Smith Family

History
The Smith Family was a large family of mostly English descent. The Smith Family had arrived in America in 1805 with Jacob Smith, and his brothers, Kermit, George, Edward, and Irving. After Irving was killed in 1814 in Riverton in Southern Wyoming, Jacob and his remaining brothers moved on and settled in Point Smith, Wyoming. In 1816, Jacob had a son named, John Irving Smith, the first Smith born in America.