Joseph Smith Huntsman

Brief Life History of Joseph Smith

When Joseph Smith Huntsman was born on 29 December 1838, in Caldwell, Missouri, United States, his father, James William Huntsman, was 32 and his mother, Hannah Ralston Davis, was 22. He married Solinda Eastman Parker on 12 July 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Tooele, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 19 June 1921, in Gunlock, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Gunlock, Washington, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Smith Huntsman
1838–1921
Lucy Elizabeth Truman
1864–1905
Marriage: 11 March 1884
Melvina Leavitt
1881–1881
Ollie Marie Huntsman
1885–1959
Margeret Jane Huntsman
1887–1888
George Albert Huntsman
1889–1963
Esther Huntsman
1891–1945
Jacob Emery Huntsman
1894–1965
Milo Parker Huntsman
1894–1896
Anthony Call Huntsman
1896–1897
Hannah Loretta Huntsman
1898–1898
James William Huntsman
1899–1944
Richard Ira Huntsman
1902–1902
Aaron Farr Huntsman
1905–1905

Sources (62)

  • Joseph Huntsman, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Family Data Collection - Births
  • Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

World Events (8)

1839 · Nauvoo is Settled

After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English (Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire): occupational name either for a hunter or a servant of a hunter, from a compound of Middle English hunte ‘the act of hunting’ (or Old English hunta ‘huntsman’) + man. In some cases the name may also arise from a late, unrecorded Old English personal name Huntmann, a compound of hunta + -mann.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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JOSEPH SMITH HUNTSMAN HISTORY

Joseph Smith Huntsman was the first son of James William Huntsman. He was born 29 December 1838 with three older sisters, Eliza Ann, Sarah Jane, and Mary and 7 younger siblings, Maria, Hyrum Ralston, …

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