John Smith, despite having possibly the most common name in the English speaking world is known to us thanks to some hints, but perhaps the best one comes from a 1968 article written in a periodical called "The Tallow Light", a quarterly newsletter from the Washington County Historical Society in Marietta, Ohio. The article, "Descendants of Samuel Smith," was written by Bernice Graham. Most of the article profiles the life and descendancy of John's brother James, but the following passage identifies the John Smith that belongs to this line:
John, the seventh child [of Samuel and Jemima (Ward) Smith] married Kitty ---- Their children Obedience, Polly, Louisa & Samuel. John, the father, was reported to be a great hunter and wood-chopper. The story is told that he once rode up to west door of the brick house on the hill (built by James Ward Smith in Plymouth, Washington Co., Ohio in 1817) with a deer slung on the packsaddle. The deer was probably one of the last seen in that section. John had come to Ohio from New York about 1815, bringing his wife Kitty, and three small girls. They later moved to Canada where their son, Samuel, was born.
By the time of the 1851 Census John Smith was living in Walpole, Haldimand county. He was a farmer, 68, born 1784 in the USA, possibly in Hudson City, New York. He was a Methodist.
His wife Catherine, 56 (1795) was also American. Three older kids lived with the parents, two were from the USA, Samuel Smith, 26 (1825), and Adeline, 25 (1826). Catherine Smith was 16 (1835), and had a place of birth listed as Upper Canada. With this info plus knowledge that their sister Hannah (Smith) Atkinson was born in 1831 we can assume the Smith's migrated to Canada from the USA between 1831 and 1835.
By 1861, John Smith would be dead, leaving his wife a widow as indicated in the '61 Census. She was still living in Walpole but she was living with her daughter Clarissa and husband Charles Lewis and family. Clarissa and Charles' final resting spots are in the same plot as John Smith.
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John, the seventh child [of Samuel and Jemima (Ward) Smith] married Kitty ---- Their children Obedience, Polly, Louisa & Samuel. John, the father, was reported to be a great hunter and wood-chopper. The story is told that he once rode up to west door of the brick house on the hill (built by James Ward Smith in Plymouth, Washington Co., Ohio in 1817) with a deer slung on the packsaddle. The deer was probably one of the last seen in that section. John had come to Ohio from New York about 1815, bringing his wife Kitty, and three small girls. They later moved to Canada where their son, Samuel, was born.
By the time of the 1851 Census John Smith was living in Walpole, Haldimand county. He was a farmer, 68, born 1784 in the USA, possibly in Hudson City, New York. He was a Methodist.
His wife Catherine, 56 (1795) was also American. Three older kids lived with the parents, two were from the USA, Samuel Smith, 26 (1825), and Adeline, 25 (1826). Catherine Smith was 16 (1835), and had a place of birth listed as Upper Canada. With this info plus knowledge that their sister Hannah (Smith) Atkinson was born in 1831 we can assume the Smith's migrated to Canada from the USA between 1831 and 1835.
By 1861, John Smith would be dead, leaving his wife a widow as indicated in the '61 Census. She was still living in Walpole but she was living with her daughter Clarissa and husband Charles Lewis and family. Clarissa and Charles' final resting spots are in the same plot as John Smith.
For more info visit http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Smith-26222
John Smith, despite having possibly the most common name in the English speaking world is known to us thanks to some hints, but perhaps the best one comes from a 1968 article written in a periodical called "The Tallow Light", a quarterly newsletter from the Washington County Historical Society in Marietta, Ohio. The article, "Descendants of Samuel Smith," was written by Bernice Graham. Most of the article profiles the life and descendancy of John's brother James, but the following passage identifies the John Smith that belongs to this line:
John, the seventh child [of Samuel and Jemima (Ward) Smith] married Kitty ---- Their children Obedience, Polly, Louisa & Samuel. John, the father, was reported to be a great hunter and wood-chopper. The story is told that he once rode up to west door of the brick house on the hill (built by James Ward Smith in Plymouth, Washington Co., Ohio in 1817) with a deer slung on the packsaddle. The deer was probably one of the last seen in that section. John had come to Ohio from New York about 1815, bringing his wife Kitty, and three small girls. They later moved to Canada where their son, Samuel, was born.
By the time of the 1851 Census John Smith was living in Walpole, Haldimand county. He was a farmer, 68, born 1784 in the USA, possibly in Hudson City, New York. He was a Methodist.
His wife Catherine, 56 (1795) was also American. Three older kids lived with the parents, two were from the USA, Samuel Smith, 26 (1825), and Adeline, 25 (1826). Catherine Smith was 16 (1835), and had a place of birth listed as Upper Canada. With this info plus knowledge that their sister Hannah (Smith) Atkinson was born in 1831 we can assume the Smith's migrated to Canada from the USA between 1831 and 1835.
By 1861, John Smith would be dead, leaving his wife a widow as indicated in the '61 Census. She was still living in Walpole but she was living with her daughter Clarissa and husband Charles Lewis and family. Clarissa and Charles' final resting spots are in the same plot as John Smith.
For more info visit http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Smith-26222
John, the seventh child [of Samuel and Jemima (Ward) Smith] married Kitty ---- Their children Obedience, Polly, Louisa & Samuel. John, the father, was reported to be a great hunter and wood-chopper. The story is told that he once rode up to west door of the brick house on the hill (built by James Ward Smith in Plymouth, Washington Co., Ohio in 1817) with a deer slung on the packsaddle. The deer was probably one of the last seen in that section. John had come to Ohio from New York about 1815, bringing his wife Kitty, and three small girls. They later moved to Canada where their son, Samuel, was born.
By the time of the 1851 Census John Smith was living in Walpole, Haldimand county. He was a farmer, 68, born 1784 in the USA, possibly in Hudson City, New York. He was a Methodist.
His wife Catherine, 56 (1795) was also American. Three older kids lived with the parents, two were from the USA, Samuel Smith, 26 (1825), and Adeline, 25 (1826). Catherine Smith was 16 (1835), and had a place of birth listed as Upper Canada. With this info plus knowledge that their sister Hannah (Smith) Atkinson was born in 1831 we can assume the Smith's migrated to Canada from the USA between 1831 and 1835.
By 1861, John Smith would be dead, leaving his wife a widow as indicated in the '61 Census. She was still living in Walpole but she was living with her daughter Clarissa and husband Charles Lewis and family. Clarissa and Charles' final resting spots are in the same plot as John Smith.
For more info visit http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Smith-26222
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