Edwin G. Smith

Notes:

Biography from FindAGrave

Edwin was a son of Phineas & Electa (Marsh) Smith. He moved, with his parents, from Whately, Massachusetts, to Monroe county, New York, between 1816 and 1820.

He married, about 1838, Abbie Jane Dole, and they had two children: Phineas Munson Smith (b. 1839) and Georgia Ann Smith (b. c1841; d. young). Abbie died in 1841.

About 1854 Edwin married Achsa A. Sanford, and they had one child: Edwin P. Smith (b. 1855). Achsa died in 1857.

Edwin served as a bugler for Company B, 8th New York Cavalry, from Oct. 1861 until Apr. 1862.

After the war he moved to Michigan, settling eventually in Kalamazoo, where he worked as a butcher. He died in 1904 at the age of 88.


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Census Listings:

1850 Census
New York, Monroe County, Ogden Town
Enumerated 23 Sept 1850
23-23
Phinias Smith 62 M Farmer 3150 Mass
Electa Smith 56 F Mass
Amanda E Smith 25 F NY
Julia L Smith 21 F NY
John J Smith 16 M NY
24-24
Edwin Smith 35 M Mass
Jane C Smith 34 F NY
Phinias Smith 11 M NY

Family/Spouse: Achsa A. Sanford. Achsa was born about 1820; died on 8 Nov 1857; was buried in Root Cemetery, Clarendon, Orleans County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Edwin P. Smith was born on 21 May 1855 in New York; died on 17 Aug 1935 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.

Notes:

Biography from FindAGrave:

Phineas was a son of Bezaleel and Lovinia (Munson) Smith of Whately, Massachusetts.

He married Electa Marsh on 15 Aug. 1814 in Whately. They were the parents of: Edwin G., Lovina M., Amelia, Elizabeth, Amanda E., Mary Jane, Julia L., Henry C., John Jay and Abigail M. Smith. Edwin, Elizabeth and Abigail all have memorials on FindAGrave.

Phineas served as a Sergeant in Capt. Southworth Jenkins' company, Col. Thomas Langley's regiment, Massachusetts militia in the War of 1812. His company was sent from Franklin County to Boston to defend against the attack of the British fleet that was then threatening the Massachusetts coast. He was honorably discharged on 15 October at Boston.

The family moved to Monroe county, New York, about 1816, and settled on a farm in the town of Ogden. Phineas and Electa, as well as some of their children, moved to Fairfax county, Virginia, sometime between 1850 and 1860, but evidently returned to New York within a few years as Phineas died in Bergen, Genesee county, in 1864.

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
New York, Monroe County, Ogden Town
Enumerated 23 Sept 1850
23-23
Phinias Smith 62 M Farmer 3150 Mass
Electa Smith 56 F Mass
Amanda E Smith 25 F NY
Julia L Smith 21 F NY
John J Smith 16 M NY
24-24
Edwin Smith 35 M Mass
Jane C Smith 34 F NY
Phinias Smith 11 M NY

1860 Census
not located

Phineas married Electa Marsh on 15 Aug 1814 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Electa was born on 29 Aug 1794 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died about 1883 in Van Buren County, Michigan; was buried in Covert Cemetery, Covert, Van Buren County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said, by Chris Bird, to be the daughter of Amos MARSH and Elizabeth JEPHERSON.

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Census Listings:

1870 Census
Michigan, Van Buren County, Decatur Twp
Enumerated 16 Jun 1870
Stamped 313
24-24
Smith, J. Jay 35 M Carpenter $--- $1200 NY
Smith, N. Jane 30 F Keeping House Vermont
Smith, Electa A 12 F Va
Smith, Flora 10 F Va
Smith, Electa 76 None Mass
Wright, Frank 24 M Carpenter Ohio

Notes:

His name, Bezaleel, is biblical. Bezaleel means "Is the Shadow of God," and he was the son of Uri, of the tribe of Judah, and one of the architects of the tabernacle. His charge was chiefly in all works of metal, wood and stone.

Said to have been married first to Lydia ALLIS.

Bezaleel married Lovinia Munson on 13 Aug 1787 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Lovinia (daughter of Moses Munson and Abigail Munson) was born in Mar 1769 in Connecticut; died on 9 Mar 1837 in Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in East Whately Cemetery, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Whately or Hatfield, taxed 1789 in Deerfield.

Philip Smith, (1730-1806), served as a private in Capt. Salmon White's company, 1777. He was born and died in Whately, Mass. Also No. 16053.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcstayfamily/smith.htm

Philip married Elizabeth Graves on 18 Apr 1758. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel Graves, Jr. and Grace Hitchcock) was born on 1 Jul 1734 in Sunderland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 11 Mar 1813 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to Gary Silverstein's chart on World Connect, he was also married to Lucy NORTON (22 Jan 1767) and Mary TRUESDALE (1797).

Moses married Abigail Munson. Abigail (daughter of Deacon Abel Munson and Sarah Peck) was born on 2 Sep 1744; died on 11 Sep 1796 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]