TITLE PAGE. Daughters of Utah Pioneers; 12 [012]. PIONEER NAME- Smith, Agnes-McDowell. BIRTH DATE AND PLACE- March 17, 1819, Bailyhenry, Comber, County Down, Ireland. DEATH DATE AND PLACE- March 31, 1878. FATHER- Thomas McDowell. MOTHER- Elizabeth. WHO MARRIED AND DATE- Thomas McDowell [The document states that she married Hugh Smith, not Thomas] March 12, 1840. YEAR ARRIVED IN UTAH- 1866. NAME OF COMPANY- Thomas E Ricks mule train. WHO WROTE HISTORY AND DATE- Taken from several family histories. WHO SUBMITTED HISTORY AND DATE- Norma Lou Kennedy. CAMP NAME- Mt. Joy CAMP HISTORIAN- Bertie Smith. COMPANY NAME- Morgan. HISTORIAN- Dena Rich. SOURCE OF INFORMATION- Family Records. SIGNATURE OF AUTHOR OR OWNER OF THIS HISTORY- Norma Lou Kennedy. CAMP RECEIVED (DATE)- Oct 9, 2006. Date /2- AGNES MCOOWELL SMITH 13 (Mother o f William John Smith - Grandmother of John Albert Smith) Compiled by No rma Lou Kennedy from f8mily records A~nes McDowell Smit h was born March 17 , 1819 at Bailyhenry , Comber , county Down , Ireland. Her _parents were Elizabeth and ~homas McDowell . She was married to Hu~h Smith . son of Jane and Hugh Smith on March l ? . 1840 . Their first son , Wi l liam John was born at Ballymalady . County Down , Ireland on September 28 , 1842. They later moved to England and in the followin~ 20 years 10 other children wer e born . They were Josenh . Hu~h . Thomas . Hyrum , Mary Elizaa eth . James , Isaac , Agnes . Harry and Elinore . When Orson Pratt and Edwar d Saunders were preaching in England the S~ith family went to some of their meetings and were soon converted to the truth of the Latt er - Day Gospel . In April . 1850 . Agnes was baptized by Edward Saunders and confirmed the same dav by Milo Andrews . Her husband was baptized by Orson Pratt . and on January 31 . 1851 . was or-dained an Elde r by Orson· Pratt . The family got al.on~ very well in the next 16 years . Agnes was a good manager and homemaker . and Hugh was a first class carpenter : he had a little shop near the home . The chil dren play ed in the shop while the father worked and most of them became handy with carpenter tools. They attended meetin~s and learned more about the gospel . In the year 1862 Jospeh cam e to Utah and settled in Salt Lake City . Agnes was very anxious to join him but her husband was contented and happy in England and was not interested in moving . Hugh later left the church but A.e:nes kept all 11 chil dren in the faith . She impressed on John the oldest son . the necessity of taking the fathers place and immigrating her and the children . John wanted to go and from t h:::1t time on they saved money for that purpose and the Lord blessed them so that they obtained enough money to nay for all o f their immigration to the frontier . They planned for 4 years before breaking away , reluctantly leaving his father behind as he refused to leave England. This made Hugh very angrv and befor e they sailed Hugh had John arrested and placed in .iail and taken before the magistrate for brer.!king up his home and f:::1mily . Agnes told him if he put the whole family in jail they would get out and go to Utah . LWhen he found she was so determined , he had John released. He repented of what he had done and promised to follow in the next ship . This . however . he never did . and they never saw him a~ain . Agnes had tried every means in her power to per suade her husband to ~o to Zion but to no avail . 5h e carefully saved every penny she could and borrowed money from the immigration fund and prep:::1red to go . On the morning of .April ;I) . 18fl6 , after her husband had gone to work . she gath-ered up her belongin~s and family and embarked on the sailing vessel 11 JOHN BRIGHT~r11 • Sixteen year old Hyr um slipped away as they were board-ing the vessel and r emained in En~land with his father . Years afterwards Edward Sutton . who married a granddaughter . visited them when he Wf3S doing missionary work in En~land. Thev made him welcome and told him he was welcome to s t~y as lon~ as he did not mention his reli~ion . Agnes neverss aw her husband or her son Hyrum a.gain . They were 5 weeks and ~ days on the rolling decks of a ship on the Atl f3ntic . There were 747 souls on board the ship which landed at Castle Gardens in New York , after having been driven off cour se by a severe storm . - 2 - J'f It was an extremely zig- zA~ and indirect cour se which this company followed as they headed for Zion . From New York up t p Long Island Sound to New Haven , Conn ; then to Montreal , Canada, thenc e up the St Lawr ence River , and on to Nia~ara by train . On this train t hey were loaded onto cars of the cattle- shipment t ype . Th e train stopped on the Nia~ar a Falls Bridge and the passengers were allowed t o view the falls . The journey continued to Detroit , through Chicago then to Quinc ey . Il~ . on t o St Joseph Mi ssouri , then up th e Mi ssouri t o a place called Wyoming , Nebraska, s outh of Co uncil Bluffs wher e t hey arrived June 19 , 1866. Ther e they were met with oxen and mule trains sent from Utah and financed chiefly; by the Perpetual Immi~ration fund . Ther e were 10 church trains wi th 10 c aptains , 456 t eamsters , 49 mounted guards , 89 horses , 134 mules , 3 , 042 oxen and 397 wagons ; more wagons , oxen and mules were added by purchase . A month was spent at Wyoming , Nebraska fitting out the trains . They crossed the plains in t he Thomas E. Ricks mule train . After three months of wagon travel they reached Sal t Lake Ci ty September 4 , 1866. Agnes ' son Joseph who had previously immigrated to Salt Lake City , met them when they arrived in the old tithin~ yard. He took them t o a small log house he had ready for them to move into . It was on State and Broad-way where the Centre Theater now stands . Soon t hey were all seated at a table spread with good food . They were delighted to be eating at a table . ' after eati ng around a camp fi re for 7, months . He had also bought and stored enough food for the winter but had loaned it to a neighbor who promised to pa,y it back when the folks arrived. He never di d . Joseph had always trusted this man as he claimed to be a good Latter- Day Saint . and it made him loose faith in t he Church . He had planned to take such good care of the family when thev arrived but was not able to do so . He didn ' t stay in Sal t Lake City very lomg but went on to California wb ere he was successful in the mine ing business . The other boys built a carpenter shop near the home and did repair work or any work they could get to do in o rder to make a living. Agnes took in sewing as she was an expert seamstress and t ailoress . Elinore died in 1867 at the age of five years ; and the only record we have of Hughis t he dat e of his birth : so he probably died in England. In 1870 Brigham Young called Agnes and her family to go to Randolph and help settle the fledgling community . They came with t he second company . Agnes went wi t h her children Thomas t Isaac , Harry , Jim , Mary Elizabet h and Agnes . William John and Joseph , involved in p r o j ects in Salt Lake City , stayed there . The family of 8 lived irt a covered wagon that summer while t he boys were getting out logs to build their mother a house . The boys slept un der th e wagon on t he 1;round. The.v helped in every way they could to earn a living and they endured many hardships . The boys built th eir mother the f irs t shingled house in Randolph . They went to the canyon . got out dry logs , sawed them with a cross cut saw. and split t hem into shingles wit h a br oad axe . William John made several trips to Randolph t o help and eventually moved his family to Randolpo al so . Picture this little mother and her daught ers washing , cooking and ironing for a family of eight in a covered wagon ; they rubbed the clothes on a boa r d and use d heavy wash tubs made out of ba rrels sawed in two . It was said tha t they were so heavy it took two women t o empty them . The ironing was done with heavy flat irons heat ed on the cook stove . - 3 - Feeding this large family was a problem . "th e boys fished an d hunted for wild game and they ate pig weeds for greens . They suffered many p rivations that first year in Randolph . Agnes ' daughter, Mary Elizabeth and Alfred Rex were t he first couple married in Randolph ac cording to J'S' the ward records. The first meeting house wuilt by the pioneers was o f logs and measured 18 by 24 feet . They also held school and dances i n thi s building. In 1 877 , ten men were called to go to make a road in t he south f ork of Logan Canyon . Isaac and Thomas S~ith were two o f t hem ; they received t wo dollars a day for t heir work which was p ai d by t he people of the town . Part of it was in store pay whi ch their mother r eceived. They did the work with ox teams . Later they were c alled to get out rock fo r the Logan Temple . James , Thomas an d Isaac took up 1 and under th e sauatters right; it is now part of the B. Q. Ranch . When Eliza R. Snow, General President of the Relief Society, and her First Counselor , Elizabeth Howard , came to Randolpij to organize the Relief Society on September 27 , 1874 , Sarah Tyson was chosen as pr esident and Agnes was set apart as a t eacher. Sar Ah and Agnes came over on th e sam e ship and were very good friends . The So ciety made quilts for the men working to get rock for t he templ e and donate d f ood fo r the Indians . After living in Randolph a number of years, the f amily were in auit e good circumstances and Agnes wrot e to her busband and tol d him if he woul d consent to come to Utah . they would send his fare and he would be p rovided for as long a s he lived. He wro t e on t he back of her l etter , " We will meet on that beautiful shore , but never on t his earth . " That was the only word she ever received from him . Agnes never ceased to love her husband , but she felt she was doing what was right in bringing her family to Zion . Agnes ' l ife was one of struggle , hardships and sacri f ic e . Some of her children left t he church, others were very devoted members . Many grand-sons , great grandsons and great great grandsons have filled missions and held responsible positions in the Church . Most of her sons suc ceeded in a business w~y and were honest in their dealings. Isaac kept a store in Randolph for many years an d would say II If I owe you a penny I want ],{OU t o have it ; and if vou owe me one I want you to pay it . " Hw hAa f/f,Ji the firs t t elephone office in Randolph , also t he fi rst motion picture show. He also helped bring electricity to the town . John was a very good car-penter. He worked on th e beautiful Randolph t abernacle , t he Paris . Idaho Taber nacle and was called to help on t he last s t ages o il building th e Salt Lake Temple and the winding stairs of the temple . He worked on many large building in SAlt Lake Citv and Ogden : also many chapels. homes , buildings and stores in developing communities. !~nes l i ved only a:kgk ei ght years aft er coming to Randolph , so she did not enjoy the conveniences we have today . She suffered for more t han a year with a r ose cancer on her knee . Agnes (her daught er . who later married John M. Baxter. Psrrsident of t he Woodruff StakeO was home wit h her. She and her brothers tenderly cared for their mother , who died March 31 . 1878 . We owe a dept of .i;1:r;:;ititude to this dear little woman who gave up her husband and home that her children might be brought up in the church and enjoy advant ages in education t hey never could have re-ceived in England.