Mary Ann Blanks Smithson (1808-1897)

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Mary Ann Blanks Smithson Harmon was born 25 December 1808 in Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States to James Bartlett Smithson (1767-1838) and Sarah Blanks Weatherford (1780-1866) and died 29 January 1897 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of unspecified causes. She married James Harmon (1801-1851) 1828 in Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina.

Mary Ann Blanks Smithson was the daughter of Bartley (could be Bartlett) Smithson and Sarah Weatherford. It's also said that she was the 2nd great-granddaughter of the Duke of Northumberland according to family story passed down word of mouth.

Mississippi Saints 1846 Pioneer Company

Numbered amoung the participants in the Mississippi Saints 1846 Pioneer Company, a early Mormon pioneer wagon train that left Mississippi in 1846 to join the Mormon exodus to Utah. This group Brigham Young's vanguard company and spent the winter of 1846/47 at Fort Pueblo where the were joined by soldiers of the sick detachment of the Mormon Battalion. They reached Salt Lake City in late summer of 1847.

En route from Mississippi to the Great Salt Lake Valley in 1846 James and his family stopped at Pueblo, Colorado for the winter. In 1847 they continued on in company with members of the Mormon Battalion Sick Detachment under the leadership of James Brown (see the Book of the Pioneers entries for sons James Bartlett Harmon, John Taylor Harmon and daughter Josephine Evans--vol. 1, p 226, 304 and 305.) Their father (James) was rebaptized at Salt Lake City 6 August 1847 but died at Auburn, California.

Children

Offspring of James Harmon (1801-1851) and Mary Ann Blanks Smithson Harmon
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Mary Eliza Harmon (1830-1913)	3 April 1830 Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States	19 March 1913 Carson City, Nevada, United States	Samuel Andrew Nevers (1824-1889)
Paralee America Harmon (1835-1875)	14 July 1835 Aberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi, United States	18 July 1875 Richville, Morgan County, Utah, United States	Samuel Garn (1827-1916)
James Bartley Harmon (1840-1913)	1840 Aberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi, United States	22 May 1913 Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States
Sarah Elizabeth Harmon (1841-1888)	18 August 1841 Aberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi, United States	15 October 1888 Fresno, Fresno County, California, United States	John Devers Winters (1830-1900)
Josephine Smithson Harmon (1845-1927)	16 March 1845 Aberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi, United States	13 October 1927 Centerville, Davis County, Utah, United States	Jonathan Benner Evans (1837-1883)
John Taylor Harmon (1847-1926)	6 April 1847 Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado, United States	2 March 1926 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States	Susan Chessel White (1857-1942)

Siblings

Offspring of James Bartlett Smithson (1767-1838) and Sarah Blanks Weatherford (1780-1866)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
John Smithson (1801-1854)	13 October 1801 Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States	16 August 1854 Gattman, Monroe County, Mississippi, United States
William Cox Smithson (1804-1889)	30 March 1804 Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States	2 March 1889 Washington, Washington County, Utah, United States	Lucinda Wilson (1813-1899)
Charles Colburn Smithson (1806-1824)	15 August 1806 Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States	24 June 1824 Monroe County, Mississippi, United States
Mary Ann Blanks Smithson (1808-1897)	25 December 1808 Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States	29 January 1897 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States	James Harmon (1801-1851)
Martha Smithson (1811-1881)	1 May 1811 Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States	10 January 1881 Sulligent, Lamar County, Alabama, United States	Daniel William Holladay (1805-1866)
Elizabeth Harrison Smithson (1813-1898)	5 November 1813 Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States	17 September 1898 Sulligent, Lamar County, Alabama, United States	Joseph Holladay (1816-1885)
Allen Freeman Smithson (1816-1877)	14 February 1816 Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States	27 September 1877 Paria, Kane County, Utah, United States	Lettisha Hollis Holladay (1823-1849) Jennette Burton Taylor (1826-1912)
Marion Pinkney Smithson (1817-1912)	25 December 1817 Marion County, Alabama, United States	15 March 1912 Milford, Beaver County, Utah, United States	Olivia Maria Holladay (1828-1893)
Susanah Smithson (1818-1827)	12 August 1818 Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States	20 September 1827 Monroe County, Mississippi, United States
Parmelia Caroline Smithson (1820-1890)	31 August 1820 Monroe County, Mississippi, United States	14 October 1890 Gattman, Monroe County, Mississippi, United States	Luke William Neeley (1820-1880)
James Albert Smithson (1825-1892)	10 June 1825 United States	11 March 1892 Gattman, Monroe County, Mississippi, United States	Adaline Thomerson (1826-1852)

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