2nd Class Fireman, George E. Smart, Civil War Veteran was my Great Great Grandfather.
George enlisted in the U.S. Navy on 21 November 1861 for three years and served as a 2nd Class Fireman on the USS Kearsarge during the famous battle off the coast of Cherbourg, France against the CSS Alabama on 19 June 1864.
He was born 15 Dec 1829 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the son of George J Smart and Mary Staples. He died on 13 January 1881 of pneumonia at age 50.
George first married on 25 February 1849 in Portsmouth, NH, Lydia Pettigrew Smart who died 15 April 1856.
They had the following children:
George Henry Smart b 1850
Mary E Smart Clough b 1851
Martha J Smart Flynn b 1854 (my great grandmother)
William Henry Smart b 1855
After Lydia's death, George married 1867 Ellen M Gove (1844-1886) and they had the following children:
Jasper O b 1867
Louis b 1869
Lydia J 1871 - 1872
George A b bef 1875
Mary Elizabeth Smart Walker b 1875
Adams Perry b 1877
Selissa Smart Chamberlain b 1878
Joseph W b 1880
See The Kearsarge Afterguard and Marine Detachment
I proudly joined the Auxiliary to the Sons of the Union Veterans as George's descendant.
George enlisted in the U.S. Navy on 21 November 1861 for three years and served as a 2nd Class Fireman on the USS Kearsarge during the famous battle off the coast of Cherbourg, France against the CSS Alabama on 19 June 1864.
He was born 15 Dec 1829 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the son of George J Smart and Mary Staples. He died on 13 January 1881 of pneumonia at age 50.
George first married on 25 February 1849 in Portsmouth, NH, Lydia Pettigrew Smart who died 15 April 1856.
They had the following children:
George Henry Smart b 1850
Mary E Smart Clough b 1851
Martha J Smart Flynn b 1854 (my great grandmother)
William Henry Smart b 1855
After Lydia's death, George married 1867 Ellen M Gove (1844-1886) and they had the following children:
Jasper O b 1867
Louis b 1869
Lydia J 1871 - 1872
George A b bef 1875
Mary Elizabeth Smart Walker b 1875
Adams Perry b 1877
Selissa Smart Chamberlain b 1878
Joseph W b 1880
See The Kearsarge Afterguard and Marine Detachment
I proudly joined the Auxiliary to the Sons of the Union Veterans as George's descendant.
2nd Class Fireman, George E. Smart, Civil War Veteran was my Great Great Grandfather.
George enlisted in the U.S. Navy on 21 November 1861 for three years and served as a 2nd Class Fireman on the USS Kearsarge during the famous battle off the coast of Cherbourg, France against the CSS Alabama on 19 June 1864.
He was born 15 Dec 1829 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the son of George J Smart and Mary Staples. He died on 13 January 1881 of pneumonia at age 50.
George first married on 25 February 1849 in Portsmouth, NH, Lydia Pettigrew Smart who died 15 April 1856.
They had the following children:
George Henry Smart b 1850
Mary E Smart Clough b 1851
Martha J Smart Flynn b 1854 (my great grandmother)
William Henry Smart b 1855
After Lydia's death, George married 1867 Ellen M Gove (1844-1886) and they had the following children:
Jasper O b 1867
Louis b 1869
Lydia J 1871 - 1872
George A b bef 1875
Mary Elizabeth Smart Walker b 1875
Adams Perry b 1877
Selissa Smart Chamberlain b 1878
Joseph W b 1880
See The Kearsarge Afterguard and Marine Detachment
I proudly joined the Auxiliary to the Sons of the Union Veterans as George's descendant.
George enlisted in the U.S. Navy on 21 November 1861 for three years and served as a 2nd Class Fireman on the USS Kearsarge during the famous battle off the coast of Cherbourg, France against the CSS Alabama on 19 June 1864.
He was born 15 Dec 1829 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the son of George J Smart and Mary Staples. He died on 13 January 1881 of pneumonia at age 50.
George first married on 25 February 1849 in Portsmouth, NH, Lydia Pettigrew Smart who died 15 April 1856.
They had the following children:
George Henry Smart b 1850
Mary E Smart Clough b 1851
Martha J Smart Flynn b 1854 (my great grandmother)
William Henry Smart b 1855
After Lydia's death, George married 1867 Ellen M Gove (1844-1886) and they had the following children:
Jasper O b 1867
Louis b 1869
Lydia J 1871 - 1872
George A b bef 1875
Mary Elizabeth Smart Walker b 1875
Adams Perry b 1877
Selissa Smart Chamberlain b 1878
Joseph W b 1880
See The Kearsarge Afterguard and Marine Detachment
I proudly joined the Auxiliary to the Sons of the Union Veterans as George's descendant.
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