed.<br />
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"It was a glorious day for all of us to see something in the future," recounts Miller. "We had no idea it would ever be a university like it is today."<br />
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Production support for"Journey to Temple Hill" was provided through the LDS Motion Picture Studio. It was produced and directed by Julie Walker with director of photography Brian Wilcox. The project was edited by BYU students Sarah Butler, Mark Gillins and Seth Estrada. Sam Cardon provided the original musical score.<br />
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"Journey to Temple Hill," is an expanded version of a documentary shown in the Gordon B. Hinckley Building Alumni and Visitors Center,<br />
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Brigham Young University is one of the world's largest private church-owned universities. For more information about BYU, see byu.edu.</div>
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Title: Abraham Owen Smoot - A testament of his life<br />
Author - Loretta D. Nixon & L. Douglas Smoot<br />
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Title: The miracle at academy square<br />
Author: L. Douglas Smoot<br />
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New Book Coming at the reunion<br />
ABRAHAM OWEN SMOOT - His life and service in Provo<br />
L. Douglas Smoot, editor<br />
Authors: D. Robert Carter (2 chapters), Loretta Nixon (2 chapters), Daily Herald (1 Chapter), L Douglas Smoot (3 chapters)<br />
PRE-ORDERING COMING!!!smootarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566968944487528874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310399177618643042.post-72059592458242501672014-09-03T07:03:00.000-07:002015-01-05T09:08:29.066-08:00BY Academy and Provo Tabernacle<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 106%;">In 1882, for the first time,
the church set up a normal fund for the Academy, with $400 for tuition for
training teachers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the years
following Brigham Young’s death in 1877, the Academy continued to grow and they
recruited from the very large Utah Territory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In 1883, the Academy had 402 registered students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By 1884, the Academy had students from what
would become seven surrounding states.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 106%;">But,
on January 27,<span style="color: red;"> </span>1884 the Lewis Building, on Third
West and Center Street, caught fire and was destroyed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much of the furniture, organ, musical
instruments, the library and physical apparatus was saved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Financial loss was at least $15,000.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Young Women’s Journal said: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 106%;">Of all who gazed on that sad
spectacle that night, there was no heavier, sadder heart than that of its
foster-father, A.O. Smoot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Institution had grown into his very heart of hearts, and to see the results of
years of toil and hard-earned blessings blazing on the altar of sacrifice, wilted
his feelings to the uttermost…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With
steady courage he calmed the fears and murmurs of excited pupils, raised the
fallen hopes of [the] crushed principal, infused life and energy into the board
and faculty, and with the loss of only one day, the school resumed its session,
and BY Academy went bravely on with its work.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 106%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 106%;">Quick assignments were made to
hold classes in the Provo Tabernacle, the Smoot bank building and the Jones
furniture store and school reopened, missing only one day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But enrollment slackened and financial stress
increased.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Within a year, classes were
moved to the church-owned ZCMI warehouse on 500 South Academy (University)
Avenue, where all of the upper floor and half of the lower floor were used.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 106%;">At the same time, the Board of
Trustees, with encouragement from President John Taylor, decided to build a new
academy building on Fifth North and Academy Avenue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>President John Taylor assigned $5000 of
Church funds toward the erection of a new building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In April 1884, using some of the money
advanced by the Church, $1300 was paid toward the price of the land which cost
$4,800.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Land was purchased and the
foundations were dug and completed by October of 1884<span style="color: red;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>But by 1885, enrollment had declined
and lack of funds caused the work on a new academy building to be halted
indefinitely.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 106%;">Additional challenges resulted
from the involvement of heirs of Brigham Young who held visitational and veto
rights, together with control and management of academy property.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This made administration more complicated and
obtaining private donations was more difficult.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 106%;">This arrangement was
dramatically changed in November, 1890 when Brigham’s heirs gave full authority
to President Abraham O. Smoot and the Board of Trustees for all aspects of
Academy administration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This led to new
life in the Academy and the Board of Trustees immediately moved forward to
complete the Academy Building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 106%;">Architect Joseph Don Carlos
Young, Brigham’s son, completed the design of the Academy Building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Board of Trustees borrowed substantially
more money with several board members signing personal guarantees, particularly
A.O. Smoot. A.O. Smoot endorsed $65,000 in BY Academy notes, outstanding
against his name, with interest up to 12%.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These were all for the Academy and likely for the building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also H.H. Child, Harvey H. Cluff, David John
and Wilson Dusenberry signed personal guarantees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 106%;">The total cost of the Academy
Building was about $100,000.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1893
(during this period of loan guaranteeing), A.O. said to his wife: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Anne, I haven’t a piece of property that is
not mortgaged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have had to do it to
raise money to keep the Brigham Young Academy going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was given to me as a mission and I would
sooner lose all than to fail in fulfilling this responsibility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love that school and I can see what it
means to our youth to have a spiritual as well as book learning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It must live.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 106%;">Construction resumed in early
1891 and was completed in late 1891.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was dedicated by George Q. Cannon, a member of the First Presidency, on January
4, 1892.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>President Wilford Woodruff,
A.O. Smoot, Karl Maeser and others spoke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This beautiful building was said to provide the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Best Education and Accommodations in the Territory</i>, and was
critical to the survival and growth of the BY Academy<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7310399177618643042#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 106%;">President A.O. Smoot, who
conducted the dedicatory services, said on this occasion:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">My
heart swells with gratitude as I look upon this assemblage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have been watching the academy since its
commencement and its reverses and successes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have taken an almost fatherly concern in it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its graduates are known throughout all Utah
and its surroundings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The prospect for
the academy is very flattering for the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The old walls of the academy were very dear to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The old walls will be remembered with
gratitude by many a Brigham Young Academy student.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are prepared to accommodate 600
students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have the furniture and all
the appliances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We feel that the present
academic year will not close with less than that number.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I ask the people here today not for their gold
and silver, but for their faith and assistance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have spent many a sleepless night for the academy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel confident that the success of the
Brigham Young</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Academy is
assured.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will never go backward but
onward</i> [Applause.] <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">My association
with Dr. Maeser has not been limited.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
have spent many an hour with him and feel that in his retirement he has a
greater field of usefulness in which to labor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>May his mantle fall upon his successor, Benjamin Cluff, with becoming
dignity.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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BY Academy Building as it appeared on Founders’ Day in 1900, about eight years
after its dedication.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Three years later,
the BY Academy became Brigham Young University and Academy Avenue became
University Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: medium; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2666664123535px;">BY Academy Building</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2666664123535px; text-align: justify;">. Built under the direction of A.O. Smoot, BY Academy Board of Trustees President, (1875-1895). Started 1884, dedicated – 1892. <i>When the roll of honor is read of the names who have made the Academy what it is today, second only to the illustrious name of its founder, Brigham Young, will stand the name and fame of Abram O. Smoot</i> (Joseph F. Smith)</span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2666664123535px;">Provo Tabernacle.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2666664123535px;"> Built under the direction of Utah Stake President, A.O. Smoot, (1868-1895). Started 1883, dedicated 1898. President A.O. Smoot said (Sept. 1, 1889, Utah Stake Conference) <i>I hope to live to see the Tabernacle completed and ornamented with an organ and beautiful as a house of worship but I don’t know whether I will or not.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 106%;">This
Academy Building, after being sold by the Church in 1978, was abandoned and in
terrible disrepair; but it was beautifully preserved and expanded (1995-2001)
at the cost of about 24 million dollars and currently houses the Provo City
Library at Academy Square<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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smootarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566968944487528874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310399177618643042.post-44632610261565002522014-09-03T06:46:00.000-07:002014-11-16T06:47:57.674-08:00Summary of Abraham Owen Smoot Reunions and Other Events<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">L. Douglas Smoot</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.2859992980957px;"><i><b>ABRAHAM OWEN SMOOT - His life and service in Provo</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">1895<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Founder’s Day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Joseph
E. Taylor quote “…the credit for the prosperous condition of this Academy
today is largely due to Abraham O. Smoot”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Smoot
Family Reunion<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Photograph; with Diana Eldredge Smoot<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">1923<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Smoot
Family Reunion<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">__<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From Preface, Abraham Owen Smoot, L.D. Nixon
and L. D. Smoot, 1994<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">1932<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">BYU
Founder’s Day, honoring A.O. Smoot<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">__<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">James E.
Talmage (1876 Academy Student) “President Smoot accomplished a work which to
one of inferior qualifications or of weaker devotion would have been
impossible”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">1951<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">BYU
Founder’s Day, honoring A.O. Smoot<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">__<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">John C.
Swenson (1886 Academy Student) said “…it became customary for students to
march to the home of A.O. Smoot and salute him on his birthday…as a gesture
of their appreciation for his leadership and his devotion to the Academy”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">October,
1962<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Dedication
of Abraham O. Smoot Administration Building<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">BYU
Campus<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Designer
– Henry P. Fetzer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Dedicated
by <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">June 3,
1978<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Smoot
Family Reunion (printed program)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">BYU
Campus <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Family
Photograph, (ELWC East Ballroom, ca. 340), Reunion Meeting, Family Meeting/Family
History, Children’s Program, Banquet (12:30pm – 7:30pm)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">June 25,
1983<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Smoot
Family Reunion (printed program)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">BYU
Campus <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">ELWC
Ballroom, 19 AO Smoot child representatives, 12:30 – 7:30pm; campus tours,
family history report, workshop, refreshments, artifacts, A.O., Margaret
histories, children’s program, photographs, children descendants reception,
banquet, Vivian McKay, genealogist, 450 attendees, two-day reunion<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">1994<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">BYU
Founder’s Day honoring A.O. Smoot<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">BYU
Campus<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Completion
of A.O. Smoot book, (Nixon, Smoot); dedication of A.O. Smoot Building Display
Case; Family Reunion; Campus Devotional(Margaret Smoot speaker) Parade (with
Doug on horse); Loretta Nixon, genealogist – events over homecoming week<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Re-dedication
of Preserved BY Academy Building – Provo City Library at Academy Square<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Academy
Building<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Seven
Year Project, 24 million dollars; Elder Jeffery Holland dedicated; Academy
Building Wing named for A.O. Smoot. Book (Miracle at Academy Square, Doug
Smoot, 2003) photograph of dedication services (over 400 in attendance)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Dedication
of Smoot Hall – BY Academy Building (Replica of Lewis Building, West Center
Street in Provo – destroyed by fire 1884)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">This is
the Place Heritage Park, Emigration Canyon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Stanley/Mary
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following dedication (ca. 200 attendees)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">2006<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Re-dedication
of Smoot Display, Abraham Owen Smoot Administration Building<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">BYU
Campus Smoot Building<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Expansion
of Display – Use of Nixon/Smoot book, Personal Life, foster-father of
Academy. Family paid cost. Photo <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">2011<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Decade
anniversary of re-dedication of BY Academy Building in 2001.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Provo
City Library at Academy Square<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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speakers. ca 200 attendees<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">October,
2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Family
Reunion – Bi-centennial Anniversary of Abraham Owen Smoot’s birth, 17
February 1815, Owenton, Kentucky<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">BYU
Campus, with BYU Founder’s Day – honoring A.O. Smoot<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">BYU
Campus devotional, campus/city tours of A.O. Smoot sites, Family meeting,
artifacts display, sales, eight article series on A.O. Smoot in the Daily
Herald, new book on A.O. Smoot’s life and service in Provo, Family dinner,
family meeting, photograph. New: aosmoot.blogspot.com to coordinate
invitations and communications.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Series of Articles (Chapters) found here: <a href="http://heraldextra.com/Smoot">http://<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">HeraldExtra.com/</span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Smoot</span></a></div>
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ABOUT THIS SERIES: This series of articles, published one per month between his bicentennial birthday anniversary in February, 2015 and the A.O. Smoot Family Reunion in October of 2015, addresses (1) Coming to Provo, (2) Family and Homes in Provo, (3) Service as the President of the Utah Stake, (4) Service as Mayor of Provo, (5) Development of Several Provo Businesses, (6) Service as First President of the Board of Trustees of the Brigham Young Academy, and (7) Funeral Service and Burial in Provo. The Extended A.O. Smoot Family Reunion, to be held in Provo in October 2015, is to celebrate his bicentennial birthday anniversary. The Smoot Family greatly appreciates the Daily Herald for publishing these articles and Brigham Young University for honoring A.O. Smoot on the 2015 Founders’ Day in October. </div>
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Abraham Owen (A.O.) Smoot had a profound influence on the city of Provo and it's development into the thriving city it is today. He served as the city's mayor from 1868 to 1881 and is probably best known as the first head of the board of trustees of Brigham Young Academy - now Brigham Young University. The Administration building at BYU carries his name as the Abraham O. Smoot Administration Building. </div>
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A.O. Smoot was born in Owenton, Kentucky, on Feb. 17, 1815 (200 years ago). He was sent to Provo by Brigham Young in 1868, when he was 53 years of age. He spent the balance of his life (27 years) in Provo until his death in 1895.</div>
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Early Smoot roots were in Holland (Smout) and England (William Smout or Smutz, ca. 1596). William, A.O.’s great-great-grandfather, moved his family to Virginia after 1633. His great-grandfather was John Smoot (1707), his grandfather was George Smoot (1742) and his father was George Washington Smoot (1765). All had lived in the Virginia – Maryland area. A.O.’s parents, George and Nancy Ann Rowlett were married in Kentucky where the family had moved. William Rowlett, A.O.’s grandfather had left Virginia in about 1793.</div>
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Abraham Owen was born to George and Nancy in Owenton or Pleasant Home, Kentucky. In a letter dated 1880, to wife, Margaret Smoot, A. O. Smoot tells of preaching at a church in Pleasant Home very near the home where he grew up, although in his memoirs he said he was born in Owenton, Kentucky on February 17, 1815. He was named after a war hero and cousin to his mother, Abraham Owen. He grew up with a lung disease and at age nine he almost died. It is possible that his father died at this time but, in any case, his mother remarried to Levi Taylor. It appears that his family moved to Henry County, Tennessee in 1828 when A.O. was 13. Here he lived in The Blood River settlement in Tennessee until he left on a mission in 1837. A.O. received little formal schooling but was likely taught by the Rowletts.</div>
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Spiritual revival was rampant during this time and A.O. was seeking religion. In 1834, David W. Patton and Warren Parish were the first Mormon missionaries preaching in Tennessee. A.O., with his family, heard the message of the restored gospel in 1835 at the age of 20. He was baptized March 22, 1835 and blessed to be healed. He grew stronger from that time and became the leader of the small Tennessee branch. Seven of the ten members were in A.O.’s family.</div>
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Wilford Woodruff ordained A.O. an elder in Tennessee. A.O. then served as Woodruff’s companion for the next year, which must have greatly influenced his life. This was the first of at least eight missions. Wilford became A.O.’s best friend and he must have taught A.O. to keep a journal. A.O.’s journal from this period is in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library at BYU.</div>
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By 1836, they had made their way to Kirtland, OH, saw the nearly completed temple, met Joseph Smith, received a blessing from Patriarch Joseph Smith Sr. and attended school in the temple. While he remained in Kirtland, after a serious illness with typhoid or scarlet fever, Joseph Smith advised him to help gather the saints in Kentucky/Tennessee to Far West, Missouri. A.O. returned to Tennessee in January 1837.</div>
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By late February, 1837, A.O. had organized seventeen family members in Tennessee, loaded the wagons and set out for Far West, MO. A.O. briefly returned to his KY/TN area to continue his missionary work where he recruited three more families to join their group in their arduous journey to Missouri, arriving in Far West in 1837. One of the members of this company was Margaret Adkinson, a widow, whom A.O. would marry. A.O. settled on a farm two miles south of Far West, MO. Times were peaceful over much of the next year and A.O. did missionary work in Southern Missouri and Arkansas.</div>
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Peaceful times in Missouri were short-lived. After continuing hostilities, in mid-1838, Governor Lilburn Boggs ordered the church members to leave Missouri in October, 1838. Skirmishes and battles broke out between the new settlers and the Missourians, reaching a fever-pitch in late 1838. On November 11, 1838, A.O. married Margaret Adkinson. The Mormon settlers were driven in the dead of winter (1838) north-eastward from Missouri to Illinois, while their leaders were imprisoned in the Liberty Jail in Missouri from 1 December 1838 to April 1839.</div>
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A.O.’s family and other members arrived in Quincy, IL in early 1839. His time in Missouri was brief and very painful. They spent four months recovering in Quincy, where they were well accepted. But A.O. and Margaret soon moved on to the Iowa side of Mississippi River in 1839 where A.O. served on the High Council. During this time, many were ill with malarial fever. While in Iowa, while Margaret and son William farmed the land, A.O. served a short mission to the South, returning in October, 1840. The family settled in Nauvoo, soon thereafter. By now, A.O. was only twenty-five years of age.</div>
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In August 1841, A.O. was called to serve another brief mission in Charleston, South Carolina, accompanied by Margaret, on horseback. During this trip in several southern states, Margaret’s mother, Esther McMeans, was baptized in early 1842, and she also joined the saints in Nauvoo. He also converted Sarah Gibbons in Tennessee, who later became A.O.’s second wife in the Nauvoo temple. A.O. returned to South Carolina and other southern states with a series of young companions, staying frequently with family and church members. After about a year, he returned to Nauvoo in July 1842 to work on the Nauvoo Temple. He remained in Nauvoo with his family for nearly two years, serving in the church, until the spring of 1844 when he was called on another mission to Tennessee while Nauvoo was growing rapidly and prospering.</div>
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A.O. learned of the death of Joseph Smith while in Tennessee on July 8, 1844. He returned to Nauvoo by July 28 aboard a steamer on the Mississippi. He was present when Brigham Young was sustained to lead the church. By November of 1844, A.O. and family left, again for a mission to the South (Alabama), returning to Nauvoo in May of 1845, when he resumed his work on the Nauvoo Temple. The church members were working feverishly to complete the temple so they could receive their temple ordinances before their forced exit from Nauvoo, west, across the plains.</div>
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By December 1845, temple ordinances were being administered night and day in the Nauvoo Temple. In his journal entry on December 25, 1845, A.O. notes …25th Thursday, Christmas Day, spent by me in the most agreeable manor of all Christmasts that I ever spent my time was spent in the house of the Lord in pouring uppon the head of the high priests and seventies the holy anointing oil which filled their hearts with gladness and joy. Ordinances in the temple continued feverishly through January, 1846 and into early February. During this time A.O. and Margaret were sealed in the temple and A.O. was also married to Sarah Gibbons and Emily Hill, polygamous wives. Through all this time it is not clear how the Smoot family supported themselves, though A.O. was very ambitious and resourceful.</div>
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On February 6, the vanguard of the church members left Nauvoo across the frozen Mississippi River, starting their trek west. About four months later, the Smoot Family also left Nauvoo. From his baptism in 1835 until his departure for the Salt Lake Valley in 1846, much of his time was given to missionary work in the southern states. A.O. was 31 years old. Sarah Gibbons, fifteen years his senior, did not go west at this time.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Plains to Salt Lake Valley (1846-1847)</strong></div>
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Abraham Owen Smoot and his family remained in Nauvoo as the first vanguard left in early February, 1846. He was sick with chills and fever. They left Nauvoo in May, with a large company of southern friends on a trek that would cover 1300 miles over the next sixteen months. His mother and family remained in Illinois.</div>
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Early on, he traveled with his dear friend, Wilford Woodruff, reaching Council Bluffs by July 1846. A.O. had been selected to act as a Bishop to help care for the Mormon Battalion families.</div>
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Sites along the Mormon Pioneer Trail Map, Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake Valley</div>
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By August, having crossed Iowa, they were at Winter Quarters on the west side of the Missouri River. They spent a difficult winter here. Here the travelers were organized into companies by Brigham Young. A.O. was chosen to lead the tenth company. Caring for the sick, building cabins and finding food were major challenges. Woodruff ordained Smoot a bishop on January 6, 1847 and he became the captain of a company of one hundred families with captains of fifty and ten. Brigham Young led the first Pioneer Hundred company and left Winter Quarters on April 16, 1847. Margaret’s son, William C. A. Atkinson, was in that company. Smoot’s company left Elkhorn, west of Winter Quarters with three other companies, totaling 500 wagons, on June 20. Challenges were faced all along the trail with sickness, and loss of cattle and horses, as they worked their way across the territories of Nebraska (statehood in 1867) and Wyoming (statehood in 1890).</div>
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Brigham, whose Pioneer Hundred Company had arrived in the Great Salt Lake Valley (24 July 1847), returned eastward and met and addressed the Smoot, Wallace and Rich Companies at Pacific Springs on the Big Sandy River, west of Independence Rock, Martin’s Cove (not yet named) and Devil’s Gate, on September 4, 1847.</div>
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On September 18, 1847, Smoot’s company camped on the Bear River and on September 24, they entered the Salt Lake Valley. He had been a member of the church only twelve years and had experienced the troubles in Kirtland, the fights and expulsion from Missouri, the building of Nauvoo and the temple, being driven from Nauvoo and now in the Salt Lake Valley, after leading 100 families across 1300 miles of wilderness.</div>
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Portrait of Abraham Owen Smoot, shortly after arrival in Salt Lake Valley, by Numen Carvalio</div>
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A.O. was to spend the next twenty-one years in homes in Salt Lake Valley, though he frequently left the valley on church assignments during that time. By his account, A.O. was to cross the plains thirteen more times in church service. And it seemed that his desire was to remain in the Valley with family.</div>
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With winter approaching, the Smoot family went to work to settle in their new home in the west. Within a couple of weeks, A.O. was called to serve in the high council. A.O.’s first child, Albert was born to wife, Emily in November, 1847. She had been expecting this child as they crossed the plains. In the fall they were busy planting wheat and rye, with more sowing in the spring. In a letter to Woodruff, A.O. noted the horde of crickets in the spring of 1848, which lasted through the fall, destroying his garden and one-third of his crops.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Two Decades of Church and Civic Service in the Salt Lake Valley (1848-1868)</strong></div>
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In August of 1848, A.O. and Lorenzo Young headed a wagon train with supplies and met a large company at the Sweetwater, coming west. They were being brought across the plains by Brigham Young. This was a challenging time. Margaret was not well. He told Woodruff, I am destitute of means and have a large family to support by the labor of my own hands; we are all destitute of clothes. Dry goods are two to four times higher than in the states… As the Salt Lake Valley was reorganized into nineteen wards in February of 1848, A.O. became bishop of the 15th ward. In 1849, he became the first Justice of the Peace in the Territory of Utah.</div>
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In 1850, A.O., with a group of five others, organized a transportation company, using light wagons, to assist the increasing traffic to the California gold fields. It cost about $300 for a through-ticket to Sutters Fork on the Swiftsure Line. A.O. went east across the plains as a part of the business to captain the first train of merchandise to ever cross the plains. This was the first of several business trips for A.O. across the plains with ox or mule. He had left his family with ample supplies in his absence from 1849 – 1850. On return, he moved his family several miles south near the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon. His home became a place to stay for church leaders going or returning from the south.</div>
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By April of 1850, A.O. was appointed Bishop of the Big Cottonwood Ward. In September of 1851, A.O. was called by the First Presidency (Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Willard Richards) to leave his family and serve a mission to the British Isles with three others, leaving his wives and two children behind. They arrived in Liverpool, England December 29, 1851. Within two weeks of his arrival in England, Franklin D. Richards, President of the England Mission, called A.O. to leave England and return to the western states to help immigrants from England to make their way across the plains. A.O. said, in a letter to Margaret …During the 30 dayes of my stay in England, I visited the great metropolis of London, where I foind open my view of one of the greatest fields of labor in the World. While there, I felt almost like asking the Lord to Loos my hands and let me thrust my sickle and reap while the harvest was ripe… He left Liverpool on January 28, 1852 on the steamer Pacific, just a month from his arrival in England. A.O. said of this voyage, we encountered a severe storm…but I felt an assurance that the vessel would be saved…I had seventeen thousand dollars in gold (For his perpetual emigration work).</div>
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By April, A.O. had purchased supplies to cross the plains for the 252 members who had sailed from England. In St. Louis, A.O. counseled members not to board the old freighter Saluda, even though it was cheaper, but many did. A.O. followed down the Missouri River a few days later and caught up to the Saluda in Lexington, MO. The old freighter had been stopped by float ice on the rough Missouri River. Just as he stepped off the Saluda, after visiting the saints, the ship blew up, killing upwards of twenty of the saints.</div>
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As captain of the traveling group from England, A.O. Smoot was preparing to head westward with the saints; the company was stricken with cholera and fifteen died. A.O. was among the forty to become ill but survived. He lost 75 pounds. By June, 1852, they were making their way to the Salt Lake Valley. On September 2, 1852, the company reached the Salt Lake Valley. This was the first company to travel under the Perpetual Emigrating Fund.</div>
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In March of 1854, Brigham Young called A.O. to move his family to what is now the Sugarhouse area of Salt Lake Valley to supervise the building of a sugar factory and manage the forest farm. A new Sugarhouse ward (The name was suggested by Margaret) was organized with A.O. Smoot as bishop. And they built a new school house, with rough board benches, used also for church. Production of sugar was never successful but the building and equipment were used to provide paper, flooring, buckets, tubs and barrels. Later this same year, A.O. became involved in community administration. In 1855, he married Diana Tanner Eldredge, his fourth wife. In 1856, he married his fifth wife, Anna Kirstine Morrison, born and converted in Norway.</div>
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Again in the spring of 1856, A.O. prepared to leave for another trip east to assist the emigrating saints and to get equipment for the woolen mill. In the company were four members of the Twelve and many missionaries. President Young spoke to the departing group at the mouth of Emigration Canyon on April 22.</div>
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Among other counsel, he said, I should advise all men to walk except those who are driving the teams…I believe I am as lazy a man as there is here, and yet I believe I could go to the Missouri River faster than any horse team you have got…therefore go on foot as much as possible and save your teams. Despite difficult travel from heavy, spring snow at the high elevations, they had reached Mormon Grove by June 8. The group divided at the Missouri River and A.O. sailed down the Missouri River and up the Mississippi River to St. Louis (arriving June 12) to get machinery and supplies and to help prepare eighty-five more saints to cross westward to Salt Lake Valley. By September 15, they were just west of Ash Hollow in western Nebraska, with limited supplies and winter approaching. On October 7, a rescue party left Salt Lake Valley, and met A.O. 100 miles east of Fort Bridger. A.O.’s company and James Willie’s Handcart Company entered the valley on November 9, 1856. This was the same fall that the Martin Handcart Company was caught in the early snow and eventually entered the Salt Lake Valley on November 30, 1856.</div>
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In April of 1857, A.O. became Mayor of Great Salt Lake City following the death of Mayor Jedidiah M. Grant and he labored eleven years without pay. A new city hall was dedicated in April, 1858.</div>
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The Mormons in Salt Lake Valley had learned in 1857 that the federal government would send Johnston’s Army to the Great Salt Lake Valley. It was A. O. Smoot, Porter Rockwell and Judson Stoddard that brought the news. Brigham Young was governor of the Territory at this time. The coming army concerned A.O. greatly as Mayor of Salt Lake City. The plan was to move out of the valley, leaving only a token force behind. In 1858, A.O. and family moved south to Pond Town (now Salem). When the Army passed peacefully through the city and camped in Cedar Valley, the leaders began to return to their homes followed by all of the people.</div>
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In May of 1861, A.O. joined Brigham Young’s group to tour the southern Utah area. The church had established an Indian Mission in Santa Clara in 1854 and sent 309 families to establish a cotton mission in 1861. A.O. traveled 728 miles in about a month, returning to the Great Salt Lake Valley in June.</div>
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The Territory of Utah was formed in 1850 with Brigham Young as governor (1850-1858) and lasted to Utah’s Statehood in 1896. Governors were appointed by the President of the United States. Mayor Smoot completed a larger city hall for the Great Salt Lake City and it was dedicated in 1866, near the completion of his time in office. He declined to be nominated for another term. In 1867 he and partners established the small Wasatch Woolen Mills. By now his home was on South Temple Street and he may have anticipated living out his life there.</div>
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During A.O.’s time in Salt Lake Valley, three wives (Emily, Diana, Anna) gave birth to sixteen children in these 21 years, five boys and eleven girls. Two daughters were born on the same day in covered wagons on the edge of the pond in Pond Town (Salem) in Utah Valley where A.O. had temporarily moved his family in 1858 to avoid Johnston’s Army. His first child born in Utah, Albert (1847), drowned on the Jordan River in 1863.</div>
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Abraham Owen Smoot prior to his move to Provo</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Called to Provo (1868)</strong></div>
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Church leaders had significant interest in developing Provo as a strong religious and economic center. But disunity reportedly prevailed there. Concern was increased when a petition was presented to the legislature to divide Utah County into two counties. A.O. later said This petition was the life spring of my being here (i.e., in Provo).</div>
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In early 1868, Brigham Young once again, as he had done so many times, called Abraham Owen Smoot for this task. He was to spend the balance of his life (27 years) in Provo, longer than he had lived anywhere else. It has been said that A.O. had no personal desire to move to Provo. He and his growing family were comfortably settled near the temple; he had just completed his service as mayor of Salt Lake City. And he was fifty-three years old. But he always accepted priesthood calls. At a School of the Prophets meeting on January 31, President Brigham Young nominated A.O., to the entire Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, to go to Provo and become President of the Utah Stake (all of Utah Valley), Bishop of Provo and Mayor of Provo. Civic and religious positions were not clearly separated at that time. Joseph Taylor was to go as Judge and several others (e.g., Wilford Woodruff, Joseph F. Smith, Bp. E.F. Sheets and George Bywater) also were sent to Provo.</div>
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President Young and others went to Provo on February 7 to effect this leadership change. President Young was no longer the Governor of the Territory of Utah but this demonstrates his wide spread influence over the saints. In a large, two day meeting, Provo residents were invited to express their views. A.O. gave a short speech in which he gave his politics as The Kingdom of God. He was first sustained as President of the High Council.</div>
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On Monday, February 11, the Mayor and slate of new city officers was elected and he was also set a part as the Bishop of Provo and the President of the Utah Stake. He went to work immediately, as was his nature, never looking back.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Coming in March:</strong></div>
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The second article, by Loretta D. Nixon, will focus on A.O. Smoot’s relationship with his family and his establishing his homes in Provo.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">About the Author</strong></div>
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Dr. L. Douglas Smoot, current President of the A.O. Smoot Family Organization, conceived and organized this series of eight articles. Doug was born in Provo as was his father (1909), and his grandfather (1876). His great-grandfather, Abraham Owen Smoot, was sent to Provo in 1868 by Brigham Young, as documented above. Doug has lived in Provo for fifty-three years. Doug spent most of his professional career at BYU as professor and Dean of Engineering. He and his wife, Marian Bird Smoot, are the parents of four daughters, twenty grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren. Loretta Nixon and Doug are authors of the book Abraham Owen Smoot (1994). Doug authored the book The Miracle at Academy Square (2000) regarding the preservation of the historic BY Academy Building as the Provo City Library. The Academy Building was built under the direction of A.O. Smoot, first President of the Board of Trustees, BY Academy. These two books, together with the BYU thesis by C. Elliott Berlin, (1955), and the historic collection of the A.O. Smoot documents, which Doug donated to BYU’s Special Collections, were key references for this article.</div>
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