Show pioneer of 1855 observes birthday mrs mary ann simmons smith of A morgan observed her ninety first birthday anniversary at her home tuesday july 18 airs smith was born in brighton england july 18 1853 a daughter of george and mary ann ford simmons ahe he was an early utah pioneer crossing the plains by ox team with her parents and arriving in salt lake val alley in late september 1855 at the time of johnstons army they moved to provo and in 1861 settled in ili morgan county she was married in the I 1 D S salt lake endowment house in 1871 1874 to benjamin F smith also a I 1 utah pioneer ml air smith died november 5 1930 1 mrs smith is reportedly the oldest person in ili morgan county and is the mother of 10 children seven of whom are living mrs airs annie S dickson richville mrs mina ovard Rex burg idaho frank charles C william M walter waller S and archie smith morgan she has 22 grandchildren 64 great grandchildren and 10 great great grandchildren she also has three sisters and two brothers living mrs margaret rawle morgan mrs lairs julia W walker al ker farmington Farmin glon mrs airs laura geary preston idaho william simmons big horn wyo and john simmons oakley idaho |