LDS Biographical Encyclopedia - Isaac SMITH 1857-1914

Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia Volume 1 BiographiesSMITH, Isaac

----------------------------------------------------------- Parents:   Samuel Smith (1818 - 1895)   Sarah Jane Ingraham Smith (1836 - 1872)  Spouses:  Harriet Camilla Ensign Smith (1859 - 1930) First +   Annie Elizabeth Carlisle Smith (1860 - 1886) Second ++ no children   Elizabeth Fuhriman Smith (1871 - 1944)  Third +++  Children with Camilla:   Isaac Samuel Smith (1878 - 1936) +   Martin Luther Smith (1881 - 1884) +   William Richard Smith (1884 - 1950) +   Mary Camilla Smith (1886 - 1899) +   Wesley Ensign Smith (1888 - 1943) +   Sarah Ann Smith Lewis (1891 - 1944) +   Theron Ensign Smith (1893 - 1952) +   Leona Smith Hendricks (1895 - 1940) +   Joseph Fuhriman Smith (1897 - 1958) +   George Ensign Smith (1898 - 1967) +   Welland Fuhriman Smith (1899 - 1949) +   Ingram Fuhriman Smith (1901 - 1982) +   Theadore Roosevelt Smith (1903 - 1904) +   Ruby Smith Nash (1906 - 1960) +  Children with Elizabeth:   Jacob Isaac Smith (1895 - 1965) +++   Joseph Fhuriman Smith (1897 - 1958) +++   Isaac Samuel Smith (1878 - 1936) +++   Welland Fuhriman Smith (11899 - 1949) +++   Ingram Fuhriman Smith (1901 - 1901) +++   Elva Fuhriman Smith (1904 - 1984) +++   Oliver Fuhriman Smith (1908 - 1960) +++   Clyde Fuhriman Smith (1913 - 2000) +++  Siblings:   Mary Ann Smith (1839 - 1840) *   Mary Ann Smith (1841 - 1843) *   Samuel Lorenzo Smith (1843 - 1880) *   Eliza Jane Smith [twin] (1845 - 1846) *   Sarah Ann Smith [twin] (1845 - 1846) *   Hyrum James Smith (1847 - 1929) *   Maretta Smith Ormsby (1850 - 1923) *   Hannah Line Smith (1852 - 1861) *   David John Smith (1855 - 1855) *  Half Siblings:   Thyrza Ann Smith Tippetts (1853 - 1919) **   Daniel William Smith (1855 - 1873) **  [SELF] Isaac Smith (1857 - 1914) **   Sarah Eliza Smith Evans (1860 - 1923) **   John Wooding Smith (1862 - 1884) **   Susannah Smith Evans (1864 - 1953) **   Francis Mary Smith Forsgren (1867 - 1935) **   Franklin Richard Smith (1863 - 1870) **   Alice Rozella Smith Empey (1871 - 1942) **   Esther Ann Smith Forsgren (1858 - 1938) ***   Priscilla Smith Gardner (1860 - 1944) ***   Elias Ingraham Smith (1861 - 1862) ***   Mary Elizabeth Smith (1863 - 1864) ***   Olivia Jane Smith Kelly (1865 - 1887) ***   Phoebe Ellen Smith (1867 - 1874) ***   Roxy Althea Smith (1870 - 1874) ***   Viola May Smith (1872 - 1874) ***   Eliza Beatrice Smith Larsen (1874 - 1956) ***   Warren Samuel Smith (1876 - 1928) ***   Everett Smith (1879 - 1959) ***   William Rufus Smith (1880 - 1933) ***   Phosa Smith Larsen (1884 - 1928) ***   Abraham Smith (1858 - 1932) ****   Letitia Smith Dunn (1860 - 1929) ****   Thomas Smith (1863 - 1946) ****   James George Smith (1865 - 1934) ****   Leslie Smith (1869-1869) ****   Lester Smith (1870 - 1874) ****   Ernest Carlos Smith (1875 - 1927) ****   Charles Eli Smith (1879 - 1952) ****   Delina Carolina Smith Beckstead (1859 - 1923) *****   Jacob Smith (1861 - 1885) *****   Rose Emma Smith (1863 - 1884) *****   Eliza M. Smith (1865 - 1878) *****   Nettie Smith (1867 - 1874) *****   Lorenzo D. Smith (1869 - 1874) *****   Cynthia Smith (1871 - 1874) *****   Vilate Smith Wiggins Harris (1873-1958) *****   Edessia Smith Hamson (1876 - 1913) *****   Jeannette Laura Smith (1878 - 1889) *****   Theodore Smith (1880 - 1892) *****   Tobias Chauncey Smith (1883 - 1889) *****

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia - John WOOD Jr. 1858-1932

Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia Volume 2 Biographies Earl, Joseph Ira

Wood, John, Jun., Bishop's counselor in Grafton Ward, St. George Stake, Utah, was born Sept. 27, 1858, at Lehi, Utah County, Utah, the son of John Wood and Ellen Smith. Together with his parents he moved from Lehi to southern Utah in 1862; he resided in Long Valley from 1865 to 1866, and then located at Duncan, where he was baptized. In 1869 he moved to Rose Valley, Lincoln county, Nevada, and in 1877 moved to Grafton, Washington county, Utah. He was ordained an Elder by Bishop Charles N. Smith in 1882, and ordained a High Priest at St. George, Utah, in December, 1887, by Erastus Snow and set apart as first counselor to Bishop James M. Ballard, of the Grafton Ward. He served in that capacity until May 18, 1907, when Bishop Ballard resigned. In 1882 (June 30th) Elder Wood married Sarah J. Gibson, by whom he has had nine children, five boys and four girls. He is a farmer and stockraiser by avocation, has served as justice of the peace in the Grafton precinct and as county commissioner in Washington county, and now resides at Hurricane, Utah.  Ancestry Chain: BR, Lark, Kirt DeMar WOOD, John Andrew WOOD, John WOOD Jr. and Sarah Jane GIBSON.

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia - ROUNDY

Roundy, Shadrach
D&C 124: 141 And again, I say unto you, I give unto you Vinson Knight, Samuel H. Smith, and Shadrach Roundy, if he will receive it, to preside over the bishopric; a knowledge of said bishopric is given unto you in the book of Doctrine and Covenants.

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 1, p.642
Roundy, Shadrach, first Bishop of the Sixteenth Ward, Salt Lake City, Utah (from 1849 to 1856), was born Jan. 1, 1789, in Rockingham, Windham county, Vermont. When about twenty-five years old he married Betsy Quimby, of Essex county, Vermont, who bore him ten children—four sons and six daughters. He moved with his family to Onondago county, New York, and there heard of the gospel being revealed to Joseph Smith. In the winter of 1830-31 he left his home and traveled on horseback to see the Prophet Joseph, who then resided at Fayette, Seneca county, New York. After having an interview with the Prophet, he was baptized and became an honorable member [p.643] of the Church. His wife and those of his children who were old enough also embraced the gospel about the same time. April 16, 1836, in Kirtland, Ohio, where the main body of the Church was then in conference assembled, he received a license to preach the gospel, having previously been ordained an Elder. Subsequently, he removed to Missouri, where he shared with the Saints in their persecutions, and afterward located temporarily in Warsaw, Ill. About the year 1840 he removed to Nauvoo, where he served as captain of police. In times of imminent danger and persecutions he acted as special guard around the person of the Prophet Joseph. On several occasions he was on duty without intermission, for many days and nights, without sleep or rest. His love for the Prophet was so great that he would have given his own life freely in defense of his beloved friend and brother. On one occasion, when the Prophet had been forewarned that he was in danger, he sent for Bro. Roundy and told him to pick a trusty man to be on guard with him at his house, as a party was coming that night by water to kidnap him. Bro. Roundy selected Josiah Arnold and placed him on guard at the gate, with orders to admit no one, while he himself took his beat by the river, but on hearing a noise he hastily repaired to the gate and found William Law inside the gate and others in the act of entering. Bro. Roundy, who had a hickory walking cane in his hand, quickly took hold of it at each end, and pressing it against the men forced them back outside, and then fastened the gate. William Law endeavored to explain that the men who were with him were gentlemen merchants, who wanted to see the mummies. Bro. Roundy replied that if they were gentlemen they should come at gentlemen's hours. William Law insisted that Brother Joseph would admit them, as they would pay $10 in pocket money, there being about forty of them; the admission fee was 25 cents for each. On their agreeing not to try to enter while he was gone, Bro. Roundy went to Joseph's room. The Prophet, who had overheard the conversation, told Elder Roundy to go back and tell the strangers as a message from him what he (Roundy) had already told them himself. Thus was the Prophet's life and property preserved by the courage and fidelity of Elder Roundy and his associate. Elder Roundy came to Great Salt Lake valley as one of the pioneers of 1847, and was one of the three men who plowed the first furrow in Great Salt Lake valley. He was a member of the first High Council in the Salt Lake Stake of Zion, and also a member of the first Territorial degislature. He crossed the plains five times to bring poor emigrants to the Valley, was a captain of the "Silver Greys," and one of the first settlers in the Sixteenth Ward, where he presided as Bishop from April 14, 1849, until 1856. He had previously been called to the Bishopric by revelation (Doc. & Cov., Sec. 124, verse 141). Bishop Roundy died in Salt Lake City, July 4, 1872, as a true and faithful member of the Church.
LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 2, p.602

Roundy, Shadrach
LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 4, p.717
Roundy, Shadrach, one of the original pioneers of Utah, was born Jan. 1, 1789, at Rockingham, Windham Co., Vermont. He presided as Bishop over the 16th Ward, Salt Lake City, Utah, from 1849 to 1856, and died in Salt Lake City July 4, 1872. (See Bio. Ency., Vol. 1, p. 642.)

Backman & Cook eds. Kirtland Elders' Record (1985), Appendix, p.100
Shadrach ROUNDY (1789-1872). Born at Rockingham, Windham, VT. Baptized 1831. Ordained elder 16 May 1832. Moved to Kirtland by 1834. Received blessing for working on Kirtland Temple 1835, anointing 25 Jan 1836 and elder's license 16 Apr 1836. Ordained seventy 1836. Moved to MO by 1838. Resident of Nauvoo early 1840s. High priest endowed in Nauvoo Temple Dec 1845. Arrived in Salt Lake Valley Jul 1847. Bishop of Salt Lake Sixteenth Ward 1849-56. Died at Salt Lake City, UT.

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia - ENSIGN

Ensign, Datus Horace

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 2, p.245

Ensign, Datus Horace, Bishop of Ogden First Ward, Weber Stake of Zion, was born July 23, 1853, at Ogden, Weber county, Utah, the son of Horace D. Ensign (one of the original pioneers of Utah) and Eliza J. Stewart. He was baptized June 2, 1864, by Robert McQuarrie; ordained a [p.246] Priest Oct. 4, 1877, by Edwin Stratford; ordained an Elder Aug. 2, 1882, by Thomas Doxey; ordained a Seventy Jan. 21, 1884, by Nathan Tanner, jun.; ordained a High Priest May 4, 1890, by Pres. Charles F. Middleton, and ordained a Bishop July 24, 1898, by Pres. Joseph F. Smith. Otherwise he has acted as an officer in the Y. M. M. I. A. and Sunday schools and as a counselor to Bishop Moroni Brown from 1890 to 1898; since 1898 he has served faithfully in his position as Bishop of Ogden First Ward. In 1888¦1890 he filled a successful mission to the Southern States, laboring principally in West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland. In 1881 (Sept. 1st) he married Wealthy Dewey Richards, by whom he is the father of ten children, five boys and five girls. In his youth Bishop Ensign worked at railroading; later he engaged in the implement business, and at length became manager of the Ogden Implement Company. He is at present engaged in fruit-raising on a large scale in Davis county.

[Horace Datus (1853-1928) is a nephew of Martin Luther ENSIGN (1831-1911) the father Horace D. (1826-1866) being Martins brother.]

Ensign, Rufus Bronson

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 2, p.490

Ensign, Rufus Bronson, a Utah pioneer of 1847, was born Dec. 28, 1832, at Westfield, Massachusetts, the son of [Horace] D. Ensign and Mary Bronson. His parents joined the Church in Westfield, about 1840, and started for the West in 1846. The father died, at Winter Quarters Sept. 29, 1846, and Rufus, with his mother, five brothers and one sister, came to Great Salt Lake Valley in 1847, crossing the plains in Daniel Spencer's Hundred, which arrived in the Valley, Sept. 20, 1847. After spending two years in the "Old Fort", the family settled permanently in the Twelfth Ward, where Rufus was baptized in 1853. After participating in the so-called Walker Indian war, he located temporarily in Cedar City, southern Utah. After that he participated in an expedition to Fort Bridger, being in the service 81 days. In 1856, together with his cousin Lorine he went out to meet the belated hand-cart company. In 1857 he went to the States in the B. Y. Express Company, but returned to the Valley in October, 1858. While on this trip he was taken sick with malarial fever on the Platte river, and was left by his comrades at the old Mormon crossing. Here he was taken prisoner by Johnston's army as a Mormon spy and held a prisoner about one month, but through proclamation by Gov. Cummings he was set free in May, 1858. In 1859 he went back into the Indian country, where he traded with the emigrants and acted as interpreter for the Sioux Indians at the agency three miles from the trail, until 1863, when he returned to his home in the Valley. In 1874, (Sept. 25th) he married Sarah Ann Frost, who was born April 7, 1852, in Salt Lake City and died July 6, 1894. Bro. Ensign married Sarah Ann Kelso Sept. 25, 1895; she was born July 9, 1852 in Pennsylvania. His second wife is still living in the Twelfth Ward. Bro. Ensign has been a freighter and farmer his entire life.

This article mistakenly listed Rufus' father as Harris D. ENSIGN.
Rufus (1832-1915) is the brother of Martin Luther ENSIGN (1831-1911)

There is a history of Martin Luther Ensign included in this book. The same history was used in Utah Since Stakehood.

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia - DUNN

Dunn, Charles Oscar

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 1, p.429

Dunn, Charles Oscar, Bishop of College Ward, Cache county, Utah, is the son of Simeon A. Dunn and Harriet A. Silver, and was born Oct. 13, 1855, in the old fort in Brigham City, Box Elder county, Utah. His mother died Jan. 1, 1857, which left the whole care of the family upon his father. Charles was baptized in 1863 by Elder Lars A. Larsen; and he was ordained an Elder by Wm. L. Walkins. He labored for several years as a Sabbath school teacher and was chosen first assistant superintendent to Charles Kelley in the Fourth Ward (Brigham City) Sunday school, Nov. 2. 1880. Later, he presided over the Ward Y. M. M. I. A., and also acted as a Ward teacher. Oct. 18, 1876, he married Letitia Smith, daughter of Samuel and Janette Smith, by whom he has had five children. In 1882 he was called on a mission to St. George, to receive instructions in Temple ordinance work, together with his wife. Early in 1883 he removed to Millville, Cache county, where he labored as Ward teacher. Sabbath school teacher, president of an Elders' quorum, president of the Y. M. M. I. A., etc. Oct. 24, 1883, he married Martha J. Welch, daughter of John and Eliza Welch, by whom he has had six children. Together with his wife, he was called to labor in the Logan Temple, May 18, 1884. They commenced their work there Aug. 21, 1884, and continued till the following March (1885), when they were released. Oct. 7, 1887, [p.430] Elder Dunn was arrested on the charge of unlawful cohabitation, and on Dec. 10th, following, he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment in the Utah penitentiary, and to pay a fine of $150 and costs of court. He regained his liberty June 10, 1888. When the College Ward was organized June 28, 1891, he was called to act as Bishop of the new ward, being ordained Bishop by Apostle Moses Thatcher. Previous to this (July 13, 1884) he was ordained a High Priest by Bishop Robert Davidson.