Endnotes

 The Butlers and Smiths

of

Muskegum County, Ohio; Mercer County, Illinois; and Mills County, Iowa

 

 Generation No. 1

 

1.  [ -? - ]¹ SMITH, SR. was born  in VA¹, and died ABT  1813 in Muskingum Co, OH.  He married REBECCA [SMITH]².  She was born ABT  1770 in NY³.

More About REBECCA [SMITH]:

Census: 1850, Mercer, IL

Children of [ SMITH and REBECCA [SMITH] are:

2.          i.   EDWARD SMITH² (?), b. VA; d. 1828, Muskingum County, OH.

3.         ii.   GEORGE SMITH, b. ABT  1799, PA, near Pittsburgh; d. ABT  1867, MO.

4.        iii.   WILLIAM SMITH, b. 1813, OH; d. 16 June 1847, Mercer Co, IL.

 

 

 Generation No. 2

 

2.  EDWARD SMITH² (?) ([ -? - ]¹ SMITH, SR.) was born  in VA⁴, and died 1828 in Muskingum County, OH.  He married REBECCA REASONER (MAYBE), daughter of HENRY REASONER and MARY SHEPLER.  She was born 1799 in PA, and died 1828 in Muskingum County, OH.

 Notes for EDWARD SMITH (?):

This generation (Edward and Rebecca Reasoner Smith) is very iffy, based primarily on a query by Lois Jones, who has proved to be unreachable. Others have picked up and used her information without knowing her sources. I can prove that Solomon, George A., Jacob, Effama, and Harriet are siblings (primarily from multiple references in obituaries); I have strong circumstantial evidence that Elisabeth belongs in this family group. I know that John B. is related, but I'm still working on the exact connection. Lois Jones puts him in this group.

More About EDWARD SMITH (?):

Date born 2: Bef. 1798, prob PA

Died 2: August 1828, Union Twp, Muskingum Co, OH

More About REBECCA REASONER (MAYBE):

Died 2: 1828, Union Twp, Muskingum Co, OH

Children of EDWARD (?) and REBECCA (MAYBE) are:

            i.   HENRY³ SMITH, b. 1815.

5.         ii.   ELISABETH SMITH, b. 29 September 1817, Muskingum Co, OH; d. 16 October 1871, Marion, Buchanan, MO.

6.        iii.   JOHN B. SMITH, b. 26 April 1818, Muskingum Co, OH; d. 11 June 1892, Viola, Mercer Co, IL.

7.        iv.   HARRIET ETTA SMITH, b. 3 December 1820, OH; d. 30 August 1906, Guernsey Co, OH.

8.         v.   SOLOMON SMITH, b. 20 November 1822, Muskingum Co, OH; d. 23 January 1899, Mercer Co, IL.

9.        vi.   EFFAMA SMITH, b. 24 July 1824, OH; d. 13 February 1912, Joy, Mercer Co, IL.

10.      vii.   GEORGE A. SMITH, b. 12 January 1826, Zanesville, Muskingum, OH; d. 31 October 1904, Aledo, Mercer, IL.

11.     viii.   JACOB REASONER SMITH, b. 15 January 1828, Zanesville, Muskingum, OH; d. 11 July 1907, Bucklin, Ford, KS.

 

3.  GEORGE² SMITH ([ -? - ]¹) was born ABT  1799 in PA, near Pittsburgh⁵, and died ABT  1867 in MO⁶.  He married PHEBE MOREHEAD Bef. 1831 in Muskingum Co, OH, daughter of JOHN MOREHEAD and ELENOR [MOREHEAD].  She was born ABT  1801 in PA⁷, and died Aft. 1882⁸.

 Notes for GEORGE SMITH:

George A. Smith's obituary identifies George as his uncle. 

In 1850 Rebecca Smith, b. VA, age 80, living with George and Phebe,  His mother?

More About GEORGE SMITH:

Cause of Death: Cholera

Census 1: 1840, Mercer Co, IL

Census 2: 1850, Mercer Co, IL

Census 3: 1860, Mercer Co, IL

Comment 1: died on visit to dau Elizabeth

Ethnicity/Relig.: Presbyterian Church

Residence 1: 1835, Warren Co, IL

Residence 2: ABT  1837, Ohio Grove Twp, Mercer, IL

 More About PHEBE MOREHEAD:

Census 1: 1850, Mercer Co, IL

Census 2: 1860, Mercer Co, IL

Census 3: 1870, Aledo, Mercer, IL w Crosiers

Census 4: 1880, Eliza, Mercer, IL w Margaret & Wm Crosier

 More About GEORGE SMITH and PHEBE MOREHEAD:

Marriage: Bef. 1831, Muskingum Co, OH

Children of GEORGE SMITH and PHEBE MOREHEAD are:

12.        i.   ELIZABETH ELLEN³ SMITH, b. ABT  1832, Muskingum Co, OH; d. ABT  1875, Kansas City, MO.

13.       ii.   JAMES M. SMITH, b. 7 January 1834, Muskingum Co, OH; d. Bef. 1900.

14.      iii.   NANCY J. SMITH, b. ABT  1835, Ohio.

15.       iv.   MARY I. SMITH, b. ABT  1837, IL.

16.       v.   MARGARET J. SMITH, b. ABT  1839, IL.

           vi.   SAMUEL M. SMITH, b. ABT  1842, IL⁹; m. MATILDA CRAWFORD, 23 September 1863, Mercer Co, IL¹⁰.

More About SAMUEL M. SMITH:

Census 1: 1850, Mercer, IL

Census 2: 1860, Mercer Co, IL w parents

Residence 1: 1876 living in Ft. Madison, Lee, IA¹¹

Residence 2: 1880, Not in Mercer Co, IL or Lee Co, IA

 

More About SAMUEL SMITH and MATILDA CRAWFORD:

Marriage: 23 September 1863, Mercer Co, IL¹²

4.  WILLIAM² SMITH ([ -? - ]¹) was born 1813 in OH¹³, and died 16 June 1847 in Mercer Co, IL¹⁴.  He married ELIZABETH [SMITH].  She was born 1809 in New Jersey¹⁵, and died 27 February 1878 in Mercer Co, IL¹⁶.

Notes for WILLIAM SMITH:

According to William H.H.'s biographical note, the family came to Mercer County in 1847. In 1850 census Elizabeth and the three boys are listed.

Three other children died, according to John Yorke's obituary.

Notes for ELIZABETH [SMITH]:

Living next to George and Phebe Smith in 1850 Mercer Co IL Census with three sons:

    John   aged  6

    George aged 4

                    William aged 10

(that's the order in which they're listed)

 

1870 Ohio Grove Twp, Mercer, IL census (look up by Nadine Holder):

      Elizabeth Smith, 60, keeping house, born NJ

      John Y. Smith, 26, farmer, born IL

      Nelson J. Markee, 49, farmer, born OH

 

Next door to them is a William Dilly family; he is 49 and was also born in New Jersey, as his wife was, but their children born in Illinois. Brother?

 

Also, a Rebecca Smith, aged 80, born in New York, is living with George and Phebe Smith. George's mother? If so, she's also Elizabeth's mother-in-law.

 

More About ELIZABETH [SMITH]:

Census: 1850, Mercer Co, IL

   

Children of WILLIAM SMITH and ELIZABETH [SMITH] are:

17.        i.   WILLIAM H. H.³ SMITH, b. 2 July 1840, Muskingum Co, OH; d. Aft. 1910.

18.       ii.   JOHN YORKE SMITH, b. 29 January 1844, Rushville, Schuyler, IL; d. 12 June 1910, Aledo, Mercer, IL.

           iii.   GEORGE B. SMITH, b. ABT  1846, Schuyler Co, IL¹⁷; m. MINNIE A. RICHARDS, 28 November 1881, Henry Co, IL¹⁸.

 

Notes for GEORGE B. SMITH:

Is he the George, b, 1850, living with William and Nancy (Noland) Smith at Stephen Noland's farm in Ohio Grove in 1880?

 

More About GEORGE B. SMITH:

Census: 1850, Mercer Co, IL

 

More About GEORGE SMITH and MINNIE RICHARDS:

Marriage: 28 November 1881, Henry Co, IL¹⁸

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

5.  ELISABETH³ SMITH (EDWARD SMITH² (?), [ -? - ]¹ SMITH, SR.) was born 29 September 1817 in Muskingum Co, OH¹⁹, and died 16 October 1871 in Marion, Buchanan, MO²⁰.  She married WHITING WILLIAM BUTLER 31 March 1836 in Marion, Knox, Ohio²¹, son of ROBERT BUTLER and MARTHA [BUTLER].  He was born 4 April 1816 in Muskingum Co, Ohio²², and died 22 May 1904 in Glenwood, Mills, IA²³.

 

Notes for ELISABETH SMITH:

I believe on the basis of a great deal of circumstantial evidence that Elisabeth is the sister of Harriet Smith Hammond, Solomon, George A., Effama Smith Boyle, Jacob R. Smith; but I cannot prove it yet. I do not know whether they are siblings of John B. Smith, but they are related in some way to him. I have found no record of Henry myself.

 

More About ELISABETH SMITH:

Date born 2: PA²⁴

Census 1: 1840, Highland, Muskingum, Ohio

Census 2: 1850, Fall, Muskingum, Ohio

Census 3: 1860, Marion, Buchanan, MO

Census 4: 1870, Marion Co, IA

 

Notes for WHITING WILLIAM BUTLER:

Mills County  Tribune News April 10, 1902:

 

Birthday Party:

 "Grandpa" Butler had 86th birthday party at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. E. Newman

 

Obituary:

W. W. Butler died Sunday, May 22, 1904, at the home in Glenwood, Iowa, of his daughter, Mrs. I. E. Newman. The funeral was held at the home on Monday afternoon conducted by Rev. R. E. Shaw of the Methodist church.

 

The deceased was born April 4, 1816 in Muskingum county, Ohio, being upwards of 88 years of age. He came to Glenwood in 1873. He had been twice married. His first wife died about 33 years ago and the second one some seven years ago.

 

He leaves seven children, all of whom were present at the funeral. He also leaves 42 grandchildren and 35 great grandchildren, some 84 descendants in all. Grandpa Butler was a kindly old gentleman, beloved by all who knew him.

 

The children are: Mrs. I. E. Newman, Mrs. Geo. McMillen, Mrs. Mary Walling, Mrs. Hattie Wheeler and L. B. Butler of Glenwood; John and Jacob Butler of Council Bluffs.

 

Others attending the funeral were: Mrs. Julia Berge, Omaha, granddaughter; Deward and Charles McMillen, Red Oak; Wm. Butler, Plattsmouth, grandsons.

 

More About WHITING WILLIAM BUTLER:

Burial: Glenwood Cemetery, Glenwood, Mills, IA

Census 1: 1840, Highland, Muskingum, OH

Census 2: 1850, Falls, Muskingum, OH

Census 3: 1860, Marion, Buchanan, MO

Census 4: 1870, Marion Co, IA

Census 5: 1880, Glenwood, Mills, IA

Census 6: 1895, Glenwood, Mills Co, IA

Census 7: 1900, 2nd Ward, Glenwood, Mills, IA, ED 94, p 26

Comment 1: funeral done by Rev R.E. Shaw (Methodist)

Comment 2: 1873, Mills Co, IA

Ethnicity/Relig.: Scotch-Irish; Methodist

Occupation: farmer, tinker

Residence: Ohio, Missouri, Iowa

 

More About WHITING BUTLER and ELISABETH SMITH:

Marriage: 31 March 1836, Marion, Knox, Ohio²⁵

   

Children of ELISABETH SMITH and WHITING BUTLER are:

            i.   RUFUS⁴ BUTLER, b. 20 April 1840, Muskingum Co, OH; d. 10 November 1844, Muskingum Co, OH.

            ii.   GEORGE BUTLER, b. 29 December 1841, Muskingum Co, OH; d. 22 July 1862, Corinth, MS²⁶.

           iii.   JAMES BUTLER, b. 29 December 1841, Muskingum Co, OH; d. 13 March 1863, Helena, AR.

 

Notes for JAMES BUTLER:

Civil War Pension Ap

James Butler

(Father) Whiting W, Butler

Corps H, 17th Iowa Infantry

1886 May 28 (date of filing)

282.579 (Application; might be 212.579)

207.313 (Certificate)

 

 

19.       iv.   CAROLINE "CAL" BUTLER, b. 27 June 1844, , Muskingum, OH; d. 28 March 1921, Loveland, Larimer, CO.

20.       v.   CATHERINE ISABELL "BELLE" BUTLER, b. 12 October 1845, Muskingum Co, OH; d. 9 January 1923, Glenwood, Mills, IA.

21.       vi.   JOHN E. BUTLER, b. 30 June 1847, Ohio; d. 23 December 1920, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, IA.

22.      vii.   MARY "MOLLY" BUTLER, b. 2 January 1849, , Muskingum, OH; d. 6 October 1914, Glenwood, Mills, IA.

23.     viii.   LEWIS B. "DOC" BUTLER, b. 30 October 1851, Zanesville, Muskingum, OH; d. 25 December 1927, Eckert, Delta, CO.

24.       ix.   HIRAM BUTLER, b. 24 February 1853, Ohio; d. 16 September 1894, Glenwood, Mills, IA.

25.       x.   NANCY HARRIET "HATTIE" BUTLER, b. 11 June 1855, Henry Co, IL; d. 18 January 1936, Mills Co, IA.

26.       xi.   EFFA EMMA MORILLA BUTLER, b. 19 June 1858, Toledo [Majority Point], Cumberland Co, IL; d. 9 April 1889, Woodbury Co, IA.

27.      xii.   JACOB B. BUTLER, b. 25 October 1861, Missouri; d. February 1936, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, IA.

 

 

6.  JOHN B.³ SMITH (EDWARD SMITH² (?), [ -? - ]¹ SMITH, SR.) was born 26 April 1818 in Muskingum Co, OH²⁷, and died 11 June 1892 in Viola, Mercer Co, IL²⁸.  He married MARGARET "PEGGY" BOYLE 26 December 1839 in Marion CO, OH²⁹, daughter of JOHN BOYLES and NANCY MERRITT.  She was born 24 September 1822 in Knox Co, OH³⁰, and died 16 March 1898 in Mercer Co, Illinois³¹.

 

More About JOHN B. SMITH:

Census 1: 1850, Concord, DeKalb, IN - 7

Census 2: 1880, Viola, Mercer Co, IL

Occupation: 1880, Constable³²

Religion: 1842, Methodist Episcopal Church

Residence 1: 1848, DeKalb Co, IN³³

Residence 2: 1856, Parents/family moved to Mercer Co

 

More About MARGARET "PEGGY" BOYLE:

Name 2: Margaret BOYLES

Census 1: 1850, Concord, DeKalb, IN - Image 7

Census 2: 1880, Mercer, Mercer, IL

Comment 1: Fa born NJ, Mo born PA

Comment 2: Not listed w others in Larry Jones genealogy

 

More About JOHN SMITH and MARGARET BOYLE:

Marriage: 26 December 1839, Marion CO, OH³⁴

   

Children of JOHN SMITH and MARGARET BOYLE are:

28.        i.   EDWARD⁴ SMITH, b. November 1840, Ohio.

29.       ii.   NANCY HARRIET SMITH, b. November 1842, Ohio.

30.      iii.   RANDOLPH D. SMITH, b. ABT  1845, Ohio.

31.       iv.   SAMANTHA JANE SMITH, b. ABT  1848, Indiana; d. 18 February 1922, Aledo, Mercer, IL.

            v.   JOHN E. SMITH.

 

More About JOHN E. SMITH:

Comment 1: 1900, Not in Mercer Co Census

 

32.       vi.   EPHRAIM B. SMITH, b. ABT  1854, Indiana.

33.      vii.   TAMSON LOUISA SMITH, b. 16 April 1855, Indiana; d. 19 September 1926, Phillipsburg, Phillips Co, KS.

34.     viii.   PERRY A. SMITH, b. ABT  1856, Illinois.

35.       ix.   HENRY I. SMITH, b. March 1860, Illinois.

            x.   WILLIAM SMITH, d. Bef. 1882³⁵.

           xi.   MARY ELIZABETH SMITH, d. Bef. 1882³⁵.

 

 

7.  HARRIET ETTA³ SMITH (EDWARD SMITH² (?), [ -? - ]¹ SMITH, SR.) was born 3 December 1820 in OH³⁶, and died 30 August 1906 in Guernsey Co, OH.  She married PETER H. HAMMOND³⁷ in Ohio, son of JOHN HAMMOND and JANE GALIHER.  He was born 24 December 1817 in Muskingum, OH³⁸, and died 28 October 1865 in Muskingum, OH.

 

More About HARRIET ETTA SMITH:

Burial: Zion Cemetery, Guernsey, OH

Census 1: 1850, Highland, Muskingum, OH

Census 2: 1860, Highland, Muskingum, OH

Census 3: 1870, Highland, Muskingum, OH

Census 4: 1880, Claysville, Guernsey, OH

Census 5: 1900, Westland Twp, Guernsey, OH

Residence 1: 1899, residing Claysville, OH

Residence 2: 1904, Concord, OH

 

More About PETER H. HAMMOND:

Burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Union Twp, Muskingum, Ohio

Census 1: 1850, Highland, Muskingum, OH

Census 2: 1860, Highland, Muskingum, OH

 

More About PETER HAMMOND and HARRIET SMITH:

Marriage: Ohio

   

Children of HARRIET SMITH and PETER HAMMOND are:

36.        i.   ALBERT⁴ HAMMOND, b. 15 September 1840, Muskingum, OH; d. 18 July 1892.

            ii.   CEPHUS HAMMOND, b. 1842³⁹.

 

More About CEPHUS HAMMOND:

Census 1: 1850, Highland, Muskingum, OH

Census 2: 1860, Highland, Muskingum, OH

Census 3: 1870, Apparently not in Ohio