Note: - OR TRAIL PIONEER - 1854
Joseph SMITH and his wife, Margaret MATHER SMITH; along with their daughter, Letitia C. SMITH (age 4); and son, Joseph Eddy SMITH (age 2), left Madison, IN in 1853 for St.Joseph, Missouri, there spending one winter. In the following spring of 1854 they started overland across the plains in an ox-wagon with OR as their objective point as members of a party commanded by Captain John M. Bell, there being about 20 wagons in the train. One of Margaret's unmarried younger brothers, John Addison MATHER, accompanied them on their journey. A second daughter, Seatta Gertrude SMITH, was born along the trail near Devil's Gate, WY. Other members of the party were <Mary Ann Allen> the wife of the late Governor Pannoyer <Pennoyer, Sylvester (DP) Jan.12, 1887 - Jan.14, 1895> and General Ward, whose daughters married Captain Bell and Dr. Balt, of Salem. The journey across the plains required six months to accomplish, and both families settled five miles northwest of Portland on government land, densely covered with wood. The Smiths took up a donation claims of three hundred and twenty acres in Multnomah County, (Donation Land Claim #3418), bordering Washington County, and Mr. Mather filed an adjacent claim of 160 acres. They refered to their homestead as Mount Harmony. In their early experiences these pioneers were forced to carry their provisions two miles through the thick timber before a wagon road was constructed. Joseph and Margaret remained on their land until 1891, when they retired to Sunnyside, OR. <SE Portland>

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1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph Smith
Age in 1870: 52
Estimated Birth Year: 1817
Birthplace: VA
Home in 1870: Not Stated, Multnomah County, OR
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: View Image
Post Office: Portland
Roll: M593_1287
Page: 147
Image: 295
Year: 1870

- 1880 United States Census Willamette Slough, Multnomah County, OR
Enumeration District: 92
Joseph SMITH Male
Birth Year <1818>
Birthplace VA
Age 62
Occupation Farmer
Marital Status M <Married>
Race W <White>
Head of Household Joseph SMITH
Relation Self
Father's Birthplace VA
Mother's Birthplace VA
Source Information:
Census Place Willamette Slough, Multnomah County, OR
Family History Library Film 1255083
NA Film Number T9-1083
Page Number 220D


Married: 2 Aug 1849, Madison, Jefferson, IN
- Helen Silvey genealogy notes:
! Correspondence on Prodigy with ID # WHCW66B Charles Cook, 141 No.
State St., #12, Lake Oswego, Or. 97034-3927, by mail Jan., 1993 --
" . . . Much of the data came from a paper by Golda Hall . . . the Smith
Family historian. . ."
- http://www.gilhousens.net/phpGedView/individual.php?pid=I5487&GED COM=gilhousens.ged

• Married: 2 AUG 1849 in Madison, Jefferson County, IN ^{1 7}

1. Letitia C SMITH b: 6 MAY 1850 in Jefferson County, IN
2. Joseph Eddy (Edward) SMITH + b: 16 NOV 1851 in Madison, Jefferson County, IN
3. Seatta Gertrude SMITH b: 29 JUN 1854 in OR Trail, Rocky Mountains, Devil's Gate, Wyoming
4. Samuel Henry SMITH b: 13 FEB 1856 in Portland, Multnomah County, OR
5. Martha H SMITH b: 10 OCT 1857 in Portland, Multnomah County, OR
6. Ella A SMITH b: 8 SEP 1859 in Portland, Multnomah County, OR
7. Oscar Governor SMITH b: 1 APR 1861 in Portland, Multnomah County, OR
8. Olive C SMITH b: 1 APR 1861 in Portland, Multnomah County, OR
9. Charles Wilbur SMITH b: 16 AUG 1862 in Portland, Multnomah County, OR
10. Orilla Henrietta SMITH b: 7 MAY 1864 in Portland, Multnomah County, OR
11. Josie (Josephine) SMITH b: 27 APR 1866 in Portland, Multnomah County, OR
12. Jason Adaminstreater SMITH b: 26 AUG 1868 in Portland, Multnomah County, OR
13. James Marion SMITH b: 26 JUN 1870 in Portland, Multnomah County, OR
14. Pliny Hector B SMITH b: 30 MAR 1876 in Portland, Multnomah County, OR
15. * Mabel SMITH
16. * Lydia SMITH

1. Type: Family Bible
   Periodical: Joseph Smith Family Bible
2. Type: Census
   Text: 1850 United States Federal Census
3. Type: Census
   Text: 1880 United States Federal Census
4. Type: Internet
   Text: www.pinardfamily.com
5. Type: Previous Researcher
   Text: Golda Hall, Joseph Smith Family Historian -Golda (Bentley) Buell Hall (d. 1979)
6. Type: Internet
   Text: Helen Silvey genealogy database - http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=hsilvey
7. Type: Indiana State Library Genealogy Division
   Text: Indiana State Library Genealogy Division
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