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(VIII) Stephen Nelson, only
SMITH child of Stephen and Ruth (Hodges) Smith, was born in West Mansfield, Massachusetts, March 5, 1827. He attended the common schools of his native town until he was eight years of age, when his parents removed to Attleboro, and here his education was completed. Until he was seven- teen years old he assisted his father on the farm and was then apprenticed to Kilburn & Company, at Fall River, where he learned the machinist's trade. After one year with this concern the senior member of the firm died and Mr. Smith went to Providence, Rhode Island, where, after one year with the Provi- dence Machine Company, he returned to Fall River and re-entered the employ of Kilburn & Company. Altogether he was with this firm about four years then again went to Provi- dence and found a position with the Cove Foundry & Machine Company, which was then located on the present site of the Rhode Island State Normal School building. In a few months he entered the employ of the Phoenix Iron Company, on Elm street, with whom he re- mained for thirteen years. Later, during the civil war, he worked for six months for the Burnside Rifle Company, and for the same length of time for H. N. Fennor & Company, where he constructed machines for making lacing hooks for shoes, for the Union Islet Company. In the fall of 1866 he became their foreman and tool maker;'subsequently ad- vanced to the position of superintendent, re- taining this position for the long period of thirty years. During this time he invented the greater part of the machinery in use in this plant, being the first of this kind ever made in the world to work automatically. He has taken out more than thirty patents in this par- ticular industry. He retired from business in the fall of 1896, and now resides at 18 Lock- wood street, in the residence which was built by his direction in 1868. He is a member of the Universalist church, of Providence, and has been active in its interests, serving as treas- urer for forty years, and as trustee for eight years. He is also associated with the follow- ing organizations: Eagle Lodge, No. 2, and of the Encampment, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Veteran Odd Fellows Asso- ciation ; Rhode Island Historical Society ; and Pomham, Providence Central, and Rhode
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Island Universalist clubs. He married (first) December 15, 1850, Adelaide Amanda, born April 14, 1830, died August 17, 1888, daughter of Christopher and Abbie ( Manchester) Thorton; (second) October 8, 1889, Ellen Frances, born October 12, 1838, died Decem- ber 17, 1896, daughter of Albert Henry and Maria ( Matthewson) Manchester. Mr. Smith has no children.
Lieutenant Samuel Smith, immi-
SMITH grant ancestor of this branch of the family in New England, was born in England, about 1602. With his wife Elizabeth and children: Samuel, aged nine ; Elizabeth, aged seven; Mary, aged four, and Philip, aged one, he sailed April 3, 1634, in the ship "Elizabeth," of Ipswich, for New Eng- land. He and his wife were then called thirty- two years of age. He settled first in Salem, Massachusetts, and was admitted a freeman September 3, 1634. He was a proprietor there in 1638, and removed to Wethersfield, Con- necticut, where he was a leading citizen. He removed thence to Hadley, Massachusetts, where he held important offices in both church and state. He died about 1680, aged seventy- eight. The inventory of his estate was taken January 17, 1681. His widow died March 16, 1686, aged eighty-four years. Children : I. Samuel, born about 1625. 2. Elizabeth, born about 1627 ; married (first) Nathaniel Foote ; (second) William Gull. 3. Mary, born about 1630; married John Graves. 4. Philip, born about 1633; died January 10, 1685; married Rebecca Foote. 5. Chileab, see forward. 6. John.
(II) Ensign Chileab Smith, son of Lieuten- ant Samuel Smith, was born in New England, about 1635-36, and died March 7, 1731, aged ninety-five years. He was admitted a free- man in 1673. He married, October 2, 1661, Hannah Hitchcock, who died August 31, 1733, aged eighty-eight years, daughter of Luke Hitchcock, of Wethersfield, Connecticut. Chil- dren : 1. Hannah, born July 7, 1662 ; married, March 23, 1681, John Montague. 2. Samuel, born March 9, 1665. 3. Luke, born April 16, 1666. 4. Ebenezer, born July 11, 1668. 5. Nathaniel, born January 2, 1670; died same month. 6. John, born October 8, 1671 ; mar- ried. 1691, Martha Golding ; died about 1750. 7. Son, died 1673. 8. Hester, born March 31, 1674; married, October 20, 1696, Nathaniel Ingram. 9. Daughter, died March, 1677. 10. Elizabeth, born February 2, 1679; married, October 26, 1698, James Smith. II. Mary,
born August 16, 1681 ; married ( first) Decem- ber 15, 1697, Preserved Smith; ( second ) April 22, 1721, Peter Montague. 12. Chileab, died August, 1682. 13. Chileab (2d), born Febru- ary 18, 1685; mentioned below. 14. Sarah, born April 26, 1688; married, April 13, 1710, Jonathan Morton.
(III) Lieutenant Chileab Smith, son of En- sign Chileab Smith, was born February 18, 1685, and died November 8, 1746, aged sixty- one years. He and his father both gained their military titles from services in the colonial militia. He married, December 19, 1710, Mercy Golding, who died in her sixty ninth year. He resided in Hadley. His children : I. Peter, born October 31, 1711. 2. Chileab, born Sep- tember 27, 1713; died August 14, 1715. 3. Mercy, born May 25, 1715; married, March 24, 1739, Nathaniel Coleman; died May 16, 1798, aged eighty-three years. 4. Phinehas, born June 5, 1717 ; mentioned below. 5. Mar- tha, born January 16, 1719; married, Febru- ary 18, 1742, Thomas Meekins. 6. Windsor, born November 1, 1720. 7. Thankful, born July 12, 1722 ; married Moses Dickinson ; died October 18, 1802, aged eighty years. 8. Chileab, born May 25, 1724; died before 1730. 9. Mary, born December 1, 1725; married, May 31, 1748, Moses Billings, of Sunderland. 10. Chileab, born July 8, 1730; died October 24, 1752.
(IV) Captain Phinehas Smith, son of Lieu- tenant Chileab Smith, was born June 5, 1717. He resided in Granby. He was a man of prominence in the community. He was a dele- gate to the provincial congress in 1774 and 1775, and deputy to the general court in 1777, 1779 and 1781. He served in the revolution, commanding a company on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. He marched on the Bennington alarm. under Colonel Woodbridge. His commission as captain of Eighth company, Fourth Hampshire regiment, is dated April I, 1776. He resigned October 1, 1777. He married (first) Mary, daughter of Benjamin Church, of South Hadley; (second) in 1751, Elizabeth Smith, who died July 28, 1814, aged eighty- six years. He died February 6, 1787, aged sixty-nine years. He and his wife are both buried in the Granby cemetery, with the fol- lowing epitaph: "This stone stands but to tell not what they were; when Saints shall rise, that day will show, the part they acted here below." Children: 1. Phineas. 2. Levi. 3. Elizabeth, married - - - Chapin, and was mother of Alpheus Chapin, portrait painter. 4. David, born January 1, 1758; see forward.
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5. Tamar, married - Fuller. 6. Mary, married Ephraim Chapin, father of Chester Chapin. 7. Giles. 8. Rocce. 9. Enos, a physi- cian in Ashfield ; married Hannah Ware.
(V) Major David Smith, son of Captain Phineas Smith, was born January 1, 1758, in Granby, and died January 1, 1839. He re- sided in Granby, and was a foremost citizen. According to the census of 1790 he had in his family at that time four males over sixteen, five under sixteen, and three females. He was several times elected representative to the gen- eral court. He married, December 23, 1788, Clarissa Day, born June 18, 1764, died June 4, 1850, daughter of Colonel Benjamin Day, of West Springfield, Massachusetts. Children : I. Alfred, born July 10, 1789; died August 12, 1868. 2. Pamela, born November 6, 1791 ; died January 30, 1845. 3. David, born Feb- ruary 25, 1794; died September 9, 1868. 4. Alvin, born December 14, 1796; died January 7, 1869. 5. Clarissa, born March 19, 1799; died October 21, 1838; married Isaac Clapp. 6. Sophia W., born January, 1802; died May, 1804. 7. Edward, born March 13, 1805; died May 3, 1891 ; mentioned below. 8. Sophia W., born July 9, 1809; died January, 1841 ; mar- ried Mr. Charles Eastman.
(VI) Edward Smith, son of Major David Smith, was born in Granby, March 13, 1805, and died at Enfield, May 3, 1891. He went to Enfield from Granby in 1852, to what was then known as the Upper Village (now Smiths), and owned by the Swift River Com- pany, which was formed at that time, the members being Alfred, David and Alvin Smith, brothers of Edward, the latter becoming man- ager and principal owner for many years. Later his brothers left, and he with his two sons, Ed- ward P. and Henry M., continued the busi- ness. He was one of the leading men of the town, actively interested in all civic and relig- ious movements, a prominent and active mem- ber of the Congregational church. In 1867-68 he represented the town in the legislature. He was much interested in educational institutions. a generous contributor to all benevolent and religious objects. He was the prime mover and contributor towards building the Athol and Springfield branch of the Boston & Albany railroad. He married, September 29, 1830, Eliza Smith, born at Ashfield, Massachusetts, August 26, 1806, died at Enfield, May 12, 1866, daughter of Enos and Hannah ( Ware) Smith. Children: I. Edward P., born September 3, 1832 ; married Charlotte J. Woods ; died April 18, 1902. 2. Henry Martyn, mentioned below.
(VII) Henry Martyn Smith, son of Ed- ward Smith, was born at Granby, Massachu- setts, August 20, 1834, and died at Enfield, April 27, 1906. He attended the public schools of his native town, and Williston Seminary, at Easthampton. He began his business career as clerk in a general store at South Hadley, Massachusetts. When eighteen years of age he left his native town and entered the employ of the Swift River Company, at Enfield, with his father and brother. The company had been founded by his uncle, Alvin Smith, and his father became the chief proprietor. He was in partnership with his father and his brother, Edward Payson Smith, for many years. When his father died he became the head of the firm, his brother, Edward P., being the other mem- ber of the company, and he admitted his two sons with him, May 1, 1902, and they have continued the business since his death. The mill was prosperous from the outset, and the capacity has been largely increased from time to time as the business grew. The manufac- ture is restricted to fancy cassimeres, and the factory enjoys a splendid reputation in all markets, abroad as well as at home. It is the only industry in which the Smiths are inter- ested, and the family is recognized as among the most substantial and enterprising of this section for several generations. Mr. Smith was particularly public-spirited. He was keenly interested in the future of the town, and alive to its needs and welfare. He served as selectman for a number of years, and held other offices of honor and trust. He built many new houses, and greatly improved the aspect of the village. In politics he was a Re- publican, and in religion a Congregationalist. He married, November 8, 1860, Phebe Loraine Andrews. Children: . I. Marion Andrews, born January 17, 1862; educated at Bradford ( Massachusetts) Female Seminary ; unmar- ried. 2. Alfred W., born at Enfield, May 17, 1864; was educated at Sedgwick Institute, Great Barrington, Massachusetts; is a mem- ber of Swift River Company; was appointed postmaster at Smiths, June 30, 1892, and has held the office since that time; is also owner and proprietor of the store connected with the Swift River Company; unmarried. 3. Ed- ward, born in Enfield, August 19, 1873; was educated at Riverview Academy, Pough- keepsie, New York; is now president of the Swift River Company ; unmarried.
Phebe Loraine ( Andrews) Smith was born at New Salem, Massachusetts, March 14, 1838, daughter of Colonel Wilson and Samantha
Edward Smith
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(Hastings) Andrews. Her father was born in New Salem, April 3, 1804, and died in Athol, June 5, 1886, son of Daniel and Mary (Turner) Andrews, of New Salem. Daniel Andrews was a native of Salem, Massachu- setts, who settled in New Salem, when he was a young man, and passed the remainder of his life there. Samantha Hastings, mother of Mrs. Phebe Loraine ( Andrews) Smith, was born at New Salem, October 12, 1806, and died in Athol, December 15, 1884. Wilson Andrews was prominent in public affairs, was for forty years sheriff of Franklin county, and held other positions of honor and trust. He was appointed colonel of the Third Regi- ment of Infantry, Second Brigade, Fourth Division, Massachusetts Militia, May 31, 1833, and his commission was signed July 3, 1833, by Levi Lincoln, governor at that time. Chil- dren of Wilson and Samantha Andrews : I.
Ophelia M., married Oliver S. Lovejoy. 2. George Wilson. 3. Waldo H., married Mary Jane Goodnow. 4. Ellen S. 5. Phebe Loraine, married Henry Martyn Smith ( see above). 6. Henry O., married Elizabeth Shaw James, of Winchester, Massachusetts.
.For ancestry see preceding sketch).
(III) Ebenezer Smith, son of
SMITH Chileab Smith, was born July II, 1668, and died about 1716. He was a weaver by trade. He married, October, 1691, Abigail Broughton. Children: I. Abi- gail, born October 10, 1692; married, March 15, 17II, Joseph Kellogg. 2. Martha, born November 10, 1694; married Read. 3. Ebenezer, born March 20, 1697; settled in Norwalk, Connecticut. 4. John, born May I, 1699; mentioned below. 5. Nathan, born Au- gust 14, 1701 ; settled in Norwalk. 6. Eliakim, born January 13, 1704; settled in Norwalk. 7. Eunice, born June 9, 1705; married a Mr. Olmsted. 8. Joseph, born September 18, 1708. 9. Ephraim, born January 27, 1710; settled in Stamford, Connecticut. 10. Dinah, born July 8, 1713; married a Mr. Hoyt.
(IV) Deacon John, son of Ebenezer Smith, was born May I, 1699, and lived in the south precinct of Hadley. He was collector for the church, and a deacon. He was selectman of Hadley in 1710-12-14-18-25. He removed to Granby, and died June 17, 1774, aged seventy- five. He married (first) August 14, 1724, Rachel Smith, died September 20, 1724, aged twenty-five, daughter of "orphan" John Smith. He married (second) April 6, 1727, Mary Dickinson, died March 5, 1781, in her seventy-
eighth year, daughter of William Dickinson. Children: I. Nathan, mentioned below. 2. Abigail, married Dr. Samuel Vinton, and died August II, 1793.
(V) Deacon Nathan, son of Deacon John Smith, was born about 1731, and died August 21, 18II. He lived in Granby, and was chosen a member of the committee to attend the revolutionary county convention at Northamp- ton. He was a representative to the general court in 1777. His estate was among the largest in Granby in 1771. He married Eunice, daughter of James Smith. She died Septem- ber 19, 1822, aged eighty-seven. Children : I. Mary, born September 18, 1754. 2. Eben- ezer, February 4, 1756. 3. Nathan, April I, 1757. 4. John, March II, 1758; died same month. 5. Jared, born March 17, 1759. 6. Martha, February 7, 1761. 7. John, Septem- ber 14, 1762; killed by fall of a tree; unmar- ried. 8. James, born March 14, 1764. 9. Sarah, October 20, 1765. 10. Elisha, July II, 1767 ; drowned at South Hadley canal, in 1789. II. Eunice, born June 24, 1769. 12. William, April 29, 1771 ; died unmarried. 13. Abigail, November 24, 1772 ; died 1776. 14. Samuel, August 4, 1775 ; mentioned below. 15. Elihu, March 21, 1777. 16. Benoni Mandeville, Jan- uary 26, 1779.
(VI) Samuel, son of Deacon Nathan Smith, was born in Granby, August 4, 1775, and died in 1869, aged ninety-four. He married, in 1799, Mehitable Burnett. Children, born in Granby: 1. Maria. 2. Mabel, died young. 3. Amanda. 4. Mabel. 5. Martha. 6. Samuel, mentioned below. 7. Cyrus. 8. Eliza, died young. 9. Eliza. 10. Harriet. 1I. Finley.
(VII) Deacon Samuel (2), son of Samuel (1) Smith, was born in Granby, December 22, 1808, and died August 5, 1890. He lived on the homestead at Granby. He taught school, and later engaged in farming. He was prom- inent in church and town affairs. He was assessor and a member of the school committee for many years. He was a representative to the general court in 1863, and served on the committee having charge of the Massachu- setts Agricultural College, Boston Society of Natural History, and the Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology. At the time of his elec- tion he received every vote cast in the district. He was deacon in the church twenty years, and superintendent of the Sunday school twenty-seven successive years. He married, December 7, 1835, Maryett White, who died December 15, 1888, daughter of Luther and Abigail (Preston) White, of Granby. Chil-
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dren: I. Eliza Thayer, born December 29, 1836; died October 19, 1879; married Captain William B. Clark, August 7, 1862, who was killed in the civil war, October 24, 1864. 2. Robert Morrison, born September 10, 1838; enlisted in Company K, Thirty-fourth Massa- chusetts Volunteers, July 31, 1862 ; was slightly wounded at New Market, Virginia, in May, 1864, and at Piedmont, Virginia, received a severe vound which disabled him for field service, and was retained in the hospital on light duty until his discharge, June 15, 1865. 3. Lucretia Maria, born May 19, 1841 ; died August 26, 1842. 4. Marietta, born June I, 1843; married, October 12, 1882, Charles S. Boynton. 5. Henry Neal, born May 21, 1845 ; died December 27, 1848. 6. Samuel Finley, born July 17, 1847 ; mentioned below. 7. Abby White, born November 2, 1849; died January IO, 1888; married, January 22, 1879, John H. Chandler. 8. Henry Martin, born May 31, 1852; died October 24, 1853. 9. Emma Cla- rinda, born September 3, 1854 ; married, July 20, 1893, John H. Chandler.
(VIII) Dr. Samuel Finley, son of Deacon Samuel (2) Smith, was born at Granby, July 17, 1847. He was educated in the public and high schools of Hadley, and prepared for col- lege at Weslyan Academy, where he graduated in 1868. He entered Amherst College, and after about one year left to begin his medical education at Michigan University, where he received his degree of M. D. on March 26, 1873. He established himself in general prac- tice immediately afterward at Indian Orchard, Springfield, Massachusetts, where, except for eight years spent at San Jose, California, he has continued with much success to the present time. He is a member of the Eastern Hamp- den Medical Association, the Hampden Dis- trict Medical Society, the Massachusetts Medi- cal Society, the American Medical Association, and the Springfield Academy of Medicine. In 1876 he was elected member of the common council of Springfield, receiving the nomina- tion of both Republican and Democratic parties. He is a member of the Evangelical Church; of Roswell Lee Lodge of Free Masons; of Court of Observatory, Independ- ent Order of Foresters, of San Jose, Cali- fornia ; also of the Wallamanump Tribe, Im- proved Order of Red Men.
He married, June 27, 1877, Alice Kimball. born February 27, 1853, died February 5, 1890, daughter of Rev. George P. Kimball, of Chicago, Illinois. They had one child, Neal
Kimball, born January 10, 1879; died Novem- ber 1, 1879.
Benjamin Smith, son of Edward
SMITH Smith, of Smithfield, colony of Rhode Island, and Annie, daugh- ter of Benjamin , of the town and col- ony aforesaid, married, in Smithfield, June 24, 1742, Anne - - Children: 1. Sarah, born April 9, 1743; died February 23, 1751. 2. Benjamin, see forward. 3. Ruth, September 7, 1746. 4. Amy, September 7, 1748. After the death of Benjamin Smith his widow mar- ried Stephen Hopkins, January, 1775, who signed the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island, and was also governor of that state. Joseph Smith, of this review, has in his possession a Bible in two volumes given by Stephen Hopkins to his wife, Anne Hopkins. Stephen Hopkins died July 13, 1785, aged sev- venty-nine years; his wife died March 26, 1782, aged sixty-two years.
(II) Benjamin (2), only son and second child of Benjamin (I) and Anne Smith, was born in Smithfield, Rhode Island, October 14, 1744. He married, 1771, Mary, born Decem- ber 7, 1753, daughter of Colonel Daniel and Hannah (Gibbs) Tillinghast. Children: I. Sarah, born 1773; died 1778. 2. George, Sep- tember 20, 1775; died April 29, 1859. 3. Daniel, August 10, 1777; died in Cuba, No- vember 25, 1805. 4. Benjamin, August 2, 1779 ; died August 8, 1806. 5. Joseph, see for- ward. 6. Annie, June 3, 1782; died Febru- ary 9, 1855. 7. Stephen Hopkins, August 30, 1784 ; died May 28, 1858. 8. Hopkins, August 4, 1786; died October 13, 1791. 9. Amy, Au- gust 17, 1788; died January 28, 1802. IO. Robert, April 6, 1791 ; died March 22, 1871. II. Lydia, December 22, 1792; died April 17, 1806. 12. William, December 6, 1793; died December 6, 1793. 13. Mary, September 19, 1795 ; died March 6, 1878.
(III) Joseph, fourth son and fifth child of Benjamin (2) and Mary ( Tillinghast ) Smith, was born in Smithfield, Rhode Island, June II, 1781; died there June 1I, 1847. He re- ceived such an education as was customary for a farmer's son at that period, and was early trained in farm culture and all that per- tained to it. He became the owner of extensive tracts of land running from the Quaker meet- ing house to Scott's pond, and also forty acres of woodland on Break Neck hill, and disposed of the greater part of his farm lands in his later years. He was of a quiet and peaceful
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disposition, having been born and reared in the Quaker faith, took up preaching at the Smithfield meetings, and was a recognized authority in that denomination. He was in active service during the war of 1812. He married, 1822, Mrs. Mary Ann (Wallace) Lonnon, born of Scotch-Irish parentage, April 30, 1791, died in San Francisco, California, June 18, 1871, daughter of Matthew Wallace. Children: I. Anne Mary, born January 6, 1824; died October 18, 1855. 2. Benjamin, April 12, 1826. 3. Ruth Hopkins, February 2, 1828: died October 5, 1888. 4. Joseph, see forward.
(IV) Joseph (2), second son and fourth and youngest child of Joseph (I) and Mary Ann (Wallace) (Lonnon) Smith, was born in Smithfield, Rhode Island, now Lincoln, Janu- ary 5, 1830. His school training was acquired at the sessions held in the neighborhood houses and in a course at the Friends' School in Provi- dence, Rhode Island. Until the age of six- teen years he lived on the farm of his uncle, Stephen Hopkins Smith. In 1846 he migrated to Illinois, where he managed the farm of his brother-in-law, James Pilkington, at Provi- dence, at the end of one year leasing a farm in that locality, purchasing a farm nearby after one year, consisting of one hundred acres of prairie land and twenty acres of woodland, and there raised wheat and oats which he mar- keted at Henry, on the Illinois river. At the expiration of eight years he removed to Indiana, where he became baggage master for the Salem & New Albany railroad, held the position two years, then removed to Union- ville, Missouri, after a short time to Salem, Missouri, where, and later also at Bethany, he followed the trade of harness-making, and was also engaged in farming and as a school teacher. At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted in Company H, Third Missouri Cavalry, at St. Johns, Missouri, and was de- tailed as clerk to the provost marshal's office at Bolivar, and in the enrollment of what was called the "Pawpaw" militia. Being taken sick and rendered unfit for active work for a period of three years, he was obliged to live quietly, and upon his recovery purchased a sorghum mill, which he managed in connec- tion with his trade of harness-making. His health again gave way and necessitated aban- donment of an indoor occupation, and he again devoted himself to farming, going to Kansas and taking up a claim of one hundred and sixty acres at White Rock, and farmed there for seven years. While living there he was ii-17
appointed a justice of the peace, later ap- pointed by the governor of the state to adjust the proportional share of the money of the townships, later elected justice of the peace, and trustee of the town (this office carries with it the duties of assessor and overseer of the poor), and he held all these offices nine years. Finding his health greatly improved, he returned to his native town early in 1878, where he married and shortly afterward re- moved to his present homestead at Union- ville, the southwestern village of Franklin, known as the Indian Island farm, formerly owned by Hon. Joseph Ray, a sketch of whom appears in this work. Mr. Smith has made many improvements in this property, greatly enhancing its value, and it now comprises upward of one hundred acres. He is also the owner of real estate in other parts of the town, and has been successful as a farmer and a business man. He was the first station agent of the Franklin & Milford railroad, holding this position for twelve years, was appointed postmaster during the first administration of the late President Cleveland, and still holds that office. He removed the post office to a new structure near his residence, which he had erected for that purpose. He takes an active interest in the Union Chapel, being one of the charter members of that church, donated the land on which the church was built and serves on the parish board. He is a staunch supporter of the principles of the Republican party, is a member of Franklin Post, No. 60, Grand Army of the Republic, and was for- merly a member of the Farmers' Alliance Club of Franklin. He became a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Prince- ton, Illionis, later became a charter member of the lodge at White Rock, Kansas, and served as its noble grand and recording secretary. Mrs. Smith is a member of the Friends' Meet- ing of Providence, Rhode Island. He married, June 2, 1878, Elizabeth Hannan, born in Sand- wich, New Hampshire, May 18, 1839, daugh- ter of Ephraim and Hannah (Cook) Meader, the latter dying at Sandwich, May 21, 1878. Ephraim Meader was a blacksmith and farmer, and died at Sandwich, April 21, 1871.
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