exacerbated by her son William's refusal to be subservient to Young—but they are suggested in the few letters and second-hand accounts that have survived (Quaife, 246–48). Whether Smith again shifted her support from Young to Strang in the year following the October 1845 conference is a matter of debate. What is certain is that she never attempted the journey to Utah Territory: she remained in Nauvoo with her daughters, her daughter-in-law, Emma, and Emma and Joseph's sons (Joseph III, David Hyrum, Alexander Hale, and Frederick G. W.) until her death in May 1856. Ancestry and descendants Smith was a third cousin of Oliver Cowdery, who was a golden plates witness, a Book of Mormon scribe, and the original Second Elder and Assistant President of the Church. See also Joseph Smith Papyri References Further reading External links Joseph Smith Sr The Joseph Smith Sr. & Lucy Mack Foundation 1775 births 1856 deaths American Latter Day Saint writers Burials at the Smith Family Cemetery Converts to Mormonism from Presbyterianism History of the Latter Day Saint movement Latter Day Saints from New York (state) Leaders in the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) People from Cheshire County, New Hampshire People from Ontario County, New York People from Palmyra, New York Religious leaders from New York (state) Smith family (Latter Day Saints)