William Hurd Smith

1836 - 1864  (27 years)

• Name	William Hurd Smith  [1]
  Birth	28 Jun 1836	Middle Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Jan 1864  [1]
  Person ID	I21069	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Elihu Dwight Smith,   b. 14 Feb 1796, Connecticut d. 16 Oct 1868, Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Mary Strong,   b. 22 Jun 1804, Connecticut d. Aft 1870 (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	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.
  Family ID	F7486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 28 Jun 1836 - Middle Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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), p 184 (Reliability: 3).