Obituary for Alice Ann Richards Smith

Obituary for Alice Ann Richards Smith

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Birth: Mar. 24, 1849

Salt Lake County

Utah, USA

Death: Jun. 17, 1940

Box Elder County

Utah, USA

Daughter of Dr. Willard Richards & Nanny Lynn Longstroth

Married Lot Smith, 30 May 1868, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children - Nannie Amelia Smith Ashcroft, Willard Richards Smith, George Albert Smith, Lot Smith, Wilford Woodruff Smith, Joseph Howe Smith, Rhoda Minerva Smith, Roxie Alice Smith, George Albert Smith

Salt Lake Telegram - June 18, 1940

S. L. PIONEER'S RITES PLANNED

Fielding- Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Ann Richards Smith, 91, one of Utah's oldest residents, will be conducted Wednesday at 1 p. m. in the Fielding L. D. S. ward chapel by Leo Earl, bishop.

Mrs. Smith was born in Salt Lake City, March 24, 1849, a daughter of Willard Richards, L. D. S. church apostle, and Nanny Longstroth Richards. She attended the Salt Lake City schools and aided her father in sorting type for the old hand-set editions of the Deseret News, of which her father was the first editor. She taught school at Farmington until she was married to Lot Smith.

Returned to Utah

After residing in Arizona 14 years, Mrs. Smith returned to Utah and with her children was among the first settlers of the Bear river valley.

An active member of the L. D. S. church, she was the first president of the Fielding L. D. S. ward Primary association and the second president of the Relief society in that ward.

Mrs. Smith died at the home of a son Joseph H. Smith, in Fielding, Monday morning of causes incident to age.

Relatives Listed

Surviving are three sons, Willard R. Smith of Holbrook, Idaho; Joseph H. Smith of Fielding and Albert Smith of Ruby Valley, Nev.; 32 grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; three brothers, George F. Richards of the L. D. S. council of 12 apostiles, Willard B. Richards and Fred W. Richards and three sisters, Mrs. Mary Ann VanFleet of Farmington, Mrs. Phoebe Peart of Salt Lake City and Mrs. Pauline Doremus of Los Angeles.

Interment will be in the Fielding cemetery.

Death Cerficate

Family links:

Parents:

Willard Richards (1804 - 1854)

Nanny Longstroth Richards (1828 - 1911)

Spouse:

Lot Smith (1830 - 1892)

Children:

Nannie Amelia Smith Ashcroft (1869 - 1936)*

Willard Richards Smith (1872 - 1951)*

George Albert Smith (1874 - 1883)*

Lot Smith (1877 - 1913)*

Wilford Woodruff Smith (1879 - 1883)*

Joseph Howe Smith (1882 - 1972)*

Rhoda Minerva (Minnie) Smith (1885 - 1886)*

Roxie Alice Smith (1887 - 1888)*

George Albert Smith (1889 - 1967)*

Siblings:

John Heber Richards (1839 - 1839)**

Heber John Richards (1840 - 1919)**

Rhoda Ann Jennetta Richards Knowlton (1843 - 1882)**

Willard Brigham Richards (1847 - 1942)**

Joseph Smith Richards (1848 - 1914)**

Alice Ann Richards Smith (1849 - 1940)

Sarah Ellen Richards Smith (1850 - 1915)**

Mary Ann Richards Van Fleet (1851 - 1942)**

Phoebe Amelia Richards Peart (1851 - 1943)**

Calvin Willard Richards (1852 - 1926)**

Pauline Richards Doremus (1853 - 1947)**

Stephen Longstroth Richards (1853 - 1922)*

Minerva Edmeresa Richards Knowlton (1858 - 1936)**

Ira Carter Richards (1860 - 1864)**

Ezra Foss Richards (1860 - 1930)**

George Franklin Richards (1861 - 1950)**

Frederick W Richards (1866 - 1945)**

*Calculated relationship

**Half-sibling

Burial:

Fielding City Cemetery

Fielding

Box Elder County

Utah, USA

Plot: 3_39_7

Created by: Schott Family

Record added: Nov 25, 2007

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Gone but not forgotten.

-Anonymous

Added: Oct. 31, 2013

Rest in Peace in the Eternal Light of Christ.

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Added: Mar. 19, 2008

- Schott Family

Added: Nov. 25, 2007

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