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--- Daniel Smith's framed portrait >
Picture, Notes/Quotes
...large, hand-drawn, w/original frame [2007-2012, original picture]
...I was told by my father that his dad met with "Aunt Cindy" Smith, his dad's cousin, at her request and she informed him that she 'needed a good home' for a couple of pictures. W.N. and Fern took the large pictures of Daniel Smith and Abigail Hartley Smith, I am supposing, after "Old Jim" Smith, John N.'s firstborn, died. Grandpa asked Dad if he wanted the pictures and obligingly he took them. This prompted him to want to know more about the man in the picture so Grandpa and Fern obliged, met with "Aunt" Cindy, and then Fern forwarded the information to Dad in 1966. [JDS]
...These came into my possession between 2007 and 2012. [JDS]
:::::PICTURES
--- Portrait of Daniel Smith >
Notes/Quotes, Picture
...I remember seeing Dad (James Eli Smith) inscribing Daniel Smith's name low on the picture when he had removed it from the frame once. I believe he did that with Abigail's picture, also. Dad said he wanted others to know who were in the pictures when he (Dad) wasn't around anymore. [JDS]
...Framed, wall-hung, large, hand-drawn, original portrait (circa 1870) [2007-2012, original picture]
:::::CORRESPONDENCE
Name, Notes/Quotes, Residences, Birth, Marriages, Spouses, Children, Death, Lifetime, Religious/Societal, Variant Spelling, Burial/Cemetery, Picture, Other
--- "__Dec 22 1966...[William N.] (and) Fern [Smith]...Dear Folk (Jim) [and Amanda] (Smith), We found this much of the record of Daniel Smith who is the man you have the__Picture of. There is quite a bit of the history that Cinda Smith did not know about. She is the one on [on lined through] that has the record and she lives in Kirklin. Jim if you want this stand that you made at school [small, half-round, window table w/lower shelf] your dad says for you to come and get it.
Your dad is not feeling very well today. Every body else is on the go. Love [signed]" [continuing on two sheets of paper written on both sides] "__What we found out about the Smith pictures 'Daniel Smith born May 1 1807 in North Carolina while an infant moved ^to^ the state of Ohio with his parents and lived with them until 11 years of age then was "bound" to Joseph Coats until 21 years of age --- moved to Marion county Indiana at the age of 12 years In May 1828 was married to Nellie Harrison Lived with her for five years. She died there were no children by this union Second marriage to Abigal Hartley July 8 1834 10 children were born to this Union -- Five died The five that lived were David Smith Sally Lovell Nancy Gray John N. Smith Daniel Smith (W.N. Smith's father) __Daniel ^Smith^ and Abigal ^Smith^ moved to Adams township Hamilton County in 1835 and lived in this neighborhood until his death April 26 1893 aged 85 years 11 months and 26 days -- Joined M. E. church in Feb 1838 -- lived a Christian life ever since Abigal Smith departed this life April 14 1901 aged 84 years 9 mo and 28 days. She was a member of the M. E. Church and lived a consistent Christain until death. She leaves to mourn their loss three sons two daughters 44 grand-children and 16 great grand-children and many friends who will never forget her Christain life. She was the oldest relative of the writer and I will never forget my visit to see her as she neared the sunny banks of deliverance. She was only waiting for her home in heaven Funeral conducted by Rev Jesse Mills' Taken from clipping in paper [was written along the left margin of this page]...[original material from the second sheet of paper, both front and back, is entered now]__David Smith (Daniel Smith son) no record of Family Sally (Smith) Lovell (Daniel Smith daughter) no record of Family Nancy (Smith) Gray (Daniel Smith daughter) children [that lived to majority] Mary Ann Gray Wesley [Gray] Danny [Gray] Billie [Gray] Sarah [Gray] Flora [Gray] John N Smith (Daniel Smith son) and Amelia Caroline (Mundy) Smith Children 1 -- James Smith 2 -- Samuel Edward Smith 3 -- David H Smith 4 -- William Hiram Smith 5 . Daniel Morton Smith 6 -- John Larken Smith 7 -- Jerry Walter Smith 8 -- Lucinda Florence Smith 9 -- Hervey Lincoln Smith 10 -- Elmer Everet Smith__Daniel Smith (Daniel Smith son) Mary Elizabeth (Billingsley) Smith Children 1. Burgess -- Smith 2 William Nelson Smith 3 Elizabeth
(Smith) Denny 4 George Dewey Smith 5 Forest -- Smith...[Both sides of the page delineating "Old" Daniel's grandchildren have notes written by James Eli and Amanda Smith interspersed among the original material...Ellipses separate each incident of notes. The name in the original letter is given first//the note associated with it follows the double forward slash]__...Nancy (Smith) Gray//married Willian H Gray...Mary Ann Gray//Minnie Daisey Grant Clemnes...Wesley [Gray]//Julie Inman...Daniel (and) Abigal buried at Spicwood Smith...Hillisburg Hawad Keller (and) Jule...William (Smith) taken prisoner andersonville, Prison Civil War Killed on boat Picture at sheridan at a lodge Hall Son lived east of Bakers Corner...James Smith//Noel Doyle Wilburn sons <--- wife Rosa A. Graham Died 7-2-54 Flossie Hawkins Hazel McKinny Sylvia Hensley...Samuel Edward Smith//Stella Rector--Dan Gray...William Hiram Smith//Jule...Daniel Morton Smith//Died 16...John Larken Smith//Died 2...Jerry Walter Smith//Died 2-3...Hervey Lincoln Smith//wife Nettie Son Ralph Elkhart...__...Burgess -- Smith//one daughter "Edith" "No children"...William Nelson Smith//5 Children [that lived to majority]...Elizabeth [space] (Smith) Denny//2 boys 1 girl "I [James Eli Smith] think"...George Dewey Smith//Died Nov 26 or 27, 1965 no childre(n)...Forest -- Smith//no children...Hurvey Lincoln Smith married Nettie Carter Louis H (and) Anna Jane Carter in (May) 19 1920 Hurvey died in 1961 Son Ralph Smith lives at Elkhart five grandsons (and) one grt. (grand) dau." [27DEC2002, original notecard, w/encl.]
...Some notes were written where they would not be associated with a name. It is unclear if the picture in the lodge hall is of the soldier or his son or neither. I have not seen it and can not make an estimation concerning it possibly being wrongly attributed to this family. JDS
...Carats designate Fern's additions. Parentheses are shown as they are in the two sheets of genealogical material, but I have added them to the notecard at the beginning. Brackets enclose comments that I made for clarification. Double underscore begins a page. Dad told me several times that he thought "Aunt" Cindy, who was his father's cousin, had written the newspaper item quoted in the material. The exhibit is a notecard with the information written on two sheets of paper, front and back, and no extant envelope. JDS
...Ever since Dad gave me the letter from William N. & Fern Smith dated December 22, 1966, on December 27, 2002 and with my daughter's earlier
request for help in her 4-H project "because you know all the names," I had been researching alongside her for the extra brain and eyes everyone needs who does genealogy. I had heard repeatedly the stories from Dad and his sister, Mary Joan, and her husband, Uncle Bob Burton, who seemingly had come to a standstill on the Joseph Coats questions and were ready to abandon everything to the probability that all the records were destroyed when a tornado wiped out Coatesville, Indiana. I found out by doing genealogy that I am a link in my endless line of impetuous, stubborn Smiths. Dad and I had visited his brother, Jean, on a Friday and among other things brought up the subject of Joseph Coats. Uncle Jean said he didn't know anything more than what was known or believed by our family of Smiths, but Tipton, Indiana, had their sesquicentennial celebration a few years earlier and Jean said they had a "Joseph Coats story." I made arrangements with Uncle Jean to bring my daughter, Meredy, with me on Monday to guide us and we would all go to the library in Tipton to research. Meredy and I showed up and went to the Indiana Room at the library with Uncle Jean and found out posthaste that "way'll they don't have a story but the newspaper" mentioned Coats' name several times. I had been devoting time to the problem and narrowed the field to four Joseph Coats' in Ohio and Indiana and realized immediately that we did not have time to look at the papers or study them on microfilm. I had studied feverishly since getting the letter and then going to the library in Tipton with my daughter and Uncle Jean. This was relatively early in computer genealogy and I don't think Newspapers.com was even thought of by then. I sent Meredy to do research on the computer on the 1900 census and Uncle Jean and I turned to other names in other files. So, we all were getting nowhere fast -- Coats' or Smiths! I brought out the original letter from Uncle Jean's and Dad's father and stepmother which letter I needed to guard with my life. Jean said he had never seen it before. He read it and asked a lady in the Indiana Room if she could help us and her response was she was doing her own research and did not work for the library. Here is where the Smith stubborness shows up. Uncle Jean, after looking things over again, went to the lady again, this time with the letter, and ask her again if she could help us. She did not know Uncle Jean nor me from a man in the moon, but she took the letter and read it and looked at us and said that her husband was related to Joseph Coats and that she had some material at home and that we shouldn't go anywhere because she would be right back. In a few minutes she returned with eight pages of material for us and wanted copies, front and back, of the two pages of the letter. We obliged. She did not know, nor did we, how she would change our view of our ancestors. Oh! And I'm related to her husband on my mother's side of the family. Thank you Mrs. Ava Ogden for helping us. (No, I did not leave Meredythe there). JDS
--- "The following persons formed a settlement in this [Adams] township near the present site of Bakers Corner, between the years 1831 and 1837: Christopher Williams, Mr. Hodson, Stephen Masters, James Lackey, George Rushton, William Davis, Daniel Smith, Leroy Fitzpatrick, George Ramsey, James Higbee, John B. Hammock, Nathan John Baldwin, J. Dunn, N. Pearson and James Hawkins."
--- 1850 US Census.
... In 1850, the census shows that Daniel Smith was born in South Carolina. JDS/MKF
--- Adams Township. Other Early Settlers. "The settlers of 1835 were . . . Daniel Smith, on Section 10;"
... Churches. "Carmel Church.--The class was organized in the winter of 1838, by Rev. L. P. Berry, then in charge of the Noblesville Circuit. He visited the class at regular intervals, and preached at the house of Robert Cutts. Several years later the class was divided--a part meeting at the house of Mr. Cutts, and the balance at the house of Daniel Smith. This arrangement was made for the convenience of members who lived at a distance from the former place of meeting.
"In 1845, Willis Atkins, donated a lot upon which they erected a hewed-log house of worship, which they occupied for a number of years."
... Clay Township. Other Early Settlers. "1832...Daniel Smith..." (Source 16)
... Washington Township. Other Early Settlers. "Daniel Smith, Oct. 14, 1835..." (Source 16)
--- "To this union were born ten (10) children, five (5) of which were living when their mother passed away in 1901. Order of birth is unknown. Eight (8) of the children are: Dave, born 1835; John N. birth date unknwon [sic] but married Amelia Munday; Nancy, born in 1844 and married William Henry Gray; William born in 1842; Daniel, born in 1854 married Mary Elizabeth Billingsley; Sally, born 1837 and married ______ Lovell; Jasper, born 1846; and Aaron, born 1850." (Source 18) This letter incorrectly presents Daniel's date of death as "8 July 1834", which is his marriage date to Abigail Hartley. JDS/MKF
--- Daniel Smith to Hiram Pearson. "Daniel Smith of the County of Hamilton in the State of Indiana...quit claim...the one undivided half of the said South half of the quarter section...after the decease of James Smith, [word unclear] to the last will and Testament of my grandfather Daniel Smith decd... In witnefs whereof the said Daniel Smith has hereunto set his hand and seal...Daniel (his X mark) Smith {seal}...The State of Ohio Miami County SS Before me David Jenkins Justice of the Peace...personally came the within named Daniel Smith who I am satisfied is the person he represents himself to be." 3 Jun 1847 -- 80 A mol, S1/2NE1/4, sec. 19, T4 R6E, Miami Co., OH
... Abigail Smith to Hiram Pearson. "...I Abigail Smith wife of Daniel Smith of the County of Hamilton and State of Indiana...do hereby relinquish all my right of Dower...Abigail (her X mark) Smith {seal}...Hamilton County, Indiana {Seal}" 26 Jun 1847 -- S1/2NE1/4, sec. 19, T4 R6E, Miami Co., OH (Source 21)
--- Abner Smith to Jonathan Jay. "...being the one half of said Lot of land (after the decease of James Smith)... In Witnefs whereof the said Abner Smith and Hannah his wife have hereunto set there hands and seals..." 5 Mar 1847 -- 80 A, S1/2NE1/4, sec. 19, T4 R6E, Miami Co., OH (Source 22)
--- Source 23 shows the location of "grandfather Daniel Smith['s]" original purchase of the 160 A, NE1/4, sec. 19, T4 R6E, Miami Co., OH. By the time this map was drawn [1857], Hiram Pearson owned the entire quarter section. (Source 23) JDS/MKF
--- This excerpt is transcribed from the original will (with wax seal) of Daniel Smith, filed 3rd May 1819 and recorded 10th May 1819 by Cornelius Westfall.
"Thirdly, I give and bequeath to my well beloved Grandsons (after the death of my son James Smith) namely Daniel & Abner Smith, all the Southern half of the North East quarter of Section above described to them and their heirs forever and ever Notwithstanding if either of them Should die in their minority it is my desire that my well beloved Grandson Jacob Smith should become heir to the deceased part or if both should die minors he Shall be heir to all my Said land -- Fourthly, I give and and bequeath to my two grandsons the following Books to be delivered to them when they arrive at lawful age, namely I give my family Bible to Daniel; Three Volumes History of the holy Scriptures I give to Abner Smith. -- " (Source 24) JDS/MKF
--- For full information on Source 24, please see entries under Daniel* Smith (died ca.1818, Miami Co., OH). JDS/MKF
--- "Smith, Daniel...M...W...84...Aprl 2 1893...Adams Twp...H-1...29" (Source 25)
:::::1830 U S CENSUS -- Indiana, Hamilton Co. -- 1 June 1830 (official census day)---p. 3 >
Birth, Spouse, Residence, Notes/Quotes
--- "Harrison Carah W...males...(< 5) 2, (20 to 30) 2...females...(< 5) 1, (5 to 10) 1, (15 to 20) 1, (20 to 30) 1..."
...There is an extra male in the 20 to 30 yr. range and a female who is not the daughter of Carah Harrison and his wife in the 15 to 20 yr. range living in this household. My speculation at this point in my research is that the fellow is Daniel Smith (b. 1807) and the gal is Nellie Harrison (Daniel's first wife). They had been married two years at the time of this census and it would be two years more before they would acquire property by land grant in Clay Twp., Hamilton Co., and then another year and a few months until Nellie dies childless. I have reason to believe that Nellie is Carah's sister. JDS
:::::INDIANA, MARRIAGES, 1811-1959 >
Name, Notes/Quotes, Spouse, Marriage, Residence
--- "GROOM: Daniel Smith...BRIDE: Abbigail Or Abigail Hartley...DATE OF LICENSE: 08 Jul 1834 COUNTY OF LICENSE: Hamilton DATE OF MARRIAGE: 08 Jul 1834 PLACE OF MARRIAGE: , Hamilton, Indiana..."
:::::INDIANA, MARRIAGES, 1780-1992 >
Name, Notes/Quotes, Residence, Spouse, Marriage
--- "GROOM...Daniel Smith...BRIDE...Nelly Harrison...MARRIAGE DATE: 15 May 1828 MARRIAGE PLACE: Marion Co, Indiana...Ref.#: no 1 p 69"
:::::MARRIAGE RECORD BOOK 1 1851-1856 HAMILTON COUNTY, INDIANA---p. 314 >
Name, Notes/Quotes, Child, Variant Spelling
--- "...a Marriage License was duly issued to D.H.Smith and Lucinda Gilbert, She of lawful age, & he having the consent of Dan.l Smith, his father, -- & both ofthis County, as proven by the affidavit of James W. Ramsey, which is filed...this 7.th day of April 1855. [signed] D.R.Browne, Clerk. (of the Circuit Court) [signed] prT. H.Bowles, Depty. The marriage of whom is certified thus, to=wit: STATE OF INDIANA, HAMILTON COUNTY. I, the undersigned, a Justice (ofthe) Pea(ce,) do hereby certify that David H Smith and (Lucin)da Gilbert were legally joined together as husband and wife on the 12.th day of April A. D., 1855, by me. [signed] Jabez Neal Justice (of the Peace)"
:::::HAMILTON COUNTY, (IND) CEMETERIES VOL. 1---p. 41 >
Name, Notes/Quotes, Burial/Cemetery, Death, Birth, Spouse, Lifetime
--- "SPICEWOOD CEMETERY...Smith, Abigail w of Daniel b.6-16-1816 d.4-26-1893 [sic] 85 yrs Daniel b.5-1-1807 d.4-26-1893 85 yrs."
...'Old' Daniel came up 5 days short of making his 86th birthday anniversary. Evans mistakenly entered his date of death and lifetime into Abigail's information. JDS
---James Daniel Smith learned about Daniel Smith in 1959 from parents' and relatives' research and stories. In the sixth grade each student was asked by the teacher, Mr. Asbury Walker, to give some family history in front of the class. Dad remembers telling them of Daniel Smith and relating that he was an "indentured servant," which is wrong. MKS
---In 2004, James E. Smith told Dad that Daniel Smith, who was a member of the threshing ring, invariably was called upon to pray at the noon meal, and that he was known also for his lengthy prayers. MKS
---In 2005, James E. Smith told Dad that he went to Spicewood Cemetery in 1935 with W. N. Smith, his father, to visit the grave of Daniel Smith. While there, a man whose last name was Harrison asked W. N. where Nellie was buried. W. N. did not know, but he showed him Daniel and Abigal Smith's grave. MKS
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