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Edwin G. Smith

Male 1815 - 1904  (88 years)


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  • Name Edwin G. Smith  [1, 2
    Birth 24 May 1815  Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 30 Mar 1904  Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    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.
    • (Research):


      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
    Person ID I15886  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Phineas Smith,   b. 17 Oct 1788, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Aug 1864, Bergen, Genesee County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Electa Marsh,   b. 29 Aug 1794, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1883, Van Buren County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 15 Aug 1814  Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F7358  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Achsa A. Sanford,   b. Abt 1820   d. 8 Nov 1857 (Age ~ 37 years) 
    Marriage Y  [4
    Children 
     1. Edwin P. Smith,   b. 21 May 1855, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Aug 1935, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F305  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Aug 2013 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 May 1815 - Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 30 Mar 1904 - Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S144] 1850 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1850 Federal Census.), New York, Monroe County, Ogden Town Enumerated 23 Sept 1850 24-24 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 25874733 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S293] Albury, James (james_albury@hotmail.com) "Ancestors of James Henry Albury, Jr.."; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:603723 ; Ver. Sat Aug 25 14:41:40 2001.

    4. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 19896370 (Reliability: 3).