(July 8, 1775 – May 14, 1856)
Lucy Mack Smith: Woman of Great Faith
Make sure you attend the kickoff meeting on Thursday evening and the rest of the activities on Friday and Saturday. Press this link for: Tentative Reunion Agenda.
Name tags this year will be printed on July 20 and shipped with reunion supplies to Nauvoo. If you are unable to register before this date you might have to hand write your name with a sharpie on the reunion name-tag card stock. This is going to streamline the onsite registration process.
Registration for the Nauvoo Reunion is now online. The cost is $35 per person.
1. Go to the registration page.
2. Click the “Buy tickets / Join the Guestlist” button.
3. Enter the number in your group in the dropdown box “QUANTITY.”
4. Complete the form for you and those in your group. The person registering will be the main contact but will have to include your information again for the nametag section. Make sure to scroll down to enter each person you attending with you.
https://history.lds.org/article/samuel-smith-missionary-to-prophets?lang=eng
15 June 2016
Samuel H. Smith, though not as well known as his older brothers Joseph and Hyrum Smith, played an influential role in the early history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1829 he moved to Harmony, Pennsylvania, to work Joseph’s farm while Joseph translated the Book of Mormon, and he even briefly served as Joseph’s scribe. He was the third person baptized after the Aaronic Priesthood was restored, and he was chosen as one of the Eight Witnesses to see and handle the plates from which the Book of Mormon was translated. When the Church was organized, Samuel was one of the six original members. It seems fitting, then, that Samuel was called as the first missionary of the newly organized Church.
Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith Family Reunion
We are excited about this 25th Anniversary of the Smith Family Cemetery Dedication.
Registration for the August 4-7 Nauvoo Reunion is now open to everyone. The cost is $35 per person. Those on the train/bus tour have already paid their reunion fees. We now need those of you that are headed to the beautiful city of Nauvoo for the reunion to register. As a reminder – we keep costs as low as we can. The plan with the reunion is to not make money but not to lose money either. There are no administrative fees and there are no free entries. We are expecting a large group this year. Space may become limited and it is very important you register early. Here are the steps to register:
Please read more about Emma’s fond wish for the cemetery.
Continue reading “Reunion News – June 22, 2016”
All Aboard– 25th Anniversary of the Smith Family Cemetery Dedication
We have filled all of our original reserved spots on the train, but we have secured a second contract with Amtrak. We are very excited about the number of reservations we have received. There’s still time to join us on the Train/Bus trip to Nauvoo. We will take reservations until it fills. We have only 14 more spots available.
Here are the dates for traveling by train for the family reunion:
Train seating is more spacious and more comfortable than airline seating. You will spend a night on the train each direction. Consider these tips for traveling in coach class on the train and these tips for first-time train-travelers. Continue reading “Reunion News – May 28, 2016”
http://dartmed.dartmouth.edu/spring16/html/giving_surgery/
By Nancy Fontaine
Descendants of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church, have created a scholarship at the Geisel School of Medicine to honor and give thanks for a pioneering surgery that Dartmouth’s Dr. Nathan Smith performed on young Joseph.
Two hundred years ago, a surgeon in rural New Hampshire saved a young boy’s leg and possibly his life. This was no ordinary treatment, however. The surgeon was Dr. Nathan Smith, founder of Dartmouth’s medical school; the child was Joseph Smith, who later founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; and the surgery was far ahead of its time.
Continue reading “Gift Honors Surgery that Saved Joseph Smith’s Leg”
This year we would like to collect pictures of family treasures and heirlooms that we can share through slides and post online. By sharing these treasures, we will gain additional knowledge of our family history.
As you send these pictures, please explain important information about the item and how it came to you. This would be the ideal way to send it. If there are concerns about safety and protection, we can post photos o f treasures anonymously.
Quoting Doctrine & Covenants 21:1, noted LDS Historian Marlin K. Jensen said, “’Behold, there shall be a record kept.’ There are many ways to keep that record, and one of the ways is to preserve a place, a building, an artifact that represents history.”
He noted that an artifact can be powerful “because it is tangible, tactile, something that can be lived and experienced.”
Quoting Alma, who taught that records “enlarged the memory of this people,” Jensen explained that it can also deepen and solidify our faith.
“There’s something very fundamental about reflecting back on where we’ve been in God’s economy of things,” he said. “If we have the stability of history, if we can enter into the peace of the Lord, the rest of the Lord, that can come from a knowledge that our history is secure and solid.”
To share an heirloom with the family or ask questions, contact Frances Orton (ortonfrances@gmail.com).
Emma received a lock of Joseph’s hair during a reburial at the Homestead. It is possible Mary Fielding also received this lock of Hyrum’s hair [hair at the top of the book] at the same time.
