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Julia Murdock Smith Dixon Middleton (May 1, 1831 – September 12, 1880) was an early member of the Latter Day Saint movement and the eldest surviving child and only daughter of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale Smith. She was adopted by the Smiths.
Julia Murdock Smith Dixon Middleton (May 1, 1831 – September 12, 1880) was an early member of the Latter Day Saint movement and the eldest surviving child and only daughter of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale Smith. She was adopted by the Smiths.
Birth date: May 1, 1831. Birth location: Kirtland, Lake, Ohio. Died: September 12, 1880. Death location: Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. According to Emma Hale Smith’s handwritten account, in the Smith family Bible, her adopted daughter, Julia Murdock Smith was born May 1, 1831, in Warrensville, Ohio, to John and Julia Clapp Murdock.
- Alvin
- Thadeus and Louisa
- Joseph Murdock Smith
- Julia Murdock Smith Dixon Middleton
- Joseph Smith III
- Frederick Granger Williams Smith
- Alexander Hale Smith
- Don Carlos Smith
- Stillborn Son
- David Hyrum Smith
Born & Died June 15, 1828 Joseph and Emma’s first son lived for only a few hours and suffered from un-described birth defects. He was buried in what is now the McKune Cemetery near Harmony, Pennsylvania. His headstone has been preserved within a larger marker. While his name is recorded in the family Bible as Alvin, after Joseph’s beloved eldest br...
Born & Died April 30, 1831 Twins Thadeus and Louisa only survived for a few hours. They were believed to be buried in unmarked graves on the Morley Farm in Kirtland, Ohio. A memorial marker has been placed in the cemetery near the Kirtland Temple. They are likewise listed as unnamed in the Joseph Smith Papers but given names in the family Bible.
Born April 30, 1831 Died March 29, 1832 After the deaths of Thadeus and Louisa, Joseph and Emma adopted twins born the same day, but whose mother died in childbirth. On March 24, 1832, a mob attacked Joseph, and little Joseph, already struggling with the measles, became deathly ill from exposure to the elements. He died a few days later on March 29...
Julia was the surviving Murdock twin and the first of the Smith children to live to adulthood. She was thirteen when Joseph was martyred and remained with Emma in Nauvoo after the Saints traveled west. Evidence suggestsshe eloped at the age of seventeen to a much older man, who died shortly thereafter in a steamboat accident. She returned to Nauvoo...
Born November 6, 1832 Died December 10, 1914 Joseph Smith III was the eldest surviving son of the Smith family and the first leader of the Community of Christ (formerly known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). At a young age, Joseph had been purportedly blessed by his prophet-father to one day succeed him as leader of ...
Born June 20, 1836 Died April 13, 1862 Frederick was born shortly after the dedication of the Kirtland temple in Ohio and was carried as a young toddler across the frozen landscape to Missouri. He didn’t have many recollections of the tumultuous times but later spoke of nightmares about Missourians attacking. He was eight when his father was martyr...
Born June 2, 1838 Died August 12, 1909 Alexander was named after Alexander Doniphan, an attorney who refused the command the execute Joseph Smith when he was brought to Liberty Jail. He was six when his father died and only eight when the Saints left Nauvoo. Some historians believe Alexander is the son who most resembles Joseph. Alexander was an at...
Born June 13, 1840 Died September 15, 1841 Named after Joseph’s youngest brother, Don Carlos was only a little over a year old when he died. The uncle for which he was named had died of the same sickness, which was sweeping through Nauvoo.
Born & Died February 6, 1842 This little son was the last of Joseph and Emma’s children to die in infancy and was not given a name that we know of. He was buried at the Old Homestead along with many other members of the Smith family.
Born November 17, 1844 Died August 29, 1904 When Joseph was martyred at Carthage Jail, Emma was pregnant with David Hyrum. He was born five months after the terrible incident and was cherished by his family. David was a creative soul and was often called the “Sweet Singer of Israel” for his voice and love of hymns. He was an avid reader and liked t...
Died from exposure (many accounts say pneumonia) following a mob attack on the Smith home on the night of March 24, 1832. Julia Murdock Smith* April 30, 1831 – September 12, 1880 (aged 49) *Adopted. Twin of Joseph, birth daughter of Julia Clapp Murdock and John Murdock: Joseph Smith III
Joseph and Emma adopted Joseph Murdock Smith and his twin sister, Julia, from their friend John Murdock soon after the babies’ mother died. Baby Joseph caught the measles in early 1832, and while he was being tended in a trundle bed, a mob attacked, dragging his adoptive father Joseph from the bedroom into the cold night and beating him ...
When the twins died, the Smiths adopted another set of twins, Julia and Joseph Murdock, whose mother had recently died in childbirth; the adopted Smith died of measles in 1832. In 1841, Don Carlos, who had been born a year earlier, died of malaria, and five months later, in 1842, Emma gave birth to a stillborn son.
