John Anderson SMITH

                   A sawmill was established in Settlement Canyon in the 1860's by John A. Smith and his sons, and tiber produced there was used in many of Tooele's pioneers homes.

John A. son of James Smith and Mary Smith, born August 1814, Glasgow, Scotland - died 15 May 1883

Location: 3-52-1

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John A. Smith (son of James Smith of Glasgow, Scotland). Born 1814, Glasgow.  Came to Utah 1848 with first mail. Married Annie Anderson (daughter of John Anderson and Catherine Brown), who came to Utah 1849, Captain Richards Company.  Their children: Catherine A. b. 8 March 1836, m. James Croslan; James A. b. 31 May 1838, m. Jane Burnett; John A. b. 7 March 1840, m. Mary Meiklejohn; Mary A. b. 2 March 1842, m. John Wamble; William A. b. 17 Jan 1844, m. Mary Marsden; Emma A. b. 11 Jan 1847, m. Frank Carpenter; Joseph H. b. 16 March 1849, m. Annie Blomquist; Janet A. b. 6 March 1851, m. Warren Vose; Brigham A. b. 19 Feb 1853, m. Jane Burnett Smith - brother's widow; Sarah A. b. 22 Nov 1854, m. Frank Paxton; Heber A. b. 20 Dec 1856, m. Agnew Stewart. Family resided Cottonwood and Tooele, Utah.  Counselor to Bishop Miller of Mill Creek Ward 1854-1859.  Moved from Mill Creek to Tooele 1859.  Lumberman.  Died in 1853.

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Pg. 2371 - Born 25 August 1814, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Parents: James and Mary Crawford Smith
Died: 15 May 1883, Tooele, Tooele, Utah
Arrived in Valley:  1848, Carried 1st mail to Salt Lake Valley
Married 1st:  Annie Anderson about 1835 in Canada
Married 2nd: Elizabeth Chapman - 7 August 1853 - born 1830, Eugene, Vermillion, Indiana

John was born and reared in Glasgow, Scotland.  As a young man he was sent to Canada for his health and to purchase hides from trappers to send back to Scotland to his father's shoe manufacturing business.  He met his first wife while he was buying hides from her father. They lived in Sarnia, Kent, Ontario, Canada, and while there the missionaries taught them the gospel.  They joined the Church and moved their family of five children to Nauvoo. When they were forced to leav, they started west as a family until John was asked to take the first mail to Utah in 1848.  He had to leave his family to travel without him.  Annie stopped in Council Bluffs where their son Joseph was born. They left Council Bluffs in July 1849, arriving that fall.  The family settled in Big Cottonwood. Later they moved to Mill Creek and then to Tooele where John and his sons built a sawmill in Settlement Canyon in 1859. From 1854 to 1859, he served as a counselor to Bishop Miller. He remained active in the church.
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History of Tooele County- Daughters of Utah Pioneers -c. 1961 - Pg. 580«/b»
John A. Smith came to Utah in 1848 with the first mail. He was born August 25, 1814-1818 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland, the son of James Smith and Mary Crawford. In 1835 he married Annie Anderson, a daughter of John Anderson and Catherine Brown. Annie was born 9 May 1820 (or May 15, 1817) at Jonstown, Renfrew, Scotland, and died 3 June 1894 at Tooele. They must have been converted to the LDS Church in Canada, moved to Nauvoo, Illinois in 1846, then moved on to Council Bluffs in 1848. They settled later in Tooele and established a sawmill in Settlement Canyon. He and his boys ran this mill for many years. He died in Tooele 15 May 1883 at the age of 69. Their children's names were: Katherine, James Anderson, John A., Mary, William, Emma, Joseph Hyrum, Janet, Brigham, Sarah Ann, Heber Anderson, and Jane. John A. Smith had a second wife, Elizabeth Chapman born in Eugene, Vermillion County, Indiana, in 1830. This family never lived in Tooele, but stayed in Big Cottonwood where all the children were born. The children were Rhoda, Agnes, Ruben, Thomas, and Ruth. After her husband's death Elizabeth married Samuel Perkins and raised two more children. - Mrs. E.M. Jorgensen

«b»Tooele City Cemetery «/b»- John A., son of James Smith and Mary Smith - born August 1814 in Glasgow, Scotland - died 15 May 1883

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«/b»John A. Smith - born 25 August 1814 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland - died 15 May 1883 - buried 17 May 1883 in Tooele City Cemetery - location: 3-52-1 - source: sexton records/grant - Relatives: Spouse: Annie Anderson - Mother: Mary Crawford - Father: James Smith