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Bathsheba Kate Smith 1844–1920 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Aug 1844

Birth Location: Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA

Death Date: 22 December 1920

Death Location: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America

Father: George Smith

Mother: Bathsheba Bigler

Spouse(s): Clarance Merrill

Children(s): Margaret Merrill, Lewis Merrill, George Merrill, John Merrill, Joseph Merrill, Thomas Merrill, Clarence Merrill, Leila Allen, Annella Merrill, Charles Merrill, Irene Richards, Alice Horne

Bathsheba Kate Smith was born in 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA, the child of George Albert Smith And Bathsheba Wilson Bigler. Bathsheba Kate Smith married Clarance Merrill, and had children including Alice Smith Horne, Annella Smith Merrill, Charles Smith Merrill, Clarence Merrill, George Albert Merrill, Irene Smith Richards, John Henry Merrill, Joseph Smith Merrill, Leila Smith Allen, Lewis Bigler Merrill, Margaret May Merrill, Thomas Smith Merrill. Bathsheba Kate Smith passed away in 1920 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Bathsheba Kate Smith was born in 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA, the child of George Albert Smith And Bathsheba Wilson Bigler.
  • Bathsheba Kate Smith married Clarance Merrill, and had children including Alice Smith Horne, Annella Smith Merrill, Charles Smith Merrill, Clarence Merrill, George Albert Merrill, Irene Smith Richards, John Henry Merrill, Joseph Smith Merrill, Leila Smith Allen, Lewis Bigler Merrill, Margaret May Merrill, Thomas Smith Merrill.
  • Bathsheba Kate Smith passed away in 1920 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America.

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Bathsheba Smith's Ancestors

Self
Bathsheba Smith
1844–1920
Birth Place: Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA
Parents
George Albert Smith
1817–1875
Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York, United States of America
Bathsheba (Wilson) Bigler
1822–1910
Shinnston, Harrison County, West Virginia, United States of America
Grandparents
John Smith
1781–1854
Plaistow Rockingham New Hampshire
Clarissa (Loomis) Lyman
1790–1854
Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA
Mark Bigler
1785–1839
Shinnston, Harrison, West Virginia, United States
Susannah Ogden
1785–1847
Port Tobacco, Charles, Maryland, USA
Great-Grandparents
Jonathan Ogden
1736–1807
Nancy Howell
1740–1825
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Bathsheba Smith's Descendants

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Bathsheba (Kate) Smith (14 Aug 1844–22 December 1920) m. Clarance Merrill (18 May 1841–21 February 1918)
  1. 1. Margaret (May) Merrill 1872–1946 m. Joseph (Armstrong) Fisher 1841–1922
    1. 1. Clarence (Merrill) Fisher 1912–1998 m. Elnora Atkinson 1912–1984
      1. 1. Karen (Sue) Fisher 1941–1993
      2. 2. Jessie (May) Fisher 1933–1933
      3. 3. Merrill (Clarence) Fisher 1938–2018 m. Kathryn (Linda) Lyon 1940–2019
    2. 2. Edith (Evaline) Fisher 1871–1873
    3. 3. Josephine (Abbie) Affleck 1908–1992
    4. 4. Bathsheba (May "Bashie") Fisher 1916–2014 m. Avon (B) Thomander 1908– m. Ashley (L) Robison 1914–
    5. 5. Geneva (Jane) Croft 1868–1946
    6. 6. David (Merrill) Fisher 1909–2004
  2. 2. Lewis (Bigler) Merrill 1887–1937
  3. 3. George (Albert) Merrill 1866–1899
  4. 4. John (Henry) Merrill 1880–1935
  5. 5. Joseph (Smith) Merrill 1882–1913
  6. 6. Thomas (Smith) Merrill 1884–1951
  7. 7. Clarence Merrill 1874–1948
  8. 8. Leila (Smith) Allen 1863–1940
  9. 9. Annella (Smith) Merrill 1861–1862
  10. 10. Charles (Smith) Merrill 1890–1988
  11. 11. Irene (Smith) Richards 1876–1969
  12. 12. Alice (Smith) Horne 1868–1948

Bathsheba Smith's Timeline

2 Records

1844
14 Aug 1844
Birth of Bathsheba Kate Smith in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA
1920
22 December 1920
Age 76
Death of Bathsheba Kate Smith in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 Aug 1844
    Event Place: Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, Utah State Archives; Salt Lake City, Utah; Series Number: 81448
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 December 1920
    Event Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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