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Name, Notes/Quotes, Residence, Variant Spelling
--- "__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] "__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...In May 1828 was married to Nellie Harrison...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...Abigal Smith departed this life April 14 1901 aged 84 years 9 mo and 28 days...She leaves to mourn their loss three sons two daughters 44 grand-children and 16 great grand-children...[original material from the second sheet of paper, both front and back, is entered now]__David Smith (Daniel Smith son) no record of Family...[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]__...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. 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. 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 1880, Amelia Crews is shown as an adopted daughter of David H. and Lucinda Smith.
--- Mr. Burgess reports in "Hamilton County and the Civil War" that David H. Smith is buried at Crownview cemetery. That is incorrect. JDS
MARRIAGE RECORD BOOK 1 1851-1856 HAMILTON COUNTY, INDIANA---p. 314 >
Name, Notes/Quotes, Spouse, Marriage, Marriage License, Variant Spelling, Residence
--- "...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)"
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