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Smoot–Rowlett family

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The Smoot–Rowlett family is a U.S. political family. It is linked by marriage to the Kimball–Snow–Woolley family.

Family members

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Daniel Rowlett

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  • c.1786 - 2 Dec 1847
  • Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1837–38, 1839–40, 1843–44
  • Namesake of Rowlett, Texas
  • Brother of Joseph Rowlett
  • Uncle of Abraham Owen Smoot

Joseph Rowlett

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  • Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1838–50
  • Brother of Daniel Rowlett
  • Uncle of Abraham Owen Smoot
Abraham O. Smoot
  • February 17, 1815 - March 6, 1895
  • Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1857–66
  • Mayor of Provo, Utah, 1868–81
  • First Head of the board of trustees of Brigham Young Academy
  • Stake president in Provo
  • Major benefactor of Brigham Young Academy, later Brigham Young University
  • Nephew of Daniel Rowlett
  • Nephew of Joseph Rowlett
  • Uncle of Emma Smith, who married Wilford Woodruff
  • Father of Abraham Owen Smoot
  • Father of Reed Smoot
  • Father of Zina Beal Smoot, who married Orson Ferguson Whitney
  • Grandfather of Abraham Owen Smoot III
  • Grandfather of Isaac Albert Smoot

Abraham Owen Smoot

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  • March 11, 1856 - May 22, 1911
  • Member of Utah State Senate
  • Son of Abraham Owen Smoot (1815-1895)
  • Half-brother of Reed Smoot
  • Father of Abraham Owen Smoot III
  • Father of Isaac Albert Smoot
Reed Smoot
  • January 10, 1862 - February 9, 1941
  • U.S. Senator from Utah, 1903–33
  • Delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932
  • Member of Republican National Committee from Utah, 1912–20
  • Son of Abraham Owen Smoot (1815-1895)
  • Half-brother of Abraham Owen Smoot (1856-1911)
  • Half-uncle of Abraham Owen Smoot III
  • Half-uncle of Isaac Albert Smoot

Abraham Owen Smoot III

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  • September 9, 1879 - 1937
  • Mayor of Provo, Utah, 1934–35
  • Grandson of Abraham Owen Smoot (1815-1895)
  • Son of Abraham Owen Smoot (1856-1911)
  • Half-nephew of Reed Smoot
  • Brother of Isaac Albert Smoot

Isaac Albert Smoot

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  • Born: November 3, 1880.
  • Member of Utah State House of Representatives, 1928–32
  • Grandson of Abraham Owen Smoot (1815-1895)
  • Son of Abraham Owen Smoot (1856-1911)
  • Half-nephew of Reed Smoot
  • Brother of Abraham Owen Smoot III
Wilford Woodruff

Newton Woodruff

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  • 3 Nov 1863 - 21 Jan 1960
  • Mayor of Smithville, Utah 1900
  • Son of Wilford Woodruff and Sarah Brown
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