Willard Gilbert Smith was a member of the Utah Territorial legislature.
Background
Smith was born to Warren Smith and his wife Amanda Barnes in Amherst, Ohio. Smith was shot at during the Haun"s Mill Massacre. He was not injured but his father and a brother were killed while another brother, Alma Smith, was injured but survived.
Career
They moved to Kirtland, Ohio and then in 1838 went to Missouri where they settled at Haun"s Mill, Missouri. Smith"s account is one of the major first hand accounts of the event. He then was involved in gold mining in California and settled on a farm in Oregon.
Smith served as a missionary from 1860 to 1863.
Smith continued as bishop of Morgan until 1877 when the Morgan Stake was organized and Smith was the first president He served as stake president until 1893.
Willard and Huldah Smith were the parents of 12 children. Smith was for many years the Probate Judge of Morgan County, the top local judge for the area.
He also served four terms in the Utah Territorial Legislature.