Patience (Cox) Smith was the widow of Josiah Randall, a paper manufacturer who was involved in the Greenville Manufacturing Co. which was located homestead property. Patience Cox (her birth name) married Josiah Randall on Jan. 4, 1804. He died in 1813. Patience married Jacob. V. Greene (#871) in 1814. Jacob V. Greene died in 1815 and next Patience married a third time to Rev. Jonathan Smith, Baptist Clergyman. After Rev. Smith’s death, she lived the rest of her life on the General Nathanael Greene homestead property with her daughter Elizabeth Margaret. She was described as a vigorous women with faculties unimpaired when in her 80th year, she visited in Hartford CT. and attended church with a sister of 84 yrs and a brother of 82 yrs. Her family being remarkable for their longevity.
Parents:
. Samuel Cox
. Elizabeth Bird
Parents:
. Samuel Cox
. Elizabeth Bird
Patience (Cox) Smith was the widow of Josiah Randall, a paper manufacturer who was involved in the Greenville Manufacturing Co. which was located homestead property. Patience Cox (her birth name) married Josiah Randall on Jan. 4, 1804. He died in 1813. Patience married Jacob. V. Greene (#871) in 1814. Jacob V. Greene died in 1815 and next Patience married a third time to Rev. Jonathan Smith, Baptist Clergyman. After Rev. Smith’s death, she lived the rest of her life on the General Nathanael Greene homestead property with her daughter Elizabeth Margaret. She was described as a vigorous women with faculties unimpaired when in her 80th year, she visited in Hartford CT. and attended church with a sister of 84 yrs and a brother of 82 yrs. Her family being remarkable for their longevity.
Parents:
. Samuel Cox
. Elizabeth Bird
Parents:
. Samuel Cox
. Elizabeth Bird
Inscription
Mother
Patience Smith
Died
Sept 29, 1866
Aged 87 years
Farewell dear suffering mother
All thy pains and toils are over
Thee hast gained a home with Jesus
On that peaceful happy shore
Gravesite Details
Her stone is marble
