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SMEDLEY, THOMAS BRAXTON
Former Waverly Merchant Dies
T.B. SMEDLEY PASSES AWAY
Veteran of Civil War and a Resident of Waverly for More than ThirtyYears.
Thomas Braxton Smedley was born in Menard County, near Tallula, Ill.,July 22, 1832, and died at Bloomington September 6, 1917. His earlylife, spent on the farm, was that of the typical pioneer, engaged insubduing the land in this newly settled territory. The neighborhood inwhich he lived was that which has since become well known as the home ofAbraham Lincoln, and in early life, Mr. Smedley at various times came incontact with the future Emancipator. He was married to Catherine Rice in1850, her death occurring in 1861. The call to war in the '60s found himready to respond. He enlisted on March 13, 1862, and became a member ofthe 14th Illinois Volunteers, serving until the end of the war. Hisservice was at first with Grant's army in the Mississippi Valley fromShiloh to Vicksburg. Later his regiment was in the southeast. Justbefore Sherman started on his march to the sea, Mr. Smedley was capturednear Marietta, Georgia, and during the remainder of the war he wasconfined in Southern prisons, most of the time at Andersonville. He wasmustered out at Springfield July 31, 1865, broken in health by hissufferings in prison, from the effects of which he never fullyrecovered. On August 1, 1867 he was married to Martha Ann Rice ofWaverly, and the home was maintained here for more than thirty years,during most of which time he conducted a successful grocery business. In1901 the family moved to Bloomington and for sixteen years the home wasmade at North Prairie Street. Mrs. Smedley died six years ago, and sincethat time Mr. Smedley had been quietly awaiting his time By strength ofwill he kept up until just at the last. Always unwilling to causeunnecessary trouble, and always a lover of the out doors, he maintainedhis daily walks in all but the worst of weather, even when he was hardlyable to get about. For the last few weeks he had been growing weakeruntil on Thursday, when he began to fail rapidly. In the latter part ofthe afternoon of that day he quietly and calmly went to his rest. Hisfriends in Waverly remember him as a man of generous and kindly nature,a true friend, and a man of honor, whose word required no bond to makeit good. He was fond of doing for others in his own quiet way but wasinflexibly opposed to having any display made about what he did. He wasa member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Waverly, of the Masonicorder and of the Grand Army of the Republic, and was prominent in thebusiness affairs of Waverly during his life here. He is survived by adaughter, Mrs. E. H. Reesor of Springfield; two sons, Frank R. Smedleyof Idaho and Ralph C. Smedley, of Monmouth. A little daughter, Bertha,was born September, 1869, and died February 8, 1877. A brother, C. C.Smedley of Eureka Springs, Ark., and a sister, Mrs. Catherine Fergusonof St. Louis also survive him. Funeral services were held at the lateresidence in Bloomington Saturday morning, and the remains were broughtto Waverly for interment. Short funeral services were held at 4:15 p.m.at East cemetery, in charge of Rev. S. C. Schaeffer, pastor of theCongregational Church. (September 14, 1917)
Note: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilmaga/morgan2/military/cw-obits-ps.htm
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T. B. Smedley 47, merchant, Illinois Ky Va
--- Martha A, wife, 40, keeping house, Ill Ky Ky
--- Altia May, daughter, single, 17, at home, Ill Ill Ill
--- Frank, son, 6, Ill Ill Ill
--- Ralph, son, 2, Ill Ill Ill
Note: 1880 United States Federal Census, Illinois, Morgan County, Waverley, ED
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Note: page no 6, dwelling 41, family 41, 15 June 1870
Thomas Smedley, 36, M W, ret grocer, Illinois
--- Martha, 29, F W, Illinois
--- May, 8, F W, attended school, Illinois
--- Berthir, 8/12, born in Nov, Illinois
Note: 1870 United States Federal Census, Illinois, Morgan county, Waverley,
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Note: Enumeration District 103, Dwelling 208, Family 211
Thomas B Smedley 66
--- Martha, wife, 60
--- Ralph C, son, 22
Oscar A Rohrer, boarder, 29
Cholmeser N. Kendrick, Boarder, 27
Note: 1900 United States Federal Census, Illinois, Morgan County, Waverly,
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Note: ward 6, enumeration district 90, dwelling 127, family 131, 1103 N.Prarie St, household of Thomas B. Smedley
Thomas B. Smedley, age 78, second marriage (42 years), own income,Illinois Kentucky Virginia
--- Martha M, wife, age 70, second marriage (42 years), own income, 3children/2 living, Illinois Kentucky Kentucky
Note: 1910 United States Federal Census, Illinois, McLean county, Bloomington
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Note: 1855 State Census, Illinois, Morgan county, page 39 (handwritten) T.B. Smedley household
1 male 10-20 [Unknown]
1 male 20-30 [Thomas]
1 female 20-30 [Eliza]
militia 2,
value of livestock 310
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Note: Oct 1850, dwelling 886, family 905
Nancy Smedley, head, 50 F, $3000, Ky
--- Richard, ,22 M, famer, Ky
--- I A, 21 F, Ky
--- Thos, 19 M, farmer Ill
--- Eliza, 17 F, Ill
--- John, 15 M, farmer Ill
--- A.E. 11 F, Ill
--- Christ, 9 M, Ill
--- Catherine, 7 F, Ill
Note: 1850 United States Federal Census, Illinois, Menard county, page 331, 15
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Note: Thos. Smedley, males 1 1 1 1 0 1 females 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 male under 5 [John] 1 male 5-10 [Thomas] 1 male 10-15 [Richard] 1 male 15-20 [William] 1 male 40-50 [Thomas] 1 female under 5 [Hannah] 1 female 5-10 [Eliza] 1 female 10-15 [Ira Ann] 1 female 15-20 [Sarah] 1 female 40-50 [Nancy]
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