Elihu Dwight Smith

1796 - 1868  (72 years)

• Name	Elihu Dwight Smith  [1]
  Born	14 Feb 1796	Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Oct 1868	Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas   [2]
  Notes	"A merchant in Matamoros, Mexico (1840-1844), engaged in cotton ginning at Reynosa Viejo (1844-1850), and a merchant again at Edinburgh, Hidalgo County, Texas (1850-1854) and at Brownsville (1854-1868), where he died." (Dwight, pp 183-184).
  Person ID	I21066	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Charles Smith,   b. Abt 1765,   d. 31 Mar 1804  (Age ~ 39 years)
  Mother	Mary Strong,   b. 26 Dec 1768, Connecticut ,   d. 5 Jul 1850  (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F6979	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Strong,   b. 22 Jun 1804, Connecticut ,   d. Aft 1870  (Age 66 years)
  Married	30 Jun 1835	Connecticut
  	This is the family at the time of the 1850 census: 1850 Federal Census Texas, Counties of Cameron, Starr, Webb, Rio Grande Valley 16 Nov 1850 #910-1031 Elihu D. SMITH 54 M Merchant $10,000 Conn Mary SMITH 40 F Conn Wm. H. SMITH 14 M Conn Adelina SMITH 12 F Conn Louisa SMITH 7 F Tex Francis TAGLER 24 M Clerk Mexico In 1860, Elihu was away from home, apparently tending to business in Edinburg, while his family remained in Brownsville: 1860 Federal Census Texas, Hidalgo, Edinburg #1846-1338 E.D. SMITH 64 M Merchant $2000 $2000 Conn F. TAGLER 30 M Clerk Mexico Peter NICKELS 40 M Dr. Col. Ins. ??? 2200 1000 S.C. 1860 Federal Census Texas, Cameron, Brownsville Ward 3 #569-488 W.H. SMITH 24 M Clerk Conn A.N. SMITH 21 F Conn M.L. SMITH 16 F Mexico J.? SMITH 14 F Mexico Mary SMITH 53 F Conn At the time of the 1870 census, Mary and her daughters were still in Brownsville, living next door to each other. Adeline had married "Rip" Ford and was living with him and their three children. Next door to them, the widowed Mary was living with her younger daughter, Louisa, and granddaughter. 1870 Federal Census Texas, Cameron, Brownsville 410-410 SMITH, Mary 66 F W Keeping House Conn MICHAELKOWSKY, Louise 27 F W At house Mexico MICHAELKOWSKY, Clara 2 F W At house Texas JONES, Lane 28 F B Domestic Servant Dou. Canada I was not able to locate the family at the time of the 1880 Federal census.
  Children	1. William Hurd Smith,   b. 28 Jun 1836, Middle Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut ,   d. 11 Jan 1864  (Age 27 years)   2. Adeline Norton Smith,   b. 10 Oct 1838, Middle Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Mary Louise Smith,   b. 28 Mar 1843, Matamoros, Mexico ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2007
  Family ID	F7486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 14 Feb 1796 - Connecticut Married - 30 Jun 1835 - Connecticut Died - 16 Oct 1868 - Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Dwight, Benjamin "The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass." (Orig. published Albany, NY, 1871, Reprinted by Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 2000), pp 183, 185 (Reliability: 3). [S32] Dwight, Benjamin "The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass." (Orig. published Albany, NY, 1871, Reprinted by Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 2000), p 184 (Reliability: 3).