James Henry SMITH
1. James Henry Smith Family Bible in possession of Merlene S.Loveless, Provo, Utah. 2. Federal Census of Utah 1850,1860,1870. 3. Emigration Records Church Historians Office Salt Lake City, Utah. 4. Early Church Information File. 5. Provo City Cemetery Records. (Wife's burial). 6. Early Seventies & High Priests Records LDS Church.
Stories in the family indicate that Sarah Ann went to a dance too soon after the birth of her second child and started to hemmorage. Others say she died from complications of child birth.
He married Hannah van Wagoner 4 Apr 1833 at Pompton Plains, Morris, N.J. . Hannah van Wagoner was born at Pompton Plains, Morris, New Jersey 4 Apr 1815 daughter of Halma I. or Halmagh J. van Wagenen and Mary van Houten .
They were the parents of 11
children:
Halma James van Smith
born 30 Mar 1834.
Josiah van Wagenen Smith
born 9 Apr 1836.
John V. Wagenen Smith
born 6 Apr 1840.
Mary Emma Smith
born 21 May 1845.
Hannah Eunice Smith
born 8 Jan 1851.
James Henry Smith
born 28 Mar 1853.
Henry V. Wagenen Smith
born 19 May 1855.
William Edwin Smith
born 5 Sep 1857.
Hyrum van Wagenen Smith
born 3 Apr 1838.
Sarah Ann Smith
born 11 Sep 1842.
Joseph van Wagenen Smith
born 11 Dec 1847.
James Henry Smith died Aug 1887 at Santa Ana, Orange, California .
Hannah van Wagoner died 26 Oct 1901 at Provo, Utah, Utah .