Silas S. Smith

A few years later they joined the Mormon settlers in Missouri and in 1839 they were driven out and settled in Nauvoo, Illinois.

In 1847, after Joseph Smith was killed, the family left Nauvoo and crossed the American plains as Mormon pioneers, settling in the Salt Lake Valley.

Smith practiced plural marriage and in 1853 married Sarah Ann Ricks, his first wife's sister.

In this capacity, he was asked to locate a suitable spot for a Mormon settlement on the San Juan River.

Smith led the San Juan Expedition via the Hole in the Rock Trail, establishing the settlement of Bluff.

After his term as president of the San Juan Mission, the LDS Church asked Smith to move to Colorado.