Spent 10 years in Manitowoc County as a teacher, Two Rivers principal, and county superintendent of schools.
He is the subject in Occupational Monograph No. 61 published 1987 by the Manitowoc County Historical Society.
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[A-31-3]-Edwin R. Smith/Born in Covington/Genesse/Co. N.J./
Oct. 22, 1821/Died/Aug. 4, 1886 (cause: congestion of lungs/from
record of St. James Epis. ch., Manitowoc)
NOTE FROM CONTRIBUTOR:
This Edwin R. Smith was not the same man as Edwin R. Smith found in Manitowoc bios. He was not the principal of the school. This Edwin R. Smith has an obituary that can be found via the Manitowoc website under Evergreen Cemetery. He was born in Covington, NY, as you have; came to Michigan as a child; married Hester Ann Westbrook in China Township, St. Clair Co., Michigan, 13 April 1845; went to Manitowoc in 1852 where he first operated a hotel and then a mercantile business until 1873 when he purchased a farm outside of town. He was the father of three children, Reuben, Albert and Jenny Alice
He is the subject in Occupational Monograph No. 61 published 1987 by the Manitowoc County Historical Society.
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[A-31-3]-Edwin R. Smith/Born in Covington/Genesse/Co. N.J./
Oct. 22, 1821/Died/Aug. 4, 1886 (cause: congestion of lungs/from
record of St. James Epis. ch., Manitowoc)
NOTE FROM CONTRIBUTOR:
This Edwin R. Smith was not the same man as Edwin R. Smith found in Manitowoc bios. He was not the principal of the school. This Edwin R. Smith has an obituary that can be found via the Manitowoc website under Evergreen Cemetery. He was born in Covington, NY, as you have; came to Michigan as a child; married Hester Ann Westbrook in China Township, St. Clair Co., Michigan, 13 April 1845; went to Manitowoc in 1852 where he first operated a hotel and then a mercantile business until 1873 when he purchased a farm outside of town. He was the father of three children, Reuben, Albert and Jenny Alice
Spent 10 years in Manitowoc County as a teacher, Two Rivers principal, and county superintendent of schools.
He is the subject in Occupational Monograph No. 61 published 1987 by the Manitowoc County Historical Society.
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[A-31-3]-Edwin R. Smith/Born in Covington/Genesse/Co. N.J./
Oct. 22, 1821/Died/Aug. 4, 1886 (cause: congestion of lungs/from
record of St. James Epis. ch., Manitowoc)
NOTE FROM CONTRIBUTOR:
This Edwin R. Smith was not the same man as Edwin R. Smith found in Manitowoc bios. He was not the principal of the school. This Edwin R. Smith has an obituary that can be found via the Manitowoc website under Evergreen Cemetery. He was born in Covington, NY, as you have; came to Michigan as a child; married Hester Ann Westbrook in China Township, St. Clair Co., Michigan, 13 April 1845; went to Manitowoc in 1852 where he first operated a hotel and then a mercantile business until 1873 when he purchased a farm outside of town. He was the father of three children, Reuben, Albert and Jenny Alice
He is the subject in Occupational Monograph No. 61 published 1987 by the Manitowoc County Historical Society.
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[A-31-3]-Edwin R. Smith/Born in Covington/Genesse/Co. N.J./
Oct. 22, 1821/Died/Aug. 4, 1886 (cause: congestion of lungs/from
record of St. James Epis. ch., Manitowoc)
NOTE FROM CONTRIBUTOR:
This Edwin R. Smith was not the same man as Edwin R. Smith found in Manitowoc bios. He was not the principal of the school. This Edwin R. Smith has an obituary that can be found via the Manitowoc website under Evergreen Cemetery. He was born in Covington, NY, as you have; came to Michigan as a child; married Hester Ann Westbrook in China Township, St. Clair Co., Michigan, 13 April 1845; went to Manitowoc in 1852 where he first operated a hotel and then a mercantile business until 1873 when he purchased a farm outside of town. He was the father of three children, Reuben, Albert and Jenny Alice
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