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After regaining his health, he entered Worthington & Warner's Business College, at Bangor, Maine, from which he graduated, and for the following two years he was a tutor in that institution. For a period of five years afterward he was connected with the publish- ing house of Woolworth, Ainsworth & Com- pany, of Boston. For one year he was an in- structor in Teachers' Institutes in the State of Massachusetts. Subsequently he accepted a position as instructor of drawing in the public schools of New York City, in which capacity he served with success for ten years. He was associated with the publishing house of Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Company, in the work of introducing their works on drawing in the schools of the principal cities of the country, and while so occupied was author of White's Series of Drawing Books for Public Schools, published by that firm. He also engaged in institute work. in New York and Pennsyl- vania, and was frequently a lecturer on the subject of drawing, before Teachers' Insti- tutes. During nine years of his busy career in this line, he was an instructor of drawing in
the National Summer School for Teachers, held at Glens Falls, New York. For five years he was supervisor of drawing in the pub- lic schools of Brooklyn, from which he re- signed to engage in the publishing business. For a period of seven years he was vice-presi- dent of the publishing firm of Richardson, Smith & Company, and in 1905 became asso- ciated with the Macmillan Company, having charge of its educational department in Greater New York.
Mr. Smith is a member of the Park Congre- gational Church of Brooklyn, in which he was for thirty years a member of the board of trustees, resigning in 1907, and for the past twelve years he has been superintendent of the Sunday school of this church. He is a mem- ber of the Congregational Club of New York, and one of the fifteen organizing members, and is a member of the board of managers of the Brooklyn Sunday School Union. In poli- tics he is an ardent Republican, and served as president of the Sixth District Republican Association for several years. He is promi- nent in various patriotic organizations-U. S. Grant Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Brooklyn, of which he was adjutant for two years, commander in 1893, and in 1899 was chairman of the memorial committee having in charge the Decoration Day observances at the tomb of General U. S. Grant. For some years past he has been Patriotic Instructor of his Post, and in that capacity has been instru- mental in the useful work of providing schools with war veteran speakers on patriotic occa- sions, and presentation of national flags to schools on many occasions. He is also a com- panion of the New York Commandery, Mili- tary Order of the Loyal Legion; and a mem- ber of the First Maine Regiment Organiza- tion of Veterans, of which he was vice-presi- dent in 1901, and president in 1908; and a member of the Maine Society of New York.
Mr. Smith married, November 13, 1867, in Brewer Village, Maine, Emily (Shedd) Hodges, daughter of Thomas and Lydia (Teb- bitts) Hodges, of Brewer. Mrs. Smith was born in Brewer Village, and was a teacher in her native state. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Smith :
I. Ralph Weston, born 1869; he was educated in Brooklyn; is connected with Mac- millan Company, publishers, New York City ; married, and has three children. 2. Albert Ainsworth, born 1871; educated in Brooklyn ; is a special agent of North River Fire Insur- ance Company of New York City; married, and has one child.
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John Smith, immigrant ancestor SMITH of the Sudbury family, was born in England. He was an early set- tler at Watertown, Massachusetts, and was called "senior" in the records. He was admit- ted a freeman December 7, 1636. His wife Isabel was buried October 12, 1639, aged sixty. They probably came over with their son John, mentioned below. His land was adjacent to that of John Benjamin in 1645. Thomas, of Watertown, was probably his son, and perhaps also Daniel and Abraham, who were brothers.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) Smith, was born in England about 1620. He married, October 8, 1647, Sarah, born about 1620, daughter of Robert Hunt, of Sudbury. Chil- dren, born at Sudbury, Massachusetts: I. John, February 7, 1648. 2. Robert (named for Robert Hunt), May II, 1654. 3. Thomas, mentioned below.
(III) Thomas, son of John (2) Smith, was born in Sudbury, July 24, 1658 ; married Abi- gail , who died December 9, 1735. Children, born in Sudbury : I. James, No- vember 15, 1670. 2. Thomas, December 3, 1679, mentioned below. 3. Elizabeth. 4. Henry, December 15, 1682. 5. Abigail, July 21, 1684, died November 12, 1730. 6. Jona- than, January 2, 1689. 7. Amos, January 21, 1699.
(IV) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (I) Smith, was born in Sudbury, December 3, 1679, died 1718. He married Elizabeth
Children, born at Sudbury: I. Zephaniah, Oc- tober 29, 1705. 2. Barzillai, March 4, 1707. 3. Keziah, March 16, 1708. 4. Abigail, March 29, 17II, died June 21, 1713. 5. Mary, Feb- ruary 23, 1713. 6. Bathsheba, June 14, 1715. 7. Elijah, April 14, 1717, was in the French and Indian war. 8. Abigail, March 12, 1722. 9. Henry, April 24, 1724. 10. Lois, November I, 1726. II. Eunice, died 1737.
(V) William, son or nephew of Thomas (2) Smith, was born in Sudbury. According to. the family records and traditions he was killed in an attack on Ticonderoga during the old French and Indian war. He left a widow and two children, a son and daughter. The widow married again, and went to Boston with her husband and daughter. The son, Isaac, is mentioned below.
(VI) Isaac, son of William Smith,
was born in Sudbury, June, 1752. He was brought up in the family of Peter Hey- wood Sr., of Concord, Massachusetts. (See Heywood.) Peter Heywood, his wife's brother, Joseph Weston, and their families,
with Isaac Smith, were the pioneer settlers of that part of old Canaan, now Skowhegan, Maine. Peter Heywood and Joseph Weston came first in the summer or early fall of 1771 with some of the boys and bringing some young cattle. They cut hay on some of the adjacent islands that had been cleared by the Indians, built a camp and left two of the boys, Eli Weston and Isaac Smith, to spend the winter and care for the cattle. The loca- tion was eighteen miles above Winslow, the nearest settlement, to which place the boys made one visit during the long winter. Hey- wood and Weston returned with the rest of their families in 1772. Weston appears to have been of Groton, Massachusetts, near Sudbury and Concord, at least for a time be- fore removing to Maine. As soon as the Ken- nebec river opened they went up in boats and located about two miles and a half below Skowhegan Falls, near the islands, so that by cultivating the land on the islands and cutting, burning and clearing small tracts on the shore, they were able to raise a sufficient crop for their needs. Heywood's farm included the Leighton and Abram Wyman farms on the south river road, Skowhegan; Weston's was below. Isaac Smith married Hannah, born August II, 1759, at Concord, daughter of Peter Heywood. (See Heywood.) She died May II, 18II. He married ( second)
Whitman. "Isaac Smith was a hardy, rather rough, bold hunter, and a faithful worker for Squire Heywood, who imitated the old farmer in the song of 'The Farmer's Boy' that I used to hear Dr. S. A. Patten's sister sing so often."-"He gave the lad the farm he had and his daughter for a bride." The story comes down to us that the wedding was in winter and the groom was hauling wood to the house with an ox team. He was called into the house when the minister came and was married, holding his goad stick by the little end in his left hand, the butt resting on the floor, and when the ceremony was over he started for the woods for another load. Isaac died at Hartland, Maine, March 27, 1835. He and the Westons aided the Arnold expedition on its way to Canada in 1775. Children of first wife: Abraham, mentioned below ; Rhoda, Asa, Isaac, Elijah, Polly, John, Sarah, Will, Will, Stephen, Lydia. Children of second wife: Everett and a daughter.
(VII) Abraham, son of Isaac Smith, was born in Skowhegan, then Canaan, Maine, De- cember 29. 1775, died in the present town of Canaan, February 13, 1853. He was a farmer and mill owner all his life in Canaan. At one
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time he owned the mill on Skowhegan Island built in 1790 by Peter Heywood. Smith him- self built the first mill within the present town of Canaan. He married, October 23, 1799, Mehitable Pollard, born January 1, 1784, daughter of Timothy Pollard. Her father was born in Nottingham, New Hampshire; was a private in Captain Archelaus Towne's com- pany in the Twenty-seventh Regiment of Foot in the Continental army under Colonel Bridges in 1775, during the revolution ; also a private in Captain Daniel Emerson's company, Colonel Wingate's regiment, mustered out July, 1776. Timothy Pollard applied for and received a pension from the federal government for his services. His pension was granted July 29, 1818. (See Massachusetts Archives, Eight Months Service, vol. 16. p. 48 Coat Rolls; Eight Months Service, Orders vol. 57, page file 19. New Hampshire State Papers vol. 14, p. 246-7 ; Provincial Papers of New Hamp- shire vol. 7, p. 717, and p. 346; U. S. Pen- sioners 1776-1834; Senate Papers 1833-5, vol. 8, pt. I, p. 68.) Children of Abraham and Mehitable (Pollard) Smith were : I. Timothy, died in infancy. 2. Timothy, died in infancy. 3. Hannah, born March 22, 1805, married Moses Ricker, of Canaan. 4. Os- good, April 25, 1807, mentioned below. 5. George Ulmer, June 16, 1811. 6. Lucinda, February 25, 1816, became the third wife of Moses Ricker.
(VIII) Osgood, son of Abraham Smith, was born at Skowhegan, Maine, April 25, 1807, died June 8, 1890. He was educated in the common schools of the neighborhood, and was a farmer and mill owner in Skow- hegan and Canaan during his 'active life. He married (first) May 5, 1835, Hannah, born in Skowhegan, April 3, 1810, died March 28, 1857, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Wall) Page. Children: I. Sewell Warren, born April 8, 1836, mentioned below. 2. Mary Jane, May 23, 1838, died February 19, 1859. 3. Llewellen Clayton, February 16, 1843, died in Washington, D. C., January 29, 1863, while engaged in the army during the civil war; was a member of the Sixteenth Maine Volun- teer Infantry. 4. Benjamin Franklin, March 31, 1845, died in Danville prison, October, 1864, during the civil war; a member of the Thirty-first Maine Volunteer Infantry. 5. Sophronia, September 13, 1848, married, July I, 1865, John H. Wyman, son of Joseph and Polly (Snow) Wyman. Mr. Smith married (second) January 9, 1859, Philomela Pollard Gowen, born January 17, 1817, died Septem- ber 7, 1903.
(IX) Sewell Warren, son of Osgood Smith, was born in Canaan, Maine, April 8, 1836. He was educated in the public schools of Canaan, Clinton and Skowhegan. He worked during his youth on his father's farm. He enlisted September 30, 1861, in Company H of the First Maine Cavalry in the civil war. While in camp at Augusta he suffered an at- tack of typhoid fever, and upon his recovery he was detailed as clerk in the doctor's office in the military hospital at Augusta. On ac- count of ill health was unable to continue in the service, and was discharged October 22, 1862. He followed his trade after returning to Skowhegan, and also farming. He went to Norwood, Massachusetts, 1872, returned in 1875. In 1897 he entered partnership with A. R. Bixby in the retail coal and wood business, and after two years bought out his partner and has since conducted the business alone with abundant success. Mr. Smith is a Re- publican in politics. He is a member and has been commander of Russell Post, Grand Army of the Republic. He is a prominent member of the Congregational church. He married, November 23, 1862, Ellen H., born July 9. 1843, in Bloomfield, now Skowhegan, daughter of Joseph and Polly (Snow) Wy- man. Children : 1. Lillian Clayton, born May 22, 1864. 2. (adopted) Margaret, born Sep- tember 8, 1881, in Winn.
(For early generations see preceding sketch.) (VII) Isaac, son of Isaac and
SMITH Hannah (Heywood) Smith, was born in Canaan (now Showhe- gan ). 1782. He married, 1804, Mary Hight. Children. I. Shepard, never married. 2. Isaac, married Levina Horn. 3. William, married Sarah Martin. 4. Joseph, see for- ward.
(VIII) Joseph, son of Isaac and Mary (Hight) Smith, settled in Harmony, Maine. He was a farmer, and served in various posi- tions of honor and was a selectman for a con- tinuous period of twenty-five years. Politi- cally he was a Republican, and in religion a Baptist. He died at the age of fifty-four years. He married Lupira Grant. Children : I. Elmer, married Flora Moore. 2. Willard, see forward. 3. Clara, married Henry Bart- lett.
(IX) Willard, son of Joseph and Lupira (Grant) Smith, was born in Harmony, Maine, March 29, 1852. He was educated in the com- mon schools, and at Hartland Academy. Af- ter leaving the academy he engaged in farm- ing and in the mercantile business, first at
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Harmony and later at Hartland, where he is now located. He has served as selectman for several years, and in other local offices. He married Angie Bartlett, a native of Harmony, daughter of Henry Bartlett. Children : I. Clyde H., see forward. 2. Clara, born 1878, died 1906; married Frank Norton. 3. Myron E .. born 1880, a merchant in Hartland; mar- ried Frances Hall; one child. 4. Kleber, born 1882, a dentist ; married Mary Goodrich. The mother of these children died in 1882, and Mr. Smith married second, Albra Cook.
(X) Clyde H., son of Willard and Angie (Bartlett) Smith, was born in Harmony, Maine, June 9, 1876. He was educated at Hartland Academy, and took a thorough com- mercial course in Shaw's Business College. He engaged in the mercantile business in Hartland, which he followed with marked success until 1904, when he was elected high sheriff of Somerset county, and he withdrew from business to discharge the duties of that office. He was re-elected in 1906, and served in all two terms of two years each. In 1907 he purchased an interest in the Steward Hard- ware & Plumbing Company, and became gen- eral manager of that corporation. From early manhood Mr. Smith has taken an active inter- est in public affairs, and has served efficiently in all the town offices. In 1898 he was elected to the legislature, being the youngest man ever chosen to occupy that important position, and acquitted himself so creditably that he was again elected in 1902. From 1904 to 1908 he served as high sheriff, as above stated, and he was the youngest man ever elected to like position in the United States. In politics he is a staunch Republican. Mr. Smith married, April 17, 1908, Edna Page, born in Skow- hegan, 1884, daughter of the late Hon. Ed- ward Page, of Skowhegan.
The earliest date to which we can SMITH trace this family is about 1710, at Colchester, Connecticut, where Benjamin Smith lived and was probably born. We find one record of a Smith in Colchester in 1709, when Samuel Smith, a justice of the peace, signed a document. He may have been father of Samuel Smith, mentioned below.
(I) Samuel Smith, born about 1725, was married in Ashford, Connecticut, to Mehitable Watkins. He removed thence to Acworth, New Hampshire, in 1769, and settled at lot 9 in the fifth range of that town. Seven of his children were born in Ashford, and one in Ac- worth: I. Samuel, mentioned below. 2. Me- hitable. 3. Jedediah, married Ann Gustine,
and about 1795 removed to Langdon, New Hampshire. 4. Jerusha. .5. Ely, married Eunice Sawyer and lived in Acworth, where he died January 9, 1832. 6. Edward, mar- ried Patty Bryant and removed to Orford, New Hampshire. 7. Ransom, married Let- tice Markham, and removed to Genesee. 8. Olive, married a Dewey.
(II) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (I) and Mehitable Smith, was born in 1749 in Ashford, Connecticut, and was twenty years old when he removed with the family to Acworth, New Hampshire. He taught the first public school in that town in 1773 and subsequently removed to Lyme, New Hamp- shire, where he married Sarah Grant. He finally settled in Fairlee, Vermont, where he was a prominent citizen. He was the town clerk thirty-five years, and was succeeded in that office by his son, Grant Smith. For six years, beginning with 1780, he represented his town in the state legislature. He was commissioned a captain in the Vermont militia by Governor Chittenden, June 23, 1778, and rendered efficient services. At the burning of Royalton, Vermont, his company was one of the first to respond to the call for protection. Children : Jedediah, Sarah, Grant, Lucy, Samuel and Anna.
(III) Grant, second son of Samuel (2) and Sarah (Grant) Smith, was born Decem- ber 19, 1778, in Fairlee, Vermont, and en- gaged in farming in that town. He was a member of the Congregational church and a Whig in politics. For twenty years he served as town clerk and held successfully nearly all the town offices. Was an officer in the militia during all his military age, rising to the rank of captain. He was one of the Plattsburg volunteers at the time of the battle there, dur- ing the war of 1812. He was married at Fair- lee, September 4, 1830, to Rebecca Swift, born November 29, 1804, in that place, a daughter of Deacon Joshua and Martha (Marston) Swift, of Fairlee (see Swift VI). Children : Mary Perkins, born July 10, 1832; Myron Winslow, July 26, 1834; Harland Page, No- vember 1, 1836; Martha Rebecca, March IO, 1839; Henry Barry, July 4, 1840; Newton Webster, October 12, 1844; Sheridan Irving, mentioned below.
(IV) Sheridan Irving, youngest child of Grant and Rebecca (Swift) Smith, was born April 16, 1847. in Fairlee, Vermont, and at- tended the public schools in that town, Thet- ford, and the Newbury Seminary, Newbury, Vermont. He learned the trade of machinist and worked as a journeyman at South Law-
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rence, Massachusetts, for two and a half years. From 1870 to 1904 he was in the em- ploy of the Passumpsic railroad, at Lyndon- ville, Vermont, and was compelled by ill health to retire, since which time he has resided with his son in Oakland, Maine. He is a Metho- (list in religion, a Republican in politics and affiliates with the Lyndonville Lodge of Free Masons. He married Carrie M. Mason, born 1854, in Fairlce, Vermont. They have two sons, Perley Grant and Benjamin.
(V) Perley Grant, son of Sheridan Irving and Carrie M. (Mason) Smith, was born May 20, 1873, in Lyndonville, Vermont. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He began to work in the road depart- ment of the Boston & Maine railroad, May I, 1889. Within a year he left to enter the em- ploy of the American Waltham Watch Com- pany of Waltham, where he was employed from September to January, 1891, when he be- gan an apprenticeship in the Boston & Maine railroad shops at Lyndonville. He left the railroad machine shops January 15, 1894, to work for S. C. Forsyth & Company at his trade. He went to work in the machine shops of the Concord & Montreal railroad shops at Concord, New Hampshire, December 15, 1894, and continued until June 30, 1895, when the road was leased to the Boston & Maine, and remained with the Boston & Maine until Sep- tember 1, 1897, as machinist, and afterward as draughtsman. From December 1, 1898, to October 15, 1901, he was a draughtsman in the Boston office of the Boston & Maine rail- road. From the last date to April 30, 1902, he was a draughtsman for the Central Ver- mont railroad, located at St. Albans, Ver- mont. He was draughtsman from May I, 1902, until September 1, 1904, for the Maine Central railroad at Portland; was promoted to the position of general foreman for the Maine Central at Thompson Point and master mechanic from December 1, 1906, to May 15, 1907. He was master mechanic from May 16 to July 31, 1907, at Rumford Falls. Since then he has been master mechanic of the Som- erset railroad at Oakland, Maine. In politics Mr. Smith is a Republican. He is a member of the Master Car Builders' Association; of the New England Railroad Club of Boston. He married, August 19, 1895, Winifred Ma- son, born November 6, 1873, in North Mon- roe, New Hampshire, daughter of Phillip A. and Ella Mason. Children: 1. Phillip S., born June 4, 1898, in Concord, New Hamp- shire. 2. Harold N., November 8, 1904, in Portland, Maine.
The early immigrants to New SMITH England were mostly artisans and many of them men of little learning. That they were possessed of strong characters is evidenced in a thousand ways to the student of history. While the pen was an awkward instrument to many of them, they were industrious and conquered the wilder- ness, establishing the foundation of the civili- zation which we enjoy. Among the most use- ful men in the colonies were the Smiths who made all the nails used in the construction of buildings and nearly every implement of every sort employed in the rude life of the pioneers. A century previous the country people in Eng- land had taken surnames and it fell out that many who were smiths by occupation took the word for a patronymic. In the midst of these, where christian names were oft repeated, it has been difficult to trace a line of descent in many cases. Robert Smith was born about 16II, and was among the first at Exeter, New Hampshire. being a signer of the constitution in 1639. He settled in Hampton as early as 1657, and died there August 30, 1706. He was by trade a tailor, but probably engaged chiefly in husbandry in that pioneer period. His wife Susanna was killed by lightning, June 12, 1680, and he lived a widower for more than twenty-six years. No records of the birth of his children were made, and they may not appear herein in their chronological order. They included: John, Merribah, Asa- hel. Jonathan and Joseph.
The family herein traced was very early located in New Hampshire, but the lack of records in the early days of Rockingham county makes it extremely difficult to trace a continuous line.
(I) Nicholas Smith, who was probably a brother of other Smiths in the vicinity, was located at Exeter as early as 1658, and died there June 22, 1673, leaving real estate which was not wholly distributed among his chil- dren until after 1717. The records show that the baptismal name of his wife was Mary, and the following children are recorded in Exeter : Nathaniel, Nicholas, Anna and Theophilus.
(II) Nicholas (2), second son of Nicholas (I) and Mary Smith, was born September 3, 1661, in Exeter, and was a farmer and sub- stantial citizen of that town, where he died 1715-16. Pike's Journal records under date of Sunday, September 28, 1707, "James Fer- guson and his wife were slain by the Indians as they were returning from meeting. Nicho- las Smith at the same time was wounded but escaped." His will is dated February 13,
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1716, and was probated June 6, following, in which are named: his wife Mary, sons, Rich- ard, Nathaniel, David, Nicholas, Benjamin, Edward, John, and daughters, Ann (who mar- ried a Clark), Mary, Elizabeth, Patience, Comfort and Abigail.
(III) Nathaniel, second son of Nicholas (2) and Mary Smith, was born September 15, 1695, in Exeter, and lived in the eastern part of the town. remote from its more populous portion. His name is not even found in the records of his time, and therefore his mar- riage cannot be found. His children were : I. Mary, born December 7, 1721. 2. Na- thaniel, mentioned below. 3. Patience, No- vember 24, 1727. 4. David, April 13, 1730. 5. Elizabeth, February 24, 1732. 6. Sarah, March I, 1734. 7. Anna, May 7, 1740.
(IV) Nathaniel (2), eldest son of Nathan- iel (I) Smith, was born July 17, 1725, in Exeter, and was a farmer in that part of his native town which is now Epping, where he died December 20, 1773. No record of his marriage appears, but other records show that his wife's christian name was Mehitable, and his children born from 1756 to 1773 were: Mary, Nathaniel, Mehitable, Elizabeth, Lydia, Anna, John, Sarah, Jacob and Dorothy.
(V) Nathaniel (3), eldest son of Nathaniel (2) and Mehitable Smith, was born April 8, 1758, in Epping, where his home was through life. He married Mary Parsons and they were the parents of: Parsons, born September 25, 1779. Stevens, Mary, Nancy, Nathaniel Greene, John. James F., Sarah P., and De- borah, February 7, 1803.
(VI) Stevens, second son of Nathaniel (3) and Mary (Parsons) Smith, was born Sep- tember 20, 1781, in Epping, and died August 18, 1865, in Hallowell, Maine. As a young man he went from Epping to Maine, and at the time of his first marriage, September 3, 1806, lived at Hallowell. His wife was Nancy Robinson, born October 14, 1788, daughter of George and Abigail (Everett) Robinson. George Robinson was born July 23, 1776, at Attleboro, Massachusetts, a descendant of a Scotchman who settled there about 1680, and was married there November 24, 1748. His children were: David (died young), Eliza- beth, George, Zilpah, Abigail, David and one who died in infancy. The mother of these died May 15, 1762, and Mr. Robinson mar- ried (second) Zipporah Allen, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Allen, of Attleboro. She was born December 27, 1749, and was the mother of eleven children: Jane, Betsey, Molly, Nathaniel, Nathan, Elihu, Mary,
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