Smoot–Rowlett family

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

Family members

Daniel Rowlett

• 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

• Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1838–50
• Brother of Daniel Rowlett
• Uncle of Abraham Owen Smoot

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

• 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

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

• 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

• 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

Wilford Woodruff

• 1 Mar 1807 - 2 Sep 1898
• Utah Territorial Legislature 1854
• Father of Newton Woodruff
• He married Emma Smith, niece of Abraham Owen Smoot (1815-1895)
• Fourth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1889-1898

Newton Woodruff

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

External links

• Political Graveyard: Rowlett-Smoot Family