Item Detail
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Smith, Clarinda Ricks
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1835-1864
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MSS SC 324
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Biography
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Clarinda Ricks Smith was born 10 January 1835 in Olive township, Madison County, Illinois to Joel Ricks and Eleanor Martin. In 1848 the family joined the Heber C. Kimball company and made their way to Salt Lake City were they settled in Bountiful. On 9 July 1851 (age 16) she married Silas Sanford Smith and shortly after her and her husband were called by the president of the Church to settle Parowan. Clarinda had five children, one of whom died in infancy, and nine days after giving birth to her last child, Ella Clarinda Smith, she passed away on 19 March 1864.
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This manuscript is 53 typewritten pages long. The first 31 pages are a general family history followed by a one-page biography on Clarinda written by her grandson Don S. Smith. It gives a basic outline of her life including events such as birth, places she lived, marriage, childrens births and death. Her biography is then followed by other biographies of Smith family members and ends with an index of names mentioned in the Manuscript.
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1835-1864