Edwin G. Smith

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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]

Family/Spouse: Fannie Lena Messenger. Fannie was born on 20 Feb 1863 in Bergen, Genesee County, New York; died on 25 Sep 1950 in Oshtemo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]