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Lucretia Catlin <I>Woodworth</I> Smith

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Lucretia Catlin Woodworth Smith

Birth
South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
12 Oct 1875 (aged 82)
Henry County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Olds, Henry County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Sylvester and Lucretia (Woodworth) Smith, both natives of Franklin County, Mass. They were perhaps married in that State, removed later to Warren County, N.Y., and afterward to Lake County, Ohio, where Mr. Smith purchased a tract of woodland, and cleared up a fine farm prior to their removal to Iowa in 1842. Sylvester Smith, Sr., came the year previous and purchased lands, to which the family removed the next spring. A house was erected within a few feet of where the fine residence of our subject now stands, and here for forty-five years the representatives of the honored father have held possession and wielded a power for good, both in the social and business worlds. Nine children were born before the family removed to Iowa, two of whom died in infancy, and a daughter, Eliza, when twenty years of age; and the following six sons comprised the family in 1842: Dexter C., husband of Phoebe Pence, both now deceased, Edward, the husband, first of Celia Schockley, and after her death of Mrs. Fannie (Buffington) Haines, all now deceased; John L., husband of Lucretia C. Woodworth; Elijah P., who wedded Catherin Haines, and after her death Addie Kimbal; Charles A., husband of Margaret Young, and Sylvester. The sons aided in the improvement of the new farm, at that time Wayne and Scott Townships forming one voting precinct, with thirteen polled voters.
Charles A. Smith, one of the brothers, was a volunteer in Company G, 11th Iowa, and served from 1862 until the close of the war. He was captured at the battle of Atlanta, July 27, 1864, and was confined in the prison pen at Andersonville for several weeks, but was later sent to Florence where he was exchanged.
Sylvester and Lucretia (Woodworth) Smith, both natives of Franklin County, Mass. They were perhaps married in that State, removed later to Warren County, N.Y., and afterward to Lake County, Ohio, where Mr. Smith purchased a tract of woodland, and cleared up a fine farm prior to their removal to Iowa in 1842. Sylvester Smith, Sr., came the year previous and purchased lands, to which the family removed the next spring. A house was erected within a few feet of where the fine residence of our subject now stands, and here for forty-five years the representatives of the honored father have held possession and wielded a power for good, both in the social and business worlds. Nine children were born before the family removed to Iowa, two of whom died in infancy, and a daughter, Eliza, when twenty years of age; and the following six sons comprised the family in 1842: Dexter C., husband of Phoebe Pence, both now deceased, Edward, the husband, first of Celia Schockley, and after her death of Mrs. Fannie (Buffington) Haines, all now deceased; John L., husband of Lucretia C. Woodworth; Elijah P., who wedded Catherin Haines, and after her death Addie Kimbal; Charles A., husband of Margaret Young, and Sylvester. The sons aided in the improvement of the new farm, at that time Wayne and Scott Townships forming one voting precinct, with thirteen polled voters.
Charles A. Smith, one of the brothers, was a volunteer in Company G, 11th Iowa, and served from 1862 until the close of the war. He was captured at the battle of Atlanta, July 27, 1864, and was confined in the prison pen at Andersonville for several weeks, but was later sent to Florence where he was exchanged.

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