[5] Smith and his family traveled with the Saints from Ohio, to Missouri, to Nauvoo, Illinois, throughout his youth to avoid violence and religious persecution.
[5] Smith married Augusta Bowen Cleveland on July 9, 1845, at the age of seventeen in Nauvoo, Illinois.
[2] In 1847, Smith and his wife traveled with other Mormon pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley with the Daniel Spencer/Perrigrine Sessions Company.
[1] When Smith was 19 years old, his father was called as the fourth Presiding Patriarch of the LDS Church, serving from 1847 to 1854.
[6] Smith served two missions for the LDS Church in Switzerland and Italy from May 1855 to June 1858 and September 1860 to December 1863.
On the way home from his final mission, he led immigrants across the Atlantic Ocean, and across the plains to Salt Lake City.
[2] In 1864, 1869, and 1870, Smith relocated to various cities in Utah including Fillmore, Meadow, and Beaver, at the request of Brigham Young.
[1] Smith's digitized missionary journals reside at L. Tom Perry Special Collections at Brigham Young University.