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Note: Age at time of death: 52 years, 6 months, 19 days
1. JONATHAN SMITH lived in Loudon where he was a farmer. He died rather young at age 42 on 10 September 1832, Loudon, New Hampshire.
2. After his death, Hannah remained in Loudon for at least five more years. She probably had to settle her husband's estate and then later sell the land. About 1838, the family began to leave Loudon and most of the family moved to Maine.
3. The children of Jonathan and Hannah Smith came from a letter written by their granddaughter, Hannah Sleeper (Smith) Webster in 1929. She wrote about only eight children, but there are graves for two children who ages would fit chronologically with the other children.
4. Granddaughter, Hannah Sleeper (Smith) Webster wrote the following of her family in 1929:
"Our grandfather and grandmother's family, Jonathan Smith's children were named Daniel, Sherburne Sleeper, (my father), Caleb, Jonathan, Ezra, Joseph, and two daughters, Asneath and Eleanor."
"Uncle Jonathan and Joseph were inventors. Uncle Jonathan invented a ship's auger they say is used now in ships, and Uncle Joseph was overseer of the Engine House of the power that carried all the looms of the Lancaster Gingham Mills that covered four acres of land at Clinton, Massachusetts. Also he improved on the looms. He took an interest in civli affairs of the town, giving lectures of temperance. When about 13, I spent a winter at his home. He was very kind to me."
"Now I have written briefly about our family, I might dedicate it to the tenth on our father's family- Charles Sumner Smith. Uncle Joseph named him and gave him a sheep. And in honor of his lovely daughters and other who might be interested, written by me at almost 92 years."
Information provided by Jack Jackson, (nlock@@charter.net), Raoul Carson, (raoul@@ihot.com), Peter Smith, (psmi2002@@aol.com)
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