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Journal of Joseph West Smith : the life story of an Arizona pioneer, 1859-1944
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Mesa, Ariz.
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Children of Joseph W. Smith
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"Born in Minersville, Beaver County, Utah, 1859. Son of Jesse N. Smith. Spent childhood at Parowan and Paragonah. Baptized, 1867. Worked for Parowan Cooperative Herd, 1875. United Order, 1876. Ordained elder, 1877. Assistant MIA secretary. Married Sarah Ellen Marsden, 1879. Moved to Snowflake, Arizona, 1879. Home missionary. Treasurer of Sunday School, 1880-87. Secretary of elders quorum, 1881-85. A president of eighty-third Quorum of Seventy, 1884. Married Della Fish, 1886. Herded Church cattle, 1888. School teacher 1886-1890s. Bookseller. Superintendent of Snowflake Tannery. Collector for ACMI. Served on board for over thirty years. Charter member of Republican Club. Visits to wards. Attended Salt Lake Temple dedication. Vice-president, Snowflake Dramatic Association. Cashier of Smith Savings Bank, 1894. National Irrigation Congress, 1895. Mission to Ireland, 18981900. In mission office at Liverpool part of that time. Justice of Peace, 1901. Stake MIA superintendent, 1901-18. Quarantine office, 1903-4. Salesman at ZCMI. Manager. Arrested for polygamy, 1905. Notary. Administrator of father's estate. Smith bank incorporated as Bank of Northern Arizona, 1908. Board of directors. Attended many banking conventions. President of family organization. First mayor of Snowflake, 1919. Ordained patriarch and high priest, 1919. Presidential elector, 1920. Attended Harding inaugural, 1921. Member, state Republican Committee. Bank failure. Death of wife Sarah E., 1924. Teacher of high priests quorum, 1919-25. Connected with Cash Store Company. Secretary of San Carlos Asbestos Mining Company, 1927. Temple worker, 1927-34. Lived in Mesa. Genealogical work. Depression. Notes on current events. Agent for Southwestern Fire Insurance Company, 1933. Established Savings and Loan Association at Snowflake, 1934. Death of wife Della, 1934. Dated entries begin in 1880. Supplementary material, pp. 379-420. [Abstract from Davis Bitton's Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies, 1977]