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--- Abigail Hartley 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 Abigail Hartley 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, Marriage, Spouse, Children, Death, Lifetime, Religious/Societal, Variant Spelling, Burial/Cemetery, Picture
--- "__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...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...Daniel (and) Abigal buried at Spicwood Smith...William (Smith) taken prisoner andersonville, Prison Civil War Killed on boat Picture at sheridan at a lodge Hall..." [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. Abigal's calculated birthdate is 17 Jun 1816 for this source. The exhibit is a notecard with the information written on two sheets of paper, front and back, and no extant envelope. (See Daniel Smith, 1807-1893, for the complete letter.) JDS
--- In 1900, widowed Abigal HARTLEY Smith says she had 10 children, and 5 were living.
--- In 1918, at the death of Abigal's son, Daniel SMITH, it is reported that she was born in Ohio.
--- "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."
--- 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.
:::::INDIANA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH---Certificate and Record of Death >
Name, Notes/Quotes, Death, Residence, Occupation, Burial/Cemetery, Birth, Lifetime, Variant Spellings, Marriage
--- "339) County, Hamilton Township, Adams Town or City, near Hortonville Decedent's full Name Abigail Smith Date of Death, (m,d,y) April 14 1901... RECORD OF DEATH. Age, (y,m,d) 84---9---28 Full Name of Deceased A(b)ygill Smith Sex, F. Color W. Residence, Adams Tp. Ham. Co. (Widow) Occupation? House keeper Birthplace? Indiana Place of Death? Adams Tp. Ham. Co Father's name in full? W.m Hartley Father's Birthplace? Penn. Mother's maiden name in full? Sarah Morris Mother's Birthplace? New Jersey Date of Burial? Apr 16.1901 Place of Burial? Spicewood Cem. Reported by W.m H. Gray. Address, Hortonvill(e) Signature of Undertaker, Hiatt & Antrim Address of Undertaker, Sheridan"
:::::1820 U S CENSUS -- Ohio, Adams Co., Monroe Twp. -- 7 August 1820 (official census day)---pp. 28, 29 >
Name, Birth, Residence, Notes/Quotes
--- "William Hartley...males...(26 to 45) 1...females...(< 10) 2, (10 to 16) 1, (26 to 45) 1, (45 <) 1, (Foreigners Not Naturalized) 1...(Persons engaged in Manufacture) 1..."
...The lid for this material shows "Total All Persons...3." I disagree with this presentation of fact. I counted the names down from the top and up from the bottom, thereby establishing the appropriate line using the well-defined column of persons in agriculture to show me the line that included the marks for those residents of William Hartley's household. The paper, the ink(?), time and storage, if not something else, caused fading and deterioration in the original copies. It appeared to me that, after a few perusals on four different occasions, the fading and deterioration were hiding something. I was able to determine that several marks in the columns labeled "16 to 26" and "26 to 45" of the females were nearly invisible including a mark for William Hartley's wife. Thus, the "Total All Persons..." for me is 6. William's age is 26-44, his wife's age is 26-44, another female is 45+, two girls are <10 and another girl is 10-16. Please see the notes attached to William* Hartley. JDS
:::::1830 U S CENSUS -- Ohio, Adams Co., Monroe Twp. -- 1 June 1830 (official census day)---p. 17 >
Name, Birth, Residence, Notes/Quotes
--- "William Hartley...males...(40 to 50) 1...females...(10 to 15) 1, (20 to 30) 1, (40 to 50) 1..."
:::::INDIANA, MARRIAGES, 1811-1959 >
Name, Notes/Quotes, Spouse, Marriage, Variant Spelling, 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..."
:::::HAMILTON COUNTY, (IND) CEMETERIES VOL. 1---p. 41 >
Name, Notes/Quotes, Burial/Cemetery, [Death], Birth, Spouse, [Lifetime], Variant Spelling
--- "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."
...Evans mistakenly entered 'Old' Daniel's date of death and lifetime into Abigail's information. JDS/MKS
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