Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-16
MOTHER Lucy SMITH.

Lucy Smith, mother of the Prophet
Joseph was the daughter of Solomon
and Lydia Mack She was born al Gill
sum, Cheshire. New Hampshire, on the
Sth OF July. l1,6 and was the youngest
ot eight children. four Of whom were
girls. Solomon Mack had just attained
his majority when the war between
France and England, which grew out
OF the disputed North American terri
tory was proclaimed He entered the
British army. and had two teams In the
service of King George H.. employed In
carrying Gen. AbercrOmble's baggage,
and was present I'm ll5S. az an engage
ment on the west side of Lage George.
He was engag ed in more or less military
pursuits until 1859, when be was dis
charged. and married an accomplished
school teacher Lydia Gates, the moth
en- OF the subject OF this memoir. She
was the daughter Of Nathan Gates, a
wealthy man. living In East Haddan,
Conn, She was OF a truly piOus dispO-
sition. and had an excellent education,
which peculiarly fitted her for the du-
ties OF a preccptrcss 90 her children,
especially at "a period when schools We're
rarlues I'm the half cleared and thinly
ly settled districts. Lucy protlted by
the talents and virtue OF her mother
on the 2ith of January, 1895. she was
married 10 Joseph Smith, and received
from her brother. Stephen Mack. and
John Mudget his partner in business, a
marriage present OF $1,000 Her hus-
band owned a good farm at Tunbndge,
on which they settled. The fruits OF
this marrlag. were seven sOns-Alyin
Hyrum, Joseph. samuel H., Ephraim,
William and Don Carlos, and three
neutrality-suspicious., Catherine and
Lucy
In 1902, Lucy Smith with her hus.
band. moved 20 Randolph. Vermont.
where they opened a mercantile estab-
llahmeut Mr. Smith here embarked IN
an adventure OF gensang, TO China but
was robbed of the proceeds and was
much involved thereby To liQuilate his
debts. be had Do sell his farm at Tun-
bridge. 90 which he had then returned.
and tO use his Wles marriage present
which ti'l then had remained untouched.
From Tunhudge they removed % Roy
alton They remained there few
months. and then went 90 reside at
sharon, Windsor county, whore Joseph
the Prophet was born. They again
returned 90 Tuubridge and Roy
Cumstances having much improved they
quilted Vermont for Lebanon, In New
Hampshire
We did not intend to refer to this
subject again. but the defamation Of
the dead res0rted to by the anti-"Mor-
mon" writer who frequently pretends
TO be O friend OF the Latter-day Saints,
has created q strong feeling Of indlgna-
ton among them, and we have re-
ceived many requests to refute the out
rageous ubels with which the magazine
article abounds. We have only this
20 say further in relation TO Father and
Mother Smith. that they were both
respecuy connected. Their ancestry IS
on record. They came from good New
England stock, which figured prom
neutly 90 the conflict with Great
Britain and The establishment Of this
Republic. Joseph Smith. the Patriarch,
81 his deathbed pronounced blessings
upon his children. one by one, like the
Patriarchs OF old. The couple were
strongly religious IN character and
were ready TO make any sacrifice for
the truth. and were firm adherents
20 the faith introduced b. their son,
the inspired Prophet Of the nineteenth
century